Snow is Glistening Christmas Card #1

Nigezza Creates aka Gez, Independent Stampin' Up® Demonstrator 

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today. I am thrilled to bring this project today and I am sure you are going to be really excited about this brand new suite that Stampin' Up! is bringing you that is available to you to order during November 2018.

I have made this project with the gorgeous dies and stamp set that is only available in November 2018. As a demonstrator I have been able to order these a month early (one of the best perks about being a demonstrator, you get to order things early) so I have had great fun playing with them and creating some lovely projects so you can see for yourself how wonderful these new products are.

I am going to show you a different project everyday for the next week as I am sure you will want to see as many projects as possible as quickly as possible due to the limited time available to order them.

Materials and measurements 

• Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock
• For the card base
• Half a sheet of standard card stock cut in half and scored in half
• UK size is an A4 sheet
• 5 7/8" x 8 1/4"
• Folded size 5 7/8" x 4 1/8"
• Whisper White A4 Card Stock
• For the second mat 
• 5 3/8" x 3 5/8"
• Silver Foil Sheets
• For the card mat
• 5 5/8" x 3 7/8"
• Also cut the largest snowflake and the little snowflake for the centre
• Versamark Pad
• Used to stamp the sentiment on the front of the card
• Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder
• Used to emboss the sentiment 
• Snow Is Glistening Photopolymer Stamp Set
• I used the lovely sentiment for the front of the card
• Snowfall Thinlits Dies
• This is a stunning die set with so many snowflakes to chose from. Some can be used as flowers as well so it is not just for Christmas!

Close up on the new products

Product List

Snow Is Glistening Photopolymer Stamp Set [149742] £20.00	Snowfall Thinlits Dies [149692] £36.00	Happiness Surrounds Photopolymer Stamp Set [149744] £16.00
Snowflake Trinkets [149620] £7.50	White Velveteen Sheets [149619] £4.75

Video Tutorial 

Time for the close ups!

These new products are amazing, I have more projects made from using them so please come back to see these. I am posting a project every day for the next week :-)

You can click on my shop below to purchase these ...hurry though as they are only available in November 2018.

I will be back soon with another project, until then ...

Happy Crafting!

Gez xxx


Below are the products I used, if you click on the item it will take you directly to my shop where you can purchase the items.


Product List

Snow Is Glistening Photopolymer Stamp Set [149742] £20.00	Snowfall Thinlits Dies [149692] £36.00	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock [140490] £7.25
Silver Foil Sheets [132178] £3.75	Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder [109131] £4.75	Versamark Pad [102283] £8.25
Happiness Surrounds Photopolymer Stamp Set [149744] £16.00	Snowflake Trinkets [149620] £7.50	White Velveteen Sheets [149619] £4.75

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Stampin' Trimmer The Basics

Nigezza Creates aka Gez, Independent Stampin' Up® Demonstrator 

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today, I am doing something a bit different today. There is a video to accompany this blog post and what I am doing is showing you how I mark up my trimmer and see other top tips for it.



The Trimmer

Stampin' Trimmer [129722] £28.00

I love my trimmer, it is the best trimmer I have ever owned and it was on top of the list of my starter kit and I just couldn't wait to get it.  I also love that you can score with the trimmer so that means if you are just starting out then it saves you money on buying a score board.

Marking up my trimmer

I like to have marks on the trimmer to show me very quickly where to cut my card bases and mats. These marks are for use with UK A4 size card stock. It can easily be adjusted to fit other size card stock.

• The blue mark is for half a standard A4 sheet in both landscape and portrait 
• The green mark is the first mat size
• The pink mark is the double mat size

I like to cut my mats 1/4" smaller all around so it leaves a 1/8" border.

The Blue marks

• 5 7/8"
• 4 1/8"

The Green marks

• 5 5/8"
• 3 7/8"

The Pink Marks

• 5 3/8"
• 3 5/8"

Tip for cutting smaller strips

I use washy tape if I am cutting small strip. The washy holds the card stock in place while I cut. I always have a strip of washy stuck to my trimmer.

Tip for seeing the measurements on the centre arm

It is quite hard to see the measurements on the centre arm so I have stuck some white paper on the underside so I can read it better.

Trimmer Storage

I know quite a lot of people who have not realised that there is a storage section underneath the trimmer! Very handy for keeping spare blades.

Changing the blades

It may be easier to watch the video than read this! But basically you put the blade to the bottom of the track where there is a section that has a larger aperture, you then just pull it out, sometimes it is easy to do and sometimes you may need something to help lever it out. Then to replace drop the new blade in the hold and snap in place. 

Cleaning the track

From time to time the track will need to be cleared of the paper fibres that build up in it. I run my pokey tool down it, sometimes I wrap some paper towel soaked in rubbing alcohol around it. 

How long do the blades last?

