Woohoo! I'm a happy, happy bunny today. Stampin' Up! have given us a sneak peek of the upcoming colour refresh. Not only am I not going to lose my absolutely favourite Pool Party and Island Indigo In Colors this year after all, but they're becoming core colours so...
The Itty Bitties in the new Spring/Summer catalogue really are very very dinky. They probably aren't going to be the focus of any card but they do add very cute little accents and with 56 (yes, that's fifty-six!) images in the set you should be able to find something...
For one of my recent newsletter projects I wanted to partially emboss the card front. This is easy to do with totally random pattern designs but can present a difficulty when the pattern only runs in one direction. Here, I wanted to have the vine stems positioned...
Woohoo - I got my new paper trimmer today and I love it. The cutting blade only needs a light touch, the scoring blade quite a bit more pressure (I'm going to check if there's a better way to use that). The grid on the trimmer is at 0.5cm spacing but there's also...
I've been making a few paper rosettes recently and had to make some minor repairs, so I thought I'd share my solution in case it helps you. The problem I had was that when I folded the DSP it was cracking the paper. Sometimes this can be avoided by folding along the...
One product that came new to Stampin' Up! in the Autumn/Winter catalogue was the Core'dinations cardstock. This cardstock is textured on one side, almost smooth on the other, with a light coloured core in between. You can reveal the light coloured core by sanding,...
I've been using the Petite Purse die a lot recently. This is such an easy die to use to make a basic purse, simply place your cardstock over the top of the die and run through your die cutting machine using the correct "sandwich". The die will cut the purse all in one...
The Stampin' Up! Builder Wheels are great for a quick card with multiple designs - you can get up to 3 wheels on one spindle! But sometimes I just want to use the one design. And if you only use one builder wheel on the spindle, then it can feel a bit wobbly to use....
Bought a gift for someone and need a box to fit it in? You can create your own tailor made boxes using the Stampin' Up! grid paper. I even re-use the paper I've already been using as a base for stamping, to get best value from it Step 1 - Lay the item(s) on the grid...