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A hole in one!

A hole in one!

Today's card is from a guest blogger - my hubby! He made this card to celebrate his Dad's birthday, which is today. All his own work again - I just gave him a few tips as he went along for how he could achieve the effect he was after  The golf ball was made by...

Casing the team – no. 6

Casing the team – no. 6

Today’s card is another CASE from my team swaps. Mari made this clean and simple card with a striking colour combo. I love the stamp that she used but it's from a Sale-a-bration set that you can no longer get hold of and so I decided to rotate her design, so that I...

A trio of reasons to smile

A trio of reasons to smile

Yesterday I shared our August SU! offer of a FREE 2-step stamp set with £60 purchase. Today's card uses just one of those stamps, coloured in different shades of the same colour - showing that although it's a 2-step system, you don't have to use matching stamps to get...

Do you have a Reason to Smile?

Do you have a Reason to Smile?  Well during August, Stampin' Up! is giving everyone a reason to smile, by giving us the chance to earn for FREE — this exclusive stamp set! You can get this 2-step stamp set FREE when you spend £60 on any Stampin’ Up! products. (Click...

Pedal Presents

Pedal Presents

The Summer Mini catalogue will be coming to an end on 31 August. This means that there's little more than a month left to be sure of getting hold of these products, as not everything will transfer over to the new main Idea book and catalogue, when it launches in...

Casing the team – no. 5

Casing the team – no. 5

Today’s card is another CASE from my team swaps. Chrissi made this card with a small envelope that contains lavender on the front. I don't have any dried lavender for my envelope, so I decided to create a little message to go in mine and swap the Top Note die for a...

Framelits Class now available online

Framelits Class now available online

If you liked the look of these projects but were unable to attend our recent in-person Framelits Class, you now have a chance to purchase the online version of the class. This class walks you through a masked brayered background technique and a framelit aperture...

Sharing July thank you cards

Sharing July thank you cards

Today's card is the one that my customers in July have been receiving with their orders. Having decided to use the Blushing Bride Pleated Satin Ribbon on the cards, I then dipped into the Color Coach to find another couple of colours that would work with it. Stampin'...

A matching candy wrapper box

A matching candy wrapper box

This little box was made to match yesterday's card. A Candy Wrapper (120890) was die cut from Lucky Limeade card and wrapped around with Twitterpated DSP (125406). To make the matching flower, 5-Petal Flowers were punched from Lucky Limeade and Blushing Bride card....