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How to make a Christmas card using three colours.
Welcome to this month's Ink, Stamp, Share Monthly Blog Hop. The theme this month is Christmas. My project this month is a Christmas card using three colours that you would not associate with Christmas. It is also using the colours that were last month's Ink Stamp Share Monthly Hop that I had to unfortunately miss. How I made my Christmas Card using three colours. I started off with a Basic White landscape card base. Next I cut a Gray Granite mat layer and embossed it using the criss cross...
How to make a simple hand made stencil using an acetate sheet.
Welcome to this month's Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop. This Month's Theme is: CASE a Stamptastic Friend. I decided to CASE (Copy And Share Everything) one of my friends, Heather Thomas, who is also one of the members of the 2023 Artisan Team and does the most amazing colouring of which I have been privileged to have attended some of her classes. I noticed that she had made a card similar to one I had previously made for the birth of my Great Nephew but instead of die cutting out the circles she...
How to make a scrapbook layout using layers
Welcome to the Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop. The theme this month is: Layers upon Layers. The theme for this month has been decided by the talented Delys Cram I decided for my scrapbook layout using layers that I would choose one of my favourite photographs that was taken at my son's wedding in April this year. His new wife is American and this photograph is of her mum and me. Even though we have only met face to face a couple of times we just get on so well and this photograph just shows how...
How to make a quick Red and Green Christmas Card
Welcome to this month's Tech 4 Stampers Academy Blog Hop. The theme this month is Red and Green. I love making Red and Green Christmas cards as Stampin' Up! has some wonderful red and green combinations: Real Red and Garden Green Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive Poppy Parade and Granny Apple Green Cherry Cobbler and Garden Green or how about Sweet Sorbet and Parakeet Party Today I am going to use Cherry Cobbler and Garden Green to make my very quick Christmas cards. Red and Green Christmas Card 1...
How to make a Scrapbook Layout using a Kit Contents
Welcome to the Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop. The theme this month is: Using a Kit Contents. The theme for this month has been decided by the talented Sherry Roth. Stampin' Up! has some wonderful card kits so what better than to make a scrapbook layout using a kit contents. As I used one of the stamps from the You Are My Anchor card kit for last month's Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop I chose the Sentimental Rose card kit for this month's Blog Hop. How I made my scrapbook layout using a Kit...
How to use your own painted watercolour card stock to make flowers.
Welcome to this month's Ink, Stamp, Share Showcase Blog Hop. This month I am showcasing a 3D Home Décor item that I made for a swap at a recent Team event using my own painted watercolour card stock. One thing I love about being a Stampin' Up! demonstrator is that all the products coordinate. Most of the time I will use the printed card stock available but this can make flowers look a bit uniform. This does not happen in nature as no flower is the same as another. In the Annual Catalogue there...
How to make a Christmas Card using a coloured outline stamp.
Welcome to this month's Tech4Stampers Academy Blog Hop. The theme this month is Festive. I thought I would show you how to make a square Christmas card using a coloured outline stamp. I love how many different ways we can colour in an outline image. Today I am showing two options. One using water colour pencils and a Blender Pen and the other using Stampin' Blends (Alcohol Markers). For both cards you will need an 10cm x 10cm card base. I used Basic White Thick card for mine. Next you will...
How to use stencils to make a card
Welcome to this month's Ink, Stamp, Share Monthly Blog Hop. The theme this month is Autumn. For this blog hop I decided to show you how to use stencils to make a card. We currently have some wonderful stencils in the Mini Catalogue called Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks. One of them is a lovely stencil of leaves so I decided to make two Thank You cards. How I used the stencils to make Card 1 I started by cutting a piece A4 Pumpkin Pie card stock in half at 10.5cm and scoring at 14.85cm to...
How to make a scrapbook layout using embossing folders and punches.
Welcome to the Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop. The theme this month is: Mode of Travel. The theme for this month has been decided by the talented Sharon Dalton. Sharon chose this month's theme as she saw loads of different modes of transport as she has been travelling in Western Australia. So I decided to start preparing some scrapbook layouts for my forth coming cruise in 2025 rather than doing them afterwards. I decided to make a scrapbook layout using embossing folders and punches. As I had...
How to make a card using punches
Welcome to this month's Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop. This Month's Theme is a Card Sketch. As this card sketch is nice and simple I wanted to create a nice and simple card using punches and a sentiment. This card uses 2 punches, a simple sentiment, some embellishments and 3 different coloured card stock. This means that any one should be able to make it. How to make my nice and simple card using punches First I cut a A5 portrait card base using Basic White Thick card stock. I then cut a mat...
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