If you’ve been a follower of mine for a few years, you’ll know that my eldest son Karl is into Origami BIG time! He’s moved past the basic Cranes and constructs all sorts of flying dragons and animals. On Friday his teacher asked him to make her a Triceratops. He doesn’t get a lot of…
Welcome to Monday, and The Artful Stampers Blog Hop Challenge number 7! This week I’ve not created a card, but a Woven Star Ornament. When I came up with the Colour Challenge for this week, I thought I’d make a nice Christmas Card using one of the star stamp sets. I was going to have…
Sadly I’m making another Sympathy Card. I did wonder whether to write about sympathy cards, but as card makers it is something we make too. I started off with a Butterfly that I had coloured and cut sometime ago, using the same colouring technique as shown in my Blendabilites Video. The image is a My…
It feels like forever since I’ve done an Around the World Stampin’ Up! Challenge! The challenge for the second half of November is another Colour Challenge. I must admit I was a little freaked by the colours, definitely not my colours. Real Red, Crumb Cake and Hello Honey. Hmmm. Thankfully my son is going to…
It’s Wednesday Weekly Deal Day. These Deals are available from the 12th to the 18th November. Grab them from my ONLINE STORE 🙂
A brand NEW Online Hostess Club will be starting in January 2015. This one will be a 3 Month club, January through to March. Why? Well it will be Sale a Bration time, and this way everyone in the group will benefit even more!! Now I haven’t seen the new Sale a Bration catalogue yet,…
Welcome to another Artful Stampers Blog Hop Challenge. This week we are using a Sketch. I can tell you now, I did NOT intend to fussy cut this image, but when my colouring got a little ugly, it was cut or bin! Here’s the sketch, for your inspiration should you wish to play at home….
We all love quick card making right? Washi Tape makes card making ultra quick. For this card I just used Whisper White Cardstock and Beach House Washi Tape. I tore strips of the Washi Tape and angled them on the first layer of Whisper White. It makes such a good background piece. The entire card…
Quick little announcement today! I’ve just created 5 FREE Card Sketches for you when you sign up for my newsletter. You can do this by entering your details in the Stay Updated box on the right hand side bar. Then every week for 5 weeks, you’ll receive an email from with me a FREE Card…
It’s time for Wednesday Weekly Deals! Here are your bargains this week. 5th November to the 11th November. You’ll find these items in my ONLINE STORE.
You may have noticed that we have a new range of Project Life by Stampin’ Up! in the Christmas Supplement called Hello December. The range includes a new 6″ x 8″ Album, Envelope Pages, Hello December Card Collection, Hello December Accessory Pack plus a Stamp Set called December Wonder. The idea behind Hello December, is…
Welcome to another Blog Hop Challenge with my team from The Artful Stampers. This week it’s time for another Colour Challenge. I’ve used Festival Of Trees for my card. Here is the challenge graphic in case you’d like to play along along too. Initially I was going to use Island Indigo as my main colour…
This week my MIL put in an order for a wedding card for her Japanese friends who are visiting for only one night. They have just recently been married, so my MIL just wanted anything 🙂 EEK! I don’t actually have any wedding stamp sets, so I turned to My Digital Studio, because I knew…
It’s Stampin’ Up!s Weekly Deals Wednesday! Here are your bargains for the 29th October to the 4th November. You can grab these items plus more from my ONLINE STORE
Just a quick reminder that today I’ll be closing off the sign ups for both the Super Star Card Class by Mail and the Seam Binding Ribbon Share. Sign up for the Super Star Card Class by Mail. Sign up for the Seam Binding Ribbon Share