My project today is a thank you gift that I made for my downline Aimee who is now a qualified Stampin' Up! recruit. I decided to make her a handmade gift and present it to her at the recent Onstage Local event in Telford, directly after I had to stand up for being in the cateogry of having 1-4 qualified recruits.

I decided to use the A Little Foxy Designer Series Paper Stack as the main feature of my project. Isn't this pattern just too cute? I might just have to get the coordinating stamp and punch now!


I love the colour grey (grey IS the new black - you heard it here). In fact most of my house is now grey and what I love about it is how an additional pop of colour can really transform it from looking dull into something that looks very cool. Why don't you give it a try in your projects - it looks great with most colours!

For today's project I've used Basic Gray and Sweet Sugarplum and I LOVE it. I used Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper to die cut the word congrats using the Sunshine Wishes Thinlits Dies. In real life, I think it looks so much better alongside the Sweet Sugarplum, unfortunately this image just does not do it justice.


I made a matching box to go along with the card which was to hold a EOS Lip Balm that I picked up when I was in the states a few months ago. You can pick them up from Amazon too.

This little box is perfect for holding this lip balm and I would like to credit my friend Sam Hammond aka Pootles for this fab design - if you haven't see Sam's version already, visit her blog by clicking here.

I changed a couple of things from Sam's design - I used different colours, I added a layer to the lid of the box and I used the same pattern DSP for the lid as I did for the rest of the box. I also added the fabulously sparkly Glitter Ribbon which is in the current Autumn Winter Catalogue. I'm on my second pack already and I will be really sad to see this go.

I also gifted a Stampin' Pad too and popped it in a retired gift bag with some more of that lovely ribbon. 

Now, my bows aren't ever that great, but I really find this particular ribbon so much more enjoyable to tie into a bow than any other ribbon - my bows still need some work but I'm happy with how they turned out.

I started making this gift tag by stamping the reindeer from the Jolly Christmas stamp set in Versamark ink onto Kraft cardstock. I then sprinkled over Heat & Stick Powder, tapping off the excess and putting this back into the pot. By heating the powder with a heat gun it becomes sticky, so you need to quickly sprinkle over the Stampin' Glitter before it dries. Tap off any glitter that doesn't stick to the powder and put this back into the pot. To set the glitter in place, you neec to heat it one more time with the the heat gun.

I love this effect and I certainly want to include this look into this years Christmas cards! I don't have a design created yet but after another month of crafting with these fab products from the new Stampin' Up! Autumn Winter Catalogue, I'll try and incorporate all of my favourite looks into either one or several different designs.


To finish making the tag, I used one of the Circles Collections Framelits Dies to cut out the reindeer but I wasn't sure what to do with it next.... after some pondering I decided to have some fun and pair it with a really bright colour for a modern look. I chose Melon Mambo - doesn't it look amazing against the Kraft cardstock?

I cut the tag and stamped stars from the Jolly Greetings stamp set in Black Archival ink. I added a Black Glimmer Banner and used Stampin' Dimensionals to add the Kraft cardstock to the tag. It looked like it needed something else which I why I added the Melon Mambo stars punched using one of the punches from the Itty Bitty Accents set. Okay so this is not my usual look but like I said this was just for fun! Do you ever craft outside of your comfort zone?

Now back to my comfort zone.....starting from Wednesday I have 7 projects using the gorgeous Timeless Elegance DSP that I can't wait to show you. If you don't subscribe - I blog 3 times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays & Saturdays - see you then!