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News from Elsecar Craft Fair

News from Elsecar Craft Fair

Just a quick post to say what a brilliant day we've had on our stand at Elsecar Craft Fair today (that's Jan and Joanne, my teammates that you can see in the pic). Many thanks to all the lovely ladies who stopped by to see us. If you're in the area tomorrow then we'd...

3d scrunched flower tutorial

3d scrunched flower tutorial

When I shared this card a few days ago I promised that I'd provide a tutorial on making the flower and so here it is. This is another project that's great for using up scraps of card and DSP and can be used with any flower/scallop circle style punch. Bear in mind...

How to get two flower shapes from one flower punch

How to get two flower shapes from one flower punch

  I love finding ways to get more from our punches and I've found a trick for getting two flower shapes from a single flower punch. First, punch a flower out as normal.         Next, reinsert the original flower into the punch and rotate it so...

Matching butterfly gift wrap

Matching butterfly gift wrap

Yesterday I shared the card that I made for Jan's birthday (I've updated the post with the few missing order codes - sorry about that) and today I can show you the matching gift wrap that I created. As the gift already had a smart box and bag, it seemed a shame to...

Beautiful butterflies for a brilliant birthday

Beautiful butterflies for a brilliant birthday

Today is my friend and downline, Jan's birthday. Happy Birthday Jan! Hope that you have a lovely day. Obviously as a master crafter herself, I have to really up my game when I create Jan's birthday card! Here goes. Recipe Stamp sets: Something to Celebrate (W121897 or...

A quick and simple card using Fresh-Cut Notes

A quick and simple card using Fresh-Cut Notes

I've been having a look through my cupboard to uncover some of my neglected crafting supplies today and came across my Fresh-Cut Notes cards. In case you've not spotted them before (they're easy to miss), these are a set of 15 pre-cut shaped cards (with envelopes)....

And the winner of the blog candy is …

We had 15 people leave comments and I decided to try out using an online random number generator to pick the winner. Commentators were numbered 1-15, with 1 being the first commentator and 15 being the last. And the computer says .... Research Randomizer Results: 1...