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Month: September 2011

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New catalogue launches tomorrow!

New catalogue launches tomorrow!

Yay! Just one more sleep. The new catty launches tomorrow and I can't wait to put my order in. Meanwhile I've got a bunch of my recent hostesses coming over tonight and another bunch tomorrow, so that we can play with my pre-order goodies. This is the card that I sent...

Technique – Stamping on window sheets

Technique – Stamping on window sheets

Yesterday I shared this faux glass butterfly and I'm back today to share how I stamped it. If you try stamping onto window sheet, acetate, glass or any similar surface with our regular dye-based ink then the image won't dry, it will simply sit on the surface of the...

Sneak peek no. 3 – faux glass butterfly

Sneak peek no. 3 – faux glass butterfly

My sneak peek for you today is another of the new In Colours ... and a new punch! I've combined them with a retiring product, Thick Window Sheet, to produce a faux glass butterfly card. You can do this technique with the Medium Window Sheet (which is staying) but the...

Sneak peek no. 2 – another anniversary card

Sneak peek no. 2 – another anniversary card

How proud am I of my hubby? So proud! I left him to work in my craft room while I went to the dentist yesterday and when I got back he'd made this anniversary card for me (yes - I'm not the only one in the house that does things last minute, lol). I think it's simply...

Sneak peek no. 1 – anniversary card

Sneak peek no. 1 – anniversary card

Today is my and my hubby's 9th wedding anniversary and the card I made for him gives a little sneak peek of one of the new stamp sets coming out on Saturday. The gemstone for a 9th wedding anniversary is Lapis Lazuli - I figured that Pacific Point was probably the...

I’m back with some Pattern Pieces

I’m back with some Pattern Pieces

I'm back! Sorry for the lack of posts this last week. I was away in London on a training course and unfortunately after a couple of days there, the conference room chairs put my back out again. It was as much as I could do to sit out the training and make my way back...

Book now for the October technique class

Book now for the October technique class

When:  1:30pm - 3:30pm, Saturday 8 October 2011 Where:  St Saviour's Church Hall, Mortomley Lane, High Green, Sheffield What: In October our technique class will cover: the crimped diamond and rosette techniques combined (pictured); and the resist technique How...

A cased batch of elegant thank you cards

A cased batch of elegant thank you cards

How the time flies. It doesn't seem five minutes since my last set of exams but it's Autumn and so I'm away training again. This time I'm down in London for the next stage of my Audit Advanced Diploma. I've brought some card, some of my new stamps and my markers, so...

An Autumnal Anniversary Card

An Autumnal Anniversary Card

Today is MIL and FIL's wedding anniversary and so of course - a card to celebrate. As you may know, my MIL doesn't really like overly sentimental cards and so I wanted to keep a light feel while still acknowledging the date. The owls seemed perfect for the job and as...