Nanna-to-be makes

 Our lovely daughter and her husband are going to be parent in May 2024 so that makes me a Nanna-to-be :)

I'm tickled to become a Nanna but they have decided to not find out the sex of the baby so my makes have to be neutral for now.

I made a tiny baby cardy and hat first.  The hat looks huge but it's really not.

Then our daughter asked that as it will a Spring baby she wanted something bigger for the Autumn so I made this hooded jacket.

I will be making one pink and one blue hat for the hospital but then waiting until baba Stevenson arrives then knitting like mad in suitable colours

Some more creations

 These are the male and female cards I have made since Christmas and a sympathy card (which we all dread making)

Various Lili of the Valley images, Sugar Nelle, Magnolia and Hanglar stamps plus Stampin' Up! stamps and papers and old papers from my stash

Wow 1 year almost since I posted.......

 (Picture heavy post)

Logging back onto my blog (that I lost somehow?????) I see I have not posted in nearly a year - oops!

I have been creating like mad since New Year.  I managed to make Christmas cards for 2023 but was mad rush at the end , as always.  Every year I say I'm going to make them through the year and by February it's gone by the wayside.  I am determined I will have all Christmas cards made by Dec 2024 but also been creating male and female cards for my "holding box" - just in case my mojo goes at any time :)

Below are all the Christmas Cards and tags I have made so far and any future ones I will post with links of products.  A lot of Lili of the Valley images, a couple of Cross Stitch cards and a very old Dawn Bibby Tree stamp

Birthday card for my lovely Mom

Today is my Mom's birthday and I love making special cards for her.

This is the first birthday without my Dad so we went for a meal yesterday as a family to make it special for her.

I made a big 7x7 card so I had a lot of room for the rolled flowers.

I used retired Stampin' Up! stamps, border punch and fern punch with papers from Crafter's Companion and cut the rolled flowers on my Cricut. 

I decided to decorate the inside too.

I used

Card: Whisper White, Night of Navy, Balmy Blue & Pear Pizzazz from Stampin' Up!

Paper: Farmhouse from Crafter's Companion

Ink: Night of Navy and Daffodil Delight from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Happy Wishes and Sketch Alphabet outside with Wonderland Moments Inside  from Stampin' Up! (all retired)

Tools: Border and Fern Punch Stampin' Up! (both retired). Bow maker. Cricut

Others: Balmy Blue Varigated Ribbon from Stampin' Up! Pearls from stash

Thanks for visiting 

Jane x

Stampin' Up Crafting Retreat

As you are reading this I am at a lovely hotel in Birmingham on a Crafty Retreat with my fellow Pootlers.

We are a group of Demo's under Sam Hammond Donald aka POOTLES.

I was previously a demo with Sam but after crafting tailed off a few years ago I resigned but January I decided to re-join and there was no-one I would rather join than Sam - she is UK's no1 demo after all.

For the retreat we make swaps to get our crafting mojo going but also to give each other ideas.

As I have not been back a demo for long I didn't have much current stock to choose from although I have a bookcase full of retired stamps.

I decided to revisit a swap I made previously using 6x6 papers, a little bit of stamping and dies/punches.

Here is my sample,  It's a square based bag which stands and you can get quite a few different things inside as it stands 4.75" tall.

To make it you need

6x6 paper

Score at 2.75" & 5.5" then and score 1.25"

With the small section on the side score at 17/8" and 4.75" only to the 1.25" score line to make the base.

I used:

Card: Whisper White, Coastal Cabana, Night of Navy

Papers: By the Bay

Stamp: In the Moment

Ink: Coastal Cabana, Night of Navy

Tools: Circle die and Banner Punch

Others: Gems and Glue

Thanks for visiting

Jane x

All from STAMPIN' UP!