It’s Christmas Eve Eve and happiness is knowing we’re ready for a coming storm. The extreme winter weather that’s currently gripping most of Canada and the US is expected to arrive here later today. Fortunately we’re being spared the extreme cold, but it’s the wind and rain that has us worried. It’s possible that trees already weakened by Hurricane Fiona in October could bring down power lines. Having been left without power for 10 days then, we’re not taking any chances this time around. ... VIEW POST
A Paper Pumpkin Thing: Sweet Sunflowers
It’s the first Friday in September and that means I’m taking part in the A Paper Pumpkin Thing blog hop. This month I’m excited to bring you a couple of alternate projects using the August Paper Pumpkin kit called “Sweet Sunflowers”. This amazing kit was chock full of prepared pieces. These included printed card bases and envelopes with gorgeous watercolour images that were hand-painted by one of the designers at Stampin’ Up! If you missed out on the kit I hope my designs will inspire you to ... VIEW POST
Pocket Envelope Dies
It’s Friday, yay! Yesterday was a busy one for me with a longer to-do list than I’d have liked. Still, I managed to get through it all. This included looking through the other new products I recently ordered from Stampin’ Up! Today I wanted to show you my first attempt using the Mini Pocket Envelope Dies. As the name suggests there’s a die to create a mini pocket, plus there’s another 9 dies to create decorative elements and labels. So to start off here’s a simple wedding gift card ... VIEW POST
Sneak Peek No More!
Happy Canada Day everyone! While enjoying blueberry pancakes and maple syrup for breakfast I’ve been updating my website with some new links. First up is a link to the new Stampin’ Up! July to December Mini Catalogue. This is where you’ll find lots of new products for your autumn and winter crafting. Meanwhile don’t forget to look at the latest Sale-A-Bration Brochure containing stamp sets, dies and paper that you can earn for free with a qualifying order. But first here’s a quick summary of all ... VIEW POST
Very Best Occasions
I’ve made it to Wednesday, and even though I still have a long to-do list I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. It’s bright and sunny out as well which makes me feel I can tackle anything. There’s only two more days until the July to December Mini Catalogue goes live and today’s sneak peek is a new stamp set called Very Best Occasions. It’s a sentiment-only set with clean and elegant fonts, so with two other new products I couldn’t resist creating this card. LIGHTS AGLOW ... VIEW POST
Sentimental Parting
Even though we’re only just into the second week of the Last Chance promotion with Stampin’ Up! some things have already sold out. As an Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator I’m able to see the changing stock levels, and many more retiring products are showing as “low inventory”. One of the stamp sets that’s almost gone is Sentimental Swirls. I especially like this set for the decorative swirls which gives the stamp set its name. So today I couldn’t resist making one final project using heat ... VIEW POST
