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Winter Wonderland Vellum Bag – sneak peek

Winter Wonderland Vellum Bag – sneak peek

Tomorrow our new Stampin' Up! Autumn/Winter catalogue launches and today I have a sneak peek for you, that uses some of the new printed vellum from the catty. This snowflake design is from a pad of 6" x 6" vellums. There are 36 sheets total; 3 each of 6 black designs...

Partial cut watercolor wings

Partial cut watercolor wings

Apologies for having been away for so long. I hadn't planned on taking such a long break from blogging but I have been trying to catch up on much needed housework and decluttering. There's still a lot to do but at least our guest room is spick and span, freezers are...

World of Dreams sympathy card

World of Dreams sympathy card

Unfortunately it's been one of those unhappy occasions where I've needed to send a sympathy card ... and I'd used all the ones I'd made previously. This is not the sort of card you want to make under pressure. For inspiration I turned to Pinterest and saw a few...

Tips for using Little Letters thinlits

Tips for using Little Letters thinlits

On Saturday I shared this Little Letters Christmas card. I’m back today with hints and tips for using this set of thinlits. Tip 1 - Lay the Little Letters out on your card to "try out" the spacing. Where duplicate letters are needed, use a letter of the approx. size...

Christmas ideas – Little Letters

Christmas ideas – Little Letters

Lol, hottest few days of the year and I'm sharing Christmas cards 😀 But I did mention a few weeks ago that from July onwards we will be bringing you a new Christmas project every weekend – sometimes a card, other times, gift box, wrap or tag idea. Some of these will...

Bonus Deals this month!

Bonus Deals this month!

Woohoo! 1 July–4 August, we’re adding more items to the Clearance Rack and to Weekly Deals. Save up to 30% on even more Weekly Deals, or up to 60% on extra items in the Clearance Rack (usually retired products, available while supplies last). Please note: Weekly Deals...

June thank you – sprinkles of life

June thank you – sprinkles of life

Here’s the card that is going/went out, as a sweet little thank you message to my customers in June. The card base is a small square of Mint Macaron, matted with Early Espresso. Using Early Espresso ink, the basket/cupcake case from Sprinkles of Life was stamped onto...

Butterfly Basics with thinlits

Butterfly Basics with thinlits

A few weeks ago we shared a Butterfly Basic card that had been simply stamped. As promised we're back today with another version, that this time also uses the matching thinlits (buy together as a bundle to save 15%) The card base is an A6 portrait of Blackberry Bliss....