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30th June 2016

Sailing Away with a Swirly Bird

Sailing Boat Thank You Card using Swirly Bird from Stampin' Up! UK

You guys know how much I love a stamp set that I can use in multiple different way for multiple different occasions, and Swirly Bird is definitely one of those stamp sets that I am head over heals with!

How cute is this card?! I think it would be an awesome card for a little boys birthday, or a Hello baby boy card, however I have plumped for my standard Thank You card (I make so many Thank You cards I love having a heap on hand at all times for all you lovely customers and blog readers).

The boat is actually from the Swirly Bird stamp set! There are heaps of images in this stamp set, a boat, a bird, swirly bits and bobs, great fun.

The ‘sea’ is one of the dies from the coordinating die bundle – Swirly Scribbles – in Pool Party to match the Pool Party / Dapper Denim / Rose Red Boat. I’ve actually in-lay die cut it this time, but my goodness it was tricky, definitely one to do if you have plenty of time!

Product List

Swirly Bird Photopolymer Bundle

[142353]

£42.25

Dapper Denim A4 Cardstock

[141419]

£7.25

Pool Party A4 Card Stock

[124391]

£7.25

Dapper Denim Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141394]

£6.00

Pool Party Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126982]

£6.00

Rose Red Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126954]

£6.00

Thankful Thoughts Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[141522]

£17.00

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27th June 2016

Make It Monday | Floral Phrases

congratulations cards using Floral Phrases bundle from Stampin' Up! UK

I think this suite would be my number one choice for wedding stationary this year. I am totally in love with the large, intricate dies (although I have to say that these dies are the reason that the Big Shot Die Brush is an awesome purchase!) and the coordinating stamp set is just beautiful

I really struggled to make anything with this awesome suite when they first arrived on my desk. I think because they are shown in Night of Navy in the catalogue (which I just adore) I found stamping or die cutting in any other colour really tricky. So, I decided to stamp a heap of different colours – as you can see in the video – and I am rather pleased to report that I feel much freer about this bundle now. Although I think I will have to make something with this and Night of Navy eventually!

I’m trying some different things with my photography over the next few weeks, as well as changing my video set up! I would love to hear what you think, please feel free to leave comments in the comments section at the bottom of this post.

These would be a lovely cards to receive as a Wedding Congratulations card, or even to send as Save the Dates or Wedding Invitations. I cannot wait to get to play with these dies again, they are just so pretty.

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Product List

Floral Phrases Clear-Mount Bundle

[142355]

£37.75

Big Shot Die Brush

[140603]

£10.00

Blushing Bride Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131172]

£6.00

Card Stock A4 Blushing Bride

[131287]

£7.25

Stamp-A-Ma-Jig

[101049]

£11.00

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

[110755]

£3.75

Silicone Craft Sheet

[127853]

£5.50

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16th June 2016

Pinkies Blog Hop | Annual Catalogue Launch

Thank you for joining us on another Pinkies Blog Hop! We’re showcasing lots of gorgeous projects using products from the new Stampin’ Up!® Annual Catalogue. Simply use the buttons at the end of each post to keep hopping!

I just love this cupcake! I’m a sucker for a 2-step stamp set that this one even has coordinating dies (that come bundled together for 10% off!) I made this card last week with the ladies that came to my Catalogue Launch Party, we had so much fun stamping and adding Wink of Stella to this 0 Calorie treat!

The cupcake is stamped in two parts; the cake base and then the icing. The cake base is stamped in Sahara Sand and Tip Top Taupe, while we used Perfect Plum (stamped off once), Sweet Sugarplum and Rich Razzleberry to create the icing.

Once we had the cupcake stamped, we die cut the pieces using the coordinating dies and added them to the card over the loops of Copper Metallic Thread with a few dimensionals.

I can’t wait to see what everyone else has created for today’s hop! click the Next Blog button at the bottom of the post to continue hopping along.

