I am a quasi-hobby independent Stampin' Up! demonstrator. I do not book parties but I specialize in one on one instruction plus I still wanted a space to show off my cards and share advice about stamping and papercraft. Enjoy! All stamped images and paper are (c) Stampin' Up.

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Monday, 24 March 2025

STAMP CAMP 2025--Register now!

 



STAMP CAMP returns Saturday, May 24th!

Join me, your host, Christine Anne, for a fun day of cardmaking and papercraft techniques! Bring your favourite supplies with you and a friend!



  • Suitable for beginners or experienced card makers who want to try something new
  • No obligation to purchase any products--just come for the fun and learn to make cards!
  • Attendee sale table—bring items to sell or trade
  • Loot bags filled with exciting Stampin’ Up! products and goodies
  • Tool Table packed with inks, scissorts and more!
  • Room is booked until 5pm; attendees are welcome to stay until we're kicked out :-D

Additionally...
  • Complimentary coffee and tea provided.
  • Can't attend? Purchase a Loot Bag for $20 with supplies and instructions

See you there!

  Your Friend, Christine

Friday, 21 February 2025

Flashback Friday--Keep a little Christmas cheer all year

I love Christmas and keep Christmas cards up all year--but this year, with the Canada Post strike, I really enjoyed the Christmas cards I received from my stamping friends :-)



Until next time...

  Your Friend, Christine

Tuesday, 18 February 2025

Tuesday Tip--Learn something new!

It's been a while since I published a Tuesdday Tip! Today I'm boosting a French art channel I adore called Art Room. They share my belief that anyone can be trained to draw (yes, really!) and I would have been all over this channel if it existed when I was a teenager. They're on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, of course.

As a bonus, a lot of their videos and techniques translate well to stamping and cardmaking. I guarantee after a watching a few videos you'll look at your ink and markers in a different way and learn or try something new!


Until next time...
Your Friend, Christine

Thursday, 23 January 2025

January Stamping Project--Happy Birthday and Thank You

It was a slight blessing to come down with a nasty cold after Christmas, but still not a fun way to start the new year! Sometimes all you need is ink, stamps and cardstock to make some fun cards. As you can imagine, I wasn't feeling very ambitious while sick, but I also wanted to try out the new stamps I ordered, Thanking You and Simple Birthday.

These two giant stamps fill a quarter-fold card nicely and if you make 5x7" cards, you'll have lots more room for layering! I used two of the new Sale-A-Bration freebies, Corner in Bloom and purple adhesive backed sequins, to stamp a border around the cards in Pretty in Pink ink. Materials

 
Your Friend, Christine

Tuesday, 7 January 2025

It’s Here—Time to Sale-A-Brate with Stampin’ Up!

It's time for a new mini catalogue, which also means it's time for Sale-A-Bration, where you can earn extras with qualifying Stampin' Up! orders.

Contact me for a printed catalogue shop with me online. Stay tuned as I'll have some new cards to share featuring my favourite Sale-A-Bration freebie :-)


 
But wait, there's more! There's also a new scrapbooking brochure with loads of co-ordinated sets too!


 
Your Friend, Christine

Sunday, 5 January 2025

Sunday Sketch--Happy Birthday Card Swap

I'm really excited about this sketch. It's my first swap in a long time. Sometimes Stampin' Up! teams or crafting groups hold a swap and they're so fun--and sometimes challenging! Sometimes there's a theme and sometimes there's not.

The theme for this card swap was birthday with the only requirement that products from the 2024-2025 Annual Catalogue were used. My swaps are in the mail, so stay tuned for the cards I made and the ones I received 🙂

Birthday card sketch

Stay tuned...

  Your Friend, Christine

Friday, 3 January 2025

Flashback Friday--Dove of Hope Bundle

If you're like me, you have baggies of unfinished ideas or extras that never quite made it into a finished project. I started writing about these projects because, as we enter a new year, there's still value to them. Or, also "late for this year, early for next", as I like to say!

I don't even remember cranking out all the die cuts from SU's Dove of Hope Bundle, a unique set where the dies didn't completely match the stamps. All it took was a little Tombow, a little Wink of Stella and an afternoon to assemble them and a couple made it onto cards. Because of the Canada Post strike, I didn't make a full set of cards, but I think with some festive ribbon, the doves would make great ornaments too!

To complete the card, I cracked open a package of last year's O Holy Night DSP. Using up DSP will be another topic for another time, but I used one of the starry sheets with lots of sponging! It's hard to tell in the photo, but I sponged Night of Navy, Misty Moonlight and even a little Orchid Oasis ink around the edges. The effect toned done the whiteness of the stars and yes--you can sponge ink on dark papers for a vignette effect.

Flying dove Christmas card

Until next time...

  Your Friend, Christine