Another CASE from my team swaps today. And this one is Andrea’s scrumptious muffin basket. I decided to make mine a teeny bit smaller to fit a cupcake (not that I've got around to making the cupcake yet but I've put a cupcake case inside to give you the general...
Month: August 2012
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Still a chance to book our Summer Stamptacular
Independent Stampin’ Up Demonstrators Sara Rayner, Jan Jones & Hazel Ford invite you to their: 2012 Summer Stamptacular! We still have tickets available to our Summer Stamptacular, where we'll be making: an easel card and matching card box; a large shaker card; a...
How to layer stamped images using masking
Masking allows you add "layer" up your stamped design without adding any extra layers of card. It gives the illusion of having your images stacked one over another. All you need is some Post-it notes (or similar) and a pair of scissors. Tip - once you've cut out and...
Clean and simple daisies
Our Reason to Smile stamp set (FREE this month with a £60 purchase) is just perfect for using with so many different techniques, but they don't come much easier than this one. I've used a masking technique with the full flower outline stamp, to create this clean and...
Casing the team – no. 7
I'm still enjoying working my way through the CASEs from my team swaps. Today's is Joanne's fantastic retro style card in a zingy colour combo. As you might have gathered by now, I don't like to copy someone else's design completely, but make a few small changes. I...
It’s now even easier to join my team
Been thinking about getting the fully customisable Starter Kit for just £99? Well Stampin' Up! have now made it even easier to do so! No longer ... do you need me to email you the sign up forms ... for you to print out ... fill in ... then mail or scan back to me ......
A hole in one!
Today's card is from a guest blogger - my hubby! He made this card to celebrate his Dad's birthday, which is today. All his own work again - I just gave him a few tips as he went along for how he could achieve the effect he was after The golf ball was made by...
Casing the team – no. 6
Today’s card is another CASE from my team swaps. Mari made this clean and simple card with a striking colour combo. I love the stamp that she used but it's from a Sale-a-bration set that you can no longer get hold of and so I decided to rotate her design, so that I...
A trio of reasons to smile
Yesterday I shared our August SU! offer of a FREE 2-step stamp set with £60 purchase. Today's card uses just one of those stamps, coloured in different shades of the same colour - showing that although it's a 2-step system, you don't have to use matching stamps to get...