A Lovely Anniversary

 Good morning and a very happy Sunday. Today I'm sharing an anniversary card made with the fabulous 'Lovely' collection from Relatively Thoughtful.

I love that there are black and white papers in the collection as well as the beautiful pink ones as they contrast perfectly.

Aren't these the cutest couple you've ever seen?

I do love a good shaker card, and it wasn't toooooo difficult to make with my giant heart dies.

This fancy heart is a Tim Holtz die that I've had in my stash for years!

I really like all the dimension on this card, but it will be interesting to see if it fits in the envelope lol.

As always the collection is available as a digital download and an A4 paper collection.

Digital download

A4 collection

If you still have your Valentine's cards to make please pop across to the store where you will find lots of fabulous collections including Relatively Thoughtful, G45, and Stamperia. 

Take care, and enjoy the rest of your weekend xx

Wouldn't It Be Lovely

 Good morning and a very happy Sunday. Today I'm really happy to be sharing a planner page made with the adorable new Lovely collection from Relatively Thoughtful. This really is Lovely - very cute and romantic but not sickly sweet. Whoever said romance was dead was probably looking at me lol.

The collection has lots of lovely pages, with flowers, hearts, couples, and even cats and dogs that get along!

This is the reverse of my page. I've also used some ink, stamps and matching dies from Catherine Pooler which are also for sale in Sally's store.

I do love a matching die set for my stamps! I've just gone up from a 2 to a 2.5 in my reading/cutting out glasses and they make me squint and twitch a bit. I guess I'm a 2.25 really, so I'm sticking with the 2's? So as I was saying, I loves me a matching die set lol.

Who can resist a spotty dog and a pink cat?

And it's so easy to stamp and cut the sentiment.

This could be Neil and I on our wedding day. I had a dark bob, and he had - well he had some hair!

Yeah, if we are saying this I guess the cat and dog are back in the room.

I'll pop back later with links to the collections but here are the Catherine Pooler goodies.

A4 papercraft collection

Digital collection

Mon Amour stamp and die bundle

Rose Petals ink

So if you're slightly more romantic than I am (lets face it, who isn't?) this is the perfect collection for all of your Valentine/anniversary makes. Take care and enjoy the rest of your weekend xx

Sparkle in 2026

 Good morning and a very happy Sunday. This is my first blog post of 2026, so a very Happy New Year!

I wanted a box to store my Elizabeth Craft card lab cards, but they are impossible to get hold of at the moment, so I decided to make my own, using the beautiful G45 Journalling Through Time collection.

When I say 'make,' I mean upcycle, because life is far too busy at the moment to make a box from scratch, so I altered this one!

So ta-da!! I used the Patterns and Solids for the long sides, and the 8x8 Collection Pack for the short sides and the base. Sally has the full range in the Relatively Thoughtful store and it really is one of my favourite collections.

There's also an ephemera pack, which is where my Time To Sparkle die cut came from. I've tripple embossed it to make it a little more sturdy.

And this is the card that I've made for the box. This time I've used my leftovers (very scrappy bits) from the Season to Celebrate collection. Any normal person would have thrown these away (did I really say that????) but they were perfect for the card.

Yep, a 4x4 scrap makes a perfect pocket.

I love these dies, they are perfect for my 3x4 and 2x2 photos.

I've used one of my favourite 8x8 papers for the base. You only get 2 per pack now as there are some patterns and solids included in the 8x8 collection. So do I ...

a) keep it to look at and stroke occasionally

b) use it up and cry

or 

c) head to Sally's store and buy another pack    - yeah right answer!

I'm just waiting for my dowel to arrive, then I have a willing volunteer (not) to create the runners for my box.I would like to make at least one card a fortnight so watch this space.

Here are the links to everything that I've used

Journalling Through Time Patterns and Solids 

8x8 Collection Pack 

Ephemera set 

Season to Celebrate Patterns and Solids 

Take care and enjoy the rest of your weekend xx