Am I the only one that likes to stroke paper? I don't think so. By popular demand, Stampin' Up! are bringing back a sale on Designer Series Paper this month. Yay - another excuse for me to shop 🙂 The sale includes Designer Series Paper from both the annual and...
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Join me at my Online Party
On Tuesday 3 October I'm having an online Facebook Party to celebrate the new Stampin' Up! year Join me for fun card making and papercrafting ideas and inspiration using goodies from the Autumn/Winter catalogue. It's a free event and there will be games and prizes to...
Spooky Cat trick or treat bag
Another Halloween treat today. This one uses some sweets that I got while visiting a US M&Ms store while on holiday - I love how you can choose specific colours! The tag is stamped on both sides. A narrow Cellophane Bag (5.1 x 20.3cm) was filled with the sweets....
Crystal Anniversary card
Where does the time go? Today I celebrate 15 happy years with my hubby - it's our Crystal Wedding Anniversary. Difficult to believe that it's that long, though only because we don't think we can possibly be that old! Crystal made me think of our Rhinestone Jewels and...
Painted Harvest gift box
After buying some tasty handmade chocolates as a gift for a friend (well, I had to buy a few extra to test that they were tasty, lol) I wanted a little gift box for packaging them, instead of the bag used by the shop. The new Mini Pizza Box fit the bill perfectly....
Painted Harvest birthday card
My birthday cards at this time of year tend to be inspired by the autumn colour palette all around us. But if I ever get a little stuck for which colours to put together, I can always "cheat" and look at the colour palettes that SU! use for their DSP! That's what I...
At Home birthday card
I've had the At Home With You bundle since the Annual catalogue came out but it has sat on the shelf because although I love all the different little elements to it, I thought it might be a bit time consuming. Do you ever do that? Am I the only one? This week I...
Seasonal Layers Anniversary card
Today is my in-laws wedding anniversary and so of course, a card was in order. The Wood Textures DSP is ideal for die cutting the chairs from and there are so many different shades of wood to choose from, you're bound to find one that works with your background....
Merry Little Labelled Snowflake
I hope that you enjoyed our little Blog Hop spotlighting new products from the Autumn/Winter catalogue. Today I'm back to creating a Christmas card - always good to keep adding one or two a week so that it's not such a big task in November. This one has plenty of...








