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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...
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...
