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Ink & Share Scrapbook January 2020 Blog Hop

Welcome to this months Ink & Share Blog Hop. This month's theme is up to us to choose. As I am doing my family history I have a couple of photographs that were of my Granddad during his service in the Second World War. Stampin' Up! has the Painted Poppy Suite which is so versatile and I just had to use it for these photographs. I started by using the larger outline poppy stamp to make a border along the bottom. I then used the larger background stamp to stamp around the 12x12 card stock....

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Stamptastic Friends January Blog Hop

Welcome to a New Year, New Decade and a New Blog Hop. Stamptastic Friends are a group of Stampin' Up! demos who met when attending courses organised by fellow Stampin' Up! demos Louise Sims and Pip Todman. Our theme for this month is Sale-a-bration, which is where you can get free product every time you spend £45 on products until 31st March 2020. For my project I have chosen the hostess stamp set called Little Ladybug which is at the back of the Sale-a-bration. I have teamed it up with the...

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Stampin Friends Birthday Bash January Blog Hop

Welcome to a New Year and a New Decade. I hope you are looking forward to seeing what projects we have come up with for the January Blog Hop. This month's these is Birthday Bash. I decided to use the Painted Poppies and matching Designer Series Paper to make a Birthday card and gift bag this month. Project 1 - Card To make the card I stamped a background mat layer using the individual poppy outline stamps onto Real Red card stock using Real Red ink pad. Then I cut and stuck a Basic Black mat...

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Stampin Dreams – January Blog Hop

Welcome to a New Year and a New Decade. This month's theme is CASE A Card. CASE stands for Copy And Share Everything. For my project this month I am casing a couple of cards that were designed by Mary Knabe using the Painted Poppies stamp set and matching Designer Series Paper. I chose these two cards as I loved how simple the stamping was but still being able to make a lovely card. How to CASE a Card #1 I started by sticking the Basic Black mat layer onto the Whisper White portrait card base....

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Scrapbooking Global January Blog Hop – New Beginnings

Welcome to a New Year, a New Decade and of course a new year of Scrapbooking Global Blog Hops. The theme this month has to be New Beginnings. When I saw that this month's theme was a New Beginnings Scrapbook Layout I knew exactly what my topic was going to be. 2020 is certainly going to be a new beginning for my son as he is about to complete on the purchase of his first house. It is a brand new, newly built house so I have made a start on producing a double scrapbook layout. This double...

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Kre8tors January 2020 Blog Hop

Welcome to Kre8tors Blog Hop. This month's theme is Sale-a-bration and Occasional Catalogue Whether you have just joined the Blog Hop or have come from looking at Cheryl's lovely project, you will find some lovely projects to tempt you into having a go at doing your own projects. For my projects I chose a stamp set for the Sale-a-bration catalogue called Happy Birthday To You. I have made a card for the three types of stamper, beginner, casual and avid. Card Number 1 - Beginner Stamper For the...

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Colour Combo January 2020 Blog Hop

This month's chosen colours Welcome to the First Colour Combo blog hop of 2020 and a new decade. As you can see the colours this month are Basic Gray, Pear Pizzazz and Pumpkin Pie. When I saw these colours I immediately thought of flowers. Now to decide which stamp set to use. Of course I had the Timeless Tulips stamp set and matching punch from the NEW Occasions catalogue. First I cut my mat layers using Basic Gray and Whisper White card stock. Then I stamped the tulip stems using Pear...

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Stamp ‘N Hop January 2020 Blog Hop

Welcome to a New Year, a New Decade and the First Stamp 'n Hop Blog Hop of 2020. Whether you have joined me from Rochelle's blog hop link or are starting the blog hop with me. I know you will love all our lovely projects from the Occasion Catalogue or our Sale-a-bration leaflet. For my projects I chose to use the Under My Umbrella stamp set and matching punch. I love bundles like this as you do not need a large area to craft or store them. This means you can take them out and about with you if...

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Kre8tors December 2019 Blog Hop

Welcome to Kre8tors Blog Hop. This month's theme is of course is Christmas Whether you have just joined the Blog Hop or have come from looking at Angie's lovely project, you will find some lovely projects to tempt you into having a go at doing your own projects. My favourite stamp set in the Holiday Catalogue has to be Yummy Christmas. I love seeing all the gingerbread houses being made at Christmas time and as this is an outline stamp it means I can do one of my favourite things, colouring...

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Kre8tors 2019 October Blog Hop

Kre8tors 2019 October Blog Hop

Welcome to Kre8tors Blog Hop. This month's theme is Autumn/Fall Whether you have just joined the Blog Hop or have come from looking at Dana's lovely project, you will find some lovely projects to tempt you into having a go at copying or doing your own projects. For my Autumn themed projects my favourite stamp and dies are the leaves from the Colourful Seasons Stamp set and dies. My favourite autumnal colours are Old Olive, Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry and Pumpkin Pie so of course I had to use...

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