One of the ladies in my Stampin’ UP! team recently promoted to Bronze Elite, it was my absolute pleasure to make and send a card to celebrate her achievement. I reached for the Copper Foil straightaway and paired it with Very Vanilla Card and the Two Tone Flora Dies. I was really thrilled with how it turned out and hope she liked it as well.
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Continue readingAt a recent class I was asked by my card crafting ladies to share how to use the two types of Embossing Paste that Stampin’ UP! offer. It is a fun product to work with and while you can use any of the ready made masks/stencils available in the catalogs, it is fun to make your own! I used the Split Card Texture Dies to create mine then added some heat embossing on vellum and a little vintage’ing as well – so today’s card is packed with techniques!
Continue readingI have a great fondness for Soft Sea Foam – while it is in the Subtles color family I have found it makes a great ‘neutral’ to go with stronger colors. Today I have paired it with Merry Merlot to create a Thinking of You card.
Continue readingTucked away on page 93 of the 2022 Annual Catalog is the pack of Lovely Layers Vellum. It has some pre-printed pages as well as some blank ones which you can use for other techniques. Today I have used one of the blank ones with the Pretty Flowers Embossing Folder to create a focal point for today’s birthday card.
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Once again I am thrilled to be taking part in the Ink . Stamp . Share blog hop, we are a group of Stampin’ Up!®️Demonstrators from around the globe here to bring you inspiration through creativity!
You will have either arrived from Gez’s post or starting here ~ either way WELCOME . This month our theme is Celebration!
Continue readingToday I am featuring the Flowering Fields decorative paper as the centerpiece for this easy fun fold birthday card. I simply chose some of the colors from the paper for my card layers then added a simple greeting to finish off.
Continue readingAround this time of year Stampin’ UP! introduces some new colors and retires some others, the 2020 – 2022 In-color Just Jade is one of those that will be leaving us on May 2nd, so today’s card is a quick monochromatic card featuring all the Just Jade products.
Continue readingThe Textures and Frames Stamp Set is featured in today’s card, one of the best things about this set is that you can get it for free if you place an order before Sept 30th 2021 as part of SALE-A-BRATION. To give you an idea on what you can do with this set I selected 3 of Stampin’ UP! greens and randomly stamped over a piece of Very Vanilla Card. When the card was all finished it struck me that it could be used for male or female, you could change out the colors, of course, but those greens are gonna work either way.
Continue readingLast month I posted my first two videos introducing Stampin’ Blends, as I explained at that time, Stampin Blends are alcohol markers and have been available for a few years now. Although I have some of them I have not really explored them very much. When one of my lovely customers asked me a question on them I was unable to give her a good answer and made the decision I was going to teach myself how to use them!
Rather than practice in private – I decided I was going to practice on video, starting with the basics and developing my skills in front of you, my sweet readers! So the third in the series introduces the Alcohol Blending Technique – enjoy!
Continue readingSometimes we need a sympathy card, I know I have had to send out a some in the last couple of months, but it gives me a sense that at least I have done ‘something’ to acknowledge the loss a family is feeling.
It is difficult to judge what colors to use, black, or dark colors versus something a little brighter, I pondered on this and decided to go with Very Vanilla and Just Jade and use the peaceful trail of leaves from the Very Versailles Stamp Set.
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