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Clearance Rack Blitz starts tomorrow!

Clearance Rack Blitz starts tomorrow!

Have you visited our Clearance Rack recently? … at all?  In case you didn't know about it, we have a Clearance Rack on our online store. We're having a another Blitz, starting tomorrow 10 December, to clear the shelves. Get hold of retired products at up to 80% off -...

Festive Flurry Ornament card

Festive Flurry Ornament card

I really enjoy buying/subscribing to online classes for a little additional inspiration but I know full well that I probably won't get chance to play along when the class is live. Usually I catch up with them when I'm on my hols! This week is a bit of an exception....

November thank you’s

November thank you’s

With all the report back from convention we're now well into December and I haven't shared my November thank you's with you yet! Soon remedied though - here they are. The card base is a cut down Circle thinlit card (133480) (to make it a small square) of Crushed...

Convention origami mint holder swaps

Convention origami mint holder swaps

This is my final convention post (I think ) and it was the main swap that I gave to others. I created it from 6" x 6" DSP so that I could get four of these little treats from one sheet of DSP. There's a little sentiment on the front and then the back is all folded...

Convention swaps 2013 – part 2

Convention swaps 2013 – part 2

A quick post today, sharing the rest of the general swaps that I received at convention: Swaps set 4 Swaps set 5 Swaps set 6 Swaps set 7 Swaps set 8 As before, if you’d like to see any of them close up then just leave me a comment, describing the card/object and which...

Convention MDS class and swaps

One of the Convention programme items I was most looking forward to, was the MDS class. Although I've been playing around with MDS for a while now I actually prefer to have a little structure to my learning  We walked through the whole project from start to finish to...

Convention 2013 swaps from teammates

Back to more Convention swaps today and these ones are from our Paper Dolls team  From Jan, using Butterfly Collection: Also from Jan, using the Owl punch to create a little holder for this cute little owl nail file: From Joanne, using By the Tide: From Suse, using...

Undefined – carve your own stamps

Yesterday I mentioned that at Convention we all got a mini Undefined kit to test out for free  You might be wondering what an Undefined stamp looks like? Well, have you ever wanted a stamp but couldn’t find the perfect image? Maybe you have a special family logo or a...

A Whole Lot of Love

A Whole Lot of Love

Is it too soon to be thinking of Valentine's Day? Probably not if you're a crafter - we usually like to work ahead on the key special days of the year  And Stampin' Up!  is here to help you prepare, with their A Whole Lot of Love products. Valentine's is a chance for...