I needed some inspiration last week and was scrolling through Pinterest, which is often our ‘go to’ for inspiration for ideas for almost everything!!! I found a group of cards created by Patty Bennett, who is an Stampin’ Up© Demonstrator in the USA. Patty has five different folds that she often uses for the basis […]
Have you heard of Kintsugi? I saw this stamp being demonstrated at OnStage and was totally intrigued to find out more about this art form. Kintsugi has been around since the 15th century, and it is the traditional Japanese technique of taking broken pottery and repairing it with gold lacquer. The mended pottery’s golden veins […]
This was one of the stamp sets that we received at Onstage at our evening workshop. I bought the DSP and finally got around to using it this week. My first card was inspired by Donna Ross of Stamp Sophisticates . The card is placed on a Basic White base and I used Stylish Shapes […]
After I get my head around the title, (as I keep calling it the wrong thing!!!) this week, I used Impressions Abloom to create some cards and also introduce you to all the new Incolours for 2025-2027. I used the Incolours for the base of my cards and made one in each colour using the […]
I was intrigued by this bundle and decided to purchase it. I could see it had potential for me to create with it. The DSP has lots of woven texture printed paper and the stamp set continues with this theme. The dies are rectangular and have a pattern around them. For my first card, I […]
We recently attended OnStage in Brisbane and the new Stampin’ Up! catalogue was released to those who attended. It was exciting to see demonstrators showcasing some of the products from it. As soon as I saw Beautiful Gallery, I knew right away that it was a suite that I must have. I could see so […]
Nothing gives me as much pleasure as seeing a beautiful garden full of flowers or walking past a flower shop and seeing all the beautiful blooms. Thankful Garden is an online suite that will also bring you much joy as you see what you create with it. The DSP is quite strongly coloured, but, if […]
I have been absent for a few weeks due to busyness and deadlines!! You know that feeling when something falls off your radar!!! Time to reset and get your bearings and I think I did this in this beautiful place a couple of weekends ago. This is a view of one of the lakes at […]
For my Timeout Tuesday this week, I created some cards with ‘Beautiful Butterflies’. I had not yet used this stamp set. It’s on Page 39 of the January- April catalogue. There also is ‘Sketched Butterflies’ on Page 68 of the Annual Catalogue. Both these stamp sets are current until the end of April and are […]
Last week I had the privilege to go to Brisbane for Stampin’ Up’s OnStage convention. What fun we had watching presentations, making new friends, laughing, creating and attending workshops. The cyclone did not affect us at all as it had well and truly passed by when we got there. One of the presentations on stage […]