The bloomin'  heart  framelits is one of my favourite to go to dies when making anniversary and wedding cards and will be very sad when it retires at the end of the month   The die is very intricate and little else is needed to create a fabulous card.

As promised in an earlier blog post, I am sharing another of the sliding door cards using the Barn Door bundle stamp set.  We made the following card in the classes a few weeks ago and everyone was well impressed with their creations. I had both the Bella and Friends and Hello Kitty Stamp sets out on the table along with a variety of sentiments and everyone could choose how they wished to decorate their card   We even decorated the inside The barn door bundle is only available to...

The Share What you Love Suite is a gorgeous new early release product which is available until 31st May.   It has a beautiful selection of products that co-ordinate with each other in 3 different bundles. These include stamp (s), ink(s) and more, each bundle includes Free products  Watch the video to see how pretty it is.

It was my Dad's birthday a couple of weeks ago and I used the Barn Door stamp set bundle to create this fun slider card I looked at quite a few You tube videos before embarking on the project and it was easier than first expected expecially when using metal washers rather than 1/2" card circles for the door runners, they made it slide much more easily My dad was very impressed with his card and intrigued at the mechanism of it. That said I created a few more different cards using a variety of...

Today I am sharing some cards using a new technique to me called  'Black Ice'. There are lots of samples of cards on the internet using this technique, I got my inspiration from Melissa Kirman.  The cards give the impression of tarnished foil  We had so much fun creating these cards and found many different stamp sets to use Waterfront stampset used in landscape and portrait, both look stunning Amazing You  (above) and Heartfelt Blooms (below) the recent free Sale-a-bration...

The Stampin' Up! clearance rack has been updated. There are some amazing bargains with great reductions!  Don’t forget we also have lots in our Last-Chance List at the moment too,  so if there are any products in there you like, grab them as they will be gone once stocks run out OR on 31st May (whichever comes sooner)! I will be placing an order later this evening, if there are any products in there you like, it is advisable to go to my online shop and grab them to avoid...

It was my Aunt & Uncles 50th Wedding Anniversary a couple of weeks ago and I made the following sampler as a gift for them It uses a couple of items which are on the retirement list: the bloomin' love framelits and bold butterfly framelits both of which I am going to miss terribly If you would like to purchase these items before they are gone forever, please click HERE to go over to my online shop

The Blossoming Basket Bundle card below features both the stamp set and the coordinating Basket Weave Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder which were both FREE during the recent Sale-a-bration promotion   We made this card in the class recently which is suitable for a number of occasions such as Easter, get well,and thinking of you  We also made these cute little baskets using the basket weave embossing folder and decorated them using the Good Day stamp set  and scallop...

The Retirement list is now live and if you have already had a look through it you may have seen lots of our colours on there this is because we are having a COLOUR REVAMP and the INK PADS have been reconfigurated Click the icons below for the Spring/ Summer and Annual catalogue lists as pdf formats or click here for the online store version with pictures   Last chance products will no longer be available after 1st June (or earlier) when the new 2018-19 Annual Catalogue goes live... and...

We made a couple of cute Easter projects in the class last week. The first couple of cards were made in either pink or blue colours and although I had the Easter theme in mind, a lot of my ladies decided it would be suitable for a New Baby card, which I quite agree A very quick and easy card to create, punch a 2 1/2 " circle out of the centre of patterned paper and use the circle opposite side up behind the hole. The rabbit was stamped separately using a retired stamp set called Friends and...