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Tutorial for floating circle retirement card

Tutorial for floating circle retirement card

Today’s tutorial is for a floating circle retirement card. This card uses the floating strip technique to create a sunset background for the silhouetted palm trees. Although the Paradise Palms stamps and dies are available separately in the new Annual Catalogue, you...

Tutorial for split circles congrats card

Tutorial for split circles congrats card

Today’s tutorial is for a split circles congrats card. This is a fun idea that can be used in a variety of ways depending on your card layout. I've spread both sets of semi-circles out for this landscape layout. I would place them directly above and below for a...

Tutorial for quick circles card

Tutorial for quick circles card

Today’s tutorial is for a quick circles card. The Layering Circles die set includes 16 dies in total, 8 plain and 8 scalloped. The set has been around for a long time and I use them frequently on my projects. They work well with so many old and new products. Each week...

Tutorial for Beautiful intertwined frame card

Tutorial for Beautiful intertwined frame card

Today’s tutorial is for a Beautiful intertwined frame card. A frame of intertwined hexagons is used to highlight the sentiment. This card would work well for an engagement or wedding card. I share a video below that shows how to create the intertwined frames. Whilst I...

Tutorial for Hello Beautiful birthday card

Tutorial for Hello Beautiful birthday card

Today’s tutorial is for a Hello Beautiful birthday card. This would work with a variety of bold or bright colours substituting for the Bermuda Bay. Although the Hello Beautiful stamps and Beautiful Shapes dies are available separately in the new Annual Catalogue, you...

Tutorial for quick Beautiful thanks card

Tutorial for quick Beautiful thanks card

Today’s tutorial is for a quick Beautiful thanks card. It incorporates several elements of the Abstract Beauty suite. The stamp set and the dies have carried forward to the main catalogue but the bundle saving of 10% and the other elements in the suite are only...

IDEAS Blog Hop – Sending Smiles Twist & Pop card

IDEAS Blog Hop – Sending Smiles Twist & Pop card

Welcome to the IDEAS blog hop. This month I'm using the Sending Smiles bundle and the new 2022-2024 In Colors for my tutorial contribution. In this blog hop we’ll be sharing sneak peeks of this month's fabulous IDEAS Tutorial Bundle. Some show an alternate design,...

Tutorial for My Anchor kit thanks card

Tutorial for My Anchor kit thanks card

Today’s tutorial is for a You Are My Anchor kit thanks card. This kit contains supplies for 10 mini cards: 2 each of 5 designs and also 4 boxes with bands. I'm using the stamps from the kit to create my own standard size card. There are extra labels in the kit,...

June 2022 Online Workshop

June 2022 Online Workshop

Last night was my June 2022 Online Workshop. I hold one at 7pm (GMT) on the first Wednesday of every month via Facebook Live. It is recorded (usually - I had a tech problem last month). That way anyone who can’t make that particular time can catch up with the replay....