I am sharing this wonderful card that I CASED from HERE. It is created with the Stampin'  Up! Bella & Friends Stamp set, the Wood crate framelits and Wood textures designer series paper stack.   This card is so simple but so cute and is sure to brighten anyone's day, although there is rather a lot of fussy cutting! It can be used for a number of occasions like Happy Birthday, Get Well, Thinking of You and lots lots more..... Those little ones will especially adore...

Welcome to my blog post today.  I am sharing a card we made recently using the ever so popular Daisy Delight stamp set and co-ordinating flower punch. The inspiration for the card came from Julia Quinn and you can find her website HERE. The background was created by randomly stamping the large and small daisy flowers and the small three dashes stamp all over three pieces of whisper white card in Daffodil Delight ink and Old Olive ink. This was layered onto the Old Olive card stock to form...

Snowflake Sentiments Cards in an Acetate Box Class Saturday 21st October 10.00am I am running a class using the Snowflake Sentiments Bundle and Year of Cheer Designer Series Paper to create these fabulous christmas cards, all packaged up in a beautifully embossed and decorated acetate box. The class includes all materials  (products included total over £23) to create 5 lovely christmas cards and envelopes plus enough left over to take home and make more Class only £27 Class with Snowflake...

A few weeks ago I ran a class on a Saturday afternoon using the Embossing Paste. We made the following 5 cards using a variety of different techniques. Masking tape was fixed to top and bottom of a piece of white card.  The centre section was randomly sponged with Pool Party, Lemon Lime Twist and Powder Pink.  Embossing paste was then spread through one of the masks and the mask was removed carefully. Dazzling diamond glitter was sprinkled over the top and left to dry. Embossing...

How would you love to get a fantastic and exclusive new stamp set totally FREE ? Stampin' Up have launched a new promotion. It is exclusively available to party hosts during September and October only and is free with orders over £250.   This stamp set called Merry Patterns   Here is a You Tube video with more details of the promotion Please, don't delay and call me now to book your party - I've got a a few dates available during September and...

The Stampin' Up! Autumn/Winter Seasonal Catalogue is now live and you can view it by clicking on the image below or click the icon in the left hand side bar For some of you it might still be way too early to mention the 'C' word so please forgive me.  The new catalogue has some fabulous products that are not at all Christmas, they celebrate the beautiful season of Autumn too. Here are a couple of the new products that I predict will become popular over the next few months. Carols of...

We have been focusing on men's cards for the past two weeks in our card classes and I have been teaching a new technique called retiform card technique. There are lots of  cards on Pinterest using this technique but I was inspired by the cards created  HERE Inks used are Dapper Denim and Marina Mist along with a combination of stamp sets - High Tide, Seaside Shore, Lift me Up and Wetlands These type of cards are very quick and easy to create and make excellent masculine cards After...

Just a quick post from me today in which I am sharing this cute anniversary card I love this new stamp set which is called 'this little piggy' The piggies were stamped in black archival ink and then coloured in with powder pink stampin write markers

I am catching up again and we recently made the following fancy fold cards. The first is a block card  It looks complicated but is created from two sheets of card measuring  15cm x 25cm and scored at 5 cm intervals and with a couple of cut outs, fit together to form the steps. There are lots of tutorials on the internet with more detailed instructions This fantastic 3D effect card folds flat into a standard 5" x7" envelope. Both sides of the card were decorated so can be seen at all...

We made these fabulous handbag cards in the classes a while ago but I was waiting to show them until I had given them out to the recipients for their respective birthdays I gained the inspiration for these wonderful cards from HERE There was a choice of using either Berry Burst or Fresh Fig colour combination using the Fresh Florals Designer Series Paper The base was made from one sheet of Whisper white thick A4 card measuring 4" x 11 5/8" and scored at 4", 5", 6" and 10" Various pieces of...