Blog - The Songbird Stamper

A Stand Up Fold Out Card…

Well, I really struggled to name this card design as it isn’t one I have come across before. I was just sat pondering fancy fold cards one day and this popped into my head as a great design for a special card, and it shows off so much of our beautiful Designer Series Paper that I couldn’t resist making this design using both the Honey Bee Bundle (£38.50) and the Golden Honey DSP (FREE with an order over £45 while stocks last or until 31st March). These products really work amazingly well together and those cute little bees are perfect […]

From My Heart (To Yours)

Hello & welcome to the second Casually Crafting Celebration Blog Hop. To kick off the new Mini Catalogue and with Valentine’s Day not too far away we have chosen the theme of Love for this hop.

The Wonderful World of Masking

Masking is a great technique but one that is so often underused. We had a play with it at my latest Messy Hands Craft group and the ladies really got into the swing of it, creating some lovely cards. There are several ways of masking, but essentially what we are doing is blanking off an area of our card, using tape or post it notes, and then stamping on top of these, part on and part off, so that when we remove the tape or note we are left with part of an image. You can see above how I […]

Parisian Beauty Desk Calendar

This is a project we made at one of my Friday morning classes, a cute little desk calendar with a post it note block for those essential notes. I used the new Parisian Beauty stamp set and the GORGEOUS Parisian Blossoms Designer Series Paper. The champagne foiled details are simply stunning, and really show up against the pinks and the blues. To make these, cut a piece of card measuring 28cm by 10.5cm and a piece of card measuring 14cm by 10.5cm. Score the longest piece on the long side at 7cm and 14cm. Cut 2 pieces of the luxurious […]