Inspiring Inkin’

A very quick post today………I have been really busy this week with Issue 3 of Making Gifts magazine, some home workshops and preparation for classes too.  Who stole this week………..I can’t believe it’s friday!!!
A quick reminder for you to check out my class schedule here I have just added an additional date for the year [...]

Today I am in Germany for the first ever European Stampin’ Up! convention.  I’m more than a little excited !  Actually I could probably fly myself there………but I’m taking the conventional route and going on an airplane !
A big part of convention is swapping and I have made almost 100 card fronts to swap with [...]

I am often asked why is my Stampin’ Up! team called Inspiring Inkin’ there are lots of reasons but the main one is I am inspired by my team on a daily basis, they are wonderfully creative and love sharing the Stampin’ Up! products and opportunities with all those they meet. A close second [...]

Another Christmas card for you today, all in shades of blue and although it may look a little complicated it is a straightforward card to make and better still a one layer card, less postage to pay.
I have taken an oval aperture and then stamped the long tree stamp and then sponged at the base [...]

Well I’m not sure where the summer has gone but has certainly left Hampshire!  It’s like an Autumn day here, grey skies, drizzly rain, cool and a very blustery wind.
This is a card to hopefully brighten up the day, very simple folds and a little bit of cutting out!

The 5 3/4″ x 12″ piece of [...]

These are the projects I completed at Elaine’s on Saturday.
Jane designed this first card, well something very similar……….you see I was busy chatting ( not like me at all !  ) and stuck my ribbon on too central then the mat layers didn’t fit so I adapted the design……..I’m really pleased with it and the [...]

Lots of home workshops mean lots of Thank you cards, this is my current design, I do like to use single layer cards when I can but I find it really difficult not to add extra bits……..

For these cards I have taken a Whisper White card blank and stamped the Thank you sentiment from Oval [...]

This is the swap card I made for the field training last week, very simple but great for a man’s card or just to drop a note to someone.

I have used one of my favourite colour combinations, Chocolate Chip, Taken with Teal and Very Vanilla.
I have stamped the cogs in Chocolate Chip onto the Chocolate [...]