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Month: May 2012

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Blossoms are great in batches

Blossoms are great in batches

Today's Blossom card shows just how well suited this stamp set and matching punch is for making a big batch of cards (I promise I'll move onto other stamp sets soon, honest ).  This design is simple, quick and doesn't use too many supplies. In this bright and cheery...

More blossoms for my friends

More blossoms for my friends

I made a small bunch of these cards, with different sentiments, for some of my crafting friends today. The ornate flower has really grabbed me (I know, I can't stop using it ) but I made an effort today, to use one of the other flowers in the set and the more solid...

A quick and easy box

A quick and easy box

I've been using my Scoring Tool again today to make this really quick and easy box. Ideal for a small set of notelets and envelopes or for a few chocs. Recipe DSP: Sweet Shop (125408) Punches: 1″ Circle (119868) Tools:  Simply Scored Scoring Tool (122334) Being a good...

Another Mixed Bunch Blossom card

Another Mixed Bunch Blossom card

I hope that the weather is treating you as kindly in your part of the world as it is in ours and that you're gearing up for a great weekend. I've been busy again with my free Mixed Bunch stamp set, to create this thank you card - teaming it with some of the gorgeous...

A birthday card using my free stamp set

A birthday card using my free stamp set

At the Regional Training on Saturday we were all given a free stamp set - Mixed Bunch. Now I love this stamp set and had a terrible time resisting buying it on pre-order, knowing that I’d be getting it free 6-7 weeks later (that’s a long time!). I’ve been so impatient...

The rest of the swaps

The rest of the swaps

Today I’m back with the rest of my swaps from the Regional Training on Saturday. Here are the ones that can lie flat: And a few 3d swaps that wouldn’t really lay down on the boards: I had to work flat out from designing my own swap on Thursday morning to finishing...

Name badge and team swaps

Name badge and team swaps

Hope you're having a great weekend. I'm back today to share a few more goodies from yesterday's Regional Training. This time round we were asked to create our own name badge for the event. I thought I'd share mine with you, as you could easily make something like...

My teabag holder swaps for regional training

My teabag holder swaps for regional training

Yes I've been making more tea bag holders  but a different design this time and lots of them. All for our Regional Training day which I went to today. This was one of our occasional annual training days where a big bunch of demonstrators (about 75 of us at the Leeds...