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Month: July 2012

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Get Well Wishes

Get Well Wishes

A quick card share today, as I send some Get Well Wishes to a poorly friend. There certainly seem to be a lot of bad bugs going around at the moment. I had the Apothecary Art stamp set (W125966 or C127451) and the Labels Collection Framelits (125598) still out from...

Sophisticated balloons for my darling hubby

Sophisticated balloons for my darling hubby

Today is my wonderful hubby's birthday ... and he's still suffering, the poor love. He's had a chest infection for nearly three weeks now and is still feeling grotty so we're going to hold off the main birthday celebrations until he's feeling well enough to enjoy them...

Calypso card using free ribbon

Calypso card using free ribbon

The thin, sheer, organdy ribbon from the Everyday Ribbon and Brad Pack (our July offer and free with a £45 purchase), is perfect for threading through small holes, such as those of our Perfect Pennant medallions (123126).  Here, I've used it to create a frame for one...

Tutorial – create an origami box

Tutorial – create an origami box

I've had a lot of requests to post a tutorial for this origami box: So here it is ... To make this size (which holds 4 Ferrero Rocher chocolates), you will need to start with a 9" square piece of DSP for the lid and an 8-1/2" square piece of DSP for the base. The box...

Casing the team – no. 3

Casing the team – no. 3

Today's project is another CASE from my team swaps. Krista made this lovely flower from the Daisies 2 die (114520). I decided to use the Fun Flowers die (121812) with a combination of Lucky Limeade card for the outer petals, Everyday Enchantment DSP (126154) for the...

Another stepper box and an update on events

Another stepper box and an update on events

Today hasn't quite gone to plan. We should have been raising money today for : through our Oxspring Open Gardens. The dreadful rain and flooding that we had on Friday though (a month's worth of rain in a single day), resulted in the event being rescheduled.  Hopefully...

Bright Blossoms Class now available online

Bright Blossoms Class now available online

If you liked the look of these projects but were unable to attend our recent in-person Blossoms Class, you now have a chance to purchase the online version of the class. This class walks you through the brayered embossing technique and suggests a few additional ways...