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Mixed Florals thank you card – Be Inspired Blog Hop January ’25…

Hello and welcome to the first Be Inspired blog hop of 2025, where our theme is love and friendship, and I have made a gorgeous Mixed Florals thank you card, perfect for showing how much you care about someone close to you. I have made so many cards using this amazing stamp set and die bundle – you won’t find this one in a catalogue though, as it is only available to view through my online store. You can see a picture below though. I wanted to make something a bit special, and the bigger images lend themselves to a […]

Floral Delight Birthday Card – Creativity Abounds Blog Hop Jan ’25…

I have absolutely fallen in love with the new Delightful Wishes bundle, part of the Floral Delight suite from Stampin’ Up! The papers, the stamps, dies and oh, those cute as a button bees! I cannot wait for our February Stamp Camp and sharing all of our amazing projects with you all. The Creativity Abounds group come together twice a month, with a blog hop and a tutorial, and three times a year we hold the most amazing Stamp Camps. Basically what happens, if you purchase the Floral Delight suite of products (shown below) we give you 26 project ideas, […]

Friendly Seagulls – Color Fusers Blog Hop Jan ’25…

Hello and welcome back to the first Color Fusers Blog hop of 2025, where this month I am working with the incredible Friendly Seagulls stamp set – available for FREE with a £55 during Sale-A-Bration (from 7th Jan to 28th Feb 2025). I think this is going to be one of the most popular stamp sets on offer! As soon as I saw this colour scheme I just kept thinking Winter and Christmas, but I am so ready to be crafting with some more summery themes so I decided to pull out this new stamp set Friendly Seagulls. The Balmy […]

A Bright and Beautiful Birthday Card – Creativity Abounds Blog Hop Dec ’24…

If you are anything like me you are still rushing around making Christmas cards, but for those who are ahead of the game I have got a bright and beautiful birthday card to share with you all today, using some soon to be released new stamps and dies from Stampin’ Up! The Creativity Abounds group come together twice a month, once to create a tutorial which we offer for sale for £11.50 and once to provide a free blog hop, full of creative inspiration for you. This month’s theme is Birthday’s, and I’ve steered well away from Winter and have […]

An easy Darling Dinos card – Stamptastic Friends’ Blog Hop Dec ’24…

Hello and welcome to this month’s Stamptastic Friends’ Blog Hop where we are keeping it simple (or at least as simple as we can!) and I have got this easy Darling Dinos card for you, perfect for a last minute make. The Stamptastic Friends are a small group of Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators who just love to share their creativity with you all, check out the rest of the groups’ projects using the links at the end of this post! This easy Darling Dinos card was made using one of my favourite bundles from the upcoming mini catalogue – it is […]

Winterly Treetops – Color Fusers Blog Hop – Dec 2024

When I first saw this colour challenge, I thought I was going to struggle, but as soon as I saw the Winterly Treetops stamp set I knew that was going to be the one for this challenge. The birds look brilliant coloured in Misty Moonlight I think, especially with the colour lifter on their bellies and heads. I absolutely love colouring with my Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers, and those are exactly what I reached for to colour these gorgeous images from the Winterly Treetops stamp set. I love how clean and clear the images stamped in Memento Black Ink and […]

How to colour in a watercolour style with Alcohol Markers – Be Inspired Blog Hop Nov ’24…

I am delighted to be able to join the Be Inspired Design Team, and can’t wait to share my project with you today, where I show how to colour in a watercolour style with alcohol markers, using the cutest Christmas Friends stamp set from Stampin’ Up! You’ll likely see lots more Cute Christmas Characters from the rest of the team this month, as that is our theme and what we will all be designing around. I couldn’t resist the Christmas Friends stamp set when I saw it, and have used it a lot recently, especially as it is one of […]

How to make a Triangle Treat Box – Creativity Abounds Blog Hop Nov ’24…

Hello and welcome to this month’s Creativity Now blog hop where we area focussing on all things treats and gifts, and I have a great tutorial for an easy Triangle Treat Box for you. I have made many of these over the years and they are always well received, I think the shape just makes it that bit more interesting! The Creativity Abounds group publish twice a month, once is a blog hop and once a tutorial bundle, on sale for £11.50. If you would like even more 3D project ideas then this could be a great purchase for you. […]

How to make a cute Christmas treat box – Stamptastic Friends’ Blog Hop Nov ’24…

If you know me you will know I LOVE making treats and gifts, and so this blog hop was right up my street and I couldn’t wait to share this cute Christmas treat box with you – I made twenty of these for a recent swap at our team get together and they went down well I think. They are really easy to make, too! I love being a part of the Stamptastic Friends group – they are such a lovely bunch of crafters and we come together once a month to share our love of creativity with you. I […]

Color Fusers Blog Hop – Nov 2024

Hello and welcome to this month’s Color Fusers Blog Hop, where we are back in the land of pinks and purples – wahooooo!!I haven’t made many non traditional Christmas cards this year, having mainly stuck to reds and greens, so it was nice to play with something a bit different this month. The Colour Fusers are a lovely bunch of Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators who bring you a colour challenge every month, and who love to inspire you to get creative, so why not have a go at this yourself! I absolutely adore purple, so starting with a Fresh Freesia card […]