Stamp and Create with Julia

26/08/2026

Look what has just arrived from Stampin’ Up! Am I allowed to say the C word as it is less than 4 months until the big day? Two workshop dates to plan.
Harvest in September ( I have already harvested my apples last week as they were already ripe) and Christmas in September.
Who is up for one in mid September, and one at the end of September? Let me know which date/ day would be best. Thank you.

21/08/2026

21/08/2026

17/08/2026

Apologies for not posting on here for ages and ages. School holidays and I have been busy in the garden as Danny made me another raised bed to plant up. My elderly parents needed a visit. Had two grandsons here helping do jobs in the garden for four days. Had some friends stay for the next week. Last Saturday we had an open home/ garden for friends and family so last week was spent shopping for food and prepping/ making stuff in the kitchen. We had a great day with full cream tea and then evening bbq. Now trying to eat up the left overs.😄

My Stampin’ Up! shop has a sale on. 15% off lots of pretty designer series paper and cardstock. Last chance items at reduced prices.
Check it out . Only available while stocks last.
If you read as far as this thank you. Hope to be back to offering classes in mid September when it is hopefully cooler, and everyone is back to work or the usual grandparenting jobs or other regular commitments.

If you fancy any Christmas items to make ahead then let me know if you require a new catalogue coming out at the beginning of September.

22/07/2026

I had a request for a class to make some sympathy cards/ thinking of you cards. So thanks to Mary Knabe’s post reminded me of the quick three pieces of dsp cut and shuffle. This is what we used here with last years seasonal designer series paper Peaceful Garden from Stampin’ Up!
I also had some strips of dsp that corresponded with Blackberry beauty ephemera pack so used it to make a scrap strip card to send to a friend who recently had surgery.
Would you try either of these easy techniques to use up scraps and strips or leftover part packs of lovely papers?

08/07/2026

Did I show you some of the cards for men that we made over the last few weeks? Some of the designer series paper is retired but we used some new in colours on some of the guitars and around the sentiment on the faux shutter cards. Some cards are from a recent Paper Pumpkin kit which was so lovely I purchased a kit refil, and the corresponding new suite in the current catalogue/ ideas book.