Hi there Yesterday I shared with you my first eclipse card using the Night in Bethlehem stamp set. Today I have my second eclipse Card except this time I used the lovely Share What You Love DSP instead of stamping. It was a super quick card to make and very effective with the paper. This… Read More: Share What You Love – No Stamping Eclipse Card »
Hi there It may not be snowing here in New Zealand but somewhere in the world it is so here are some products that are on offer this month that showcase Snowflakes. This promotion is on offer for the month of November and consists of two stamp sets, some coordinating dies, embellishments and specialty paper.… Read More: Snowflake Showcase »
Hi there A couple of weeks ago I held a workshop and taught two projects featuring products from the Holiday Catalogue. The first project features the Country Lane Suite. I used the Country Home stamp set, Tin Tile Embossing Folder and the Chicken Wire Elements to create the Notecard & Envelope samples below. After the… Read More: Country Home Gift Card Set »
Hi there It’s been a very relaxing weekend – coffee out with a friend, some gardening and today I’ve managed some crafting. Today’s post is the last project we made at our team training last month and features some of the products from the Country Lane Suite on page 43 of the Holiday Catalogue. I’ve… Read More: Country Home Fancy Fold »
Hi there Reinkers are great not just for reinking your ink pads but they can be used in a number of different techniques. Today I’m going to share with you two different ways to use them with our Glossy White Cardstock which has a beautiful glossy finish on one side. Ink dries slowly on this… Read More: Glossy Cardstock Reinker Techniques »
Hi there I’ve just realised I haven’t shared with you two projects from June that feature the Varied Vases bundle and Share What You Love suite. Mary Fish – a US demonstrator recently reached 1 Million Dollars in sales – how amazing is that. As part of reaching this milestone the demonstrator gets to help… Read More: Varied Vases and Share What You Love – June projects »
Hi there Last month for our team swap we tried something new – it’s called a ‘Shoebox’ swap. The idea is that instead of swapping fully made cards you each bring your ‘shoebox’ with all the supplies needed to make the card and then you teach the card. At the end of the time together… Read More: Animal Outings – Team Swap »
Hi there It’s been a good crafting day today – I’ve made 14 cards using a One Sheet Wonder template – I’ll take some photos tomorrow of the cards and share them with you over the coming days. If you don’t know what a One Sheet Wonder is you’ll need to check back tomorrow to… Read More: Nature’s Poem Suite – OnStage Project »
Hi there At April’s OnStage event all attendees received the new stamp set Animal Outings – page 27 of the Annual Catalogue. This set is part of the Animal Expedition suite and comes as a bundle with the coordinating dies. Also included in this suite is the Animal Expedition Designer Series Paper, Animal Expedition Cardstock… Read More: Animal Outings – Happy Birthday »
Hi there At last months team training I got to use the new Subtle Embossing Folder (page 223) and I’m sure you will want to add this folder to your wish list. It’s a bit hard to see the texture on the photo in the catalogue so I thought I’d share a close up for… Read More: Accented Blooms and Subtle Embossing Folder »
Hi there This month we have a great promotion on offer. It’s an early release of one of the upcoming suites in the new catalogue. It’s called Share What You Love and is a suite to celebrate 30 years of Stampin’ Up! being in business. There are three different bundles in this offer – ‘Just… Read More: Share What You Love – new product suite »
Hi there I was doing a bit of a tidy up of my photos tonight and found a card I made ages ago but forgot to share with you. It uses a new set from the Annual Catalogue called ‘At Home’. This stamp set has coordinating framelits which come as a bundle. These framelits really… Read More: At Home – Welcome »
Hi there With less than a week till the new Holiday Catalogue goes live I thought I’d share a ‘sneak peek’ of a card I made using a new stamp set. Today my sister-in-law flew out for a 2 1/2 week study tour to Israel. I wanted to give her a card which included a little… Read More: Holiday Catalogue Sneak Peek »
Hi there I finally made some time to craft for myself yesterday – it was so nice. I picked one of my new sets – Beautiful Bouquet – page 92 of the Annual Catalogue. This set comes as a bundle and who can resist a bundle. Do you sometimes get stumped as to what colours… Read More: Thinking of You cards »
Hi there It’s finally here 🙂 The new Stampin’ Up! 2017-2018 Annual Catalogue is now live. It’s filled with lots of new products and some of your favourites have returned too. If you need a copy of the catalogue please contact me and I’ll send you one. Last month at our team training we did… Read More: Ribbon of Courage – team swaps »