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Product List

Sweet Cupcake Photopolymer Bundle

[142232]

£38.50

Perfect Plum A4 Card Stock

[108615]

£7.25

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

[106550]

£8.25

Copper Metallic Thread

[141696]

£2.75

Sahara Sand Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126976]

£6.00

Tip Top Taupe Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138325]

£6.00

Perfect Plum Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126963]

£6.00

Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141395]

£6.00

Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126950]

£6.00

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

[141897]

£7.25

Polka Dot Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[133739]

£7.00

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7th June 2016

Love You Lots Swirly Bird

Swirly Bird Love You Lots Stampin' Up! UK

Yep, I’ve been playing with Swirly Bird again! I’m loving the enormous combination of things you can make with this set; birds, boats, kites, flowers…. and I’m sure there’s more in there too!

I think this was one of the first cards I made with Swirly Bird a few weeks ago. I love when stamp sets come with coordinating dies for the smaller images, and this card uses all the smallest images from the stamps and dies.

Swirly Bird comes bundled with the Swirly Scribbles thinlits dies for a great 10% off! There are heaps and heaps of bundles in this years annual catalogue, I keep finding new ones that I hadn’t spotted before which is awesome!

The splatter in the background of this card is also from Swirly Bird, but the sentiment is taken from Love You Lots – one of the new Hostess Exclusive stamp sets.

I am totally inspired by colour at the moment, this happens to me in the spring/summer, colour becomes super important in my creative process. I love colour all year round, but even more so in summer. I would LOVE to see what you create using this colour combination too, leave me a link to your cards and projects in the comments below

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Product List

Swirly Bird Photopolymer Bundle

[142353]

£42.25

Big Shot

[143263]

£99.00

Emerald Envy A4 Cardstock

[141420]

£7.25

Mint Macaron A4 Cardstock

[138344]

£6.50

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

£7.25

Emerald Envy Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141396]

£6.00

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138326]

£6.00

Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126950]

£6.00

Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141395]

£6.00

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131173]

£6.00

Love You Lots Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[141801]

£8.00

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20th May 2016

Fancy Fold Friday | Corner Fold Card

Fancy Fold Friday Video Tutorial Corner Fold Card featuring Number of Years from Stampin' Up! UK

When I first made this card last year it took me ages to work out the cutting and scoring, I had found a tutorial from an awesome American fellow Stampin’ Up! demonstrator and just had to make this card, but the US don’t use A4 card stock, so I had to convert the measurements. It has taken me so long to revisit this style of card after the trauma of that day, but following my own instructions I had the card finished in a flash!

I love the fact that this card has its own level of dimension, although you could really burnish the fold lines to get the card to be flatter. I have also seen this style of fancy fold embossed with an embossing folder after the fold has been created which looks awesome! but I opted for tone on tone stamping today

This card features the Number of Years stamps and dies – which is currently available as a 15% bundle, but the bundle retired on the 31st May, although the stamps and dies will still be available they will cost more – grab them today for a bargain!

Have you spotted my colour combination inspiration today? Yes, this card is made in my blog colours; Soft Sky, Marina Mist and Melon Mambo!

Measurements:

Card Base – Marina Mist – Half A4, folded in half (14.8 x 21, scored on the long side at 10.5 cm)

Insert you card base into your Stampin’ Trimmer with the long side at the top, line up the left hand edge at 13 cm – using the measurements printed on the cutting arm of the Stampin’ Trimmer cut from 2 cm down to 8 cm.

Turn your card base so the short edge is at the top, line up the left hand edge of your card stock at 8 cm, and cut again from 2cm to 8 cm – you should have created a corner cut in the middle of your card front.

Then fold the top right hand edge of the card front down, ensure that you don’t fold the centre square that will appear, burnish this score line well to ensure you card front sits flat.

