Today I am showcasing more of the gorgeous Garden Lane Designer Series Paper for #cutandcreate and #simplestamping. The patterns and colours in this pack are so pretty I hardly know where to start, I may have to make more cards and use them all!
Read MoreThe Stampin’ Up! Only Challenge gives us a great opportunity to showcase some of our beautiful Designer Series paper. This card is CASE’d (Copy and Selectively Edit) from a card on page 98 of the Annual Catalogue. Today I’m using the Woven Threads DSP. I love the vintage feel of many of the sheets in this pack, and I have used one of my favourites.
Read MoreThe journey of life is best shared with a friend, and I am truly grateful for all the wonderful friends in my life. My sweet husband, my girlfriends, and so many others all play an important role in my journey of life. My card today celebrates all my wonderful friends.
Read MoreThe new annual Stampin’ Up! Catalogue has two new embossing powders; Shimmer Black and Shimmer White. Today I decided to play with the Shimmer White, and it is magnificent. I have never embossed one of our DistINKtive stamps, so decided to give it a try. While some of the unique shading is lost doing this, it gave me the perfect opportunity to add some highlights.
Read MoreSo here is my story. While skiing in March I fell and sprained my thumb. It seemed to take a long time to heal, and is still rather weak, but I didn’t think too much of it. I recently found out I have a torn ligament. The extent of the damage isn’t known yet, I have to go for an MRI, but it may need surgery to fix. On the bright side, the doctor couldn’t believe I’m not in great pain, which thankfully I am not. However it they did give me a splint which I am to wear all the time. Did I mention that this is on my right hand? How will I stamp???
Read MoreIt’s summer and the birds are everywhere, enjoying my bird feeders, and the trees in the yard. The cute bird in my card today is on one of the pieces of Designer Series paper from the Bird Ballad Suite of products. This is a whole suite of wonderful items so watch for more of these in upcoming cards.
Read MoreEach year when the annual Stampin’ Up! catalogue is coming to an end I feel a bit sad. All the gorgeous Designer Series Papers that retire will be missed. But then the new catalogue comes and WOW there are is a whole new bunch of gorgeous DSP to play with. Today my card features the Garden Lane Designer Series Paper, and I must say, it is lovely!
Read MoreSometimes we all miss a birthday. Life can be hectic and we may not get a card sent or delivered in time for that special day. That doesn’t mean we can’t still send a card to let someone know we were thinking of them and hope their day was special. Here is a card for just such an occasion.
Read MoreI love combining bits and pieces from different stamp sets and dies, and that is exactly what I have done for today’s card to wish someone a ‘wild birthday!’.
Read MoreMy Sweet Husband (MSH) and I recently celebrated our 5 month anniversary! I am enjoying being a newlywed, and loving how beautiful our life is together. This is the card I made to celebrate, and give him on our date night.
Read MoreNow that I am living at my cottage for the summer, I’m meeting up with ‘summer friends’. Many of them knew I was getting married in January, and have given me gifts to celebrate the occasion. A perfect opportunity to create another Thank You card!
Read MoreHave you seen all the fabulous new InColours yet? I am really liking them, along with the coordinated products like the ribbon on my card today.
Read MoreThe Floral Essence stamp set has some lovely flower images, and coordinating punches to make card making easy. I used the flower and leaf punches to create this delicate flower card for the Case This Sketch challenge.
Read MoreOkay, I admit I may have a small (or not so small) infatuation with the Come Sail Away Suite right now! Let’s just call this Come Sail Away Suite week, and then it all makes sense. Have I mentioned I can justify anything??
Read MoreI have a great big Happy Birthday wish for the Case This Sketch challenge. I used bold colours and made my greeting big and filled with good wishes!
Read MoreOne of the best things about a new annual catalogue is the fantastic new InColours we have to play with. Today I’m celebrating a beautiful new InColour, Rococco Rose, and I have used the new Floral Essence stamp set to show it off.
Read MoreI love the new Come Sail Away suite of products, and although there is lots to choose from in this suite, and some great embellishments to really step up your card, I kept this one simple with some #simplestamping.
Read MoreThe Global Design Project has a great colour challenge for us this week. Bright and happy colours make card making so much fun. I went for bold and bright for my colouring on this one!
Read MoreHere is card that features another great new stamp set, Floral Essence. It has some pretty flower images, some lovely sentiments and a coordinating punch. It is a perfect place to start if you are new to stamping, as you get both images and sentiments in one set. There is also some gorgeous Designer Series Paper that goes with this suite that I featured in a couple of sneak peaks.
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