Author: Sylvia

Explosion box featuring He’s All That bundle and the Trees for sale stamps et and the Tree Lot dies. He’s the Man DSP.

It was my husbands birthday recently and as everyone knows only too well the problems in finding suitable cards and gifts for men.

My husband and I will be going on a camping trip in the summertime, so I thought that I would make him an explosion box, featuring Stampin Ups new stamp sets and dies from the above supplies, I love the little caravan and used the dies to turn them into a 3D version of the caravan. Enjoy the photos, if anyone would like me to do a little tutorial showing how I made the caravan, just leave me a comment. The Mug in the photos, was a Charity Shop find, I think I paid £3 for it, and my husband absolutely loved the explosion box and his new mug.

On the 25th and 26th of June was our weekend to meet up as Stampin Up Demonstrators , to share creativity and inspire and be inspired. We had an exciting weekend packed with projects using new papers and stamps from the new annual Catalogue and also the upcoming Winter Catalogue.

We each have to make a small 3d item or card front, that we share with each other, there will be about 40 of us, so we will make 40 small projects and swap with the other 40 people, so we will all end up with 40 swaps each.

I love little bags and made this one as my swap

If you would like to try to make one of these for yourself, they are so easy to make.

Cut cardstock to 9 1\2” x 4”. Score on the 9 1/2” side at 3”, 4 1/2”, 7 1\2” and 9”

In pencil make a mark at 3 3/4” and at 8 1/4” score from the marks you have made to the two corners of the panels as shown, the dotted line is the score line.

Cut your cardstock as shown and score along the dotted lines.

We will add the straps now, you will need two 6” X 1/2” strips of cardstock, score it down the middle at the 1/4” line, leave 1/2” at the top and bottom of the strip unscored.

It’s my daughters Birthday, I wanted to do something other than a card for her. I wanted to make her something that was personal to her, but something that she could carry on creating herself.

I decided to make her a travellers notebook. I would do sample page spreads to start her off then she could update it as a when she wanted, she would be able to print off memorable photos and use Stampin Up products to decorate her notebook spreads.

I asked her for some of her favourite photos of an occasion she would like to remember and document, she chose some photos of a Unicorn party she and some friends attended in 2019, I got the photos and I chose the DSP and dies and ink pads etc, that would match the photos, Expressions in Ink I thought would be ideal as the colours in the photos were so vibrant, young and fresh, also with that craft fabulous feel and full of bling, my daughter absolutely loves bling, glitter and all things over the top, no plain and simple for her.

I did two spreads and she absolutely loved them, she will do her own journaling, I made two tags and put them into little pockets on the spreads. She is now totally hooked on her travellers notebook, its a great way to keep your own memories, the size is not intimidating for a beginner crafter, there is no right or wrong way to do it, just do what suits you.

Stampin Up products take the headache out of colour matching as everything co-ordinates. I have an etsy shop where I sell retired and current DSP and co-ordinating cardstock, I will be adding my handmade travellers notebooks, covers, and notebooks soon all using Stampin up products, the link to my shop is above. Hope you like the spreads all items used are linked below.

Hello crafters, its been a long time since I visited and updated my blog, after the most horrible year for the whole world, I decided that there is no time like the present to enjoy and share with others, whatever your passionate about.

On Sunday 19th September 2021, the PINKIES a STAMPIN UP group that I belong to had a team meet up. It was so lovely to see crafty friends and catch up with everyone, as the last time we saw each other in person was 2019.

I joined a swap group as a way of getting my craft groove back, I had been doing some crafting during the lockdowns, not much though, so I was glad of the opportunity to meet up with fellow crafters for inspiration,

We all received a craft kit to make up during the day, instead I chose to update my blog. For my swap I decided to make a small mini album, in a box for stocking fillers, you can get 20 small 2”x 2” photos in the album, great as little brag books to carry in your purse, not just for Christmas but for any occasion.

What I found out by accident was that the Stampin Up Linen Speciality paper is ideal for mini album spines and an added bonus is that you can colour the linen paper in any colour, you can also stamp on it. Make sure it doesn’t get too wet, as this interferes with the glue on the back, the spines are very strong and durable, I have just ordered more and will encourage friends and customers who love mini albums to give it a try. I have put some photos of how I used it.