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Product List

Number Of Years Photopolymer Bundle

[140811]

£44.00

Number Of Years Photopolymer Stamp Set

[140653]

£24.00

Large Numbers Framelits Dies

[140622]

£28.00

Marina Mist A4 Card Stock

[121682]

£6.50

Marina Mist Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126962]

£6.00

Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock

[119980]

£6.50

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126948]

£6.00

Soft Sky Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131181]

£6.00

Stampin’ Trimmer

[129722]

£27.00

Stampin’ Trimmer Cutting Blades

[126995]

£5.50

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9th May 2016

Make It Monday | Large Numbers Birthday Card

Large Numbers Birthday card Video Tutorial Featuring Stampin' Up! UK products

Hello! Welcome to another Make It Monday! As soon as I spotted the Large Numbers Framelits Dies in this years Spring/Summer catalogue this card sprang into my head! Yes, it has taken me an AGE to get around making it, but I thought I would share making it with you!

This card was super simple to make! This would be a great boys birthday card (maybe not with the pink!) or men’s cards too.

My top tips for this card are to use Tombow glue to adhere the numbers, as to adhere the numbers in a random way; upside down, and off the edges. This technique is also known as faux embossing because the numbers are the same colour as the card stock underneath, however this card could be really cool in rainbow!

Measurements:

Card base: Basic Grey – 21 x 14.8 cm

Layer: Basic Grey – 10 x 14.2 cm

Numbers: Basic Grey Scraps

Melon Mambo: scrap, approx 6.5 x 6.5 cm

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Product List

£28.00

£99.00

£6.50

£6.50

£3.75

£3.75

£9.00

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21st April 2016

Watercolour Week | Negative Space Watercolouring

Crazy About You Watercolour negative space Hello Card using Stampin' Up! UK products

I hope you are having a great week! today is my last day off work, back to the grind-stone tomorrow

Last weekend I headed to Telford for Stampin’ Up!® On Stage Local (and saw the awesome new annual catalogue!) and Team Training on Sunday where I provided a whole table of Watercolour inspiration! Most of the cards I shared were cards you guys have already seen, but I did make a few new ones – including this card

This card is super simple to make I promise! I am going to start writing the card measurements on my blog posts, I listened to another demonstrator (sorry I can’t remember who it was) on Saturday talk about making blog posts easy for readers to re-create the projects. This is something I have been trying to work out for a while. I use the same sized card quite often, but will try and remember to post the sizes – especially when I’m using odd sizes or doing fancy folds!

Ok, so this card uses the Hello You thinlits dies, die cut from Thick Whisper White card stock. I found a piece of scrap card stock (also Thick Whisper White) that was bigger than the die cut ‘Hello’ and used the Watercolour Wash technique that I shared on Monday to create a rainbow of colour.

The card is then a simple case of layering and re-assembling the ‘Hello’. I used Dimensionals for the larger pieces, but the little dot in the ‘O’ required a ball of Glue Dot, you can see it slightly, but it’s clear and I’m pretty sure your wouldn’t notice it without looking for it!

Card Measurements:

Card Base – (Half A4 folded in half) 21 x 14.85 cm, scored on the long side at 10.5 cm

Card Layer – 10 x 14.2 cm

Product List

Hello You Thinlits Dies

[137363]

£22.00

Shimmery White A4 Card Stock

[121717]

£7.25

Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock

[140490]

£6.50

Aqua Painters

[103954]

£15.50

Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock

[119980]

£6.50

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126948]

£6.00

Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126945]

£6.00

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126944]

£6.00

Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126953]

£6.00

Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131171]

£6.00

Stampin’ Dimensionals

[104430]

£3.75

Glue Dots

[103683]

£4.75

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27th February 2016

Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge – A Rose Wonder Thank You

Stampin' Up! Sketch Challenge Rose Wonder

Welcome to another Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge Blog Hop, I’m so glad you joined us today.

