While the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue gives us products for a full year, the same is not true of their Mini Catalogues. I love that these ‘Minis’ give me additional seasonal goodies but sometimes I feel that 6 months is not enough. Admittedly some items get carried over, however that rarely happens for the paper packs. This year though I get a second chance with the Painted Christmas Designer Series Paper (DSP). I especially love this pine cones pattern and couldn’t wait to use it again on a ... VIEW POST
Christmas Paper Scraps Are Not Wasted
With Christmas only days away I'm acutely aware of all the things I still have to do. Today's simple Sunday project actually began as an attempt to use up the various scraps of paper I have laying around. I found a few bits from the Painted Christmas 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper (DSP) pack that had images that could be individually cut out. So one evening last week while watching a Christmas movie I did just that using my Paper Snips. By the time I was done I had a nice little pile of ... VIEW POST
Peaceful Sunday And Making Plans
Yesterday was another busy day for me as I attended my final craft fair of the season. This one was at the Fundy Geological Museum in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia and as usual very well organised. It was good to see so many people taking the opportunity to buy from local crafts people. While I love attending these events and meeting customers old and new, it can be quite a tiring day overall. So my Sunday will be spent relaxing and planning for the rest of the month. But first I needed to create ... VIEW POST
Less Than A Month To Christmas
In case you weren't aware, this time next month Christmas will be over. You know even though I've been providing you with regular reminders, somehow, once again, Christmas has crept up on me. So now I'm back in that mad rush to get things done in time. I still have cards to make and mail, and other decorative items and gifts to assemble. This weekend I'll try to plan my shopping so I can buy the bulk of my groceries well ahead of time. Then with that done I'll spend a few hours in the craft ... VIEW POST
Bring On Christmas With Sweets & Treats
There's only a week left of October and nine weeks today will be Christmas Day. So I have another Christmas card idea for you, and this time it involves a fancy fold. It`s true some fancy fold cards are quite complicated and involve lots of measurements and pieces, but not this one. This is one of the first fancy folds that I teach my beginner stampers and it's called an easel card. This particular design was one I made during my recent 24 cards in 24 hours marathon. EASEL FOLD ... VIEW POST
Christmas Card Making In Bulk
One of the things I love about making my own cards is that I can make each one unique and as elaborate as I like. This often means spending a lot of time fussing with different tools and materials. If I'm making a card for a special occasion this is a labour of love and I'll keep going until I'm done. With Christmas however things get tricky. There's so many more cards to make that sometimes the amount of time I have for each one is greatly reduced. I still make some extra special ones, but ... VIEW POST
