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Stamptastic Friends October 2020 Blog Hop
Welcome to this month's Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop The theme this month is Samplers I decided to make two samplers to showcase the lovely Playful Pets Designer Series Paper (DSP) and to show that you can make samplers be using minimal products. I started off by cutting one sheet of the Playful Pets DSP into a 9" square, this is the base layer for the samplers. Next I cut Basic Black card stock into 2.5" squares and 2 strips 2.5" by 5.5” Then I cut DSP into 2.25" squares to make a mat layer...
Stampin Dreams October 2020 Blog Hop
Welcome to this month’s Stampin’ Dreams Blog Hop This month’s theme is Halloween. I thought I would share a simple but effective project I did last Halloween. These Halloween Mini Curvy Keepsake boxes are so quick and easy to make. Pumpkin Box I started making the Pumpkin box out of an A4 sheet of Pumpkin Pie using the Mini Keepsake box die. Granny Green Apple and Basic Grey and using the Mini Curvy Keepsake die. Next I added lines using a Paper Pumpkin Stampin Marker onto the die cut box...
Scrapbooking Global October 2020 Blog Hop
Welcome to this month’s Scrapbooking Global October Blog Hop The theme this month is Nature When I saw this theme I knew exactly what I was going to scrapbook and already had the photos mounted ready to design a double page layout around them. This year one of my friends sons is fundraising to go and help out on community projects in Ecuador. One of his ideas was to plant some tomato and cucumber seeds and sell them once they were ready to plant out. As I found out about this just as the...
Colour Combo October 2020 Blog Hop
Welcome to this month's Colour Combo Blog Hop The colours for this month are Mossy Meadow, Bermuda Bay and Smoky Slate When I saw these colours my immediate thought was flowers and leaves. I decide to use Beautiful Friendship which is a new stamp set to me. and to make some simple stamping cards. First I took an A4 piece of Whisper White card stock and scored it into 4 quarters and stamped images along that line and and along the edges before cutting it to a 10cm x 14.3cm mat layer. Once cut I...
Stamp N Hop October 2020 Blog Hop
Welcome to this month's Stamp 'N Hop Blog Hop This month's theme is Favourite DSP One of my favourite things about Stampin' Up! is that they produce papers that match their coloured card stock and match their stamps so I do not have the worry of making products match. In this blog hop I am going to show you what my favourite Designer Series Paper is from the Annual Catalogue. As you may have already noticed from previous blogs that I have been using the Forever Greenery DSP which...
Stamptastic Friends September 2020 Blog Hop
Welcome to September's Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop The theme this month is Autumn September in the UK sees the start of the leaves on the trees turning from green to orange, yellow, red and brown. Where I live in East Anglia I am lucky to be able to drive down tree lined country roads and look at all the trees changing colour. For my project I decided to continue using the Poinsettia Place Designer Series Paper but this time I chose to use the pine cone sides of the paper. I love going for...
Stampin Dreams September 2020 Blog Hop
Welcome to the Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop The theme this month is Favourite Season Having a birthday in November often means that I have trouble doing anything to celebrate without getting tied up in the Christmas Party season. But despite this Christmas is still my favourite season. For my project I decided to continue with the Poinsettia Place Suite and using the Designer Series Paper and Stamp Set to make 3 simple Christmas cards. How to make my three Christmas cards for my favourite season I...
Scrapbooking Global September 2020 Blog Hop
Welcome to this month's Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop The theme this month is Celebrate This month we were lucky to be able to celebrate my Step Daughter's wedding a week before the COVID 19 rules changed again to only allow gatherings of 6 people. Even though there could only be 10 people attending the wedding ceremony and less that 29 people attending the party afterwards we have a fantastic time and took loads of photos. For my project this month I decided to do a double spread layout for...
The Joy of Sets September 2020 – Weddings Blog Hop
Welcome to The Joy of Sets September Blog Hop The theme for this month is Weddings. This is my first time blog hopping with The Joy of Sets. Last weekend my step daughter got married. It was a smaller event than originally planned due to COVID 19 restrictions but that did not mean that I could not produce a WOW Wedding card for her. I found this idea for a Double Accordion card in the Mixed Up Craft Facebook group which is hosted by Sam Calcott. It took me 2 hours to make this card including...
Stamp ‘N Hop September 2020 Blog Hop
Welcome to this month's Stamp 'N Hop blog hop The theme this month is the Mini Holiday Catalogue Thank you for joining me this month. I have decided to show you a Building Block card I found on the Mixed Up Craft Facebook group hosted by Sam Calcott and decided to CASE it. When I saw the Mini Holiday Catalogue I fell in love with the Poinsettia Place Suite and ordered it straight away. To make the card base I decided to use Thick Whisper White card stock and used the Paper Trimmer to cut and...
