Stamping Just For Fun

Welcome Crafting Friends - Come Create With Me.

Everybody starts stamping and paper-crafting for a different reason. My journey started in the summer of 2015 with a Christmas Stamp A Stack card class. My neighbour and good friend invited me to come and see what "Stamping" was all about. By that winter I had attended a handful of classes and had hand made all my holiday cards for family and friends.

The rest is history - I eventually signed up as a Stampin' Up! demonstrator to get a great discount, and since then I have been working to build my own business and those of my growing team. I hope that through this website I can inspire you to try a technique or style that might be new to you, and to express yourself as you create something that you are proud of. If you're looking to become part of a truly supportive and creatively fun team, I'd be pleased to have you join me.

~ To be truly happy and fulfilled, create a little something every day!

Admittedly, I have been very busy this past while growing my team and getting back to doing in-person events in and around Halifax, Nova Scotia after COVID and a big downsizing move to a new home. I have had almost no time to devote to doing blog posts or videos on new product and I have fallen behind. I am however still very active with Stampin' Up! and I do intend to get back to posting as often as I can now that my craft room is set up again. So, stay tuned. In the meantime, I have featured a couple of my favourite past-posts for you here on the home page to tickle your fancy...

TGCDT - May Blog Hop - Hues of Happiness

Welcome friends, It's time once again for the monthly Gentlemen Crafters Design Team Blog Hop. The Gentlemen Crafters Design Team (#TGCDT) are a group of male crafters & Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators from around the world, that love to share our creative side with you on the 2nd Friday of each month. Be sure to visit all the presenters in this month's hop - links can be found at the bottom of this post.

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Hanging Out With Kangaroo & Company

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The Kangaroo family dropped in this week to say hello - what a fun bunch they are. All ready with birthday presents, flowers, happy mail, love and kisses, and a whole host of happy thoughts. These cards were all part of a monthly stamp set feature with my greater team, and each Friday in March I presented a different way to use the stamps.

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Star Wars Explosion Box Card

Star Wars has always been a favourite of mine, and many of my family and friends as well. My nephew's birthday is coming up this weekend and he is a big fan, so I decided to make him a very special card. I'm using the very popular "explosion box" card layout. These little boxes allow for lots of interaction and 3D effect, while folding flat for envelope mailing.

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TGCDT July 2020 Blog Hop - An Elephant, A Kangaroo, A Giraffe and a Koala Go To A Party

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It's time for the monthly Gentlemen Crafters Design Team Blog Hop, and we're celebrating our First Anniversary this month with the addition of three new bloggers. Be sure to visit all the links in the hop. The Gentlemen Crafters Design Team (#TGCDT) are a group of male crafters. Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators from around the world that love to share our creative side with you every 2nd Friday of each month.

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A Nifty Calendar Notepad Wallet to say Thank You!

Two things you always need when you least expect it are a calendar and a notepad. This handy little wallet made from half a sheet of cardstock and a third of a sheet of Designer Paper makes a great thank you gift for customers, family and friends. Hilight birthdays or special event dates, classes etc.,or even stamp on the pages to further embellish. A handy magnetic closure keeps everything together.

Complete step-by-step instructions are available in my FREE Tutorial for this project

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TGCDT May 2020 Blog Hop - Coffee & Cookies Treat Box

I wanted to do something a little different this month in light of most of us being sequestered at home away from all our friends. We are all eagerly awaiting the moment we can get together for a coffee and a sweet treat, and that time will come.... but for now, why not send your closest friends and family a "sweet" little box to lift their spirits.

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TGCDT December 2019 Blog Hop - Simple Christmas Luminaries

The holidays are here, and as all the songs suggest, they are supposed to be merry and bright... so lets use some of those sparkly holiday papers, a little foil, maybe some mercury paper acetate and some embellishments, and make some luminaries to add a little cheer and glow to the fireplace mantle, coffee or end tables, or as place markers at your CHristmas Dinner table.

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Perennial Essence DSP Pops On All White Cards

I have been waiting to create with my Perennial Essence designer series paper, and Sunday afternoon seemed as good a time as any. This paper is so colorful and so beautiful, you could almost just frame each piece as it is and hang it on the wall - in fact I have heard of people doing just that.

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