Be My Valentine

Valentine's day is just around the corner, my husband and I generally ignore this holiday, but that doesn't mean I can't make cards for the occasion...

Stamps - With All Your Heart & Message Me / Dies - With All Your Heart Die Collection / Ink - VersaMark / Other - Gold Embossing Powder; White Embossing Powder

Stamps - With All Your Heart, Bunting Basics & Miniature Type / Dies - With All Your Heart Die Collection / Ink - VersaFine Onyx Black; Papertrey Ink Hybrid

Happy Friday everyone and I hope you have a wonderful weekend! :)

Stephanie xx

You're Simply The Best

It is sporadically snowing in my part of the world, my need to escape to somewhere hot has never been greater!  I must have the sun on my mind because I made this card yesterday haha!

Stamps - Twinkle Toes & Simply The Best (coming soon) / Dies - Twinkle Toes Die Collection; Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside / Stencils - Sunny Day Stencil (coming soon) / Ink - VersaFine Onyx Black / Colouring Medium - Copic Sketch Markers / Other - Chalk Palette

I hope you're keeping warm wherever you are :)

Stephanie xxx

Celebrate

Apparently, according to experts, Monday 21st January is considered to be one of the most depressing days of the year, so I feel a lot better about being so miserable yesterday ;)  Happy to report that I'm feeling a lot cheerier today haha!

Stamps - On Your Day & Modern Calligraphy / Dies - On Your Day Die Collection & Modern Calligraphy Die Collection; Lawn Fawn Oval dies / Ink - VersaFine Onyx Black / Colouring Medium - FaberCastell Polychromos

I hope your day consists of smiles and laughter, told you I'm in a much better mood today haha!

Stephanie xo

Happy Birthday to the Best Daughter

I'm not a Monday person and I'm not a morning person either, so after a particularly lovely weekend, I was a little bit grumpier that usual this morning haha!

Stamps - Jumbo Hugs & Happy Birthday All / Ink - VersaFine Onyx Black; VersaMagic Dew Drops

Stamps - Jumbo Hugs & Sweet Little Sentiments / Dies - Jumbo Hugs Die Collection /  Ink - VersaFine Onyx Black; VersaMagic Dew Drops

I hope you're feeling a bit cheerier than me today...only four more days until the weekend ;) haha

Stephanie xx

Sending Love

After a creative drought, I have been crafting up a storm this past week and I made this card at 2am this morning! 

Stamps - Some Birdie Loves You & Say What? / Dies - Some Birdie Loves You Die Collection; Tag Along Die Collection / Ink - VersaFine Onyx Black / Colouring Medium - FaberCastell Polychromos / Other - Inkadinkado Stamping Mask Paper

It's so cold here in the UK at the moment, makes me not want to leave the house and makes doing the school run on a Saturday more of a chore than usual...it's not fair, Saturday's should be a lie-in day!

I hope you are enjoying your weekend, thanks a million for looking in on me, you're the best :D

Stephanie xoxo

Happy Valentine's Day

Every year, my resolution is to make my blog more interesting and attempt some videos and every year I fail miserably!  It doesn't look like this year will be any different, but it's only January so I still have time haha

Stamps - Cupid Cuties & Scrumptious Occasions / Dies - Cupid Cuties Die Collection / Stencils - Heart Confetti Stencil / Ink - VersaFine Onyx Black; Memento Lady Bug / Colouring Medium - FaberCastell Polychromos

This week has just flown by so for once, the weekend has crept up and taken me my surprise, a nice surprise of course!  Happy Friday and I hope you enjoy your weekend :)

Stephanie xx

Sending Love

After several weeks of studiously avoiding my craft room (I made my countdown teaser cards before Christmas), I popped in there yesterday and eased myself back into it by creating these simple cards...

Stamps - With All Your Heart & Tiny Type / Dies - With All Your Heart Die Collection, Flag It Die Collection & Small Frames Die Collection / Ink - VersaFine Onyx Black; VersaMark; VersaMagic Red Magic / Other - White Embossing Powder

Stamps - With All Your Heart, With All Your Heart II & Happy Birthday All / Dies - With All Your Heart Die Collection / Ink - VersaFine Onyx Black; & PTI Hybrid Ink

Dean and the children returned to work and school on Tuesday so this week has been a bit tedious and I'm glad it's almost over.  I will admit however, that it has been nice to have a clean and tidy house again, the three of them generated quite a lot of chaos and mess in the last few weeks!

Happy Friday and I hope you have a fabulous weekend :)

Stephanie xxx

January Release Countdown Teasers Day 5 New Products

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!

Sorry I'm late posting this morning, I'm far too disorganised to plan my posts in advance and for some strange reason I overslept this morning ;) haha

Someone who is always extremely organised is the wonderful Michelle Short, who has once again produced a fabulous video showcasing this months new products so please take a little look :)

The following products will be available in the store, and at Simon Says Stamp, tonight at 8pm (GMT) UK time...

Apples & Pears; Apples & Pears Die Collection; Snail Mail; Snail Mail Die Collection; Twinkle Toes; Twinkle Toes Die Collection; Water Plushies; Water Plushies Die Collection; Picture It Ocean

Thank you so much for your company throughout our teasers, for a chance to win all five stamp sets from this months release, please head on over to our Facebook Page and leave a comment on today's post.

I wish you all a very happy and healthy 2019 :D

Stephanie xoxo