Hi there Creators, Thought I'd share with you today the Hand Drawn Blooms Bundle , it's pretty amazing!  a pretty stamp set and really great dies, I've got a couple of cards to show you. This first one is a nice simple card, the flowers and the stems are 2 different stamps in the Hand-drawn Blooms stamp set , but they fit together very easily, the sayings come in 2 lines, so with this card I've only inked up the one line, and lightly (and roughly) coloured in the flowers with the watercolour pencils . This second card uses the main die from Banner Blooms , how amazing is it?!  it doesn't have dies to separately cut out the saying, so I recommend that you stamp the saying on spare card, then lay the die over it, draw round them both, and cut them out by hand.  I've also used the fabulous Rainbow Glimmer Paper , wow this is amazing!  And if you love glitter, but don't like it coming off on you (or going everywhere) this one doesn't! it clings rigidly to

Hi there Creators Just in case the title didn't give it away, we have Mini Paper Pumpkin boxes   which are only $13 for 10 of them!  they're so cute, you can fit the note cards and envelopes   (the link is for the white ones, but there are vanilla ones too) into it, so they're a fair size!  Also they're food safe, so you could put a biscuit in 😊  I've decorated this one up with the Artistry Blooms Designer Series Paper , funny really I didn't think much of this paper when I ordered it but I wanted to see what it was like, now I'm feeling a bit hooked! lol Anyway on with the photos..... I've cut the Artistry Blooms Patterned paper so the grading on it goes all the way round the box, starting with the flap, then top, back, underneath and lastly on the piece under the flap, then I've cut 2 separate pieces for the sides.  I do love the way this paper is graded up the page to the different colours. On the top I've used one of the square vellum doilie

Hi there Creators,well continuing the Patterned Paper journey.  I moved onto the pretty "Flowers for Every Season Designer Series Paper"   As this paper comes in 6x6" sheets I've cut mine to 2x3", and decided to have a go at making a card out of each piece (Challenge accepted, as they say! lol) I've aimed to use the same stamp set, which is the Itty Bitty Greetings , such a versatile set!  then I strayed into the Itty Bitty Christmas set for the Christmas card. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so here goes..... Pheww!  11 cards (as you can see I used 2 pieces on one card, I've also aimed to use the new colours in these, as they are featured in this paper pack.  Having said that my new ink pads haven't arrived yet, so I found that Shaded Spruce works well with the Just Jade, Night of Navy is ok with the Misty Moonlight and the papers also have Poppy Parade in them, which I already have (yay!) Hope these inspire you

Hi there! I've had a bit of an opportunity to play with some of my new bits, so thought I'd show you what I've been making up with my new Celebrate Sunflowers bundle (stamps and dies)  It's actually pretty cool the way the stamp lines up with the cut die image, so that's what I've gone with in this first card, and I really like the 2 branch/frond things.  Oh not forgetting the fact that there's new colours in this!  Bumblebee , and Just Jade .  If you can see the difference in the yellows, the flower itself is Bumblebee, and the centre of the flower is Crushed Curry .  I think the Crushed Curry is a little brighter than the Bumblebee.  also owing to the fact I don't have the ink pads yet, I've gone with Shaded Spruce for the ink colour, which really blends beautifully with the Just Jade.  this next card uses the new Magenta Madness cardstock (plus the Bumblebee, Just Jade and Shaded Spruce) I've used the Sunflower dies to cut out the

Hi there Creators As you would know if you keep up with my blog, my pre-order goodies arrived for the new Annual Catalogue the other day, I haven't had much of a chance to play with them.  However as I was cutting up the gorgeous Forever Greenery Designer Series Paper into 3 x 4" rectangles, I figured I might as well make up some cards with them.  This is (currently) my favourite paper from the new upcoming catalogue, add a couple of the new In colours (Misty Moonlight and Just Jade, and one of the 2019-2021 In colours Pretty Peacock) so here we go..... you can see I've paired up a couple of the cards with the new Jar punch and the saying  "Sending you a Paper Hug" from the new stamp set Comfort and Hope.  I love the way you can have the punched out jar full size or any other size (the little ones turn out so cute!) Thought I'd also show you a card I made up with the "Comfort and Hope" stamp set, as it's quite a grungy stamp set.

Hi there Creators, For those who've been around my blog for quite a while will know that every so often I do a fundraiser for Collective 61, which was formed by the Enjoy Church Womens' section of the ministry (called Bloom) . This supports 4 charities which work to address the root cause of human trafficking, in specific ways. the 4 Charities are: Chab Dai , Mothers Heart , Children in Families and Daughters . "All forms of trafficking and modern slavery rob people of their choices and identity, leaving them with shame and stigma.  For the individuals being empowered by Collective 61, it is their opportunity to see the stigma, labels and hopelessness they face replaced with true identity, value and hope for the future." So to raise some funds towards Collective 61, I do a "card-making" fundraiser every so often. I have designed 4 cards, and they have gorgeous matching envelopes.  I have 16 kits only, so first come first served! I will donate all t

Hi there Creators, I was watching someone else's "unboxing" video a couple of days ago, and really enjoyed it, so I thought, umm maybe I should do that too, for you all.  I had to wait overnight before I did this video, which meant I didn't see the goodies till you did (Oh my goodness that was hard waiting lol).  Having said that I thought it was a fun experiment to share it with you.  I hope you do too...... Enjoy God Bless love Heather xox