It's the last day of August and the seasons are definitely changing in the garden. But while autumn settles in I still need to think ahead if I'm to get all my Christmas plans done. So I wanted to come up with some quick and easy card ideas. These cards will all use no more than a quarter of a 12" x 12" sheet of Designer Series Paper (DSP). Why a quarter? well that means I can get 4 cards from each sheet, or 48 cards from a complete pack of DSP. It also gives me the option of using 6" x 6" ... VIEW POST
Knit One, Emboss One, Tag Fun
Every now and then Stampin' Up! creates a stamp that's so amazing I believe everyone needs it. Knit Together from the July to December 2021 Mini Catalogue is one such stamp. As soon as I saw this image I knew it had to be included in my first order. Knit Together is a large background stamp that quite simply mimics a piece of knitting. What's more there's no special techniques needed to get an stunning effect, as my project today shows, KNIT TOGETHER This gift tag was actually one ... VIEW POST
It’s A New Catalogue Sale-A-Bration
Finally it's August 3rd and the new Mini Catalogue and Sale-A-Bration Brochure are now live. I've had my copies of these for a while and I'm so excited that you can now order from them too. As promised I'm updating all my sneak peek posts with links to the new products. In the meantime here's a reminder of the projects I made. First came a cover for a 4" x 6" pocket photo album in my blog post Peaceful start to my sneak peeks. Then on day two I created this sweet card in Health & ... VIEW POST
Heath & Happiness With Happy Holly-Days
So after yesterday's gorgeous new Designer Series Paper, today I have a sneak peek of a new stamp set for you. After seeing the large bird image, Happy Holly-Days had to be on my wish list and I couldn't wait to ink it up. I actually have a lot of ideas for this set but today I wanted to keep things fairly simple. SWEET ROBIN I began my project with a 3-1/4" x 5-1/4" piece of Very Vanilla Card. I'd decided on neutral tones so chose Soft Suede ink for all my stamping. Taking the ... VIEW POST