Wednesday, 1 July 2026

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Nutcracker Tags - cute and adorable.

Yes, it's been a while, for which I apologise; but I am back again!

It's difficult and time consuming keeping up with Facebook, emails, Instagram and You Tube and I have to be honest and say that my BLOG is always the last in line - though it shouldn't really be so.

I made these adorable Nutcracker Tags this morning during my live, and I just had to share them with you.

These tags are approx 5" high, and the kit makes 12 tags in total; 3 of each of the 4 designs above. For £14 that works out at just over £1 per tag, but I think these would also make great card toppers too.

Here is a close up:

The decoupage elements all have added glitter, and it would be an easy kit to make with young children as there is no cutting (other than the twine), and all the adhesive is included in the form of glue dots and dimensionals.

I have placed these in little bags with card backings, but watch out for some finished cards in my next post.

You can visit my online store and see them for yourself here:

Nutcracker Tags Kit

[166226]

£14.00

A kaleidoscope of Butterflies!

Did you know that a group of butterflies is officially called a kaleidoscope, and can also be called a flight or a swarm!

I think that the descriptive word Kaleidoscope was absolutely spot on for our cards recently. Have a look:

These cards were all made at #coffeeandcard this week. The stamp set is Beautiful Butterflies and it has a set of matching dies that are extremely versatile.

As well as cutting out the stamped images, there is a detail die and a die that creates a butterfly shaed card in its own right. We used these in our Class in a Box for February. Watch out for our next post which features our card designs for our Class boxes (photo below)

Product List

Beautiful Butterflies Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [164608] £23.00	Beautiful Butterflies Hybrid Embossing Folder [164614] £40.00	Beautiful Butterflies Bundle (English) [164615] £56.50
Beautiful Bokeh 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [164607] £11.75	Itty Bitty Bokeh Mix [164618] £7.00

Stampin' Up! Storybook Garden Patch for card making

Hello and welcome back!

Last week we used the Storybook Garden Patch stamps for our #stampsetoftheweek, and everyone did an amazing job at #coffeeandcard.

Here are some of the fabulous cards that were made- aren't they fantastic. There are cards from Chris Ertl (2 x strawberry cards) as well as Tracey Davies (4th card) and Jenny Welham for the vegetables (3rd card) - apologies if I have got that wrong ladies - please correct me.

Here is a link to the first of my 2 You Tube videos on how they were made:

Product List

Storybook Garden Patch Cling Stamp Set

[164663]

£22.00

Storybook Garden Patch Dies

[164666]

£31.00

Storybook Garden Patch Bundle

[164667]

£47.50

Among the Swallows - Featuring the Spotlight Technique

Hello and welcome back. Apologies, I haven't blogged for a little while, but I am trying to get back into posting more regularly, even if it is just a few photos of what we have been up to each week.

Our post today features the Spotlight Technique. This is where a part (or parts) of a larger image are highlighted, usually by colouring an otherwise monochrome image.

We used the online exclusive stamp Among The Swallows which is currently on offer at £13.30 instead of £19 in the UK (February 2025)

Details:

We used Early Espresso for inking the stamp, and trimmed down the image sheet to 9.5cm x 13.85cm.
We cut a background card layer to 10cm x 14.35cm and this was placed onto a white base card 14.845cm x 10.5 as folded.
We used a 2.25" circle punch for the chosen section, and then punched a larger circle 2.5" to create a circle layer that would be seen behind the panel.
We coloured the small circle panel with an assortment of Blends alcohol markers. This was then added to the card with dimensional foam pads.
A diecut panel with the sentiment was added to the top.

I hope you like the finished design and give this technique a go.

Here is the linked video if you would like to see how it was made: