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Wondrous Wreath swaps

Wondrous Wreath swaps

Sorry for the slow posts - a busy week this week 🙂 I've been cutting card for our Inspiration Meeting last night and for our two classes on Saturday. This was my swap for all my team mates last night - yes, I'm starting on Christmas already! The card base is an A6...

Flower Patch Slider Treat

Flower Patch Slider Treat

In our recent Slider Technique Class we included a version of this slider treat box. The original was sized for a Kit Kat but they're quite easy to resize for whatever sweet treat you choose. My friend Catherine asked how to make one to hold a Hotel Chocolat slab and...

Perpetual Diamond Box

Perpetual Diamond Box

I've seen a few of these boxes in blogland over the last month or two and decided it was time to try one. My lovely friend Elaine may have been the first to design it and she certainly has an easy to follow tutorial for the basic box and measurements. She calls it a...

Last chance for May bookings

Last chance for May bookings

Today is the deadline to sign up for our various May classes and events. You can choose from our Embossing Folder Technique class on Saturday 9 May. Or our regular Card Class, also on Saturday 9 May (luckily we managed to select stamp sets that aren't retiring -...

Sheltering Tree with doily

Sheltering Tree with doily

Today's card uses a few retiring products (the Soft Sky Taffeta Ribbon and the Scallop Edge border punch will be going/have gone) but hopefully not too many. We won't know about the stamp set for another week or so 🙂 The card base is an A6 landscape of Pear Pizzazz,...

Punch art from a guest blogger

Punch art from a guest blogger

A quick post today from a guest blogger - this punch art card was made by my friend Mari - isn't it cute! The plane was made with a combination of Word Window punched shapes and different side circle punches. Word Window shapes were also used for the sheep along with...

Mixed Bunch with punches

Mixed Bunch with punches

Mixed Bunch is a lovely set to use simply on it's own (as here) but it works even better when you team it with the matching Blossom punch 🙂 The card base is a small square of Strawberry Slush.  A sentiment from the Flower Patch set was stamped onto the corner of a...

Weekly deals until 28 April

Weekly deals until 28 April

Along with our retiring list bargains we have our regular crop of  Weekly Deals. These are the deals available now and they’ll stay until Tuesday night, 28 April.         Have fun shopping! Sara xx