I love Spring although I do suffer from allergies! I just love the way the garden comes to life and the beautiful colours around. This morning, on my walk, I saw the most beautiful yellow magnolia, just beginning to flower. I had decided yesterday that I would like to do a blog on just an […]
During August and September, Stamping’ Up have a great special. It is called Sale-a-bration. You can choose a free Sale-a-bration item from the Sale-a-bration catalogue with every $90 or $180 purchase. Delicate Dahlias is one of the free items with $180 purchase. There are two sheets of stamps for you to play with! I began […]
This month for our blog hop we had a colour challenge using the colours Pale Papaya, Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen. These are three of the new 21-22 In Colours. I am pretty much in love with the new In Colours and find myself using them a lot! For this challenge I used the Meadow […]
In the past I have not been a fan of one sheet wonders, but I think I have been converted! When I looked at what people did with the cards, I felt constrained because I wasn’t as keen on the the design, as they seemed to be basically the same in many cases. I am […]
This month’s blog is a sketch. As you many of you know we are in lockdown at the moment so there is no better excuse to make cards!! Our mini July- December catalogue has just been released and you will be available to order from it from August 1. I decided to go with a […]
I have just joined a a group whose members are committed to creating a tutorial each month to place on our website. This month, I decided to make a Slide Lock Pansy card. My inspiration for this card came from Erica Edney. Most of the ingredients for my card come from the Pansy Petals Suite. […]
This month we had the challenge to use Black, White and one colour to create our project. When I saw the Simply Elegant suite in the new catalogue, I fell in love with it. I could see myself making beautiful boxes and cards with the DSP. I chose to use the DSP as the highlight […]
Each winter I love planting pansies in my front garden as I love the smiling faces and colours of the flowers on cold winter’s days!! This year I even took photos of my flowering pansies so I could examine them in greater detail! I was inspired by Gail Ellis from Blue Rose Paper Treasures to […]
I was intrigued by the new Linen Speciality paper in the latest catalogue and decided to buy it. I love the feel of it, but then I had the dilemma – how can I use it? I looked on Pinterest for ideas to no avail, but then, while I was looking through using fabric on […]
This month we had a sketch challenge for our Blog Hop using Curves. Although the Curvy dies are sadly not carrying over in the new catalogue, I used this for the curve. It is still available until June in the Mini Catalogue. I chose the new Expressions in Ink DSP for the highlight paper on […]