Super-fast One-Sheet Mini Album

This mini album is so easy to make - and all you need are a single sheet of cardstock and some Memories & More cards (the smaller ones). 

Cut and score the sheet as shown, cutting a sliver of cardstock away where you see the bold black lines, as this makes it easier to close up. Then decorate as desired and tie closed with ribbon.

Flowering Desert Week: Party time!

To mark the end of Flowering Desert Week, I have the projects from last week’s party to show you. All the guests made the card above, adorning their cacti with a wooden flower from the Butterfly Elements Sale-a-Bration pack, and I demonstrated this fab little box below...

The box is made using the Stitched Rectangle Framelits which are hidden away on Page 28 of the Spring/Summer catalogue. I used a tutorial from Chicnscratch.com to make this cute little box from two of the largest rectangles, which gives the box a cute stitched edge.

The ribbon is dyed using Stampin' Write Markers. You just have to make sure you leave it time to dry. For instant drying, use Stampin' Blends, which are alcohol markers so dry much quicker.

I hope you’ve enjoyed Flowering Desert week and are inspired to take another look at this fabulous stamp set.

Flowering Desert Week: when two heads are better than one

I made this card by stamping the cactus onto Wood Textures Designer Series Paper, but I didn’t love it. I was all for rejecting it when my friend Kelly said it needed a Very Vanilla flower. It made all the difference and there we have it – rescued from rejection!

Note the Braided Trim – this is a carryover item from the Autumn/Winter catalogue and still available. Don’t miss it, as it’s gorgeous.

Flowering Desert Week: cacti get the blues

Thinking – and stamping – out of the box... I opted for a blue colour scheme for this fun cactus card. I used the same arrangement of stamps, just changed the colours for all the blues. Too wild? I love it!

Flowering Desert Week: Hot and fiery sunset cactus scene

This month I celebrated my team achievers with some colourful cactus cards with a brayered sunset background and the Dot to Dot embossing folder. I love the warmth of this colour combo...

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Flowering Desert week: A colourful start

Okay, let’s have a Flowering Desert week with a post every weekday to celebrate this much-neglected stamp set from the Spring/Summer catalogue.

When I first saw this set, I loved it... but I knew it wouldn’t be a big seller as I do tend to favour the slightly off-the-wall stamp sets. So if you’ve rejected this set out of hand, this week I am going to attempt to change your mind by sharing the cactus love.

I found the idea of sponging a sun from US demonstrator Mary Fish, and this colourful combo uses some of my favourite bright colours and In Colors... what could be cheerier?

Brayered sunset Flowering Desert card with video tutorial

I love brayering and the new sponge brayers are so much more user-friendly than the old rubber one which people seemed to have trouble with.

I created this colourful sunset background to show off my new favourite stamp set, Flowering Desert. Take a look at how to make the brayered background in my short video below...



I’ll have lots more Flowering Desert projects to show you in the coming weeks, so please watch this space.