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Two Flap Fancy Fold Card
Welcome to this month's Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop. This Month's Theme is a Fancy Fold Card. For this month's blog hop I found a two Flap Fancy Fold Card that just popped up onto my Facebook which was one of the Mystery Monday Stamping cards by Sharon Armstrong a Stampin' Up Demonstrator in Texas. As all of her measurements are for the American market who use a different sized card stock I had to design it using A4 card stock. How I designed my two flap fancy fold card base. First I curt a...
Scrapbook Layout – Travel Through Life
Welcome to the Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop. The theme this month is: Travel. The theme for this month has been decided by the talented Sharni Haines. When I saw the theme for this month's blog hop I first thought of transport and how we travel. But then I thought about making a double layout about how my daughter travelled from leaving school at 16 and being told that she would not amount to anything and 7 years later she graduated with a degree in Graphic Design. How I made my double...
50th Birthday Card
Welcome to this month's Tech 4 Stampers Blog Hop. This month's theme is Birthdays. As it is my brother-in-law's 50th birthday this month and he is such a jokey type of person I had to make him an extra special 50th Birthday card to mark this special birthday. Plus he is the baby of the family so joked when we all turned 50. How I made my 50th Birthday Card First I cut a 12x12 piece of Basic White card stock in half to make a 6"x6" card base. Next I cut a 6 1/4" square using Basic Gray card...
Flower Book Fold Card
Welcome to this month's Ink, Stamp, Share Showcase Blog Hop This month I am sharing how I made a Flower Book Fold Card This month I decided that I would have a go at making a Book Fold card as I have never made one before. I decided to use the flower stamp from the Greatest Journey stamp set as it is a stamp that you would not expect to see in this stamp set. How I made the Flower Book Fold Card. I started with a landscape card base using Coastal Cabana card stock. I then scored 10.5cm in from...
Scrapbook Layout using the Adorable Owls stamp set
Welcome to this month's Ink, Stamp, Share Monthly Blog Hop. The theme this month is anything from the January- April mini catalogue or Sale-a-bration. For my scrapbook layout I decided to use the Adorable Owls stamp set which you can get FREE with a £45 product order as part of the Sale-a-bration offer in January and February 2023. I knew I had a few photographs of my children with owls but could I find them? I could only find this one where they attended the Young Ornithologists Club which is...
Fancy Fold Card to Cheer Someone Up
Welcome to this month's Ink, Stamp, Share Monthly Blog Hop. The theme this month is Sale-a bration. This is one of my most favourite times of the year when for every £45 spent on products you get to choose a FREE product. I chose to use three FREE products for my card. The Dainty Flowers 12"x12" Designer Series Paper together with the In the Country stamp set and the Beautifully Happy stamp set for my sentiment and make a fancy fold card to cheer someone up. Since Covid there has been an...
Scrapbooking Layout using a Card for Inspiration
Welcome to the Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop The theme this month is: Wow this month our theme is to make a scrapbook layout using a card for inspiration. I decided to use a card that I designed using a card sketch last month. As you will all know Stampin' Up! produces some amazing Designer Series Papers and most of the time we use a small amount and keep it forever. This month I decided that I would focus on using a sheet of Designer Series Paper for my scrapbook layout. I chose to use one of...
Male Birthday Cards using the Timeless Greetings Kit
Welcome to this month's Ink, Stamp, Share Monthly Showcase Blog Hop This month I am showing you how I made some male birthday cards using the Timeless Greetings Kit. I tend not to use out kits to make cards but this year I have tasked my self to make up the kits and to design other cards using the elements in the kit. As it is my son's birthday this month I wanted a special card but working full time finding time to craft can be difficult. In the Timeless Greetings Kit you get everything you...
Hoot Hoot Owl Cards
Welcome to this month's Stamp & Hop Blog Hop. The theme this month is Sale-A-Bration. This is one of my most favourite times of the year when for every £45 spent on products you get to choose a FREE product. I chose to use the Adorable Owls stamp set as my FREE product and to make these two Hoot Hoot Owl Cards. How I made my Hoot Hoot Owl Card 1 I started my cutting two portrait Basic White card bases and put one aside for my second card. Next I cut a mat layer using Tahitian Tide card...
Universal Card For Someone You Love
Welcome to a New Year and to this month's Blog Hop. The Theme this month is LOVE. When I saw this month's theme I was initially stuck as to what I could do as I tend not to order stamp sets that are for Valentines Day cards so I hunted through the stamp sets I had and those that had a Love sentiment. I found the Plentiful Plants stamp set and matching dies so I decided to use these to design a universal card for someone you love. How I made my Universal Card for Someone You Love I started by...
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