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Beary Christmas Fun Fold Card – Creativity Abounds Blog Hop Oct ’23…

Welcome to the Creativity Abounds blog hop, where this month we are focussing on all things Holiday season, and I have got a fabulous Beary Christmas fun fold card for you, using the Beary Christmas Memories and more cards. The Creativity Abounds blog hop team are a group of Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators from all over the world who love to share their love of papercrafting with you. I go live on YouTube once a week, when I am not working, on a Thursday evening at 8pm UK time, and this card was one of many I made during a recent […]

Suspended Book Fold Card – Creativity Abounds Blog Hop August ’23…

Our theme for this month’s Creativity Abounds Blog Hop is ‘Fancy Folds’ and I have got one for you that I have never seen before, a suspended Book Fold Card. I saw this card on Pinterest and the tutorial was from Jan B, using some lovely summer papers, but I decided it would look fabulous as a Christmas card, so I have chosen some brand new products to play with. The Creativity Abounds crew are a group of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from around the world who love to share ideas and inspire creativity – please do have a hop around […]

Easy Peasy Fun Fold Card – Tech 4 Stampers Blog Hop July ’23…

Now, I am not normally a fan of fancy folds, but this easy peasy fun fold card was actually really enjoyable to make, and I am giving you all the measurements you will need to be able to make one for yourself, too. And I am sure you will find lots more fun fold inspiration if you hop through the rest of the blogs using the links at the bottom. All you need to make one of these easy peasy fun fold cards is a piece of cardstock measuring 14.5cm x 21cm, a piece of the same colour card measuring […]

Paper Florist Dies from Stampin’ Up!…

I think I am in love with the new Paper Florist Dies from Stampin’ Up! and just love how all of the different elements and flowers can be used individually or combined to make small or gigantic flowers! I have opted for the latter on this easel card, making the one big flower a real focus point. To see these dies on the Stampin’ Up! website, please visit by using the button below. I have used four colours for this card, the new Lemon Lolly and Bubble Bath, the returning Lemon Lime Twist and the continuing Balmy Blue. I think […]

How to make a Tri-fold Panel Card – Creativity Abounds Blog Hop April ’23…

Our theme for this month’s Creativity Abounds Blog Hop is the Online Exclusives and I have got a lovely Tri-Fold Panel Card to share with you today. Do you know about the Online Exclusives? Additional products sold by Stampin’ Up! that are not available in any catalogue, but that you can see online at Stampin’ Up Online Exclusives. There are a real mix of products there and we are hoping to highlight some of them here for you today, so please do have a hop around using the links at the bottom of the page to see what everyone has […]

How to Make a Pull Tab Card – Creativity Abounds Blog Hop Jan ’23…

So, I may have gone a little rogue today, as the theme for this month’s hop is actually ‘fancy fold’ cards, but I had an idea in my head that wouldn’t go away, so I decided to share how to make a pull tab card instead. It’s kind of like a fancy-fold, right? The Creativity Abounds Blog Hop Team are a team of global demonstrators who come together twice a month to share the very best of Stampin’ Up! with you all, once to create tutorials and once to share our inspiration in blog hops like this one. I must […]

How to make an Accordion Fold card…

I was lucky enough to receive lots of fabulous swaps while I was away in Vienna, but one caught my eye as soon as I saw it, because it’s such a fab fun fold card, so I am here today to show you how to make an Accordion Fold card using the upcoming By the Bay suite of products, available for customers to purchase from the 4th Jan 2023. I actually showed how to make the base of this card over on my YouTube live video this week, but what with also showing the new products that I had ordered […]

Make a centre step card for Christmas…

Over on my YouTube channel this week I demonstrated how to make a centre step card for Christmas, using the gorgeous Boughs of Holly suite of products. I actually made this as a challenge card for the recent Stamp Camp that I took part in, a Tic Tac Toe challenge, and I chose Fancy Fold, Embossing and Foil as my three elements. The tutorial for how to make this centre step card is over on my YouTube Channel, just hit the picture below to head straight there, but because the measurements are a little tricky I have added them here, […]

Handmade Wedding Invitations…

I just love the new Cottage Rose stamp set from Stampin’ Up! and I wanted to make a very special type of project with it today – handmade wedding invitations. When you think weddings, you think special, don’t you, and so I knew this design needed to have the wow factor, but it also needed to be relatively quick to make because you could easily be making a few! I hope you like this project as much as I do, and even if you aren’t making your own handmade wedding invitations this design could easily be turned into a special […]

Stampin’ Up! Colour Co-ordination – Tech 4 Stampers Blog Hop April ’21…

The theme for this month’s blog hop is ‘Pretty in Pink’, so it seemed an ideal time for me to tell you all about Colour Coordination by Stampin’ Up! If you were to ask people what they love about Stampin’ Up! craft supplies you would probably get two answers… 1. Quality (it really is outstanding) and 2. Colour Coordination. Only a crafter will understand the pain of trying to find different pinks to match, so what a joy that you can get it all in one place, in the colour of your choice! Who are the Tech 4 Stampers? We […]