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Fancy Fold Happy Birthday Card
Welcome to this month's Ink, Stamp, Share Showcase Blog Hop My showcase project this month is a fancy fold birthday card that I made for my daughter whose birthday was earlier this week. How to make the fancy fold card base and inside of the Birthday card I started with a 12"x12" piece of Basic White card stock and cut it in half to make a 12"x6" piece. I then scored along the long edge at 6" to make a 6"x6" card base. Next I took an A4 piece of Evening Evergreen card stock and cut it at...
Ladybird Thank You Card
Welcome to this month's Stamp & Hop Blog Hop The theme this month is Favourite Bundle When I saw the theme for this month my first thought was to use the Hello Ladybug Bundle as my favourite bundle and make a couple of Ladybird Thank You Cards. For each Ladybird Thank You Card I cut a piece of A4 Basic White Thick card stock in half along the short edge and scored at 14.85cm to make two card bases. I then cut two 10cm x 14.3cm pieces of Old Olive card stock for the mat layer. Next I cut...
Scrapbook Layout – New Beginnings
Welcome to this Month's Tech4stampers Academy Blog Hop The theme this month is New Beginnings When I saw the theme New Beginnings I decided that my project would be an Easter Card. Then on Sunday 06/02/2022 I became the proud owner of a little black and white female cat who had been a stray on the streets of Cairo. Therefore my project for New Beginnings had to be a Scrapbook Layout for her. How to make my New Beginnings Scrapbook Layout I started with a piece of 12"x12" Basic White card...
Valentines Card and matching Gift Box
Welcome to this month's Ink, Stamp, Share Monthly Blog Hop The theme this month is Pick a Suite When a new catalogue is launched I normally do not pick a suite as it cam be a bit expensive for my customers. But in the January to June 2022 mini catalogue I just fell in love with the Sweet Talk Suite Collection as the suite reminded me of the Love Heart sweets. I decided that I would use this suite to make a valentine's day card and matching gift box. Normally I am making a valentines card for...
Scrapbook Layout – Blending Technique
Welcome to the first Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop in 2022 The theme this month is Sale-a-bration and/or the January to July 2022 Mini catalogue Welcome to the first blog hop of 2022. It is an exciting time of the year as a Stampin' Up! customer as you have a new mini catalogue out and for every £45 spent on product you get to choose a FREE product from the Sale-a-bration leaflet. When I saw the Happy Hedgehogs stamp set in the January to July 2022 mini catalogue I knew I had to get it. So for...
Ice Cream Thank You Card
Welcome to the first Tech 4 Stampers Academy Blog Hop The theme for this month's Blog Hop is Sala-a-bration For this blog hop I decided to use the Simply Marbleous 6"x6" Designer Series Paper which is FREE when you spend £45.00 from 4th January 2022 until 28th February 2022. The gorgeous paper in this pack has two sides, one swirls and the other a marble effect. When I saw it it reminded me of the various flavours of ice cream you can get. So I decided that I would redo a previous Ice Cream...
Colour Combo January 2022 Blog Hop
Welcome to the first Colour Combo Blog Hop of 2022 The colour combo for this month is Cinnamon Cider, Early Espresso and Evening Evergreen For this month's Colour Combo blog hop I decided to make a quick and simple Thank You Card. I wanted to use the new Amazing Silhouettes stamp set in the January to July 2022 mini catalogue as it had a butterfly silhouette which fits in with my business logo. First I started by cutting a Basic White Thick card stock in half along the long side and scoring at...
Mixing the Old with the New
Welcome to the first Stamp 'N Hop Blog Hop of 2022 The theme this month is Mixing the Old with the New For my Mixing the old with the new blog hop I decided to use the Happy Hedgehogs stamp set and matching Hedgehog Builder punch together with the Sweet Strawberry stamp set and matching Strawberry Builder punch to make a Hedgehog eating Strawberries card. When I initially saw the Happy Hedgehog stamp set I knew I had to get it as I used to be a hedgehog rehabilitator and support the British...
Kits – Something Quick to Make
Welcome to this month's Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop This month's theme is Something Quick To Make If like me you suddenly need something quick to make then why not try one of the Stampin' Up! Kits. The kits include everything you need to make a selection of cards and sometimes boxes. They are perfect for new crafters, busy crafters or crafters who want something quick and easy. They come with picture instructions showing you how to make each card. Today I have chosen to use the Christmas...
Scrapbook Layout – Naughty and Nice
Welcome to the Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop The theme this month is: The theme for this month's scrapbook layout has been decided by Sharon Dalton. I thought very hard about what I could design as a scrapbook layout based on Naughty & Nice. Then I came across some photos of my granddaughter decorating fairy cakes for her 2nd Birthday party. She was supposed to be covering the iced cakes in sprinkles whilst I piped icing onto the cakes. I looked up and she was testing the sprinkles to see...
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