More True Love Designer Series Paper

For this card I’ve used the spotlighting technique! This technique allows you to “spotlight” just one section of the True Love Designer Series Paper……it also saves you from having to colour in the entire piece of paper…….so it becomes a much quicker card to make! I’ve chosen a smaller, daisy pattern for my card above … Read more

New January to June Mini Catalogue – coming soon!

New products in the pipeline is always exciting! And as always the new Stampin’ Up! catalogue and Sale-a-Bration catalogues don’t disappoint! I can’t share the catalogue PDF with you until January 5……so here is a sneak peek instead. The card above used one of the new stampsets from the Fine Art Floral Suite called “Art … Read more

Faux Brocade Technique

If you are looking for a fun, new technique to try……the Faux Brocade Technique is it! You can re-create the look of real brocade fabric using the fabulous new Water Painters and your Classic Stampin’ Pads and with a little help from your Subtle 3D embossing folder. This technique really does re-create the look and … Read more

Simply Sketched

I demonstrated at a lovely workshop on Saturday……and this was the card that we made! The hostess  (*waving “Hi” Carole*) requested that we use this stampset: Simply Sketched  (which is one of the sets that hostesses can choose to get with their free shopping $$$$). Here is the whole set (you’ll find all the hostess … Read more

Water Colouring with Stamp Pads

Just some quick cards I whipped up on the weekend. I love water colouring………it is soooooo relaxing. Now, I am by no means what you would consider an artist, but, I believe, with the right tools, anyone can create something stunning with a little bit of that “wow” factor. The essential tools for easily creating … Read more

Touch of Nature

Here is a card that I designed for a workshop last week. I have been playing a bit with Vellum cardstock lately and I love the way it gives you an extra layer to work with so you can super impose stamped images without your project looking too “busy”. This card reminds me of those … Read more

Gratitude

Thought I would share with you my latest journal cover. I have decided that this will be a gratitude journal (hence the Merci stamped inside the oval frame on vellum) which I will fill with photos and journaling about all the things I am thankful for. I do forget sometimes to be thankful for the … Read more

Embossing

Here is a quick card using the embossing technique and the Carte Postale set. I have used the Gold detail embossing powder and brushed gold card stock as well as a scrap of Cameo Coral, mounted on a square of Basic Black card stock. I swiped the cardstock with my Embossing Buddy anti-static pad before … Read more

Merci

I was feeling the need to create something in honour of Valentines Day and for my three workshops this weekend I thought I would nominate watercolouring as the technique for the make-n-takes. The Merci set from the Sale-A-bration catalogue has become my firm favourite and I blame it for my recent Blender Pen burnout……..I think … Read more