Tuesday, 7 February 2023
Six cards using Dainty Delight, with top tips for using Stampin’ Up!® Blending Brushes
Tuesday, 31 January 2023
Stop! Don’t buy that stamp set! Check out these Rain or Shine card ideas first
Stop! Don’t buy that stamp set! Today I want to show you some cards made with the gorgeous Rain or Shine Suite – and show you why you don’t always need to buy a Stampin’ Up!® stamp set.
What? Have I lost my mind?
Tuesday, 24 January 2023
Dainty Delight projects – and a spring craft day in Derbyshire
I am really loving the Dainty Delight bundle and Dainty Flowers Sale-a-Bration Designer Series Paper from Stampin’ Up!®.
I often say that I don’t like flower stamps but it’s not really true; I don’t like most flower stamps. The big, blowsy flowers that are so popular with crafters everywhere do nothing for me at all, but I really love delicate wildflowers that remind me of our British countryside. And seed heads – they are a favourite.
Tuesday, 17 January 2023
Create a fun raindrop effect with Playing In the Rain Stampin’ Up!® set and Stampin’ Blends
Tuesday, 10 January 2023
Five projects using the new Adorable Owls Sale-a-Bration stamp set from Stampin' Up!®
Tuesday, 3 January 2023
The hot papercraft and card making trends for 2023
It’s safe to say that 2022 was not exactly an uneventful year, and we continued to be bombarded with bad news.
But no matter what’s going on in the world around us, we always have crafting – and another fabulous year of creativity awaits, along with some gorgeous new Stampin’ Up!® products to lift our spirits in 2023.
Just like in fashion and interiors, there are trends in the crafting world – often with a surprising amount of crossover. Remember flamingoes, pineapples and cheetahs? They were on clothes, curtains, stationery, packaging, stamps and paper!
I’ve been doing quite a bit of digging to find out what we can expect in 2023 and it seems that all the predicted trends lead back to the same overriding theme: comfort.
Read on to find out how I believe this will translate into our Stampin’ Up!® projects.
Tuesday, 27 December 2022
A look back at the biggest Stampin’ Up!® papercraft and card making trends of 2022
As the year comes to a close, I thought I would take a look back at some of 2022’s biggest cardmaking and papercrafting trends in the Stampin’ Up!® world.
Looking back, there were several stand-out themes which appeared time and time again, not just in my own projects but in those created by our fabulous Stampin’ Up!® Artisan Design Team and talented demonstrators worldwide.
Here are the top cardmaking and papercrafting themes which I have identified from the past year.
Tuesday, 20 December 2022
How to find – and use – cardmaking and papercraft inspiration effectively
A while ago I asked my Stampin’ Up!® customers and Facebook followers what was holding them back from crafting – and I was shocked that many of them said it was inspiration.
This surprised me because there’s LOADS of inspiration out there. Blogs, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, the Stampin’ Up!® catalogue... and that’s when it struck me:
The problem isn’t a lack of inspiration but information overload.
So, with the Christmas holiday looming and possibly the chance to do some crafting over the break, how do you narrow down all that amazing inspiration into something you can actually MAKE with your Stampin’ Up!® supplies?
Tuesday, 13 December 2022
TWO Stampin’ Up!® Christmas projects - with free tutorials
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas... so it’s time to bring out some Christmassy crafts.
Every year I try to create a Christmas decoration from my Stampin’ Up!® supplies and this year is no exception, with this delicate white and gold heart ornament.