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New colour combos – day 3 – Poppy Parade

New colour combos – day 3 – Poppy Parade

Onto day 3 of our new and returning colour focus, where I’m sharing projects that showcase one of these additions to the Stampin’ Up! colour families and suggesting a possible colour combination. Today we're onto to Poppy Parade. This is a returning colour - it was an...

New colour combos – day 2 – Mango Melody

New colour combos – day 2 – Mango Melody

This is day 2 of our new and returning colour focus, where I'm sharing projects that showcase one of these additions to the Stampin' Up! colour families and suggesting a possible colour combination. Today it's Mango Melody. This new Bright is kind of midway between...

New colour combos – day 1 – Merry Merlot

New colour combos – day 1 – Merry Merlot

Now that the new catalogue has been out for a while I thought I should spend a little more time showing you the new and returning colours. Over the next 16 days I'll share projects that showcase one each of these colours and suggest a possible colour combination....

Darling Label punch quick and easy cards

Darling Label punch quick and easy cards

Today's card was the make and take at a craft demonstration I gave on Wednesday evening for a lovely bunch of local ladies, most of whom were new to crafting. The card gave me a chance to show off the Darling Label punch tin which is great for both new crafters (just...

Cake Soiree birthday card

Cake Soiree birthday card

Today's card is a birthday card but could easily be a wedding card with a simple change of insert. It uses the Share What You Love Specialty DSP which has a beautiful pearlised finish to it. Can you see the flowers shimmering here? It also uses the Cake Soiree stamp...

Petal Promenade thank you – stepped up

Petal Promenade thank you – stepped up

Last month I made a quick and easy Petal Promenade thank you card and today I'm back with a stepped up version. The Petal Promenade DSP includes 2 designs (4 sheets total) that are split into separate panels; squares, rectangles, circles and borders. This card uses...

Varied Vases thank you cards

Varied Vases thank you cards

These are my thank you cards for customers this week. Again I’m using up some of my retired items on bulk thank you cards and this time it was Pink Pirouette card and Eastern Palace Specialty DSP. To CASE this card with current supplies I would suggest substituting...

Puzzle pieced birthday card

Puzzle pieced birthday card

My card share today is a special birthday card made for my father-in-law. As soon as I saw the Love You To Pieces bundle I loved it and have a few more ideas like this that I want to try. Both a colour photo and a black and white photo were die cut, to see which...