There's such a beautiful selection of bows on the back of the Autumn/Winter catty that I thought I'd have a go at one I haven't tried before. I picked this one: And this is my take on it: Two strips of Be of Good Cheer DSP (126896) were trimmed to a banner at one end...
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Frosted snowflake Christmas tag
I'm starting work now on my gift wrapping and the Two Tags Bigz die helps create classy tags really quickly. With the range of SU! colours available, it's easy to match your tags to shop bought gift wrap. The smaller of the Two Tags (115954) was die cut from Whisper...
Join us at our Team Training on Sunday 9 December
Would you like to know more about the benefits of being a demonstrator? Please come along and join us at our Paper Dolls team training event next Sunday. You’ll be able to find out how the hobby demos and business demos get the most from their membership, find out...
The new Paper Trimmer is here!
Just in time for Christmas! The new Stampin' Trimmer (£25.95) has been completely redesigned - by paper crafters, for paper crafters. It makes the perfect Christmas present for a crafting buddy ... or for yourself (maybe even from yourself - sometimes it's the only...
November thank you cards
These have been my thank you cards for customers in November. I didn't manage to get a pic of a batch of them because I kept making a handful of them as needed, sometimes using different material or DSP from the same pack. They were very much "just in time" this...
Last chance to grab free paper piercing pack
Yes, tomorrow is the end of November and so also the end of the free paper piercing pack offer (when you buy the Ornament Keepsakes stamp set/bundle and the Candlelight Christmas Specialty DSP together). I'll be winding down on Christmas cards after today. There are...
Tutorial – how to stitch paper piercing
Whilst our paper piercing templates are easy to use to create pretty pierced frames, your projects will look even more special if you can take the time to actually stitch them. You can use any type of embroidery floss or specialty thread. If stitching a large area...
Stitched felt removable bauble card
I've been playing with my Handmade Holidays Stitched Felt again (I finally got around to them for the first time just a few days ago). This time the bauble is removable so that the recipient can hang it on their tree. The card design also gave me a great reason to...
My convention freebies
I've had a few questions from both customers and teammates about what I got free at Convention this year? And OK, since we pay a fee to go to convention, I guess that they're not technically free. On the other hand, for the last few years the fee has been held at...






