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Beach Day card – Be Inspired Blog Hop March ’25…

Hello and welcome to the Be Inspired blog hop, where our theme this month is Ocean Fun, and I have made a fairly clean and simple card using the Beach Day stamp and die sets from Stampin’ Up! These sets have been out for a while now, but they are new to me and I had a lovely time stamping and colouring the elements for the front of my card, with the colours inspired by a card from my Color Cube from Sarah Renae Clark – I love having all that colour inspiration on hand and these work so beautifully […]

How to make a cute Triangle Treat Box – Creativity Abounds Blog Hop Mar ’25…

Our theme at Creativity Abounds this month is ‘anything but a card’, and I want to share this cute Triangle Treat Box with you. This is one of my favourite little treats to make as it is really tactile and folds flat for storage too! The Creativity Abounds group come together twice a month, with a blog hop and a tutorial, and this month we are promoting our tutorials, where you can find all of the measurements and instructions (in both imperial and metric) for this Double Corner Easel Card and all the other projects in this hop too. I […]

Thankful Garden – Color Fusers Blog Hop – Mar ’25

Now this is a colour palette that is right up my street, it’s fresh, vibrant and looks great with the new Thankful Garden bundle from Stampin’ Up! This bundle comes with a fantastic set of masks which means adding colour to it is SO simple and quick. Welcome to this month’s Color Fusers blog hop – I think it’s going to be a good one! Because these colours are so vibrant I decided to pair the images with some black and white, the papers are from the suite that this bundle belongs to – one side of the papers are […]

Wildflower Birthday celebration card – Be Inspired Blog Hop January ’25…

Hello and welcome to the Be Inspired blog hop, where our theme this month is Celebrations, and I have made a lovely birthday card using the Wildflower Birthday suite of products, perfect for personalising special birthday cards for friends and family. I absolutely love the paper in this suite, and the die cut sheets just make crafting so quick, easy and fun. They come in the same pack as the papers, so you don’t need to buy anything in addition, and pair well with all your other birthday stamps too. This card is a 5″ x 7″ card so I […]

How to make a Double Corner Easel Card – Creativity Abounds Blog Hop Feb ’25…

Our theme at Creativity Abounds this month is fun folds, and I want to share this Double Corner Easel card with you. This is such a lovely and unusual fold and I have enjoyed making both of my projects in this style this month. The Creativity Abounds group come together twice a month, with a blog hop and a tutorial, and this month we are promoting our tutorials, where you can find all of the measurements and instructions (in both imperial and metric) for this Double Corner Easel Card and all the other projects in this hop too. I just […]

Blending with Stampin’ Write Markers – Color Fusers Blog Hop Feb ’25…

Hello and welcome back to the Color Fusers Blog hop, where this month I am demonstrating blending with Stampin’ Write Markers and have made a gorgeous Spring Flowers card for you using the amazing Mixed Florals bundle from Stampin’ Up! We have a really pretty colour combo for you this month, with Bubble Bath, Coastal Cabana and Soft Sea-Foam – this one was right up my street! Here at Stampin’ Up! it is Sale-A-Bration time and we have a brilliant joining offer on at the moment – you can get £130 worth of product for just £99 AND you can […]

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, […]

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 […]

Country Birdhouse – Color Fusers Blog Hop – Oct 2024…

Now, this project might not be what you are expecting when you see the colour combination that the Color Fusers are working with this month, it really wasn’t my favourite (that is a huge understatement) but I brought in the trusty Country Birdhouse bundle, added some flowers and made it my own. If you read on I’ll share how I got such light and delicate colours, and also how I managed to create a mix of browns and greys from just three colours. It’s all down to the beauty of colour mixing! I am not a fan of Wild Wheat […]