Inspiring Inkin' with Amanda Fowler Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

Right now I should be in full Christmas mode, cooking, wrapping, stamping and addressing cards, making gifts and generally bouncing around full of the festive spirit! However I am not, last week I hurt my collar bone……..a minor insignificant thing really, not sure when or how it happened, one minute I was fine, the next [...]

And HAPPY ANNIVERSARY !  Today is my Mum and Dad’s wedding anniversary, I hope they have a wonderful day xxxx Traditional Christmas cards today, one bright and one vintage looking. This first vintage style card uses the Skaters from Winter post and teams them up with the Medallion background stamp, it would look great in [...]

On my quest for getting the Christmas cards finished before December……..this is one of the next batch I have made. It is a very quick card to make, first stamp your sentiment, I have used Curly Cute.  Then add your punched out ornaments, these are another great way to use up scraps of patterned paper. [...]

I love this card………I love this stamp set………. It’s called French Foliage and is in the mini catalogue page 15.  It is such a great set for speedy cards using a technique called one sheet wonder.  It’s actually not so much a technique as a way of stamping and if you have ever seen me [...]

Today is my darling husband Brian’s birthday, we have a day of fun, walks, cake, lots of cake and just a bit of chilling and time out. I have 2 cards for you today, the first is from me, using my new favourite set French Foliage and one of my oldest sets Lovely as a [...]

This card continues the theme from yesterday of sharing. Last November we went the the 2nd European Stampin’ Up! convention.  One of the presenters was the amazing Pam Morgan, she shared lots of things you could do with our paper daisies and this card is inspired by what she shared with us. This was one [...]

More from my team training yesterday, it was a wonderful day. These are the 3 cards they made, all showcasing our fabulous buttons. And a close up of each one. And the final 3D item they made was a button bracelet, I have been making these for a long time as a friend and store [...]

or card by it’s cover ! A very simple card front, hiding a lovely surprise ! Anna-Marie asked me to showcase this type of card at her workshop this week, she had seen this card and wanted to learn how to make it.  So I tweaked and made it all girly and full of sunshine! [...]