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Another Mixed Bunch Blossom card

Another Mixed Bunch Blossom card

I hope that the weather is treating you as kindly in your part of the world as it is in ours and that you're gearing up for a great weekend. I've been busy again with my free Mixed Bunch stamp set, to create this thank you card - teaming it with some of the gorgeous...

A birthday card using my free stamp set

A birthday card using my free stamp set

At the Regional Training on Saturday we were all given a free stamp set - Mixed Bunch. Now I love this stamp set and had a terrible time resisting buying it on pre-order, knowing that I’d be getting it free 6-7 weeks later (that’s a long time!). I’ve been so impatient...

The rest of the swaps

The rest of the swaps

Today I’m back with the rest of my swaps from the Regional Training on Saturday. Here are the ones that can lie flat: And a few 3d swaps that wouldn’t really lay down on the boards: I had to work flat out from designing my own swap on Thursday morning to finishing...

Name badge and team swaps

Name badge and team swaps

Hope you're having a great weekend. I'm back today to share a few more goodies from yesterday's Regional Training. This time round we were asked to create our own name badge for the event. I thought I'd share mine with you, as you could easily make something like...

My teabag holder swaps for regional training

My teabag holder swaps for regional training

Yes I've been making more tea bag holders  but a different design this time and lots of them. All for our Regional Training day which I went to today. This was one of our occasional annual training days where a big bunch of demonstrators (about 75 of us at the Leeds...

June Blossoms Class

June Blossoms Class

In this class we'll be covering the brayered embossing technique, to create fun backgrounds for our cards. Everyone will have the chance to make up to four cards. If you're a beginner, or just like to work more slowly, you'll be able to finish the cards at home just...

Apothecary Flower Frame – take 2

Apothecary Flower Frame – take 2

Today's card is a complete copy of yesterday's, with just a simple change of colour - a switch to pinks. The instructions are also just the same as for yesterday but the new recipe is listed below. Recipe Stamp sets: Apothecary Art (W125525 or C125527) Cardstock:...

Apothecary Flower Frame

Apothecary Flower Frame

Have you seen the Apothecary Art stamp set yet? It's fabulous - a set of four flowery labels that fit the Labels Collection of Framelits dies, along with two sentiments that sit within them. Here I've used them to create a feminine birthday card. Recipe Stamp sets:...