Happy July 4th……..

Today the USA celebrates its independence  from Great Britain, a time for family, friends, food (mainly BBQ’d) and the odd foaming peevo!  Normally it would be a hot sunny July day here in North Texas, however we were woken up by huge thunderstorms and rain at about 5:30 this morning.  It is  a little after 10am now, although the rain has stopped it is still very overcast and most ‘unlovely’…… Typical bank holiday weather in my native UK in fact!

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Floral Boutique Suite ~ Stampin’ Up! 2016 – 2017 Catalog

Over the last  4 – 5 months I have been sharing my mission to use Designer Series Paper (DSP) and have  posted a lot of projects here so show my progress.

Well the new Stampin’ Up! catalog was made available to demonstrators in mid April and lots of new designs of DSP were included.  As soon as I clapped eyes on the Floral Boutique DSP and its coordinating products I fell in love.

The catalog became live on June 1st and now I can share the beautiful suite of products with you…………….. focusing on the DSP Continue reading →

Happy Birthday – Pop Ups from Stampin’ Up!

This is  a fun card which uses the Party Pop-Up Thinlet Dies from Stampin’ Up!  They are in the Occasions Catalog which is due to retire on May 31st (but the good news is……………… it has been included in the new 2016 – 2017 Annual catalog, which goes live June 1st!.

I made the card for my youngest grand-daughter’s 1st birthday, but liked it so much I also offered it to my card crafting ladies in April’s class.

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