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Autumn/Winter supplement

Autumn/Winter supplement

Need more holiday ideas? We have an Autumn/Winter supplement out now with extra goodies for you!! 🙂 We saw the Many Merry Stars Simply Created Kit while we were in Brussels and they are so cute! I wouldn't call them boxes myself - to me a box has a base and lid -...

Convention highlights

Convention highlights

I hope that you were able to follow our Convention fun over on Facebook (managed to add the link this time 🙂 ). Travelling light (needed the extra space for swaps, freebies and chocolates!) meant that I was only using my phone and iPad  - no computer. And as the...

Convention day 1

I'm sharing updates over on my Facebook page as it's quicker than posting to my blog. Please join me over there 🙂 If you type craftingandstamping into the FB search you should find me.

We’ve arrived at Convention 2014,

We’ve arrived at Convention 2014,

We've arrived at the Convention centre in Brussels and collected our bag, freebie stamp sets and other little goodies. By that time we starving so we found a restaurant and finished with waffles - well, when in Belgium ... Will aim to get back with more updates...

3 more sleeps to go!

3 more sleeps to go!

Yay! I'm excited! I'm off to Brussels on Thursday with my crafting buddies to attend the annual Stampin' Up! convention. It's taking place earlier than usual this year which is great - it's happening well ahead of bonfire night which is the usual timing. Hubbie stays...

November Creative Christmas Class

November Creative Christmas Class

SATURDAY 8 NOVEMBER 1.15PM – 3.45PM Come join us to make two special Christmas cards, each with a matching gift box. In our November class we’re really gearing up for the festive season. We’ll be making: a frosty snowflake flip card with matching curvy keepsake box;...

Ghoulish tags

Ghoulish tags

I don't really bother with Halloween cards but I do make tags to go on the sweets we give out to trick or treaters. Today's tag is a really quick and easy one - great for making a whole bunch in one go. This one's wrapped around a larger bag of choccies as demo model...

Kind & Cozy Window Frame

Kind & Cozy Window Frame

This Kind & Cozy sentiment is good for all sorts of occasions and by mixing it with some brighter colours, it keeps the overall card design uplifting - I hope! The card base is a 4" square of Calypso Coral. A mat of Tempting Turquoise was stamped with the small...