I'm so pleased that this week's stamp set for the What Will You Stamp? challenge will be in the 2019/2020 Annual Catalogue from Stampin Up! Also making an appearance in that new catalogue will be coordinating dies for this stamp set. But my Design Team project for #WWYS216 - Tea Together, uses a different die today, the retiring Celebrate You Thinlits. I started my project with some of the retiring Watercolor Paper and my Stamparatus. Using StazOn Jet Black ink I stamped the rose from ... VIEW POST
Graceful Glass Designer Vellum
Well the storm has finally blown through and we now have blue skies again. Total snowfall amounts are hard to measure as we have some areas with very little snow and others where it's been blown into snowdrifts. We didn't lose power which is good, and that made me want to create a celebration card this morning. While looking for some inspiration I came across the Graceful Glass Designer Vellum and it all carried on from there. GRACEFUL GLASS DESIGNER VELLUM The 6" x 6" ... VIEW POST
Making Every Day Bright WWYS191
My daughter has just accepted a new job, and for my What Will You Stamp? challenge Design Team project I couldn't help making a card to congratulate her. This week's challenge is WWYS191 Making Every Day Bright and it's one of those stamp sets with lots of small images but no sentiments. I love these kinds of stamp sets as they provide lots of different design options. I decided to use the cute penguin image and it all evolved from there. THE BACKGROUND Before I could get to the ... VIEW POST
Gift Bag Punch Board Rediscovered
Continuing my quest to rediscover some of my less used craft products, I came across the Gift Bag Punch Board. I'm ashamed to say that it's probably over a year since I last used this tool. It's stored in a rack at the end of my workbench next to my Big Shot so it's easily accessible. Why it's been neglected so long I can't explain, but today I was determined to change that. THE GIFT BAG First I needed to choose the paper for my gift bag. I pulled out the Nature's Poem Designer Series ... VIEW POST
