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Spotlighting My Favourite DSP
Welcome to this month's Stamp 'n Hop Blog Hop The Theme this month is DSP Spotlight For this month theme of Spotlight - DSP I thought I would make a scrapbook layout spotlighting my favourite DSP which is the Hydrangea Hill designer series paper. This fabulous DSP will be retiring at the end of this month. I absolutely love these papers and how they match and compliment each other. For my project I decided that I would use it to make a simple scrapbook layout. How to make my scrapbook layout I...
Here Comes Summer
Welcome to this month's Tech 4 Stampers Academy Blog Hop The theme this month is 'Here comes Summer' When I think of the theme 'Here Comes Summer' the wonderful skies we have living in the Fens and the the surrounding fields with green and yellow crops spring to mind. I decided to try to capture this by using the blending technique and using silhouettes to make my cards. I decided to use the Garden Wishes stamp set and matching dies as most of the grass verges around me have lots of wild...
DIY Creative Backgrounds
Welcome to the Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop The theme this month is: This month's Scrapbook layout theme has been decided by Delys Cram. I love making my own DIY Backgrounds and the chance to be creative with them. For my DIY Creative Background I wanted to have one photo on my scrapbook layout and to stamp a pattern around it. I found a photo of me when I was about 4 years old. I noticed that the flowers on the dress were similar to those in the Brushed Blooms stamp set. Making DIY Creative...
Masculine Card
Welcome to this month's Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop The theme this month is Masculine Cards I find that trying to make a masculine birthday card much harder than other cards. As it was my son-in-laws birthday last week and he is into DIY I decided to make a wood effect card. I decided to use a technique that I have used with the Tailored Punch but this time using the Stitched Triangle Dies. How to make my masculine birthday card. I started off by making a 14.85cm x 10.5cm card base using...
Colour Combo Blog Hop – May 2021
Welcome to the May 2021 Colour Combo Blog Hop The colour combo for this month is Flirty Flamingo, Shaded Spruce and Magenta Madness When I saw these three colours for the Colour Combo May 2021 Blog Hop I knew straight away that I would use them to make a Well Done card for a work colleague who has just finished her first year of her degree. How to make the card I started off by cutting a 14.85cm x 10.5cm Basic White Thick card base. Next I cut a 14.3cm x 10cm mat layer using Flirty Flamingo...
Ice Cream Thank You Cards
Welcome to the Ink, Stamp and Share Showcase Blog Hop This is my first Blog Hop with the lovely stampers in the Ink, Stamp and Share Facebook Group. For this Blog Hop I will be showing you the Ice Cream Thank You Cards I made for a Card Swap. You may have hopped over from Tracie or started straight away with me. How to make the Ice Cream Thank You Cards I started by cutting a 14.85cm x 10cm Basic White card base. Then I cut a 14.3cm x 10cm mat layer from Soft Succulent card stock. Next I used...
In-Color Thank You Cards
Welcome to this month's Tech 4 Stampers Academy Blog Hop The theme this month is a Colour Challenge I am so pleased that this month’s theme is a Colour Challenge using the new 2021-2023 In-Colors. It is that exciting time of the Stampin’ Up! year when the new In-Colors are announced and this year I have decided to make some In-Color Thank You cards using these colours I started off by cutting four 10.5cm x 14.85cm Basic White card base. Next I cut a 10cm x 14.3cm mat layer using Fresh...
Goodbye Beautiful Friendship stamp set
Welcome to this month's Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop The theme this month is Goodbye/Hello to Stampin' Up! products I find this is of the year both exciting but also a sad time as new products are being released and old favourites are retiring. This year I will be saying Goodbye to the Beautiful Friendship stamp set. I have chosen to use the Beautiful Friendship stamp set to make some more quick and easy birthday cards. I have previously made these cards before but this time I chose to use the...
Scrapbook Layout – Its a Bing Thing – Part 2
Welcome to the Scrapbook Global Blog Hop The theme this month is This month's Scrapbook layout theme has been decided by Sara Lavin. I wanted to continue my Its a Bing Thing Scrapbook Layout theme for my granddaughter's birthday party on Saturday. As I missed her 1st birthday due to lockdown so am really pleased to organise a party for her with our part of the family. The lucky girl will be getting 3 days of birthday parties this year. I decided to make a double layout so continued the colour...
Scrapbook Layout – Its a Bing thing – Part 1
Welcome to the Tech 4 Stampers Academy Blog Hop The theme this month is a sketch For this blog hop I decided to think outside the box and make a scrapbook layout as part of a series of scrapbook layouts called 'It's a Bing thing' for my granddaughters 2nd Birthday. We missed her 1st birthday as we had just gone into lockdown. Because we are just coming out of a third lockdown and we can only meet in groups of six, we are organising a party for her based on her favourite TV character Bing. I...
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