At last the Stampin’ Up! 2023/2024 Annual Catalogue is live and products are available for customers to buy. Over the past week I’ve brought you sneak peeks of just a few of the items I was able to buy in advance. Now, like you I’m able to choose from the entire catalogue. But with a limited budget it’s hard to know what to prioritise first. In the end I settled on some additional cardstock in some of my favourite new colours along with some ink pads and Stampin’ Blends. Then I added in a few ... VIEW POST
New InColors For 2023-2025
One of the guarantees with every new Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue is that one set of InColors will be retiring and a new set launching. That’s not completely accurate this year as with the colour refresh Fresh Freesia (one of the 2021-2023 InColors) is staying as a core colour in the Subtles family. I’ve particularly enjoyed the retiring InColors so was quite nervous about what would be replacing them, but I needn’t have worried. The 2023-2025 set is gorgeous and I couldn’t wait to get them all ... VIEW POST
Children’s Zoo Time
After yesterday’s colourful thank you card I decided to make something more childlike for my second sneak peek project. You all know I’m a sucker for cute critters and the Zoo Crew 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper (DSP) could have been made for me. Like most of the DSP from Stampin’ Up! this heavy-weight paper is printed on both sides. On one side of each sheet are black and white patterns. But the other sides feature a whole menagerie of line-art creatures engaged in a variety of activities like ... VIEW POST
No Pillowbox Either
Yesterday I brought you a sneak peek of another new paper pack from the July to December Mini Catalogue. Despite the Boughs of Holly name there was no holly on my project (and very little in the pack as a whole). Today’s sneak peek features one of the gorgeous new ribbons that will be available from Friday. With a combination of Very Vanilla satin and shiny gold it’s definitely not just for Christmas. To show off the ribbon I pulled out the Pretty Pillowbox Dies, but didn’t make a ... VIEW POST
Honeybee Home Easel Calendar For 2022
Happy New Year everyone, and welcome to 2022. I'm not quite sure where 2021 went but very thankful it's gone. Somehow last year seemed to fly by and now we get to look forward to better times (hopefully). For the past few years I've created an easel calendar / Post-It® Note holder and this has been a popular project. So I see no reason to change my routine. This year's theme is bees, and for that I needed the new Honeybee Home Stamp Set and coordinating Honeybee Blooms Dies. Instead of a ... VIEW POST
IDEAS Blog Hop – New Year’s Resolutions
This month our theme is "New Year's Resolutions" which left quite a lot of room for interpretation. Every year I`m determined to improve my organisation and so I decided to create a perpetual calendar as my contribution to the IDEAS tutorial bundle PDF. With a perpetual calendar you write down birthdays, anniversaries and other events that occur on the same date each year. But unlike a traditional annual calendar you can keep using it year after year. My version includes twelve individual ... VIEW POST
