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Worlds Greatest Mother... (A Nice Cuppa)

Mother's Day class. Welcome back A couple of blogs ago, I mentioned the stamp from the set  A Nice Cuppa -'W orlds greatest Mother' . H ere are the makes from my mother's day class. In advance of Mother's Day, I held two Mother's Day craft classes in my home. The ladies arrived and the creativity began! Each guest selected their own card colour  (a 12" x 12" piece per guest) and Stampin Up ink from my collection and established their colour theme for the evening.                                            The Gift Bags...                                           We opted for making the gift bags first. We cut from our 12" x 12" card  a piece measuring 28cm x 19cm, then used the gift bag punch board   to make the bags (scored at M on the board). Using up lots of paper scraps  from my piles and piles of S tampin' Up designer series papers (various collections!) we then decorated the bags. We filled the bags will a little bi

So long! Farewell...2016 retiring products...

Welcome to INKspiration! Home of my love for all things crafty. I am a new Stampin up demonstrator and this is my very first blog hop -so I am really excited that you are joining me and the other JEMS today! Thank you for joining us on this fine Saturday morning for our new monthly blog hop. You will have seen some gorgeous makes as you have weaved your way through the JEMS VERY FIRST MONTHLY BLOG HOP. If this is the first blog you have come to then an equally warm welcome. I hope that you are INKspired by something you see here, but remember once you have visited this page, don't stop, press next and hop! It's that time of year, when we say goodbye to some of the wonderful Stampin up products  that have been part of the annual catalogue this year. The theme of this blog hop is retiring products. Here are a couple of cards that I have made using Stampin up retiring products . All Stampin up products are highlighted in bold italic type. Any products followed by (*), ar

A Nice Cuppa

                          There's ALWAYS time for tea! Here are some cards I made using the  A Nice Cuppa set . This photopolymer stamp set ... ...A Nice Cuppa set comes from the Handmade from the Heart -Stampin Up's Spring/Summer catalogue (available between 5th Jan-31st May 2016). It's a vibrant suite and I love the bright colours!  I made my cards using the Have a Cuppa Designer Series Paper Stack ...                                    ...Gorgeous colours of Basic Grey, Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Melon Mambo, Pool Party, Whisper White and Wisteria Wonder!  I also used the Cups and Kettle Framelits dies... ...which can be bought separately or as part of the bundle and save option. If you want to get your hands on this product suite -you'd better hurry, stick the kettle on and drop me an email to order. Products retire on 31st May after which, they are no longer available.  CLICK HERE TO ORDER. I also couldn't resist the Have a C