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ON STAGE CONVENTION – SUBA Friends Card Swap
It's that time of year again when, when twice a year, Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrators can register to attend a bi-annual On-Stage Convention. When we get together, swapping is always a great way to meet new Demonstrators and swap a piece of our artwork with each other, whether a card front, a small 3D item with maybe chocolate inside, or something completely different …...anything goes ! The only rule is that we must use current Stampin' Up! products for our sharing. It's all about...

SDBH – Favourite Technique
Hello and Welcome to the monthly Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop. This month's theme is showcasing our own favourite technique. You are currently visiting Sandra here in Norfolk, UK and I hope you enjoy seeing my technique. I'm really excited about todays 'hop' around the globe as I LOVE techniques. My only problem was, which one should I feature, when you have so many favourites ? I have recently held two Totally Techniques Retreats and both groups of attendees thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Lots of...

PAPERCRAFTING BLOG HOP – Mother’s Day, Thinking of You, Girl theme
Hello and welcome back to another hop around the globe with my fellow Demonstrators sharing projects around the above theme. You may be starting out with me or just arrived from someone else along the way, but you won't want to miss anyone's inspiration, so I've listed everyone participating this month at the bottom of this post. NEW upcoming 2019-20 Annual Catalogue Today I am sharing with you some loveliness that will be appearing in the NEW Annual Catalogue on 4th June. Mosaic Mood...

Kre8tors Blog Hop – Spring Colour Challenge
Hi and welcome back, joining myself and fellow Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrators, sharing our creativity globally through our Kre8tors Blog Hop group. You join me here in Norfolk, UK and looking forward to sharing my Colour Challenge project with you today. For todays Challenge we are all being inspired by this Spring Colour graphic. Such gorgeous colours make it a pleasure to work with. I started with a Pear Pizzazz base card and Mango Medley layer embossed using Pinewood Planks...
Stamp ‘N Hop Blog Hop – Girls Theme
Hello and welcome back to another hop around the globe with our Stamp 'N Hop group of Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrators! A big warm English welcome from me, Sandra, here in Norfolk, UK. Todays 'Blog Hop' theme is 'Girls', so we set about creating any female themed projects, using our favourite products. My choice immediately went to the Wonderful Romance Suite, together with the beautiful Designer Series Paper which contains two floral velum patterns featured here. Wonderful Romance Suite...

COLOUR COMBO Blog Hop
Hello and Welcome ! Todays 'Blog Hop' we are all showcasing projects using the gorgeous 'Spring' like Stampin' Up! cardstock colours Pear Pizzazz, So Saffron and Blushing Bride, pictured in the graphic in the header above. Pop of Petals with Spring Colour palette Today I am sharing a technique I shared with attendees of my recent Totally Techniques Creative Retreat Weekends. Pop of Petals - Stamping with Glue Technique I've seen this technique referred to as 'stamping with glue' but I am...
IDEAS Blog Hop – Incredible Like You
Hello and Welcome ! Today I am back with this talented group of Global Demonstrators, in todays I.D.E.A.S. Blog Hop (International Demonstrators Exciting Artistic Stampin'). Every month we are each creating a Tutorial Bundle to share lots of Stampin' Up! Inspiration, with our Customers, Blog readers and our Teams. Todays 'Blog Hop' is to give you a sneak peak of all our projects this month on our Mothers Day, Fathers Day and Friendship theme. If you have just joined me from Debbi's Blog or as...

Ink Stamp Share : Men
Welcome back to our Ink, Stamp & Share Blog hop, joining myself here in Norfolk, UK and other fellow Demonstrator colleagues around the Globe. This month our theme is 'Men'...….can't they just be so difficult to create for sometimes? For my card today, I have revisited an old technique I have enjoyed creating for a long, long while. For this 'Faux Metal' technique, I have used the new cogs featured in the Classic Garage bundle from the Spring Summer catalogue. They are so...

Papercrafting Blog Hop – Happy Birthday
Welcome back to another hop around the globe with my fellow Demonstrators sharing projects with a 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY' theme. You may be starting the hop with, me or just arrived from someone else along the way, but you won't want to miss anyone's inspiration, so I've listed everyone at the bottom of this post. This week I'm sharing the Wonderful Romance Suite I am using in a class at the end of the month. This is a truly gorgeous suite to use, here adapted from the Spring Summer...