Hi there, here are last weeks card. I used the Owl Occasions stamp set which is featured in the Autumn/Winter Catalogue to make two birthday cards which are both very different.     The woodgrain effect was created using the woodgrain embossing folder on Early Expresso core'dination card.   Items from the Autumn/ Winter Catalogue are still available for purchase  until 31st January 2013 Supplies Used: (All Stampin Up! Unless Otherwise Stated)  1. Card – Early...

There are only 5 days left for you to get hold of the My Little Valentine offer from Stampin' Up in which you get the simply set sealed with love kit for FREE (Worth £8.25) when you purchase the My Little Valentine stamp set for £ 9.95. I have been busy playing with both sets and here is what I created. I apologise for the poor lighting! I made three cards, one mini book with envelope and one notelet with matching envelope and still had plenty left in the pack to make more!    ...

 Stampin' Up! are running a special promotion from today until 21st January    If you purchase the My Little Valentine Clear Stamp Set  at £9.95 you will receive a Simply Sent Card Kit FREE( worth £8.25 – page 35 Autumn/Winter catalogue)    The Simply Sent Card Kit contains the following to make 10 cards: • 10 notecards, 5 each of 2 designs 8.6 x 11.6 cm • 10 double-sided envelopes 12.1 x 8.7 cm • 20 printed paper buttons • 10 pieces Whisper White/Real Red bakers...

Happy New Year.  Wishing you  all a happy,  healthy and  prosperous  New Year! I would like to thank everyone for their kindness in visiting and commenting  on my blog over the last year, and sincerely hope that you will continue to do so.  I was blog hopping a few weeks ago and came across Sally-Jo's website and found a lovely christmas wall hanging. I loved it so much that I wanted to re-create it I used a combination of Crumb Cake, Soft suede, Baja Breeze,...

Hello there and welcome back to my blog. Christmas has passed by so fast again this year after so many hours of preparation and organisation!!  I hope you all had a very enjoyable time and are looking forward to 2013. I am sharing a project which we made in a couple of classes in December. I have not shown it before as I completed a few more to give as christmas presents and didn't want to spoil the surprise.   The frames are similar to those we made earlier in the year. I had...

I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a creative and happy 2013.  I have just a few more christmas cards to share with you. I apologise that the lighting isn't too good for the photographs     I would like to thank Anita for sharing the template for the above card. It is created from three layers of card  which have been scored down each side and stuck together to create a pleat effect. I love the design of this card and i am sure will be repeating it...

I was beginning to lack inspiration when it came to making the family christmas cards but that was soon resolved when I visited my friend Tracey's shop Running with Scissors.   She designed some beautiful diorama cards for her card class and I took the basic idea from them and created my own using some of my stampin up products. Thank you Tracey. Supplies Used: 1. Card – Whisper White, Gumball Green, Silver Mirror Card from own supply  2. Stamps –Snow Swirled, Owl Occasions,...

I made these cute little christmas cards a while ago and had forgotten that I hadn't put them on my blog. They are all created from the owl occasion stamp set which is featured in the autumn/winter catalogue. The stamp set is still available to order until the end of january. Supplies Used: 1. Card – Gumball Green, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Early Expresso  2. Papers – festival of prints designer series stack  3. Stamps –Owl Occasions  4. 5. Tools – Labels collection...

My daughter made some fabulous cupcakes recently as gifts so I created these lovely cupcake boxes for them to go in Colours used cherry cobbler and midnight muse.    Each box was made from an A4 sheet of card which was scored very easily using the scoring tool. They were  individually stamped in whisper white using snowflake soiree stamp set before being assembled. The hole in the box and the gift tag were made using the 1 3/4" scallop circle punch.