It’s that time of year again where Stampin' Up! are retiring stamps and accessories from both the annual and spring/summer catalogues. As sad as it is to see these products go, there’s still time for you to get them before they’re gone. Plus, retiring products have discounts of up to 50%!  Retiring products will only be available until 31 May, or while supplies last, so order them before they’re gone! The list of all the products that are retiring from our current...

I showed the ladies a couple of new techniques when we made the following two cards. For the first card, a strip of masking tape was placed over the middle of the top layer of white card.  We used the Bloomin' Love stamp set and randomly stamped over the card in black memento ink. with the masking tape still in place, and using either a blender pen or aqua pen, coloured in the flowers with daffodil delight. The masking tape was then removed to leave the plain strip in the centre which...

Well I've finally made it to the half century and what a whirlwind week, full of surprises!  It all started with Paul planning a few days away to Spain which I really appreciated, but only 4 days! I now understand why, since my daughters then had a surprise party waiting for us, when we arrived home on Saturday. How they kept it a surprise (and Paul was also in on it and never keeps secrets) working around me, I just dont know. Must have been too indulged in my craft!!!! The party was for...

Happy Easter to you all. Here is the second week of cute easter cards.... For my last full week of classes, we continued the Easter theme but this time with the modern day theme of chicks and eggs, so cute. To complete these we used one of the Sale-a-bration stamp sets Honeycomb Happiness as the main focus for these cards A cute little chick table decoration created from the very popular curvy keepsake box thinlit dies. Just the right size to hold a creme egg or chocolate...

There are only  7 days left of Stampin Up's latest promotion Sale-a-bration. This is the last chance to get a FREE item with every £45 you spend. You can choose any item from the SAB brochure and there are also 3 additional items you can choose from. To view all the products click on the brochure and leaflet below:-      If you still have items on your wish list or have not placed an order yet,  I encourage you to do so before the end of the month to make the most of...

The next big calendar event for the year (4 day bank holiday weekend) is Easter, so for the past two weeks we have been making Easter Cards. A lot of people do not seem to send Easter Cards these days but a few of my ladies specifically asked to make some this year. We made a couple of traditional cards in the first week and a couple of cute ones the second week. Here are the traditional Easter Cards we made Part of my collection of stamps is the Trefoil Cross which retired a couple of years...

For a recent Friday class, I was looking for something different that would use multiple techniques and provide a 3D type image. For this I choose the new 'Rose Wonder stamp' set which is so beautiful. This card was created by heat embossing the flower in silver onto some vellum, colouring the back of the flower and leaves with Blushing Bride and  Old Olive stamp write marker and layering it onto some white card.  A scalloped square in blushing bride was cut out on the big shot and...

Wherever you go in the world, you will always find a Botanical Garden. Therefore it is no surprise that Stampin-Up have devloped a new stamp set called 'Botanicals for you' which is full of flowers and foliage.  This is one of the popular free stamp sets you get for spending £45 during the current Sale-a-bration. It is a lovely set containing 9 stamps (4 sentiments and 5 flower and foliage designs). If you havent managed to get one so far, there is still time, Sale-a-bration doesnt end...

For those Mums out there, Happy Mother's Day to you all today. Here is the card I made for my mum using the 'Grateful Bunch bundle' and some paper from the Botanical Garden pack. It may look plain on the outside, but hopefully the inside makes up for it, which is what is important when the card is on display. I have been wanting to make a stair step card for quite a while. I have seen quite a few of these lately online  and decided to have a go.  I was quite pleased with the finished...