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Month: September 2012

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A matching gift wallet for Dad

A matching gift wallet for Dad

My Dad has pretty much all he wants at this point in his life  and so prefers to have a gift certificate that he can spend as he chooses. The Amazon certificate he wanted, can be printed out as a gift card but I still wanted to make it a little more special in the...

A birthday card for Dad

A birthday card for Dad

Today is my Dad's birthday and so my share for you this time, is my card to him. I decided to go with Need for Speed (W122715 or C122717) as the main stamp set, as it's such a good set for masculine cards. Instead of the car though, which is an easy choice, I figured...

A frosty snowman button card

A frosty snowman button card

Yesterday I shared a Halloween card made using the Button Buddies stamp set and today I'm back to give the card a Christmas makeover, keeping the same stamp sets. This sweet and simple Christmas card starts with a square base card of Baja Breeze, matted with some...

Smart and classy Halloween card

Smart and classy Halloween card

If you'd like to make a smart Halloween card but want a more versatile stamp set that you can use year round then you can't do better than the Button Buddies set. This fantastic little set has images for all occasions including; halloween, Christmas, birthday, get...

Holiday Frame Class now available online

Holiday Frame Class now available online

If you liked the look of these projects but were unable to attend our recent in-person Holiday Frame Class (the September Surprise Class!), you now have a chance to purchase the online version of the class. This class walks you through three different ways to use the...

Cookies for a quick thank you

Cookies for a quick thank you

A quick change of pace today, away from the all the Halloween and Christmas projects. One of the brand new and very different products from the Autumn/Winter catalogue, is the Season of Sweets Designer Kit. This kit contains enough materials to package 12 cookies (or...

Tutorial – how to weave a background

Tutorial – how to weave a background

I recently shared a couple of cards, each with a weave background. The Halloween card here used the same woven ribbon in both directions. This Christmas card uses two different papers, woven in different directions. Cut a card base (scrap card will be enough) to the...

Christmas weave card

Christmas weave card

Yesterday's woven "bandage" card gets a Christmas makeover today and we swap ribbon for paper. The woven paper is made more of a feature by turning it into the "wrapping paper" of a present and then tying it with the wonderfully soft, Sweater Trim. The papers are from...

Bandaged background for a Halloween Mummy card

Bandaged background for a Halloween Mummy card

Oops! Some of you might have seen this ahead of time  I was trying to get organised yesterday because I'm travelling for work today and might not be back until late. In trying to schedule the blogpost for today I made a mistake and accidentally published it. Worse...