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Kre8tors July 2019 Blog Hop
Welcome to July's Kre8tors Blog Hop. This month's theme is Floral Whether you have just joined the Blog Hop or have come from looking at Sandra's lovely project, you will find some lovely projects to tempt you into having a go at doing your own projects. For my blog this month I was torn between using some of our lovely new stamp sets or using one of our older stamp sets which carried over into this year's annual catalogue. First Frost Stamp Set and Frosted Bouquet Dies I have chosen to use...
Friends of SUBA June 2019 Blog Hop
Welcome to Friend of SUBA Blog Hop. This month's theme is Father's Day/Male. We are a group of Stampin’ Up! demonstrator friends that have met through attending fantastic Simply Unique Business Angels courses, run by Louise Sims and Pip Todman, to help with the technology side of our business. They are highly recommended by all of us. You can find out more here. I was given the Woven Heirloom stamp set as my Prize Patrol at the recent Stampin' Up! On Stage event and...
Kre8tors June 2019 Blog Hop
Welcome to June's Kre8tors Blog Hop. This month's theme is Dads and Grads. Whether you have just joined the Blog Hop or have come from looking at Cheryl's project, you will find some lovely projects to do. For my blog I am doing two very simple Dad cards as its my Dad's birthday this month. As I am currently away on holiday I do not have access to my craft room so I decided to make two simple cards using the Come Sail Away Memories and More cards, Night of Navy card stock and ink pad plus a...
Colour Combo June 2019 Blog Hop
Welcome to this month's Colour Combo Blog Hop.The colours this month are Gray Granite, Poppy Parade and Daffodil Delight Do you every get that moment when you realise that you are away on holiday and suddenly you need a birthday card and all you have is your tool kit and a few sheets of card stock? Well that happened to me, so by just using your cutter, a few sheets of card stock, 1/2" punch and the Well Said stamp set I was able to product not one but 2 cards. By changing the way each layer...
Ink & Share May 2019 Blog Hop
Welcome to the May Ink & Share Scrapbook Blog Hop. This month's theme is Goodbye. May is an exciting time in the Stampin' Up! diary as we are eagerly waiting for the NEW Annual catalogue to go live to our customers. BUT it is also a sad time as we say goodbye to our favourite designer series paper, stamp sets and dies. For my Goodbye scrapbook layout I have decided to use the Twinkle Twinkle DSP and the Baby Bear stamp set. These I have used to make a scrapbook page of my grand-daughter...
Friends of SUBA May 2019 Blog Hop
We are a group of Stampin’ Up! demonstrator friends that have met through attending fantastic Simply Unique Business Angels courses, run by Louise Sims and Pip Todman, to help with the technology side of our business. They are highly recommended by all of us. You can find out more here. This month's theme is Pre Order. I was able to receive the Woven Heirlooms stamp set as my Prize Patrol at the Stampin' Up! On Stage event at Telford. To start with I was not sure about...
SF Friends May 2019 Blog Hop
Welcome to this month's Stampin Friends Blog Hop This month's theme is Father's Day In the UK Father's Day is on Sunday 16th June. It is a day where we celebrate father's and paternal bonds. I am very lucky to be able to celebrate Father's day with my dad. For my card and project I decided to use the theme of shirts. I looked on various websites and found lots of post with Shirt cards and Origami shirts. Here is what I can up with. I decided to use a sheet of 12x12 Tranquil Textures DSP. I cut...
Kre8tors May 2019 Blog Hop
Welcome this month's Kre8tors Blog Hop. This month's theme is Techniques. In March I was lucky to attend a weekend retreat with my upline Sandra Roberts when she showed me this amazing Faux Silk technique. I started off this technique by first stamping the image from Wonderful Romance stamp set onto tissue paper and coloured in using Stampin' Markers. I then let it dry before scrunching up the tissue paper. Next I spread Tombow all over a piece of Whisper White card stock using the wide...
Stamp N Hop May 2019 Blog Hop
Welcome to this Month's Stamp 'N Hop. Welcome. As you can see the theme this month is Goodbye to the 2018-2019 Annual Catalogue. I hope you have enjoyed seeing what Sharon has come up with as her Goodbye project or you might have joined this blog hop with me so you are in for some lovely projects. Sometimes saying Goodbye to an annual catalogue can be a sad time as you can find that your favourite stamp set is being retired. This time it was different for me. The Sheltering Tree stamp set is...
Colour Combo May 2019 Blog Hop
Welcome to this month's Colour Combo Blog Swap As you can see this month's colours are Balmy Blue, Mango Melody and Blackberry Bliss. For my card I chose to use one of my favourite stamp sets -Peaceful Reflections and the lovely Gingham Gala DSP. As you can see I have stuck a strip of Balmy Blue Gingham Gala DSP down one side. Then I used Blackberry Bliss ink to make the flower shapes. Some were stamped off before stamping onto the Whisper White card stock. Next I stamped the Mango Melody...