It does depend on how often you use it. I have never actually timed how long one lasts but probably 3-4 months and I craft every day. It is important to use the trimmer on a flat surface, to press lightly when pulling it towards you or away from you. I often start my cut in the middle of the card stock if the blade is getting a bit old. Some people also swear by cutting kitchen foil to give the blades a bit of extra life when they are wearing out. 

Video 

I do hope you found that useful.  I will be back soon with another project, until then ...

Happy Crafting!

Gez xxx

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Jill & Gez Go Crafting Project Share #4

Nigezza Creates aka Gez, Independent Stampin' Up® Demonstrator

Thank you for joining me today for another Project Share with Jill AKA Paper Daisy Crafting. I have picked 3 amazing projects to share with you, I am sure you will love them too :-) 

Jill has a lovely Blog which I am sure you will want to check out once you see the projects I have chosen to show you.

Project 1

I just love this bright Christmas Card, it makes such a lovely change to traditional colours. I never use this sort of colour palette but maybe I should. 

Click here for the original blog post :-) 

Project 2

When I saw this card I could not believe that we had both made a double Z card. We have done this sort of thing quite often lately! Really like the embossing on the base of the card. Love this fancy fold card. Love this stamp set ... another one on my wish list!

Click here for the original blog post :-) 

Project 3

This card is absolutely stunning, its my favourite DSP sheet at the moment and the whole composition of this card is just lovely. If I received this card I would be tempted to frame it and make if a permanent part of my Christmas decorations. Love it. love it. love it.

Click here to go to the original post :-) 

I hope you enjoyed the 3 projects I chose and I hope you will go and check out Jill's Blog, she also has video tutorials for each of these projects as well.

Click here to go to Jill's YouTube Channel :-) 

I will be back tomorrow with another tutorial. Until then ...

Happy Crafting :-)

Gez xxx

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Simple Quick Dashing Deer Christmas Card

Nigezza Creates aka Gez, Independent Stampin' Up® Demonstrator

Thank you for joining my today. This project is a vert quick Christmas card using the Dashing Deer die cut and the new Glimmer Paper from the Joyous Noel collection.  I teamed the sup with the Joyous Noel DSP. I am not actually sure if I really like this card but my Other Half says its nice to thats good enough for me!

Measurements and Materials

Product List

• Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock
• Card Base
• 8 1/4" x 5 7/8"
• Folded 4 1/8" x 5 7/8"
• Square for top of card 3 1/2" x 3 1/2"
• Joyous Noel 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper
• I used the paper with the deer on it and cut a strip
• 5 7/8" x 2 1/2"
• Joyous Noel 6" X 6" Glimmer Paper
• Square of the Copper Glimmer paper was cut to matt the whisper White topper 
• 3 3/4" x 3 3/4"
• Deer was cut from the middle of the square to save on the Glimmer Paper
• Detailed Deer Thinlits Dies
• I used the large leaping deer die to cut from the glimmer paper 

Video Tutorial 

Time for the close ups

I do hope you liked this project and my little tip for getting the most out of your Glimmer paper :-)

I will be back soon with another tutorial, until then ....

Happy Crafting!

Gez xxx


Product List

Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock [140490]

Joyous Noel 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [147816]

Joyous Noel 6" X 6" Glimmer Paper [147817]

Detailed Deer Thinlits Dies [147915]

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The Project Share Project

Nigezza Creates aka Gez, Independent Stampin' Up® Demonstrator 

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today, I am here today with another  Project Share.  I am a little late this week as I have just got back from a fabulous week in Turkey. I have never visited Turkey before and all I can say is WOW! what an amazing week I have had. It was a delayed night time flight so I write this a little zombified!

Helzie from Slimm & Stylish

The first project I have chosen is by Helzie, I love this project which was created for a breast cancer blog hop, as a breast cancer survivor myself this is of course close to my heart. I saw this blog hop last year and really want to take part in it next year.

I love this stamp set and think Helzie has used it really well to create a card with the pink theme.

You can take a closer look at this project by clicking here :-) 

Verity from Inkybutterfly  

Verity always makes amazing clean and simple cards. I really love the colour combination used in this card, I don't have this set but seeing beautiful cards like this certainly puts it on my wish list.

You can take a closer look at this project by clicking here :-) 

Heather from Stamp with Nellie

I love this project, Heather has taken a Stampin' Up! treat bag and turned it into a gusseted gift bag. Simple but so effected and great for when you need a quick gift bag, I will definitely be having a go at this :-) 

You can take a closer look at this project by clicking here :-) 

I do hope you have enjoyed the projects I have chosen for you and you will go and check them out. I look forward to bringing you some more projects next time :- )

I will be back on Sunday with another project, until then ...

Happy Crafting!

Gez xxx



Please remember to use my host code so I can send you some FREE product as a thank you for shopping with me :-)

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