This week it was my turn to design the sketch! I have been so looking forward to this bit, I love seeing how creative people can be so I set the girls a tough one this week – a totally black sketch! I know, it was mean, but did they create some great projects (if you haven’t seen anyone elses creations yet, please use the buttons at the bottom of this post to see what everyone has created this week)

Saying that I designed this sketch, you would have thought I would have made my card straight away, and had some marvellous idea! I wish, no this week has been crazy, working 6 days, brand new job, very stressed, and so trying to make a card for today has been a bit of a nightmare to be honest. On Thursday I still hadn’t made anything and so started a quest through Pinterest for some inspiration – nothing, my crafty mojo had up’d and left! Great! But then, I woke on Friday with a card fully formed in my brain, wonderful, mojo returned! and so this was my creation!

I die cut a circle from a piece of copy paper and used it as a mask to ink blend. The colours in the circle are Pear Pizzazz, Rose Red and Pool Party – all added with Stampin’ Sponges, and a very light touch. I stamped the flower before lifting the mask, and added some die cut leaves in Vellum and Whisper White card stock. I adhered these with a glue dots, which you could still see after adding the leaves, so the die cut flower was added to cover my mess!

Please hop on and see what the girls have made this week

Did you know we also have a group Pinterest Board, where you can see all our projects in one go!

Product List

Rose Wonder Photopolymer Bundle

[140804]

£44.00

Circles Collection Framelits Die

[130911]

£24.00

Card Stock A4 Pear Pizzazz

[131290]

£6.50

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131180]

£6.00

Pool Party Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126982]

£6.00

Rose Red Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126954]

£6.00

White Vellum A4 Card Stock

[106584]

£6.00

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

£7.25

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29th January 2016

They say its your birthday….

Stampin' Up! UK Flower Patch Suite Sayings

A few weeks ago I made a heap of cards whilst catching up on some very important TV (so important I can’t remember what I was watching!) and this card was the outcome!

I don’t usually craft in front of the TV, and so I’m blaming distraction for the slightly imperfect stamping!

I’ve been totally inspired by Pinterest and the flood of Pins using the Brand New Botanical Blooms stamps and dies, however, even as a demonstrator, I can’t have everything and this set hasn’t found a home on my stamp shelf just yet. But I do have the Flower Patch stamp set and matching Flower Fair dies.

The sentiment is from another new stamp set, Suite Sayings.

I love a bright and colourful card on a gloomy winter day, don’t you?

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Flower Patch Photopolymer Bundle – 136788

Price: £38.25

Whisper White A4 Cardstock – 106549

Price: £7.25

Suite Sayings Clear-Mount Stamp Set – 140712

Price: £19.00

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad – 140931

Price: £6.50

Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin’ Pad – 126950

Price: £6.00

Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin’ Pad – 131171

Price: £6.00

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin’ Pad – 131173

Price: £6.00

Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad – 126953

Price: £6.00

Real Red Classic Stampin’ Pad – 126949

Price: £6.00

Big Shot – 113439

Price: £99.00

Magnetic Platform – 130658

Price: £36.00

Basic Black A4 Cardstock – 121688

Price: £6.50

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20th November 2015

Let it Snow!

I’m a little bit late with this weeks news – the Christmas retiring list has gone live! There are so many awesome stamps we are about to say Goodbye to, go and check out what is left!

I’m really hoping that there are some of these cute snowmen left for you, I love these and will be so sad to say see ya!

These are stamped in our new Archival Basic Black on Whisper White and die cut with the coordinating Framelits. This is one of the things I LOVE about Stampin’ Up!® – coordination – there is so many products that are either matching colours, or have a matching die or punch, or have coordinating fonts and images. Stampin’ Up!® make creativity easy, saving you time by ensuring that your projects are totally awesome!

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Snow Place Photopolymer Bundle – 140844

Price: £39.75

Bermuda Bay A4 Cardstock – 131286

Price: £6.50

Whisper White A4 Cardstock – 106549

Price: £7.25

Big Shot – 113439

Price: £99.00

Magnetic Platform – 130658

Price: £36.00

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