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Delicate Details thank you

Delicate Details thank you

I'm hoping to share this card with you before the Delicate Details Lace Tape sells out 🙂 It's currently reduced in price (to £6.27) in our Retirement Sale but our retiring products are selling out fast! The card is a small square of Wisteria Wonder. The round...

Blooming Mosaic thank you

Blooming Mosaic thank you

Sometimes you don't need a lot of stamping to make a big impact. Here, we've just added a border stamp above and below a sentiment. If you're nervous about stamping, then keep it simple and rely on the embellishments to fill the space around. The card base is a large...

Regarding Dahlias Class

Regarding Dahlias Class

SATURDAY 19 July 2014 1.15PM – 3.45PM Please note that our class in July will be a little later in the month than usual. In our July class you will learn 5 great stamping techniques featuring the Regarding Dahlias stamp set and using 4 special types of paper....

Project Life – not just for scrapbooking

Project Life – not just for scrapbooking

Yesterday I shared my first Project Life scrapbooked page and I'm looking forward to sharing this and showing it to to my friends and customers in real life because I'm impressed at how truly easy it is to do. But I also know my friends and customers well and I know...

Thank you for my birthday cards

Thank you for my birthday cards

A quick diversion today. It was my birthday yesterday (thanks for everyone's best wishes over on Facebook - you can like us here if you've not already done so 🙂 www.facebook.com/craftingandstamping) and I received some truly beautiful handcrafted cards. I thought you...

Project Life has landed

Project Life has landed

Some say scrapbooking takes too much time. And it can do ... the old way. But Project Life is quick, easy and has a fresh approach. It couldn’t be simpler: slip photos, mementos, and journaling into an album with Photo Pocket Pages. That alone will give you fabulous...

How to apply the dryer sheet technique

How to apply the dryer sheet technique

Yesterday I shared this By the Tide card where I'd used the dryer sheet technique. The pic doesn't do it justice but it gives a very sparkly, soft focus feel to your image. You'll need a (used) tumble dryer sheet (the very open weave sort that's almost transparent)...

By the Tide sparkling water – honest!

By the Tide sparkling water – honest!

Today's card uses the dryer sheet technique which makes the image very glittery but I've had real trouble trying to pick that up on camera. The idea was to give the impression of sparkling water … and it does in real life but the glitz is just hidden by the dryer...