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Early release Carols of Christmas set

Early release Carols of Christmas set

Do you like to get a head start on your Christmas cards? In addition to the Christmas sets in the annual Idea Book and Catalogue (see pages 112-123), this month we're bringing you an early release set from the upcoming Autumn/Winter catalogue that will launch at the...

Bright and cheery Mini Treat Bag

Bright and cheery Mini Treat Bag

While I still had the Mini Treat Bag Thinlits out on my desk from this project I decided to make a quick Treat Bag. They take no time to cut and assemble and are handy to have around if you need a quick gift when family or friends call unexpectedly over the summer....

Masculine Star Elements

Masculine Star Elements

I think that stars work well for masculine cards. What do you think? I'm also making more of an effort not to hoard my supplies so much this year. Did you notice that I'd had my Fancy Foil Designer Acetate for a year before using it? So I'm making an effort to break...

Foil Acetate birthday card

Foil Acetate birthday card

Today's card uses the Fabulous Foil Designer Acetate. This fabulous patterned acetate is gold on one side and silver on the other. It comes in three different designs (2 sheets of each, 6 in total) so you have plenty of choice. I purchased my Fabulous Foil Designer...

High Tide birthday card

High Tide birthday card

Today's card is a masculine birthday card with very few layers, so that it's good and flat for posting. The stamps do all the work in providing depth and perspective to the image. The card base is an A6 portrait of Sahara Sand, matted with Night of Navy. On a Whisper...

Whole Lot of Lovely peek card

Whole Lot of Lovely peek card

I'd seen a few variations on this style of card on Pinterest and decided to try my own version. I'm really happy with how it turned out and plan to use the same idea with other papers and colours - so don't be surprised if they keep popping up on my blog now and then....

Colour Blocked Wild About Flowers

Colour Blocked Wild About Flowers

Hand coloured watercolour paper provides a great original background for stamping on, having the advantage that no two pieces will ever be quite the same, due to the interplay of ink, water and paper. Here we used the edge of ink pads to ink the Clear Blocks but if...

Denim Carols of Christmas

Denim Carols of Christmas

Today's card is a bit of a sneak peek. Really quick and easy to make, it still packs a punch, due to the rich mixture of Dapper Denim and Gold Foil. It uses the Carols of Christmas stamp set shown in full below. This set is currently a special bonus stamp set added to...

Moving birthday card

Moving birthday card

Today is my hubby's birthday and I wanted to create a card with some movement so I turned to the You Move Me bundle. This amazing stamp set and die bundle creates images that seem to flutter. This short video from SU! shows how this works. This birthday card has a...