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A tip for split mounting wooden stamps

A tip for split mounting wooden stamps

Some of the stamp sets in our catalogue are a combination of image and words eg. Under the Big Top, Easy Events. Now with the Under the Big Top set, I know that there will be times when  I want to use those sentiments with another image or stamp the words away from...

A grown up circus card

A grown up circus card

Yesterday was my friend Emma's birthday. I know that she received her card on time, so now I can share it with you all, without spoiling the surprise. I would have loved to have created a lot more layers to this but as I needed to send it through the post, I limited...

Delicate designs using Parlor Prints background

Delicate designs using Parlor Prints background

I'm back today with another card made with some of the pre-order goodies. Now one of the things that Stampin' Up! excels at, is having matching products - and some of these they put together into product suites. This year we have the Timeless Portrait suite, which...

Am I going crackers?

Am I going crackers?

Maybe, lol. Going crackers waiting for my new cracker box. Now this is one of the items that will be arriving in my delivery tomorrow and that I'm just itching to get playing with. It's a die that cuts a cracker/candy wrapper style box. Why am I so keen on this? Well...

Another no sewing fabric card

Another no sewing fabric card

I'm a little disappointed today 🙁 I was hoping my first big order from the new catty would have arrived but despite the SU warehouse working so hard to get the large volumes of orders out to us, it's going to be Monday before it can be delivered and then I'll be...

A flirtatious girlie pink card

A flirtatious girlie pink card

I wanted a girlie card for my friend's birthday this weekend and so it seemed a perfect excuse to use the beautiful laser cut doilies that are part of the new Flirtatious Specialty DSP. This DSP pack has 2 sheets each of 5 different double sided designs, plus 1 sheet...

No sewing fabric card

No sewing fabric card

One of the brand new product ranges hitting our catalogue this year is the Designer Fabrics. These are so pretty! Each pack includes three different designs, each approx. 68.6cm x 45.7cm. But if you're like me then you might not want to get the sewing machine out to...