Over the past couple of days I've been playing in my craft studio with no particular project in mind. Instead I've been experimenting with different background techniques. Now I have a small collection of prepared backgrounds that I can use on future projects. Among other things I finally tried out the Stampin' Blends alcohol technique on Vellum Cardstock. I have to say I wasn't disappointed by the results and I decided to turn a blue version into a seascape. With the addition of the ... VIEW POST
Way To Goat With The Puns
My regular readers will know I love a good pun, or a bad one come to that. So it should come as no surprise that the Way To Goat Stamp Set made it into my first order from the new Stampin' Up! Catalogue. With three goat images and associated sentiments I knew I'd have a blast playing with this set. So here's my first idea, a gift box for anything other than cake. MINI PAPER PUMPKIN BOX Making the box itself was so easy, it's a Mini Paper Pumpkin Box that comes ready cut and scored. ... VIEW POST
Cold like the North Pole
Of all the Stamp Sets in the Stampin' Up! 2018 Holiday Catalogue, Signs of Santa has to be my favourite. As soon as I was able it was the first thing I ordered, along with other parts of the suite. I love the line art characters and additional images, especially the 'official seal of the North Pole'. My granddaughter Alyssa loves this set too as she showed when visiting me in October. In fact the stamp set, coordinating dies, paper and accessories have been so popular that the entire suite ... VIEW POST
Fancy that
Every now and then you just want something really fancy to jazz up an otherwise plain gift and in the new Stampin' Up! 2018/2019 Annual Catalogue there's a doozy. Of course as so often happens with these things the photo really doesn't do it justice and you could very easily overlook it entirely. So for today's sneak peek project I want to introduce you to the new Delightfully Detailed Laser-Cut Specialty Paper. This project is so simple to make. I took a Mini Pizza Box and used ... VIEW POST
