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Lotus Blossom and A Happy Thing recap

Lotus Blossom and A Happy Thing recap

Sale-a-bration 2015 is coming to a close and will end on Tuesday 31 March.  Grab your freebies before they're gone! There's a whole craft-box full to choose from. Here are just 2 of the stamp sets that we've put to good use - Lotus Blossom and A Happy Thing (just...

More Sale-a-bration freebies!

More Sale-a-bration freebies!

Wow! Can you believe that Stampin' Up! has added more freebies to the Sale-a-bration pot! We're now into the last two weeks of Sale-a-bration - it ends on 31 March 2015 and we're at the stage where all Sale-A-Bration items (with the exception of stamps) will be...

Big Day gift card

Big Day gift card

Today’s card is one from our March card classes. We used the Bow Builder punch to turn it into a cute looking gift parcel, complete with tag. The card base is a small square of Crisp Cantaloupe matted with Baked Brown Sugar DSP from the 2013-15 In Color DSP Stack....

Simply Wonderful bundle 2

Simply Wonderful bundle 2

On Thursday I suggested a bundle of products that will let you earn the Simply Wonderful stamp set for FREE and shared a project that used it (here). Today I’m back with a second project using the same bundle. SIMPLY WONDERFUL BUNDLE £14.95  Pictogram Punches clear...

Something Borrowed Box

Something Borrowed Box

Happy Mother's Day! … to all the Mums out there 🙂 Now that I know my Mum has opened her present, I can share a helpful discovery I made as I put together the packaging for her gift 😉 This is how it looked all wrapped up. I started with a Tiny Treat Box (25 of them...

April Classes

April Classes

Here’s a little advance notice of our planned April classes: Thinlit Technique Class – April SATURDAY 11 APRIL 2015 11AM – 1PM In our April technique class we’ll learn how to get the best results with thinlits – specifically the Butterflies Thinlits. We’ll use them to...

Four Feathers in gold on vellum

Four Feathers in gold on vellum

A final Four Feathers card today, before we switch the focus to our March card class stamp sets 🙂 Here we've used gold embossing on vellum and direct to the card. The card base is an A6 portrait of Blackberry Bliss, matted with Brushed Gold card. On a Very Vanilla...

Simply Wonderful bundle

Simply Wonderful bundle

To help you with ideas for earning your freebies, each week until the end of Sale-a-bration, I’m  suggesting a possible bundle and sharing  a couple of projects that use that bundle. These are only suggestions – you’re always free to switch and change to suit your...

Easter carrot

Easter carrot

Back with another Easter project for you today - a carrot for the Easter Bunny, filled with mini eggs! The carrot was made using Sweet Taffy DSP and following our tutorial and measurements here. We no longer stock the Crimper so the ends of the carrot were scored on...