Stampers Showcase - SALE A BRATION! The theme this month for the Stampers Showcase blog hop is Sale a bration!. It's the most exciting time of the year and we have talented demonstrators around the globe bringing you inspiration! How gorgeous is this birthday cake?! It's from the Happy Birthday To You stamp set. But could easily be a Wedding, Anniversary or any type of celebration cake. The stamp set is available in my online shop and is free with a £45 order until the end of March or ... VIEW POST
Stampers Showcase Blog Hop
A Great Big Wish
Inspire Create Challenge #062 Anything Goes! Hello and welcome to my blog! Today I have a card for you using the sentiment A Great Big Wish For Happiness from the Sending You Thoughts stamp set free from Saleabration. Perfect to team up with the Painted Poppies stamps and for the Inspire Create Challenge this week where with this sketch anything goes! This poppy image is just beautiful, isn't it? I've incorporated some of the Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper as a layer on this ... VIEW POST
Painted Poppies & Shimmer Embossing
Painted Poppies and Shimmer Embossing. What a combination!! It's gorgeous! Anyone who crafts with me knows how much I love embossing and I can't believe this is the first time I've tried the Shimmer White Embossing Powder. It's so sparkly in the light! Embossing is such a simple thing to do, If you've never done it I would encourage you to give it a go. A word of warning though, it's addictive! This is one of my favourite sentiments from the Sending You Thoughts stamp set from Saleabration. ... VIEW POST
Happy Birthday Card Sketch Challenge
Case This Sketch Challenge #354 Happy Birthday Card Sketch Challenge - I love a sketch! I found this one over at The Case This Sketch Challenge this week and I'm playing along with a Happy birthday Card. Love What You Do is one of my favourite stamp sets and I love this particular flower image. It's useful for so many occasions. Happy Birthday Card : Stamp the flower image in Black memento onto a rectangle of Whisper White card. Use a Clear Wink Of Stella brush to pick up some ... VIEW POST
Perennial Birthday Card
Perennial Birthday Card & Monthly Blog Hop I am so excited to be part of this blog hop! We are an international group of demonstrators all working towards growing our businesses and sharing ideas and inspiration along the way. Thank you so much for joining us! I created this birthday card using the Perennial Birthday stamp set and the Rooted in Nature stamps and Dies. I created the card for the UK Stampin' Up Demonstrator Facebook group this month to celebrate all the demonstrators ... VIEW POST
Perennial Birthdays Card
Perennial Birthdays Card - Inspire Create Challenge #055 We have a colour challenge this time over at the Inspire Create Challenge and they are gorgeous! Perfect for making a birthday card using the Perennial Birthdays stamp set. Perennial Birthdays Card Here's how I made it - Stamp a layer of Whisper White card 14.3 cm x 10 cm with the flowers and leaves from the set in Lovely Lipstick, Old Olive and Blushing Bride inks. Adhere to a Lovely Lipstick card base. 14.9 cm x 10.5 cm ... VIEW POST
Rooted In Nature Birthday Card – Inspire Create Challenge #053
Rooted In Nature Birthday Card - Inspire Create Challenge #053. With a special birthday card to make last week and the Inspire Create Challenge #53, inspired by the season I pulled out the gorgeous Rooted In Nature Bundle. We have a sketch challenge for Inspire Create Challenge this time. I used the Woodland Embossing Folder which may be a stretch for the sketch but it works really well for my card. The leaves are turning all sorts of beautiful colours around here and the Rooted In ... VIEW POST
Happy Birthday Card. Bird Ballad. Inspire Create Challenge #50!
For the Inspire Create Challenge, we have a sketch challenge this time! I've been itching to play with the Free As A Bird stamps and the gorgeous Bird Ballad Designer Series papers that go with them. I used a little artistic license and changed the layout from portrait to landscape but other than that kept to the sketch. This birthday card is going to a friend who shares the month of August as our birthday month. I hope she loves it, there's nothing quite like a hand made card in ... VIEW POST