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Hey everyone, Today I have 3 simple cards that are all created using some form of sentiment dies. I wanted to make them more of a focal point rather than just using as your ‘sentiment’. I hope you like them. You can use any sentiment dies you may already have for these cards. Have funContinue reading “Get more from your sentiment dies”

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Hey everyone, Today I have a really cool gift bowl that doesn’t need any dies or fancy tools! I used to have a die that made a bowl a couple of years ago but I think I sold it on. About 6 months ago a subscriber asked me if I could make something similar withoutContinue reading “This will ‘Bowl’ you over!”

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Hi everyone, Today I have another paper and laminator video for you. I came across a project I made last year and thought it would be perfect for today’s tutorial. This was made for an educational Blog last year. It’s so sweet and very simple to make. As I explained in my video, my originalContinue reading “Another Laminator Project!!”

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Het everyone, Today I am back with another way to use up some of that 12 x 12″ paper! I have been meaning to make a sentiment binder of some sort for a while now. I seem to spend to much time die cutting and searching for cardstock than actually crafting lol. When I getContinue reading “Hoarded Paper + a Laminator!!”

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Hey everyone, I promised last week that I would make a project with 12 x 12 paper pads. I have so many of them and a rough count totalled about 70+!!! I think I could decorate my whole house 3 x times over and still have some left. I chose to make some DL cards,Continue reading “Time to tackle the 12 x 12’s”

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Hey everyone, Thank you for popping over to my Blog today. I think we all struggle with male cards! We always feel compelled to make cards that have Football or fishing themes etc. Today I want to encourage you to try something different. This will take you out of your comfort zone but I thinkContinue reading “Men’s card ideas!! Try this”

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Hey everyone, I hope you are all well! Thank you for popping over to my blog today. I promised last week that I would do some more videos about using our paper pads. Today I have focused on 6×6″ pads. I am sure you all have tons of them! I had 5×5″ envelopes but knowContinue reading “Stop hoarding 6 x 6″ paper pads!!”

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Hey everyone, Thank you for popping over to my Blog. Today I am going to encourage you to use some of those paper pads we all love but sadly hoard! I am determined to use mine and I have been asked loads of times if I can do some videos on using them up. IContinue reading “Use those paper pads!!”

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Hey everyone, Today I have some beautiful embossing folder techniques for you. I was a little bit naughty the other day and bought a bit of crafty stash! I bought a few embossing folders and a stamp/die set. The cards I made today all feature my new goodies. I have to say these techniques wereContinue reading “Wow embossing folder techniques”

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Hey everyone, Today I am back with some stash stretching ideas lol (Try saying that when you have had a glass of wine!) If you are like me, you will have loads of crafty stash. You know I like to find ways of making it go further or just more ways to use what weContinue reading “Stretch your stash!”

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Hey everyone, Today I have a cheap and easy crafty hack for you. This closely resembles alcohol Inks but is way cheaper! I am sure most of you have some nail polish lying around somewhere. The only other thing you need is water and some water colour card/glossy card/photo paper. Please make sure the roomContinue reading “Nail Polish Hack!”

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Hey everyone, I am back today with some cool ways you can use a background die. You will be able to apply these techniques to a similar background die you may have. I think they turned out pretty cool. I hope you agree. I hope you like what I created with my background die. GetContinue reading “One background die-loads of ways to use it!”

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Hey everyone, Today I have some great ways you can use one stamp set. I am determined to use what I have and the stamp set I use today has never been used! You can use whatever stamp set you have and just incorporate the techniques into it. We don’t need to buy a newContinue reading “Get your moneys worth!”

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Hey everyone, Today I have a couple of great little tips on getting more from your dies. I focus on two background dies and getting more from them then just using them as ‘background’ dies. The first idea where I use my alphabet dies is my favourite! I think it looks so effective and givesContinue reading “Get more from your dies!”

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Hey everyone, Today I am doing a technique that I did a few years ago. I think this gives the most realistic stained glass effect on your cards. It’s simple to do but really gives the ‘wow’ factor. I hope you agree with me. The great thing about this is you can use any stampsContinue reading “Realistic Stained Glass Effect”

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Hey everyone, Today I have a triple fold flat shadow box for you. I was inspired by though picture frames/mirror’s that have 3 together and are attached with hinges. I think you know what I mean. I wanted to try and create a card design that was similar. It does fold totally flat and IContinue reading “Easy Triple Shadow Box (fold flat)”

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Hey everyone! Happy mothers day to all the amazing Ladies out there! I hope you got to spend it with your family. I have been meaning to do a video about this for a while now. Why do I do it??? Why do I buy beautiful stamp sets and not use them??? I can tellContinue reading “Why do I do this???”

