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Karen Hadler Stamping Bees

Create and Learn Basic and Advanced Techniques Cardmaking and Paper Crafting with Stamping Bees and Stampin' Up Products

Celebrate with Flowers and Watercolour Shapes

These are the two stamp sets that I have used to highlight the recent Colour INKspiration Challenge. Celebrate with Flowers and Watercolour Shapes. The Watercolour Shapes are perfect for creating stunning backgrounds, but have no sentiments or images. The combination of the two worked really well together and I love the different orientation of Happy Birthday. The colours for this INKspiration Challenge were gorgeous and really worked well together. I wanted to create something soft and ... VIEW POST

Art In Bloom with Soft Pastels

Have you seen the Hybrid set in the Annual Catalogue! This is something new and a fabulous way to die cut and emboss at the same time! It is on page 116 and is called Art in Bloom. Anyone that has followed me knows that I like any medium to do with colouring. Also new in the Catalogue is the Soft Pastels. I have never used Pastels before and I have had so much fun trying all the different ways you can use them. My live this week was sharing both these amazing new products with you, Art In ... VIEW POST

Happy Birthday From Turtle Friends

How adorable is this Stamp Set. Which is perfect for a child's card, masculine card or a fun card for anyone. These guys are super adorable and is the stamp set for our Inky Chics Design class for this month. This card it is Happy Birthday from Turtle Friends but there are so many options. To Create the subtle image on the Coastal Cabana Card I used Versamark, which was perfect. And the background was created using Blending Brushes, with Balmy Blue and Granny Apple Green. Each Turtle was ... VIEW POST

Ice cream Corner Designer Series Paper- You Can Create it.

Welcome to May's Challenge with Stampin' Ups! Ice Cream Designer Series paper-You Can Create it. This month in the kit we included amongst card stock 2 pieces of the gorgeous DSP. I do not have the stamp set that co-ordinates with this paper so wanted to show you a couple of alternative ideas. Month of Mays Pack May For this first card I have used the Whale Down Stamp set. To me the colours reminded me of an underwater scene. I cut the DSP across wise then flipped it. This gave me a ... VIEW POST

The Fabulous New Kit Collection

Released on the 1st June is The New Kit Collection. Stampin' Up! now have this as an online option. The kits will no longer be limited to what is in the catalogue but will be updated and refreshed regularly. For this weeks live I take a closer look with you at the Sentimental Rose Kit. The all inclusive Kits have absolutely everything you need to create 9 cards plus a decorated Acetate Gift Box. You can either store them or use it as a perfect gift. The most exciting part is that the kit is ... VIEW POST

Masculine 60th Birthday Card -Global Stampin’ Video Hop

This Months Global Stampin' Video Hop is all about masculine makes. This was perfect timing for me as the day the video goes live is my husbands 60th Birthday. Masculine Cards can be more difficult, but the more I have created them the more I have grown to love them. Generally men do not like fussy cards so a clean and not too busy card is the best.. For my Masculine 60th Birthday Card I have used a few products and combined them together to create this card. My husband is a fanatic in ... VIEW POST