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Sneak peek – Botanical gift tag

Sneak peek – Botanical gift tag

I'm back with another sneak peek from the upcoming 2016 Spring/Summer catalogue (launching with Sale-a-bration on 5 January). This one is a simple but stunning gift tag. The tag itself was made using the current Scalloped Tag Topper and retired Pistachio Pudding card...

Sneak peek – party card

Sneak peek – party card

We’ve just over a week to go until both our Spring/Summer catalogue and Sale-a-bration go live for 2016 and so I feel I can now share some sneak peeks, without it being too much of a tease  In case you’re new to Stampin’ Up! – Sale-a-bration is our very special event...

A golden wedding anniversary

A golden wedding anniversary

In the run up to the holidays it was my parents 50th wedding anniversary (wow - what a milestone!), so now that all the Christmas projects are complete, I thought I'd share the card with you. I used a few favourites that are now retired! The card base is an A5 of...

Delicate Ornament Tags

Delicate Ornament Tags

A very quick post today. I like to buy family lots of little gifts and each one needs a tag - so how to create some quick tags? The answer for me was the Delicate Ornament Thinlits. A solid ornament was die cut from Whisper White card and a fancy ornament from Silver...

Photo ornament gatefold

Photo ornament gatefold

Today's cards are the ones hubby and I made for our parents. The card base is an approx. A5 gatefold of Basic Black (but 12" along the long edge to make the scoring and folding easier at 3" and 9"), matted with Winter Wonderland Specialty DSP. Photos of hubby, Bess...

A floating snowman

A floating snowman

Yesterday I shared a couple of different versions of floating ornament cards. Today I'm back with a floating snowman 🙂 The base card is an A6 portrait of Night of Navy, matted with Season of Cheer DSP and framed with Ovals Collection ovals, die cut from Night...

Floating delicate ornaments

Floating delicate ornaments

SU's metallic thread is so sheer, that using it for these suspended ornament cards makes the baubles look as though they're virtually floating. The base card is an A6 portrait of Basic Black, matted with Winter Wonderland Specialty DSP and framed with Ovals Collection...

Oh what fun batch of gift tags

Oh what fun batch of gift tags

I've been busy with my Acupuncture studies and the day job for the last month or so and so I'm running a little late with Christmas preparations. The Oh What Fun Tag Project Kit was perfect therefore for making some fancy gift tags. Each kit comes with instruction...