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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...
Colour Combo December 2020 Blog Hop
Welcome to this month's Colour Combo Blog Hop This month's colours are Gray Granite, Real Red and Cinnamon Cider This month I was struggling to think of what to make using these lovely colours. So I decided to start with a scrapbook layout using the Enjoy The Moment stamp set as it is not a stamp set I would normally choose. This stamp set is available in the January - May mini catalogue. Project 1 - Scrapbook Layout I started by stamping my own background using one of the images for each...
Stamp ‘N Hop December 2020 Blog Hop
Welcome to this month's Stamp 'N Hop Blog Hop This month's theme is Christmas For this Blog Hop I decided to show you a variety of Christmas cards using the Coming Home stamp set. I also chose to use the matching Trimming The Town designer series paper and I wanted to show you two ways to colour in stamped images in. The reason I chose this stamp set is because for every Coming Home stamp set sold Stampin' Up! will give £2.50 to a charity devoted to adoption, fostering and infertility and as I...
Stamptastic Friends November 2020 Blog Hop
Welcome to this month's Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop This month's theme is a colour challenge using non traditional Christmas colours For this month's project I decided to do a scrapbook page using the Joy To The World Paper Pumpkin kit. This year Stampin' Up! has released two Paper Pumpkin kits world wide. One in the Summer called Box of Sunshine and one in November. The colours I have chosen to use are Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape and Granny Apple Green. I started with a 12x12 piece of...
Stamp ‘N Hop November 2020 Blog Hop
Welcome to this Month's Stamp 'n Hop Blog Hop This month's theme is a 3D Project I decided I wanted a quick but effective 3D Project for those who do not have much time to craft. So I chose a two drawer box which only took less than 2 hours to make. My project is a box with drawers. There are loads of various templates available On-line but basically you are just making boxes of different sizes. I started off by making the drawers from two boxes the same size using Blackberry Bliss Card...
Colour Combo November 2020 Blog Hop
Welcome to this month's Colour Combo Blog Hop Here is the UK we are going into winter so what better colours to use to brighten up your day: Coastal Cabana, Daffodil Delight and Rococo Rose. When I saw these colours I though of flowers and decided to use the Beautiful Friendship stamp set and make a couple of simple stamping cards. I love this stamp set and love that all you need to add are a couple of ink pads and card stock to make lovely cards. I started by cutting the Whisper White mat...
