There is something quite wonderful about the Simply Elegant 12" x 12" Specialty Designer Series Paper (DSP). It has some lovely gender neutral patterns and I love the Basic Black, Basic Gray and Very Vanilla colour palette. But the star of the pack has to be the amazing foiled designs on the reverse of each sheet. The combination of gold, silver and copper may sound a bit over the top, but it works. And as I discovered today you don't need a lot to create a simply elegant gift ... VIEW POST
Old Chick, New Chick, Excitement
Usually I don't show sneak peeks of new products that customers can't buy for several weeks. But today I want to make an exception. That's because one of the new products I want to show isn't really new. Do you remember the cute Hey Chick Stamp Set from the 2017 Sale-A-Bration Brochure? It was incredibly popular and I immediately thought of it when I saw the Hey Birthday Chick Stamp Set in the new Mini Catalogue. Well it seems that this was no accident as Stampin' Up! have announced that ... VIEW POST
Block Stamped Background Revisited
This morning I had absolutely no idea what to make for my blog project so you have my daughter to thank for this. She suggested a few things including a card with a supportive message. So from a pile of older but still available stamp sets I pulled out Let It Ride. Then seeing my 'failed' block stamped background from the other day I set to work. BLOCK STAMP FAIL AND SUCCESS As I said, the background for today's card was actually a 'failed' attempt at block stamping from a few days ... VIEW POST
