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White Christmas – Card Project
Get together everything you need. Rub an embossing pad over a piece of basic white card. This will reduce static on a the card and the embossing powder should only stick to the versamark. Ink up the bauble stamp using versamark and stamp onto white card. Repeat twice...
Thanks – Card Project
This months Blog Hop is to create a “Thanks” themed card. I think it’s quite timely but decided not to go down the thankful/harvest line but reached for one of my favourite sets from the main catalogue “Changing Leaves". There is a stamp set, embossing folder and die...
Celebrate – Birthday Card Project
Well here we are with the September Academy blog. Time is going by so quickly and I can see the colours changing already. I have been planning our Winter Craftalong. My team are all going to be there, it’s an opportunity for us to craft together with each other and...
Racing Cars – Kids Card Project
I couldn’t resist using the Racing By Stamp set for this blog hop. I don’t often have all of my grandchildren together but last month we had a day out with all four.We played on old arcade games and we had to change our money for old style pennies!One of the games was...
Colour Combo Card Project
Welcome to this month’s Blog Hop post. When you have read my post, please click on to the other stamper’s blogs so that you can see their creations. The theme for this month was ‘Colour Combo’.The colours that I have chosen are 3 of the new Stampin’ Up! In Colour...
Let’s Get Together
I thought I would just put a few notes on here about my crafty sessions. When I advertise on social media it is tricky to tell you about what actually happens at each type of event.On alternate Monday afternoons I go to the lovely Coffee and Crumbs, Kirkgate, Kildwick...
Designer Series Paper Card Project
For this blog post I have chosen to use the lovely’Frames & Flowers’ 12 x12” Specialty Designer Series paper (page 29 in Annual Catalogue).It has 6 sheets of double-sided paper featuring leafy/floral designs with complimentary subtle designs. There are also 3...
Just Words Card Project
Welcome to this month’s Blog Hop post. When you have read my post, please click on to the other stamper’s blogs so that you can see their creations. The theme for this month was ‘just words’. The card that I am going to create relies on words and colour.The colours...
Online Shopping On It’s Way
You might have noticed that we are continually making changes to the web site. When I say we, I mean Neil! We have been to ‘web school’ and keep learning new skills. At the moment we are busy creating a shop for all of my retired Stampin’ Up! Products. We hope...
Boys and Men Card Project
Welcome to my blog post featuring a quick and easy card that is suitable for any of your DIY friends. I have geared it towards less feminine colours but it looks great with any colour combo.The new catalogue due out ready for orders from 1st May 2024, has a feature...
Been Busy Blog Hop – Flowers
This project makes 4 cards using an A5 sheet of either Designer Series Paper or stamped white card.1. Choose your colours. I choose Granny Apple Green, Fresh Freesia and Flirty Flamingo. 2. Using 2 sizes of flower stamps from the Irresistible Blooms stamp set,...
Been Busy Blog Hop – Ways With Vellum
Vellum is a really useful product to have when you are card making and crafting. Stampin’ Up! has colour coordination at it's core but vellum coordinates with everything.The first example shows using vellum as a layer to add interest to a card. You could just add die...
