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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...
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...
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...
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...
Kre8tors Blog Hop – September 2019
Welcome to Kre8tors Blog Hop. This month's theme is Brides and Babies Whether you have just joined the Blog Hop or have come from looking at Jacqui's's lovely project, you will find some lovely projects to tempt you into having a go at doing your own projects. I decided to used this month's blog theme to start scrapbooking photos of my lovely granddaughter who was born in April. For her birth I made my step daughter and her partner a baby card using the Little Elephant stamp set and matching...
Stampin Friends August 2019 Blog Hop
Welcome to this month’s Stampin Friends Blog Hop. The theme this month is Fall. Whether you have just joined the Blog Hop with me or popped over from seeing Sherry’s lovely projects you will enjoy seeing our Fall projects and get some ideas of what you can do. I chose Winter Woods as the stamp set to use for my projects and wanted to use the sponge brayed technique as you can make wonderful back grounds. First I started with Pineapple Punch and ran the sponge brayed over the top half of the...
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