#1 Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator Pootles – Bird Ballad Teacher Gift Mini Post It Pouch I absolutely adore making little post it note pouches and wraps, and this style is one that I’ve done many many times over the years and for many many teachers. But they are always well received – what teacher doesn’t use dozens of post its and have…
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#1 Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator Pootles – Nine Lives & the Cat Punch meets Needlepoint Nook Who says you can’t have a fabric kitty? Not me! There are a lot of crocheters and sewers in my public craft group on facebook and I am endlessly impressed by their talents. While I can’t sew and I can only knit a hole, I love…
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#1 Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator Pootles – Varied Vases but not a single vase! The varied vases stamp set is a fabulous set with the vase builder punch, but when you stop and look at all the little floral elements, you don’t necessarily need the vases to make a pretty card. I stamped the greeting across the middle, then masked it off…
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#1 Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator Pootles – Petal Topped Tall Envelope Punch Board Box The Envelope Punch Board is one of the most amazing tools in my crafting arsenal and since I first got a hold of mine 5.5 years ago, I have created dozens and dozens of different boxes. I created an online class back in November 2013 and I still…
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#1 Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator Pootles – Half Full by Stampin’ Up! with Merry Merlot So this is a stamp set that I love very much and the possibilities with it, for every season, are endless. Red wine, white wine, rose, cocktails. But for this card, it totally made sense to use Merry Merlot! A very fine red wine indeed! I wanted…
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#1 Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator Pootles – Doubling up the 6×6 DSP to make bigger bags I absolutely love our DSP stacks and that they come in all our colours, but a little bit of me sometimes wishes that they were a little bigger… So I decided to double up and put 2 pieces together to make a longer piece to work…
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#1 Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator Pootles – Floral Essence Blends Customer Thank You Cards Yay! I have a sneak peek for you today! I made this rainbow array of cards for all my amazing customers who came shopping with me in April and I wanted to give them a little sneak peek of a new stamp set coming. This one is Floral…
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#1 Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator Pootles – Rooted In Nature Box There are days when I look out on my back garden and just love all the greenery around. I live in an old old market town and though there are new houses being built all the time (mine is only 15 years old), the people who’s garden backs onto mine have…
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#1 Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator Pootles – Amazing Life Birthday Card with Black Foil and Blends We are well into birthday season in our house, 2 of my sons had their birthdays in April and Chris, my husband, is a May birthday (it was his birthday on Friday just gone). I have a little respite as my 2 other sons are…
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#1 Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator Pootles – Rainbow Butterfly Gala with Blends I adore rainbows, this is not new information….! I also love butterflies – again, not new information! So it just makes total sense to put them together and create a pretty card. I started by stamping the words first from the Butterfly Gala stamp set, then with a pencil, I…
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#1 Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator Pootles – Pillow Box with Hand Stamped Wrapper How pretty are these pillow boxes? I’ve been wanting to use them for a while, but kept forgetting to order them, so it was nice timing when my upline gave me a pack for my 6th anniversary. I wasn’t sure at first how to decorate them, but a few…
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