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Copper Year of Cheer Christmas card

Copper Year of Cheer Christmas card

One of my final batches of Christmas cards this year was this metallic copper version. It's so pretty in real life - very glitzy and elegant. The card base is an A6 of Chocolate Chip, matted with Year of Cheer Specialty DSP. A sentiment and a seasonal bough from Merry...

Spring Catalogue Sneak Peek Blog Hop

Spring Catalogue Sneak Peek Blog Hop

Welcome to our blog hop! I’m just one stop on a global blog hop and each of us is featuring one (or more) sneak peek from the Spring/Summer catalogue that launches on 3 January. I'm featuring a stamp set, DSP, colouring media and embellishments. The stamps are from...

Square Hearts Come Home Christmas card

Square Hearts Come Home Christmas card

I needed another quick batch of last minute Christmas cards today and so I made a slight variation to yesterday's design - using up some more of the fabulous Year of Cheer Specialty DSP (although most of the patterns are great year round anyway). As I was going for...

Hearts Come Home Christmas Card

Hearts Come Home Christmas Card

Today's card uses the Hearts Come Home bundle. Only one of the layers is popped up so that regular postage rates will apply. The Hearts Come Home stamp set and the Hometown Greetings Edgelits will both be available in the Spring/Summer catalogue but you will only be...

Be Merry kit Christmas Card

Be Merry kit Christmas Card

Today's Christmas card is definitely one for giving by hand rather than sending through the post. It has the benefit of being a card and a mini gift at the same time as the decoration on the front can be unhooked from the brad inside, to be hung on the tree. The...

Bonus free shipping day

Bonus free shipping day

Bonus!! We're having another free shipping day and there’s no minimum order size! Any size order gets free shipping when your order is placed between 11pm tonight and 10.59pm tomorrow night. Free shipping means this is a great time to buy: Supplies for last minute...

Everyday Merry Little Labels

Everyday Merry Little Labels

The Everyday Label punch is amazingly versatile. It doesn't just punch out the ready designed labels made especially to co-ordinate with it but it makes great maxi and mini labels too. Here we used the same standard label as a background for our stamped one, creating...

Why join Stampin’ Up! in December?

Why join Stampin’ Up! in December?

It's possible that some of you may be thinking about joining (or rejoining) Stampin' Up! soon. Perhaps you're undecided about when is the best time to join? Sale-a-bration is just around the corner and anyone who's seen it before, knows that we usually have a special...