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Tutorial for Forever Gold birthday card

Tutorial for Forever Gold birthday card

My tutorial today is for a Forever Gold birthday card. This one uses one of the pre-cut card fronts from the Forever Gold Laser-cut Specialty Paper to do most of the work for me. In the tutorial below, I take you step by step through creating the Forever Gold birthday...

Tutorial for Forever Gold anniversary card

Tutorial for Forever Gold anniversary card

Today’s tutorial is for a Forever Gold anniversary card. The Forever Gold Laser-cut Specialty Paper contains pre-cut card fronts and greenery accents of Gold Foil. They make a quick and easy but elegant addition to your projects. Each week over on my Facebook...

Tutorial for a chicken party card

Tutorial for a chicken party card

My tutorial today is for a chicken party birthday card. This card is one of my large cards (A5 size - a full sheet of card folded in half) and so there is room for all of the chickens to be included. This particular card was commissioned for a specific family...

Tutorial for chick party card

Tutorial for chick party card

Today’s tutorial is for a hey birthday chick party card. This time I'm not using any of the chicken dies or images. Instead I'm using a variety of the little accessory stamps and dies from the Hey Birthday Chick bundle that I'm featuring this week.. I've used them...

Tutorial for chick egg pouch

Tutorial for chick egg pouch

My tutorial today is for a Hey Birthday Chick easter egg pouch. The Hey Birthday Chick set is, of course, great for birthdays, but with so many chickens and eggs (which came first?), it's also perfect for Easter projects. The pouch will easily take a standard...

Tutorial for blue birthday chick card

Tutorial for blue birthday chick card

Today’s tutorial is for a blue birthday chick card. The Hey Birthday Chick stamp set is from the January-June catalogue but there is also a matching die set available that isn't shown in any of the catalogues. Each week over on my Facebook page (please pop...

Tutorial for mercury panel card

Tutorial for mercury panel card

My tutorial today is for a Hydrangea Hill mercury glass panel birthday card. This card uses the panel of mercury glass that we cut from the centre of our frame for this mercury glass background card - 2 cards from 1 piece of mercury glass! In the tutorial below, I...

Tutorial for mercury background card

Tutorial for mercury background card

My tutorial today is for a Hydrangea Hill mercury glass background card. The mercury glass provides a deep background frame for the main panel on this card. Rather than waste all the mercury glass that is hidden. I have a tip to share for getting the most from your...

Tutorial for mercury strip card

Tutorial for mercury strip card

My tutorial today is for a Hydrangea Hill mercury glass strip birthday card. I've CASE'd (Copy And Share Everything) this card from one of my own samples created a few weeks ago. I did this partly because I already have a useful video showing how to put the strips...