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IDEAS Blog Hop – Biggest Wish

IDEAS Blog Hop – Biggest Wish

Welcome to the IDEAS blog hop. This month I'm using the Biggest Wish stamp set together with Texture Chic Specialty DSP for my tutorial contribution. In this blog hop we’ll be sharing sneak peeks of this month's fabulous IDEAS Tutorial Bundle. Some show an alternate...

Tutorial for Lights Aglow birthday card

Tutorial for Lights Aglow birthday card

Today’s tutorial is for a Lights Aglow birthday card. The Lights Aglow DSP is great to use for Christmas cards but it can be used for other occasions too. I took one of the brighter designs and combined it with the same (but larger) dotted pattern in the Specialty...

September 2022 Online Workshop

September 2022 Online Workshop

Last night was my September 2022 Online Workshop. I hold one at 7pm (GMT) on the first Wednesday of every month via Facebook Live. It is recorded. That way anyone who can’t make that particular time can catch up with the replay. I know that not everyone is on Facebook...

Tutorial for a tree Aglow Christmas card

Tutorial for a tree Aglow Christmas card

Today’s tutorial is for a tree Aglow Christmas card. The Lights Aglow Specialty DSP has several patterns that are repeated in different colours. Here I'm mixing the same pattern in two different colourways. In the tutorial below, I take you step by step through...

Tutorial for quick larger Lights Aglow card

Tutorial for quick larger Lights Aglow card

Today’s tutorial is for a quick larger Lights Aglow card. This supersizes the quick Lights Aglow card I shared as a sneak peek at the end of June. Each week over on my Facebook page (please pop over and Like or Follow) I choose a product pick of the week to...

September 2022 Weekly Deals

September 2022 Weekly Deals

Every week in the month of September we’re offering a selection of discounted products. Discounts and product selection will vary from week to week. New products will be added each week on 1, 8, 15, and 22 September. Click here to see this week's deals. Thanks for...

Perfect Partners promotion

Perfect Partners promotion

Stampin' Up! have created six new dies that coordinate with stamp sets in the 2022–2023 Annual Catalogue and the July–December 2022 Mini Catalogue. They're perfect partners in this limited time promotion. The stamp sets and dies are available separately or as a...

Tutorial for Christmas Split card

Tutorial for Christmas Split card

Today’s tutorial is for a Christmas split card. This is a card layout design that I used for a recent team swap. I made a couple of switches for this card though. I changed the colour combo slightly and used poinsettias to create a Christmas version. Scroll down to...

Tutorial for bright split birthday card

Tutorial for bright split birthday card

Today’s tutorial is for a bright split birthday card. It uses a simple layout and colour scheme to highlight the pretty die cut pattern. This was one of the make and takes at my last Paper Dolls meeting. We make four projects each time and the meeting is recorded in...