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  • Easy Sunflower Fields Card

    Easy Sunflower Fields Card

    October 17, 2026September 23, 2026

    #1 Stampin’ Up! UK Demonstrator Pootles – Easy Sunflower Fields Card It’s definitely getting colder … Read More about Easy Sunflower Fields Card

  • Beautiful Stack of Gift Boxes using Stampin’ Up! Whispering Woods

    Beautiful Stack of Gift Boxes using Stampin’ Up! Whispering Woods

    October 15, 2026September 23, 2026

    #1 Stampin’ Up! UK Demonstrator Pootles – Beautiful Stack of Gift Boxes using Stampin’ Up! … Read More about Beautiful Stack of Gift Boxes using Stampin’ Up! Whispering Woods

  • Fun Santa’s Hat Card with new Stampin’ Up! Stamps and Ink

    Fun Santa’s Hat Card with new Stampin’ Up! Stamps and Ink

    October 13, 2026September 23, 2026

    #1 Stampin’ Up! UK Demonstrator Pootles – Fun Santa’s Hat Card with new Stampin’ Up! … Read More about Fun Santa’s Hat Card with new Stampin’ Up! Stamps and Ink

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I have the best customers ever, so it's a pleasure I have the best customers ever, so it's a pleasure to send out little goodies as a gift every month.

My son Oliver helped me with them this month, and we went full Autumnal with the Painted Patch paper and a whole load of Ephemera!

#papercraft #crafting #surprisegift #customergift #craftgift
Today I have a quick and easy card to share. Using Today I have a quick and easy card to share. Using only the Autumn Opulence pack, it's easy to put layers together and make a beautiful card.

The measurements are irrelevant, you can make bigger or smaller panels, but I like to stick to 3 layers and then embellish with the die cut pieces.

https://www.stampinup.uk/products/autumn-opulence-12-x-12-30-5-x-30-5-cm-specialty-designer-series-paper?demoid=5008829

#papercraft #crafting #cardmaking #crafttutorial #handmadecard
I still have some mystery boxes left, but we are a I still have some mystery boxes left, but we are at the halfway point in the month and more than half are assigned out.

I'm clearing my office and giving them away for free with orders over £50 in October 

More details are here - https://pootles.co.uk/2026/10/01/free-stampin-up-mystery-boxes/

#craft #crafting #craftmysterybox #mysterybox #papercraft
Beautiful cards don't always have to be complicate Beautiful cards don't always have to be complicated. Sometimes just ink and paper and the perfect sentiment is enough. 

#handmadecards #cardmaking #craft #stamps #papercraft
It's a surprise and then another surprise! I tota It's a surprise and then another surprise!

I totally forgot I had ordered this year's 12 Days of Creativity Box until I was sorting out all the stuff to take to my Team Retreat this coming weekend.

Lucky me!!!

https://www.stampinup.uk/products/12-days-of-creativity-advent-calendar-english?demoid=5008829

#craft #adventcalendar #craftadventcalendar #papercrafting #papercraft
If you haven't investigated our Ephemera Packs, yo If you haven't investigated our Ephemera Packs, you really should. For only a small amount of money, you get a huge selection of die cut cardstock stickers, ideal for using on quick projects like this.

The pack I used was only £6.75 for 6 sheets!

• Cardstock – 8-1/4 x 5″ (21 x 12.5cm)
• Score on the LONG side at 2, 4, 6, 8″ (5, 10, 15, 20cm)
• PART score on the LONG side as per the video at 1, 5″ (2.5, 12.5cm)
• Score on the SHORT side at 2, 4″ (5, 10cm)

https://www.stampinup.uk/products/happiest-season-tags-mix-match-ephemera-pack?demoid=5008829

#papercraft #craft #crafting #papercrafting #giftbagtutorial
Anyone for easy rolled Christmas Crackers? This o Anyone for easy rolled Christmas Crackers?

This one is very simple to make. You need a 6 x 12 piece of paper and the inside tube from a toilet roll!

