I'm still working my way through my new box of goodies from Stampin' Up! and today it's the turn of the Forever Blossoms Stamp Set. I did get the coordinating dies, but first I just wanted to play with the stamps and a simple marker to stamp technique. FOREVER BLOSSOMS The Forever Blossoms Stamp Set has one large branch of blossoms and leaves, plus some separate flower and leaf images. The larger image was perfect for my card front, while the smaller ones would work well for the inside ... VIEW POST
Believe The Power Will Stay On!
As I sit down to write this blog post the wind and rain are really starting to pick up. This bad weather was forecast and as expected some people are already without power. I'm trying to keep positive and believe that ours will hold out long enough to get this blog post written, but I'll keep it short just to be safe. BELIEVE YOU CAN I began this project by making a card base from Early Espresso Card. Next I spritzed the front with a little clean water before embossing it using the ... VIEW POST
A Snowman Arms Observation
Sometimes when I'm crafting things don't always go according to plan, or I simply get distracted. That's what happened today as I sat down to create an autumn project. To be honest I'm not even sure how it happened. One minute I'm working on a sunflower and the next my desk is covered in snowmen. Then as I was using my Snowman Builder Punch for the first time I began to consider the issue of snowman arms. As you do. Here's what I finally ended up with today... SNOWY TAG This tag ... VIEW POST
Purple Posy Perfection
Yesterday was an exciting day as my big order from the Stampin' Up! 2019/2020 Annual Catalogue finally arrived. I love getting new stuff, but sometimes it can be a little overwhelming knowing what to play with first. In the end I went with the Lovely As The Day Stamp Set and my new Purple Posy Stampin' Blends. LOVELY IS THE DAY The Lovely Is The Day Stamp Set is made from see-though photopolymer and is a 'two-step' stamp set. This means that you can create images in two steps, in this ... VIEW POST
Pine Tree Simplicity
As we're only days away from seeing the full Retiring List I've been sorting through some of the products that I know will definitely go. Designer Series Paper (DSP) is one of these. In amongst the Nature's Poem DSP I found some wood effect paper I'd completely forgotten about. So that lead me to the Rooted in Nature Stamp Set and this simple pine tree thank you card. SIMPLE BASE I began with a simple base of Thick Very Vanilla Card cut and scored using my retiring Stampin' Trimmer. ... VIEW POST
Storage By Stampin’ Up!
If Stampin' Up! didn't already have an exclamation mark I would have added one to my blog title. This morning it was announced that starting from Monday we'll all be able to buy products from the new Storage by Stampin' Up! range. Woo hoo! I've been wanting to reorganise the area immediately around where I create and have been looking for just the right option. Stampin' Up! obviously knew this, and created their new range just for me (and people like me). Storage by Stampin' Up! is a ... VIEW POST
