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Welcome to this month's Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop where I am joining various Stampin' Up! demonstrators from around the world. The theme this month is a Sketch Challenge. Which is where you have a sketch and you can use any Stampin' Up! products to make a scrapbook layout. This month's sketch I wanted to make a layout where you did not have to spend lots of money on stamp sets or cutting dies. So I went for the Come Sail Away designer series paper and Memories and More card pack. I started...
Stamptastic Friends February 2020 Blog Hop
Welcome to Stampstatic Friends Blog Hop. This month's theme is making a sampler using the January to June Mini Catalogue. We are a group of Stampin’ Up! demonstrator friends who met through attending some business training provided by fellow demonstrators Pip Todman and Louise Sims. I decided to make a poppy sampler I wanted to use the Peaceful Poppies Suite and the colours Melon Mambo and Basic Black. How I made the Poppy Sampler I started by cutting Basic Black and Whisper White squares and...
Colour Combo February 2020 Blog Hop
Welcome to this month's Colour Combo Blog Hop. This month's colours are Merry Merlot, Pineapple Punch and Pool Party. I wanted to use the Honey Bee stamp set from the January - June 2020 Mini Catalogue for this month's card. I started by stamping the bee hive in Merry Merlot ink and placed a mask over the stamped image so that I could sponge the background with Pool Party and Pineapple Punch. Then I stamped the smaller bee onto Whisper White and coloured in the striped using an aqua painter...
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....
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
