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Eastern glitz embossing paste

Eastern glitz embossing paste

Happy Friday! Have you taken a look at the Pattern Party Decorative Masks that work so well with Embossing Paste? One of them has an Eastern Beauty motif - ideal for creating a background for the die cut or stamped pieces! The card base is an A6 portrait of Crumb...

Eastern flowers

Eastern flowers

For today's card the Eastern Medallions Thinlits were used to create some cute flowers to tie in with DSP from the same suite. The same idea could be used with different DSP, just take your colour combo from the colours in the papers. The card base is an A6 portrait...

Happy Birthday Gorgeous balloons

Happy Birthday Gorgeous balloons

The Happy Birthday Gorgeous stamp set is part of a bundle that comes with the Happy Birthday Thinlits, but of course you can use (and buy) just the stamp set on its own. For this birthday card we've teamed it with the Birthday Bouquet punch which is also part of the...

Crafting Forever birthday card

Crafting Forever birthday card

Our card today uses just one of the pens from the Crafting Forever set to make it look as though we added handwriting to a birthday card. The card base is an A6 landscape of Dapper Denim, matted with a layer of Berry Burst. Using Dapper Denim and Berry Burst markers,...

Wood Textures masculine card

Wood Textures masculine card

Today's card is a quick and simple masculine card but could easily be changed up to a feminine card with a change of base colour and a different selection of DSP. The card base is an A6 portrait of Crumb Cake. A 1-1/8"strip of DSP was cut from the Wood Textures DSP...

Lovely Words in metallics and black

Lovely Words in metallics and black

Today's card uses up some leftovers. Don't you just love it when you can recycle your throwaway pieces? When we made this card, we kept hold of the Copper Foil pieces out of the centre. Today we've used them to make this card, using the negative of the design. The...

Lovely Words in Copper and Lemon Lime Twist

Lovely Words in Copper and Lemon Lime Twist

Today's card mixes the tangy fresh Lemon Lime Twist with bright Copper for a fresh look. It could be used for a variety of occasions or simply to let a friend know you're thinking of them. The card base is an A6 portrait of Lemon Lime Twist. A layer of Fresh Florals...

Join SU! now for Christmas in July

Join SU! now for Christmas in July

We miss Christmas so much that we decided to have another one right now. Between 1 and 31 July, everyone joining Stampin' Up! as a demonstrator gets an Essentials Gift Pack (worth £47) plus the Carols of Christmas Stamp Set (worth £18) from the upcoming autumn/winter...

Treat Yourself – Earn in July, Spend in August

Treat Yourself – Earn in July, Spend in August

Stampin' Up! is running a Bonus Days promotion. The good news? For every £45 you spend on Stampin’ Up! goodies between 1 and 31 July, they will e-mail you a £4.50 coupon to use in August! The even better news? There's no limit to the number of bonus day coupons you...