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?

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.

Create a fun raindrop effect with Playing In the Rain Stampin’ Up!® set and Stampin’ Blends

Have you seen the new Playing in the Rain stamp set in the Stampin’ Up!® Mini Catalogue? It’s very cute and very fun to colour. 

 

Five projects using the new Adorable Owls Sale-a-Bration stamp set from Stampin' Up!®

 

This Adorable Owls stamp set from Stampin’ Up!® is a real hoot! It’s one of the Sale-a-Bration stamp sets available when you spend £45 in the UK on Stampin’ Up!® supplies during January or February.

 

I predict that the set will be the most popular Sale-a-Bration stamp set of 2023 – you read it here first (or perhaps not). 

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.