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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, […]

How to use the Colour Lifter from Stampin’ Up! – Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop Aug ’24…

I have taught many a colouring lesson over the last few years and I am often asked similar questions, one of which is how to use the colour lifter (or color lifter!) from Stampin’ Up! I absolutely love the colour lifter and I hope this post is going to help you see how you might start to use it in your own colouring too, if you don’t already. The Stamptastic Friends are a small but mighty group of Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators who come together once a month to bring you lots of crafty inspiration, and this month we are […]

Using the new Country Birdhouse bundle from Stampin’ Up! – Creativity Abounds Blog Hop May ’24…

Hello, and welcome to this month’s Creativity Abounds Blog Hop where we will be showcasing the new Country Birdhouse bundle from Stampin’ Up! This is in preparation for our ever amazing Stamp Camp which is coming up on the 15th June, though everything is recorded and on YouTube so you can catch up later. If you want to know more about the stamp camp, or this beautiful bundle, please keep reading! The Creativity Abounds crew come from all over the world, and our big passion is sharing our joy of creativity with you! Stamp Camps are just one of the […]

Softly Sophisticated Bundle – Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop Jan ’24…

Ooooh, we have got some delights in store for you with this month’s Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop, sharing all things Sale-A-Bration means I get to share this amazing Softly Sophisticated Bundle which you can earn for FREE with a £90 spend in January and February! I love hopping with the Stamptastic Friends crew. We may be a small group but we love coming together to share our creations with you, and hope that you are inspired to get creative yourself. The Softly Sophisticated Bundle is a gorgeous stamp and embossing folder bundle which work so beautifully together. I love how […]

Autumn inspired Notes of Nature – Creativity Abounds Blog Hop Jan’ 24…

I must be all out of whack with my seasons at the moment, because this autumn inspired Notes of Nature card doesn’t really seem to fit in with the winter that we are in, or the spring sunshine that we are experiencing today, but I really enjoyed making it and wanted to show you all something a little it different using this gorgeous suite of products. The Creativity Abounds Design Team are a group of Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators from all over the world who come together every month, in various forms, to bring you the best of papercrafting inspiration. […]

Abundant Beauty Christmas Card – Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop Nov ’23…

Hello and welcome to our Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop, and my Abundant Beauty Christmas Card tutorial. Our theme this month is CASE a Stamptastic Friend, and I chose to CASE the lovely Ginny Harrell. The Stamptastic Friends is a group of Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators from around the world who love to bring you fresh and creative ideas for your papercrafting, you can hop through all of this month’s posts using the links at the bottom of the page. Here is a picture of Ginny’s card that she made using the Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks, isn’t it gorgeous, and I do […]

Watercoloured Flowers – Creativity Abounds Blog Hop Jun ’23…

I think I am in the zone with watercolouring at the moment, what with my watercolour cardmaking course in full swing, so I couldn’t help but bring you these amazing watercoloured flowers from the Fresh as a Daisy suite today. This suite is so versatile and the stamps and dies are just so easy to work with. The Creativity Abounds team are a super talented bunch of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from around the world who come together to bring you tutorials and creative inspiration, as well as our brilliant Stamp Camps. The next one is on the 8th July (though […]

New Colours from Stampin’ Up!…

I don’t know about you, but it normally takes me a year or so to really get into any new colours from Stampin’ Up! but this year I have vowed that I will introduce them more quickly into my crafting, and I think the key is learning which colours go with each other, to make gorgeous colour combos. I did a little bit of exploration this week, trying to see which colours paired with each other, and focussed my efforts on the new In Colours. I created this fun chart, to help me see which colours might suit which others, […]

Fresh as a Daisy suite from Stampin’ Up!…

The Fresh as a Daisy suite from Stampin’ Up! was one of the first suites that jumped out at me from the upcoming 2023-2024 Annual Catalogue, and I can certainly say that it didn’t disappoint! With its beautiful papers and gems, fun stamp set and GORGEOUS dies, this suite is fantastic for any level of crafter. Our Creativity Abounds July Stamp Camp is using this Fresh as a Daisy suite, so if you think you might like it, why not come and join us? All you need to do is purchase the suite (£69.50) through me, when the catalogue goes […]

How to use the emboss resist technique in cardmaking…

Going through my stamp sets for inspiration for my YouTube live, I realised I hadn’t ever used the gorgeous Pretty Medallion stamp, so I thought what better than a little tutorial using this background stamp with the emboss resist technique, both with watercolouring and with ink blending too. Heat embossing is still like magic to me every time I do it, and I love how many different techniques you can use with it too. These are two fairly simple techniques but ones that really add a little wow to your finished project. The pretty medallion stamp set is perfect for […]