Hold Onto Hope Bundle

One of the more beautiful and versatile bundles in the current Occasions Catalogue…..the Hold on to Hope Bundle can be used for sympathy, christening/baptism, confirmation, thinking of you, birthday, and general encouragement cards. The dies both coordinate and compliment the images in the stampset……..giving greater possibility for designing unique and beautiful cards for almost any … Read more

Blossoming Basket Bundle

Personally I think that Stampin’ Up! saved their best ’til last when it comes to this year’s Sale-a-Bration offering! One of my favourite things to create with lately is the new Blossoming Basket Bundle! The stamp set and embossing folder are actually perfect for creating Easter basket themed cards. Originating in Poland, the Święconka or “the blessing … Read more

Strawberry Fruit Basket -YUM!

This card uses basically everything in the Tutti Frutti Suite (available in the Occasions Catalogue until March 31). Such a fun suite of products……use them for invites to  a BBQ,  thankyou, birthday, “just because” cards…….the punches make it even cuter and easier to create with! Here’s a close – up …….you can see some more … Read more

Lots of Lavender

I love the versatility of this set…..not just for creating Lavender ……the image stamps can be used to depict almost any type of flower! Here I’ve created Blue Moon Roses with the garland stamp that’s part of this set. With the two step stamping in this set, it’s easy to create the infill of colour … Read more

Freshly Brewed Blog Hop – Painted With Love Designer Series Specialty Paper

Happy Valentines Day! Today I’m sharing with you some creations I’ve been creating along the Valentines, wedding, anniversary theme……so very appropriate to share with you today! I’ve used the Sure Do Love You Bundle and Painted With Love Specialty Paper for my projects…..with a bit of Gold Embossing on the second and third project : … Read more

Sweet Pineapple!

I can’t get enough of the Tutti Frutti Suite……the papers, stamps and matching punches are just soooooo cute! Here is a pineapple themed card that I made using pretty much the entire Suite of products on page 28 amd 29 of the Occasions Catalogue. Did you know……Pineapples were considered a sign of prestige and affluence, … Read more

Stampin' Techniques To Try February Bloghop

I created my card for today’s hop using one of the fabulous FREE items from the Sale-A-Bration catalogue. This card also uses the new Brusho powder pigment colouring medium which produces some AMAZING effects. I have combined the Brushos with the Crayon Resist technique on this card. HINT #1 : Stamp the Guitar image from … Read more

Petal Passion meets Happy Wishes!

I love the funky colours of this card! Today’s creation  (which is part of a wider team Blog Hop happening right now – see the full list of participants below!) is actually cased from one of our demonstrator publications – I have added a few of my own touches so it’s definitely a selectively edited … Read more