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Everything Eleanor tag card

Everything Eleanor tag card

Last week we shared an Everything Eleanor card that was simply stamped. This time we've added a bunch of punches to the set,  to create this get well card. The card base is an A6 portrait of Chocolate Chip, matted with a Crisp Cantaloupe design from the 2013-2015 In...

Triple time Mixed Bunch

Triple time Mixed Bunch

This was our "simply" stamped version of the Mixed Bunch card at our April Card Class. Perhaps not quite so simple? Triple time stamping is actually a reasonably easy technique to do … however, you do need to reassemble the pieces the same way up as you stamped them....

Weekly deals until 21 April

Weekly deals until 21 April

We have another bumper crop of  Weekly Deals this week so I didn't want you to miss out on them. These are the deals available now and they’ll stay until Tuesday night, 21 April. Have fun shopping! Sara xx

Sheltering Tree thank you card

Sheltering Tree thank you card

For today's card, just a few simple elements from the Sheltering Tree set were used with just two colours, to create a striking thank you card. The card base is a small square of Melon Mambo, matted with Pear Pizzazz. Using Pear Pizzazz ink, the brushstroke from...

Everything Eleanor simply stamped

Everything Eleanor simply stamped

This simply stamped Everything Eleanor card is quick and easy to make and only needs two ink colours and two card colours (plus the Very Vanilla). We added a sentiment from Sassy Salutations but you could use any "large font" sentiment set (the smaller ones like Teeny...

May Classes

May Classes

Here’s a little advance notice of our planned May classes: Embossing Folder Technique Class - May SATURDAY 9 MAY 2015 11AM – 1PM In our May technique class we're working with embossing folders and learning different ways to use them. We'll combine the Spring Flowers...

Poppies sympathy card

Poppies sympathy card

When we made this card in our monthly card class, everyone was given the option of creating it with the sympathy sentiment, or as a birthday card, as they preferred. It's always good to have a sympathy card ready to use, much harder to have to create one at short...

Sea Street Circles card

Sea Street Circles card

This was our stepped up Sea Street card at our class last month. It uses a lot of circles to produce a cute card, good for youngsters and the young at heart 🙂 We used punches but you could get a similar effect using circle dies. The card base is an A6 portrait of...

Weekly deals until 14 April

Weekly deals until 14 April

We have a bumper crop of  Weekly Deals this week. These are the deals available now and they’ll stay until Tuesday night, 14 April. My top pick this week has to be the magnetic platform! Perfect for die cutting your stamped images. Happy shopping. Sara...