I used the Yuletide Carols paper and then some stunning bright ribbon.

Measurements IMPERIAL 
Paper- 6 x 12"
Score at 2-1/4, 3, 3-3/4" on both ends of the long side.
Concertina fold and snip little triangles out.

Measurements METRIC
Paper - 15.25 x 30cm
Score at 5.5, 7.5, 9.5cm on both ends of the long side.
Concertina fold and snip little triangles out.

#craft #crackers #christmascrackertutorial #papercraft #crafting
When you have only a few pieces of paper, what can When you have only a few pieces of paper, what can you do with it?

You can make a panelled gift bag when you add the pieces to half a sheet of cardstock!

A darling Autumnal Bag

Isn't it pretty?

I love it!

• Cardstock – 4 x 11″ (10 x 28cm)
• Score on the LONG side at 4.5, 6.5″ (11.5, 16.5cm)
• Paper – 2 sheets of 5 x 3″ (13 x 8cm)
• Score both of them the same way, as per the video at 1/2″ (1.5cm) on each side
• Finished Size – 4 x 4.5 x 2″ (10 x 11.5 x5cm)

https://www.stampinup.uk/products/autumn-opulence-12-x-12-30-5-x-30-5-cm-specialty-designer-series-paper?demoid=5008829

#papercraft #craft #crafting #papercrafting #giftbagtutorial
Just a few little die cuts in my diary for next we Just a few little die cuts in my diary for next week from the Autumn Opulence paper pack.

They allow me to decorate a page, but leave plenty of room to keep adding plans to the days as I go.

Sometimes, it's just a few stickers or die cuts to a diary/planner page that can make you smile. These do that for me!

paper pack - https://www.stampinup.uk/products/autumn-opulence-12-x-12-30-5-x-30-5-cm-specialty-designer-series-paper?demoid=5008829

#planner #diary #stickers #papercraft #craft
I have a beautiful assistant who is sitting right I have a beautiful assistant who is sitting right where I want to film... she's pretty, but not helpfully located right now...

#siamesecat #siamese #cat
There is a definite chill in the air now, and I'm There is a definite chill in the air now, and I'm seeing houses decorated for Autumn, so I grabbed the Glow of Harvest paper for today's project 

We have a huge sale on right now, and with orders over £70, the paper is only £5.

What's not to love!

https://www.stampinup.uk/product-of-the-month?demoid=5008829

Scoring Tool - https://www.stampinup.uk/products/simply-scored-scoring-tool?demoid=5008829

• Cardstock/Paper – 12 x 12″ (30 x 30cm)
• Score on the FIRST side at 2, 10″ (5, 25cm)
• Score on the SECOND side at 2, 5, 7, 10″ (5, 12.5, 17.5, 25cm)
• Finished Dimensions – 2 x 3 x 8″ (5 x 7.5 x 20cm)
• If you are making a cardstock box, the DSP size is 2.75 x 7.75″ (7 x 19.5cm) and sits on the top of the box lid

 

#papercraft #craft #giftboxtutorial #crafttutorial #handmade
Last Chance List Updated – Loads In It! #1 Stampi Last Chance List Updated – Loads In It!

#1 Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Pootles - Last Chance List Updated - Loads In It! I've just popped online to check on products that I've ordered for my Team Retreat next week and thought I'd properly check out the Last Chance list. That thing is HUGE! I don't think I've ever seen so many products added in one go, and I'm thrilled....

https://pootles.co.uk/2026/10/06/last-chance-list-updated-loads-in-it/
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Meet Pootles

Crafty and creative, I was a makeup artist for more than a decade, a writer of my own website for over 13 years, a crafter for almost 17 years.

There’s something effortlessly relaxing about creativity, whether it’s brushing foundation and makeup onto someone’s face, or taking a pair of scissors to a piece of elegant cardstock. To create something from nothing is pleasing in itself, but to take something beautiful and make it unique is divine.

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