This new year will also bring the brand new Occasions Catalog AND Stampin’ Up!’s largest sale of the year called “Sale-A-Bration” (fondly called SAB). If you’ve placed a $25 order with me during the previous 6 months you should be receiving your complimentary copies of both the Occasions Catalog and the SAB brochure any day now. If you’re not familiar with how this annual sale works here’s a quick run down. Continue reading
Happy Retirement
Today is the first day of my dear sweet husbands’ retirement. He started work at 16 years of age, put himself thru college and has provided for his family ever since, often working long hours and travelling a lot of miles.
We plan to spend the coming years travelling a lot of miles together and seeing something of this country we now call home. Continue reading
Pressed Leaves ~ Stampin’ UP!
Back in the late summer, early autumn I was looking for a technique for my monthly class and came across using fresh leaves – which is kind of a modern take on the old dried pressed leaves and flowers. It was a lot of fun to do and you can make a lot of cards in a very small amount of time…… and each one will be unique. Continue reading
Eastern Beauty Purse & Card Set– December Bonus Project!*Craft Project Central
Today I am sharing the December Bonus* project from Craft Project Central ~ a set of the most beautiful cards featuring the lovely Eastern Palace Suite of Products which can be found on page 19 of the 2017 – 2018 Annual Stampin’ UP! catalog.
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Happy Birthday Eclipse Card
Christmas is behind us for another year 😦 but I hope everyone had a good day!
There are folks who have birthday’s around the weeks before and after Christmas, my maternal Grandmother’s birthday was actually born on Christmas Day ~ she would have celebrated her 109th birthday this year. and it was her wedding anniversary as well, I think they married in 1929! I often think that they get a little short-changed, so I made a very special card for those ‘Christmas/New Year Babies’ Continue reading
MERRY Christmas ~ Pennants
At the beginning of December I shared the PEACE Pennants project I designed for Craft Project Central, I really enjoyed creating this 3D piece of home decor and decided to create a slightly more specific one for Christmas.
MERRY means ‘Cheerful and Lively’ and perfect for the 5 wood blocks I had and for my Christmas Day post.
I would like to wish everyone who has followed me, liked and shared my posts and shopped for their Stampin’ UP! goodies with me during 2017. I hope you will continue to support me in my small business in 2018 and if there is anything you would like me to feature please leave a comment below 🙂 Continue reading
Christmas Cracker – Lindor Treat Box
I have one more Christmas themed treat box to share before the BIG Day. As many of you may know I am an ex-pat Brit living in North Texas for a little over 16 years.
One of the Christmas traditions in the UK is to have Christmas Crackers on the table. In our family we used to pull them after we had eaten the main course and before we tucked into the dessert of Christmas Pudding and Mince Pies with either brandy butter or whipped cream.
Blooming Love Window Box – Craft Project Central
Today I am sharing another project from Craft Project Central a set of the most beautiful gift box and matching card ( it would make the most perfect gift set for Valentine’s Day!)
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Peace on Earth ~ Carols of Christmas
I love the simplicity of this card and the message of Peach on Earth from the Carols of Christmas Stamp Set. I made the one with the white card base first then thought it might look a little richer with a Cherry Cobbler card base. I like them both – it would be difficult to choose one over the other. Continue reading
Embossing Paste Technique # 1 ~ Glitter video tutorial
When the 2017 – 2018 Annual Catalog was launched in June there was a new product tucked away on Page 201 ~ Embossing Paste! It was on my first order and I was so excited when it arrived, however I was also excited about the other goodies that arrived in the same box! I set aside the pot of paste and to be honest it went from my mind – especially as Christmas themes started.
I was tidying my workbench (it happens….. rarely but it does happen!) and there was the pot of Embossing Paste waiting patiently for my attention. What fun I have had with this product, as I explored what could be done with it I thought a few video’s would be fun to share.
Today’s technique includes lashings of Dazzling Diamonds Glitter!
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