One of the first stamp sets I bought from the Stampin' Up! 2021/2022 Annual Catalogue was Hand-Penned Petals. There was something about the line-drawn floral images that I knew would inspire me. Fast forward a few months and I haven't been disappointed. I continue to pull out this set and the ideas keep on coming. To prove my point I've a new Hand-Penned Petals project for you today. In this simple Sunday project I used one of outline images for both the focal point and the ... VIEW POST
Gift Wrap That’s Cheap And Recyclable
It's so frustrating when you come to wrap a gift only to find you don't have anything suitable. I have blue baby paper. In fact I've had that blue baby paper for quite some time, but it's not what I need. So several years ago I decided that the only way to make sure I have the wrapping paper I want is to make my own. I trotted down to my local U-Haul depot (a moving company here in Canada), and bought a box of wrapping paper. The box I chose had about 100 sheets of clean white newsprint ... VIEW POST
Twice Penned For A Different Look
Right now we're in the middle of a terrific thunderstorm and watching the lightning website it really is all around us. So today's blog post is going to be a quick one. Fortunately the project I have for you is super simple. It all hinges on the large floral image from the Hand-Penned Petals Stamp Set. SIMPLE GET WELL CARD First though I chose my colour scheme and for what I had in mind black and white was perfect. I began by using my Paper Trimmer to cut and score a piece of Basic ... VIEW POST
Hand-Penned Has Me Hooked
You know it's funny that like many papercrafters I thought I had enough floral stamp sets. Then I saw the Stampin' Up! 2021/2022 Annual Catalogue and realised another one or two couldn't hurt. Hand-Penned Petals made it to my first order and it hasn't disappointed. There's outline images if I feel like colouring, plus solid images to add artistic blocks of colour if I don't. The outlines also work well with no colour at all making for a very versatile stamp set. For today's project I ... VIEW POST
Hand-Penned For A Simple Gift Tag
It's Sunday, and after yesterday's slightly stressful day it's nice to get back to some simple crafting. With it's abundance of pretty flowers the Hand-Penned Stamp Set could be considered quite feminine. So today decided to make a quick gift tag that's more masculine / gender neutral. HAND-PENNED SIMPLICITY My project started when I decided on my colour combination, Pale Papaya and Soft Suede. Then I chose Basic White Card for the main layer and cut two pieces at 2-1/2" x ... VIEW POST
Coincidence? Anything Is Possible
My regular readers will know that I'm currently decluttering and reorganising my craft studio. It's not that it's a mess, I can't work in a mess, but rather that the flow is wrong. So I'm moving things around so that everything seems more natural. While I'm at it I may as well remove stuff that's been kept 'just in case' but in my heart I know I'll never use. Of course the fact that I'm creating space just when a new catalogue is coming out is pure coincidence... During a short break this ... VIEW POST
