In case you haven’t glanced at the calendar yet, let me point out that it’s September 25th. That means there’s only 3 months until Christmas. It’s just a touch scary the way the year is flying by, and December will be here before we know it. I'd planned to be much further ahead with my seasonal crafting by now, but once again I’m playing catch up. So for today’s project I created this fun gift tag with a definite Santa vibe using a sentiment from the Brightest Glow Stamp Set. BRIGHTEST GLOW ... VIEW POST
Gilded Poinsettia
While I try to set aside time for my crafting, life sometimes gets in the way. Like yesterday evening as I dealt with hubby’s flight from the UK being cancelled, and confirming his new flight details. Checked at 2am, only to discover he’d not seen my message and arrived at Heathrow an hour before he needed to. Then this morning a brief power outage set me back. So to me it makes sense to get cracking on my Christmas crafting. Today’s pretty gilded poinsettia bookmark will accompany a gifted ... VIEW POST
Introducing O Holy Night
Welcome to day two of my Stampin’ Up! new product sneak peeks. Yesterday I brought you to an autumn-themed project using the Rustic Crate Stamp Set. Today I've decided to show you one of the new paper packs available for customers to buy from next Thursday. The O Holy Night 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper (DSP) is part of the O Holy Night Suite. This includes two stamp sets, both with coordinating dies (available as part of a bundle or separately), embellishments, ribbon, and two packs of ... VIEW POST
Frosted Dots Magic
Although I’m still enjoying summer with my 12 year-old granddaughter I can’t help but think of Christmas. As a papercrafter it’s a bit of an occupational hazard. However my recently delivered pre-order from the Stampin’ Up! September to December 2023 Mini Catalogue remains unopened. In fact today’s simple Sunday project was made before Alyssa arrived. I’d made a card using the Courage & Faith Stamp Set and had a little extra time to play. But when I added Loose Frosted Dots to the berries on ... VIEW POST
Another Christmas In July
Christmas in July seems to really have taken off and not only in crafting circles. I see lots of references to the concept on TV and in stores. A couple of days ago Stampin’ Up! gave us a preview of the September to December 2023 Mini Catalogue. It’s chock full of amazing Christmas and other seasonal products that will be available for customers to order starting September 6th. Meanwhile there’s some great Christmas products in the Annual Catalogue too, like the Christmas Pinecone Dies I used to ... VIEW POST
Musical, Merry & Bright
With a daily blog to write I am always looking for inspiration for my next project (or six). Sometimes I know exactly where an idea came from, but not today. Today was one of those days where my card seemed to just happen without any conscious effort on my part. Perhaps that’s how I sat down in a heatwave with the music-themed Merry Melody 3D Embossing Folder and ended up with a Christmas card. However, having chosen a purple colour scheme contrasted with black, this card is anything but ... VIEW POST
