Something I love about Stampin’ Up! is when they bundle a stamp set and coordinating tool together and offer them at a 10% discount. It’s a great way to get more for your money if you want both products. The problem I find then is it’s hard to think of them as individual items. As a result, once I’ve decided I don’t want a stamp set I’ll often ignore the dies completely. But with the Last Chance list it’s worth having another look. Take the Organic Beauty Dies for instance... GLOSSY ... VIEW POST
Back To Bamboo
Two weeks from today we’ll find out which Stampin’ Up! products will be retiring from the 2022-2023 Annual and January to April 2023 Mini Catalogues. Every year at this time I’m sad at the thought of seeing favourite items go, but at the same time excited for all the new products that will replace them. I've a horrible feeling that the Bamboo Beauty Stamp Set won’t make the cut as it’s coming up on two years old. So that was the set I chose for today’s simple caring card project. EASY ... VIEW POST
Sun Prints In Grey
It’s warm, the sun is shining and my to do list is full of fun stuff. It’s going to be a great day. One of my ‘tasks’ is to go through some prints that my daughter took and sent to me recently. All are of her family, but it was a black and white photo that immediately caught my eye. I’d seen this picture of my twin granddaughters when she first took it last year. Today my plan was to use it on a scrapbook page for my family album. SUN PRINTS BACKGROUND My initial idea was to use a ... VIEW POST
Snowy Beauty As We Clean Up
As predicted, the winter storm that started on Friday evening continued for most of yesterday. The power went out Friday night and wasn't restored until 8.45pm on Saturday. So there was nothing for it but to hunker down inside and ride it out. During the daylight hours I managed to do a little crafting and re-organising while hubby worked on getting power from our new generator into the house. Today there's not a cloud in the sky and the sun is showing off the ridges carved into the snow by ... VIEW POST
Bamboo Beauty With A Japanese Proverb
Bamboo Beauty is one of those stamp sets that I wasn't originally going to get, but now I keep finding myself drawn to it. I've already made two cards but I knew it would be perfect for a bookmark. So I decided to stop fighting my creative instinct and just set to work. BAMBOO PROVERB "The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that breaks" is one of the five sentiments in this stamp set. Today's bookmark would be built around those words. First I cut a 2" x 5-1/2" strip of ... VIEW POST
Block Stamped Background Rediscovered
During my craft room reorganisation one of the things I love is rediscovering old projects. That's especially true when it reminds me of a technique or design that I haven't used in ages. Today's card came about as a result of one of those discoveries, and it's all about the block stamping technique. SIMPLE BLOCK STAMPING I began my project with a 2-1/2" x 3-1/2" piece of Shimmery White Card that I found among my scraps. Shimmery White Card takes water nicely so is a good choice for ... VIEW POST
