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Best of Sale-a-bration

Best of Sale-a-bration

As part of our 25-year anniversary celebration, we’ve been bringing back some of our favourite stamp images from the last quarter century. Even better, along with some great classic images, each “Best of” set also includes a never-before-seen image (actually as these...

Tip – washi tape punched shapes

Tip – washi tape punched shapes

I recently shared this gift card holder which has something of a chevron motif running through it. As you can see, I wanted to use the chevron washi tape from the Witches' Brew pack, but on it's own, it would be too narrow for stamping the sentiment. The solution -...

Chevron washi gift card holder

Chevron washi gift card holder

I'm not too keen on giving gift cards as a present for friends. I prefer to get them something a little more personal but sometimes a gift card is just the right solution - maybe because I need to post the gift, maybe because there's a larger item that they're "saving...

What an offer!

What an offer!

For two weeks only, from Monday, 7 October through to Monday, 21 October, Stampin' Up! is offering a special starter kit for just £25! It's Stampin' Up!'s 25th anniversary and this is just one of the ways they're celebrating. Woohoo! So what do you get for £25? Up to...

Shiny gold petals

Shiny gold petals

This year Stampin Up! have added some really shiny gold and silver to the catalogue and being a bit of a magpie I had to have some  Now we have the best of both worlds - elegant brushed silver and gold card and glitzy foil sheets. The card base for is an A6 landscape...

November Template & Technique Class

November Template & Technique Class

SATURDAY 9 November 2013 1.30PM – 3.30PM In November, we’ll be combining a pyramid card template and the salted background technique, to create a three sided Christmas card. Everyone will receive a sheet and a half of Watercolour Paper and a 12" x 6" sheet each of...

Team swaps – September ’13

Last Sunday I met up with a bunch of our Paper Dolls team for a pre-convention party . I shared the swaps that I made for the rest of the team here. Now for the beautiful swaps that I got back in return (I hope I've matched the projects and the peeps correctly - if...

September thank yous

September thank yous

This is the thank you card that I gave to my customers in September. It uses one of the hostess sets, Simply Sketched, which as well as being a fantastic little set of images and sentiments, is also brilliant value for hostesses at £13 for wood mount and just £10 for...