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Month: October 2011

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A traditional christmas card in contemporary colours

A traditional christmas card in contemporary colours

Today I've gone for one of the traditional Christmas images from the Welcome Christmas stamp set but opted for a more contemporary colour scheme (and couldn't resist adding a little lushness with some of my share products). Recipe Stamp sets: Welcome Christmas...

How to get In Color products for free

How to get In Color products for free

Be a part of the ‘In Color’ crowd! Have you spotted our Stampin' Up! October offer? This month, you can get select 2011-2012 In Color products for FREE when you join the Stampin’ Up! family! Join my team in October and get the Card Stock and Classic Pad In Color...

A quick and easy Christmas cracker

A quick and easy Christmas cracker

Now here is one of the goodies that I was itching to get my hands on from my last order. It's called a candy wrapper die but I think it also looks a lot like a Christmas cracker. As I explained before, this makes very quick work of creating a small box, perfect for a...

Turn your owl into Dracula for Halloween

Turn your owl into Dracula for Halloween

To turn your owl into Dracula (or a plain old bat) for Halloween you'll need the 1-3/4" Circle and Scallop Circle punches (or similar). 1. Punch owl body and large eyes from Basic Black card. Punch bib (this is optional - leave off for more of a bat look) and medium...

A Halloween card using the owl punch

A Halloween card using the owl punch

Hi there and thank you to everyone that visited us at the craft fair yesterday. We had a great time but boy was I shattered by the end of it. I figured I might be a bit tired today so I'd booked the day off work and I've been having a play with my new goodies. I'll...

Thank you – elegantly said

Thank you – elegantly said

Today has been hugely busy - in a good way  A quick dash to Elsecar Craft Fair this morning to drop off and help set up a little, then onwards to a deliver a workshop (fab time thank you ladies), then back to Elsecar again. Then when I got home I decided that before I...

Winter Elegance Share

Do you love the new papers and ribbons but can't afford to get them all at once? Well why not take a place in my Winter Elegance Share and get just a taster of some of the Stampin' Up! products designed to add a touch of elegance to all your winter projects 🙂 This...

A tip for split mounting wooden stamps

A tip for split mounting wooden stamps

Some of the stamp sets in our catalogue are a combination of image and words eg. Under the Big Top, Easy Events. Now with the Under the Big Top set, I know that there will be times when  I want to use those sentiments with another image or stamp the words away from...

A grown up circus card

A grown up circus card

Yesterday was my friend Emma's birthday. I know that she received her card on time, so now I can share it with you all, without spoiling the surprise. I would have loved to have created a lot more layers to this but as I needed to send it through the post, I limited...