Hidden Creek Pages For Relatively Thoughtful

Good morning and a very happy Sunday. Today I'm sharing a double-page layout made with the beautiful Hidden Creek collection by Arden Creative, and on sale at Relatively Thoughtful.

We had a lovely weekend at Centre Parcs last September, and these papers go so well with the outdoor photographs.

I found a painted rock, so I had to photograph that!

All of the apartments had a chalkboard door, and Hallie had great fun drawing on them all!

It's a beautiful collection, with 12x12 papers, 8x8 papers, laser cuts, rub-ons and loads of ephemera.

I never know what to say on the page, but when it's already written down for you it becomes a lot easier!

This fabulous butterfly is a rub-on, and it just blends into the paper.

The leaf is a laser cut. It's so delicate, and no need for fussy cutting!

The ephemera is great for adding a sentiment.

All of this can be found here in the store

12x12 paper pad

8x8 paper pad

Ephemera pack

Laser cuts

Rub-ons

I hope you like my pages. Take care, and enjoy the rest of your weekend xx

Life is Abundant

 Good morning and a very happy Sunday. Today I'm sharing the first couple of monthly folios using the beautiful Life is Abundant papers by Graphic 45, and on sale at Relatively Thoughtful. I've followed a tutorial from Linda's Scraproom and I'll put a link to her YouTube channel at the end.

I've made January's and February's so far. These are the fronts.

And these are the backs.

The folios measure 10.25 x 6.25 and there's loads of room for full sized photos.

I've had my January photos printed already, so there's our trip to an indoor play area, and a visit to London to see Abba Voyage.

There's a tuck spot on the back page, made with one of the cut-aparts. You could also put a 7x5 photo on the page as well.

This is February's folio, all ready for the photos. There's a pocket on the front inside cover, together with a belly band to tuck in other items.

And this is the inside back which shows all the space available for photographs.

I've stamped the monthly calendar, so I can write down any important dates. The older I get the more I have to write it down lol.

Life is Abundant 12 x 12 collection

Linda's Scraproom YouTube Tutorial

Take care and enjoy the rest of your weekend x

A Lovely Day

 Good morning and a very happy Sunday. Today I'm sharing an anniversary card which could very easily be turned into a Valentine's card just by changing the sentiment.

Again I've used the fabulous 'Lovely' collection from Relatively Thoughtful.

These cats and dogs are so cute, and just perfect for adding a little bit of glitter.

The sentiment is from my favourite ever Katzelkraft set, but these papers are so versatile, so would make a great Valentine's card.

I've added lots of glitter glue to my die cuts so they are really solid lol.

And here's my romantic couple. There are lots of sheets of cut-aparts, so it's easy to find the right image.

Of course I had to put them in their own shaker with lots of lovely sequins.

As always the collection is available in both A4 papers and a digital download.

A4 Collection

Digital Download

I'm taking my gorgeous granddaughter swimming this morning, so take care enjoy the rest of your day whatever you are doing xx

Happy February!

 Good morning and a very happy Sunday, wow we made it through January at last!!

Today I'm sharing some planner cards that I made with the Lovely collection from Relatively Thoughtful. This is such a cute and romantic collection, perfect for Valentine's or wedding anniversaries.

I really like planner cards as it's a different way to keep the memories, and it uses up my rather large collection of small photos.

Yay, my homemade box is finally complete, and this is how they look inside it. I've also added some stamping with my Catherine Pooler stamps.

I love these dramatic black and white papers!

I'd love to see a blue sky right now, but I don't think there's much chance for the foreseeable!

These stamp so nicely.

Awwww, sweet but not yuck!! - I'm such a smoothie lol

As always the collection is available in both A4 and digital formats.

A4 paper collection

Digital collection

Catherine Pooler stamps and dies

I hope you've got something nice planned, so take care and enjoy the rest of your day xx

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