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Hey everyone! I am back with a stunning triple layer easel today (well, that’s what I am calling it 🙂 I love how this turned out and as Mothers day is this weekend I think it would be the perfect card! Of course, you can make this type of card for any occasion and youContinue reading “Reverse Triple Layer Easel”

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Hey everyone! Welcome back to my Blog and today I have part 3 of my creative Illusion cards! I have really enjoyed these last few videos. You can’t beat sitting and creating some fun cards with what you already have in your stash! The last couple of weeks I have seen lots of people postContinue reading “Creative Illusion Cards Part 3”

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Hey everyone, Today I wanted to share some beautiful cards I made with some gorgeous new Spellbinders dies. Lot’s of people are huge fans of Spellbinders dies/products, me included! They are so versatile and very good quality. I am going to share with you the products I used and also what I made. I hopeContinue reading “Spellbinders”

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Hey everyone, Thank you for checking out my Blog post today. I am super excited to bring you part 2 of my creative illusion cards! I have had lots of fun creating these cards and I think you will love them. I LOVE this card! The only die I really used was the rectangle inContinue reading “Creative illusion cards (part 2)”

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Hey everyone, Today I have some really cool card ideas for you. Maybe you have ran out of ideas or just want to use up your crafty stash! These cards can be made using any colours and any stamps or dies you have already. They are so simple to make but so effective and theyContinue reading “Creative Illusion Cards”

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Hey everyone! Thank you for stopping by my Blog. Today I have a really cool pop up card for you. I was asked by one of my subscribers last week if I could make this type of card without any dies. The only dies I used were to decorate my card. It’s actually pretty simpleContinue reading “No Die Fold Flat Pop Up Card!! (Nappy Fold)”

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Hey everyone! Today I have some beautiful ideas regarding foiling. This technique requires know laminator or foiling machine. This gives your cards/projects the wow factor and is quite addictive! I also have a great idea to use up your foiled waste and also something I tried with my iron! You can create a beautiful effectContinue reading “Foiling Vellum & Pearlescent Card”

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Hey everyone, Today I am back with this very large ‘Tree’ style gift box. The great thing is, you don’t need any dies or fancy tools to make this box. A pencil, ruler and scissors are all you really need. This is a pretty big box and measures around 4″ deep and about 10″ inContinue reading “Large No Die ‘Tree’ Gift Box”

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Hey everyone, I came up with this ‘Recess box card’ the other day. I am thrilled with it and its actually really simple to make. I added some lights inside but you could also use a Tealight. I also made a gift box for it. I have always had a bit of an obsession withContinue reading “Beautiful recess box card”

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Hey everyone, Today I have a beautiful fold flat triple display card! I thought this one up and I think it makes a very special card. It can be made for any occasion and you could use circles, ovals, squares and also a window like I did in my original card. I love the oneContinue reading “Triple Fold Flat Display/Bay window card”

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Hey everyone! I am so sorry I didn’t get a chance to upload this post last Sunday! I have had a whirl wind week. I have been inundated with orders for my new Christmas Elegance die. It sold out again from all the back orders but hopefully I will have more in the next 2-3Continue reading “Front floating display card”

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Hey everyone Today I am back with some more awesome craft room storage. Since I did the desk top die folder I keep getting asked to do a stamp storage solution. When I made this folder I didn’t think about it being for stamps but now that I look at it I think you couldContinue reading “Craft room/Stamp storage”

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Hey everyone 🙂 Sorry I have not been around for over a week! My new website has been keeping me very busy with orders and also it was time to ship my September craft box. Busy times. Next week I am hoping to launch my new Die!! Super excited for this, I will keep youContinue reading “10 ways to use vellum”

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Hey everyone! I promised when I made my desktop die folder I would also make some kind of storage binder for either dies or stamps. Well, look what we have today! I am quite pleased with how this has turned out. The only thing I am not happy with is the card stock I picked.Continue reading “Amazing Die storage binder!”

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Hey everyone 🙂 I hope you are all well and enjoying your weekend. Today I am back with ’10 ways to use card & paper scraps. You also need very basic supplies for these ideas. I think its great fun to just go back to basics in a way. Long before all these masses ofContinue reading “Scrap Ideas!”

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Hey everyone. I am so sorry This blog post is late. I meant to have it ready for this morning when I posted my video. Its just been such a busy day and I am only finding time now. I hope you had time to catch the video? The link will be at the endContinue reading “More laminator hacks/tips”

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Hey everyone 🙂 As promised I am back with another 10 ways to use up those heavy/patterned papers. I really hope you enjoy the 10 ideas that i have. It ranges from cards to 3D projects! Please make sure you check out my You Tube tutorial. I will pop the link at the end ofContinue reading “10 More ways to use heavy/patterned papers!”

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Hey everyone! I am so happy to be back creating again. I have a few good videos lined up for the next few weeks. Thank you for all your lovely comments and messages. It means so much. So the project I have today is just something that I thought up. I knew I wanted itContinue reading “I’m Back :-)”

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