I’m back at a well known coffee shop this afternoon so that I can use their free internet access to catch up with my blogging! That’s over a month now with no internet service at home and a mobile service that can't get a signal some days 🙁 But I’m thinking ahead and...
It's the 15th of the month and the date that I usually send my mid-month newsletter out. But I'm having to cut back to just one newsletter a month, sorry folks 🙁 We're still without broadband at home and since BT keep altering the dates on us every time we're in...
Another paper pieced Giggle Greetings card today. (Paper piecing is a great option to colouring in if you don't have the right markers). Last week I shared the aged cheese card, today it's the kitty and hairballs card. The base card is an A6 portrait of Garden Green,...
SATURDAY 11 OCTOBER 1.15PM – 3.45PM Come join us to make a thank you card and two Christmas cards - one with a matching mini gift box. In our October class we're focussing on the Seasonally Scattered stamp set. We’ll be learning two different techniques: daubed...
Yesterday I shared this card ... … and asked which of the All is Calm Specialty papers it was 😉 It's actually the spotted Silver foiled piece used on this card ... … but transformed 🙂 To match your Silver foiled DSP to your project, simply ink a...
Another Christmas card today and this one combines the Banner punch (currently reduced in our Weekly Deals from £11.50 to £8.63) with the new Handheld Stapler. Do you recognise the piece of paper used for the lower portion of the card front? I'll have a quick tutorial...
It’s Wednesday so it’s time for a new set of Weekly Deals. These are the deals available now and they’ll stay until Tuesday night, 16 September. Such a coincidence - I'm planning on using the Banner punch for a couple of projects just coming up 🙂 My top pick is the...
I’ve been commissioned recently to make a few funny cards and so I naturally turned to Giggle Greetings as the main stamp set. Now, first I must admit that this is not an original idea, I’ve seen a few different versions similar to this on Pinterest, but this paper...
The Autumn/Winter catalogue contains a whopping 18 photopolymer stamp sets (many of them available in bundles with matching framelits or punches). Here then are the pros and cons of using photopolymer stamps, along with a few tips for getting the most from them. Pros...