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Tis the Season for Shining Stars and Christmas Crew – Creativity Abounds Blog Hop October ’26…

The creativity abounds blog hop team are showcasing all things ‘Holiday Season’ this month and I have paired the Shining Stars and Christmas Crew stamp sets to create this one! For this project, I stepped away from the classic red and green and embraced a striking colour palette of Secret Sea, Bubble Bath, Melon Mambo, and Pool Party. The card features a cheerful snowman holding a “Sending Holly Jolly Wishes” sign, layered playfully over a large, vibrant pink star. Tucked behind his sign are two sweet candy canes, while smaller silver foil stars are scattered across the sky. To create […]

How to Make a Double Page 12×12 Christmas Scrapbook Layout (Home for Christmas Kit!)

If you have been looking for an easy, stress-free way to get your festive memories into an album, you are in the right place. For our third-Monday of the month YouTube live scrapbooking session, I shared a gorgeous double page 12×12 Christmas scrapbook layout using the brand-new Stampin’ Up! Home for Christmas Scrapbook Workshop Kit. Sometimes, the best thing you can do for your creativity is to let someone else do the designing for you! The Magic of the Home for Christmas Kit Normally, I love to go rogue and mix up my patterned papers, but for this double page […]

How to Make Easy Die-Cut Christmas Cards (No Stamping Required!)

Welcome back to my blog – The Songbird Stamper where today I am sharing how to create beautifully textured, easy die-cut Christmas cards without reaching for a single ink pad. If you are looking for quick, striking festive projects, you are in the right place. These designs are all about letting your die-cutting machine and embossing folders do the heavy lifting, by relying on rich textures and beautiful layers, you can create elegant cards in no time. The Project Details For these two cards, I used the stunning Pretty Poinsettia dies to create gorgeous, dimensional white blooms. The poinsettias serve […]

Autumn Birthday Card – Color Fusers Blog Hop – October ’26

Hello and welcome to this month’s Color Fusers Blog Hop, where I am sharing a gorgeous Autumn Birthday card using a really lovely colour fuse, Golden Glow, Mossy Meadow and Early Espresso. This is the first time I have used Golden Glow in such a big way, and it is PERFECT! I have paired the old with the new for this card, because I like to show how we can use our stash, and the Coneflower stamp was the perfect addition to the card using the lovely papers from the Sunflower Fields DSP pack. Golden Glow and Early Espresso make […]

Home for Christmas Stamp Camp – Creativity Abounds Blog Hop September ’26…

The creativity abounds blog hop team are promoting our extraordinary Home for Christmas Stamp Camp this month, and I have got a super exciting project to tease you with! If you don’t know about Stamp Camp, it is a great event where you get so much value for money. All you need to do is purchase the collection of products from me, and you get access to 26 different project ideas from demonstrators around the world! You even get materials and full written and video instruction to make 13 of them at home! The Home for Christmas Bundle really reminded […]

Pretty Poinsettias – Creativity Abounds Blog Hop July ’26…

The creativity abounds blog hop team are hitting up the Christmas in July this month, and I have made a bit of a ‘wow’ card using the Pretty Poinsettias bundle from Stampin’ Up! I am not sure I will be making a whole heap of these, as there’s a lot of die cutting, but it was fun, and I love the result. We have also welcomed the wonderful Leighsa Alport to the Creativity Abounds Crew – welcome Leighsa, we are delighted to have you join us. I made this card using a pre-made 7″ x 7″ card blank, but all […]

Waterside Retreat – Creativity Abounds Blog Hop June ’26…

The creativity abounds blog hop team are focussing on the suite that we will be using for our upcoming July Stamp Camp, the Waterside Retreat suite. As soon as I saw these papers, in particular, I knew they would be perfect for some of my sea themed pictures, and I really enjoyed creating this scrapbook page with some pictures from the recent Stampin’ Up! Incentive Trip. I will be giving full measurements and instructions for this project during Stamp Camp, when you will get inspiration for a whopping 26 projects, 13 of which are sent as Make and Takes right […]

Masculine Makes – Creativity Abounds Blog Hop May ’26…

The creativity abounds blog hop team are focussing on masculine makes this month, and I thought I had the perfect card to share, one I made for my boyfriend’s birthday (he is a bit of a Formula 1 fan!) – turns out though, that I actually shared this card last month, when we were focussing on making projects for kids! I guess this is such a versatile set it caters for so many people! To make the card I started with a Basic White cardbase, and then added a Poppy Parade layer – whatever sizes you usually use for making […]

Perfect birthday card for a teenage boy – Creativity Abounds Blog Hop April ’26…

I think I have got the perfect birthday card for a teenage boy for you today, especially if they love racing cars! The creativity abounds blog hop team are focussing on children’s cards this month, and I loved using the new Ready, Set, Go stamp set from Stampin’ Up! To make the card I started with a Basic White cardbase, and then added a Poppy Parade layer – whatever sizes you usually use for making your cards. I go for 21cm x 14.85cm, scored at 10.5cm, and a layer of 10.1cm x 14.4cm. You then need another piece of Basic […]

Elegant Fun Fold Sympathy Card – Creativity Abounds Blog Hop March ’26…

I’ve got a lovely project to share with you today, a calming, elegant fun‑fold sympathy card made using the Delicate Whispers bundle for the beautiful foliage and florals, with sentiments from Framed All Around and Sending Salutations, plus a touch of Scalloped Wishes for that pretty scalloped frame. The colour palette is one of my favourites for soft, nature‑inspired cards: Crumb Cake and Misty Moonlight. The two photos you’ll see below are actually from the same card — one shows the front cover, and the other shows the inside once the fold is opened out. This design gives you four […]