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How to make an ink blended background – Creativity Abounds Blog Hop April ’24…

Welcome to this month’s Creativity Abounds Blog Hop, where we are focussing on techniques, and I have decided to show you how to make an ink blended background using the soon to be released Country Birdhouses bundle from Stampin’ Up! It will be available from the 1st May!! The Creativity Abounds Blog Hop group consists of Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators from all over the world, and we just love sharing our joy of creativity with you. We create monthly tutorial bundles as well as blog hops, and you can grab this month’s by clicking on the button below if you fancy […]

Sweet Sorbet Flower Card – Color Fusers Blog Hop – Mar 2024…

I must say that when I saw our colours for this month’s hop, I was a little stumped, but I am glad that this Sweet Sorbet flower card came to mind, as these colours are perfect for some lovely floral images and this card can be easily replicated I hope. The Color Fusers are a lovely bunch of Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators from around the world who join together once a month to bring you colour challenges and inspiration using them. This month’s colours are Sweet Sorbet, Lost Lagoon and Pool Party, and I can’t wait to see what you, and […]

How to make a Step-Fold Card – Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop Feb ’23…

How about a colour challenge and a fun fold, all in one, well that’s what you’ve got today with this tutorial for a Step-Fold Card in the colours Berry Burst, Lost Lagoon and Pretty Peacock, brought to you by the Stamptastic Friends. The Stamptastic Friends are a global group of Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators who come together to share lots of creative ideas and crafty inspiration. I love being a part of this team and can’t wait to see what the rest of the gang have in store for you this month using this bold colour challenge. To make this Step-Fold […]

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. […]

Hot Air Balloons – Color Fusers Blog Hop – Jan 2024

I am so excited to announce that I have been asked to join the Color Fusers Blog Hop, and to bring you this Hot Air Balloon card with this month’s colour challenge of Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo and Parakeet Party. The Color Fusers are a group of Demonstrators from around the world who join up once a month to bring you crafty inspiration using a colour challenge – I am really looking forward to playing along with these, and hope that you do too! I would love to see what you make if you want to share. I must say […]

A Spring Inspired Birthday Card – Stampin’ Up! Incentive Trip Achievers Blog Hop Dec ’23…

Hello and welcome to my blog, where today I am hopping with the Stampin’ Up! Incentive Trip Achievers and I am sharing this beautiful Spring inspired birthday card with you, perfect for the coming months. I am so delighted to be able to take part in these blog hops this year, with a wonderful group of Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators from around the world that earned the Stampin’ Up! Incentive trip for the 2022/23 Stampin’ Up! year . Only about 1% of all the Demonstrators earn this trip every year and in April, we will be going to Mexico and staying […]

Beautiful Blended Background – Trip Achievers’ Blog Hop Nov ’23…

I’m delighted to be able to join in with the Trip Achievers’ Blog Hop this month, and really enjoyed creating this beautiful blended background with the Stampin’ Up! inks and blending brushes. This blog hop brings you some amazing inspiration using current Stampin’ Up! product, and I can’t wait to see what the other achievers have been creating for us all. I was very lucky to get my hands on the Stars at Night hybrid embossing folder and die set very early on, and love how it pairs in Silver Foil with this beautiful blended background. The background is created […]

Quick and Easy Masculine Card – Creativity Abounds Blog Hop July ’23…

The Creativity Abounds blog hop team are focussing on cards for men this month, and I really wanted to share a fairly quick and easy masculine card using the Apple Harvest stamp set from Stampin’ Up! 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 the rest of the team’s blogs using the links at the bottom of this post, for even more ideas for cards for the men in your life. I tend to make cards for men […]

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 […]