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Fabulous Flowers – Hydrangea Haven
Welcome to this months' Blog Hop The theme this month is Fabulous Flowers For this month's theme of Fabulous Flowers I wanted to use the Hydrangea Haven Bundle from The Hydrangea Hill Suite. I also wanted to have a go at using one set of Stampin Blends to colour in the flower. Card 1 - Highland Heather Hydrangea I started off my card with a Basic White card base. I then cut a mat layer out of Highland Heather card stock and then cut a smaller one using Basic White. Next I embossed the...
Scrapbook Bingo
Welcome to this month's Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop The theme this month is Bingo This month's Scrapbook layout Bingo theme has been decided by Sherry Roth. I love doing any Bingo challenge especially when it is for a scrapbook layout. For Bingo you have to choose three of the nine options to make a line on the Bingo board. My three choices are: Sponge or Ink the edges of your project Use 3 different patterned papersChoose 2 or more photos. SCRAPBOOK BINGO - use 3 different patterned papers -...
Stamp ‘n Hop February 2021 Blog Hop
Welcome to this month's Stamp 'n Hop Blog Hop The theme this month is a Colour Challenge These three colours I would not normally use together but I decided to use them with the Blossoms in Bloom bundle to make a couple of quick and easy cards. I started off with two Misty Moonlight card bases and two Basic White mat layers. Next I stamped the main Blossom in Bloom image using Misty Moonlight ink and the leaf image using Mossy Meadow. Card 1 - Simple Stamping I wanted one card to be simple...
Scrapbooking Global January 2021 Blog Hop
Welcome to this month's Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop The theme this month is Just Me Scrap Yourself This month's Scrapbook Layout theme Just Me Scrap Yourself has been decided by Mai Chapelain. I have a few photos of myself growing up but never got round to scraping them. The photos I have used are from a roll of colour film that my parents were given as a present. When I was little to be given a roll of colour film was like winning the pools as they were so expensive. The film only held 8...
Stamptastic Friends January 2021 Blog Hop
Welcome to this month's Blog Hop The theme this month is Love and Hugs For this month's blog hop I knew I wanted to continue with my theme of using 10cm x 10cm cards but I could not think what stamp set to use for a valentines card. As I was browsing through the January-June Mini Catalogue I came across the Kangaroo and Company Bundle on page 17 and liked one of the cards shown on the same page. I would have never thought that I could use the Kangaroo and Company bundle to make a valentines...
Colour Combo January 2021 Blog Hop
Welcome to the first Colour Combo Blog Hop of 2021 The three colours for this month are Bumblebee, Melon Mambo and Pool Party For this Blog Hop I decided to carry on with the theme of 10cm x 10cm simple cards but this time using the Queen Anne's Lace stamp set from the annual catalogue. I started off by cutting six Whisper White 10cm x 10cm card bases. Next I cut two 9.5cm x 9.5cm mat layers in the three colours. I then cut six Whisper White 9cm x 9cm mat layers to stamp the images on. Card 1...
Stamp ‘n Hop January 2021 Blog Hop
Welcome to the first Stamp 'n Hop of 2021 The theme this month is Sale-a-Bration or the January to June Mini Catalogue January is probably one of my favourite times in the Stampin' Up! calendar as it means a new mini catalogue and FREE products for every £45.00 of products you purchase. For this Blog Hop I decided to use one of the Sale-a-Bration FREE stamp sets called Corner Bouquet and it use it to make a simple card. I love how you can make simple cards by just stamping one of the Corner...
Stamptastic Friends December 2020 Blog Hop
Welcome to December's Stamptastic Blog Hop This months theme is New catalogue Pre order/Sale-A-Bration Being an independant Stampin' Up! demonstrator means that I get to order products before the New catalogue products are available to everyone. When I saw the NEW January to May 2021 mini catalogue I instantly fell in love with the Hydrangea Hill Suite Collection on page 20. So of course the Hydrangea Hill Suite Collection was one of the first products I ordered. Mini Paper Pumpkin Box I...
Scrapbooking Global December 2020 Blog Hop
Welcome to this month's Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop The theme this month is Together This month's Scrapbook Layout theme of Together has been decided by Delys Cram and after the very strange year we have had this theme very apt. I was going to choose photos that related to events where I had been able to meet up with family members but with the recent lockdown and restrictions around only seeing two other households over the Christmas period I changed my idea. For Christmas this year I have...
Kre8tors Christmas Blog Hop
Welcome to a one off Kre8tors Blog Hop The theme for this Blog Hop is Holiday For this Blog Hop I decided to show you some cards I made last weekend for a virtual event. I am still deciding which stamp set to use for my Christmas cards this year so played around with the Gnome for the Holiday and the Snowman Season stamp sets. Cards using Snowman Season stamp set First I made some simple 10cmx10cm cards using the Snowman Season stamp set. I started by cutting 7cm x 7cm Whisper White squares...
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