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Easter card from a friend

Easter card from a friend

A very quick share today. I just want to show you this lovely Easter card I got from a friend (yes, sorry I'm so late sharing). Although this is an Easter card you could easily make the same card as a birthday card by simply switching the sentiment. The bonus is that...

Birthday card for Captain Tom

Birthday card for Captain Tom

This rainbow birthday card for Captain Tom Moore is made in the same way as I used scraps for this Stamping Challenge 3 card. I'm pretty sure that you'll have heard of Captain Tom by now, but just in case... He's an absolute hero who set himself the challenge of...

Stamping Challenge 4

Stamping Challenge 4

Stampin’ Up! (SU!) are working to keep everyone stamping by setting us a new challenge each week. This is stamping challenge 4. The challenge is to make a project using any of the colours pictured below. Use them all or just a few – it’s up to you. COLOUR COMBO This...

2020 retiring products

2020 retiring products

It's that time of year again. Select products from the 2020 January -June catalogue and 2019–2020 annual catalogue are retiring. You can check out the lists by clicking on the links below to download them. Last Chance Products - Annual CatalogueDownload Last Chance...

Floating Frame Technique

Floating Frame Technique

I recently shared this card made with the floating frame technique. It was one of a series I created for my downline team. The technique makes two separate cards, one with the outer frame and one using the inner centre. It is easy to adapt to either make it a little...

Stamping Challenge 3

Stamping Challenge 3

Stampin' Up! (SU!) are working to keep everyone stamping and have set us a colour challenge. This is actually SU! stamping challenge 3 so I must have missed a couple already! The challenge is to make a project using any of the colours pictured below. Use them all or...

Floating Frame in Daffodil

Floating Frame in Daffodil

I've been meaning to try this technique for ages, so while I had a bit of time, I made a whole batch of these. For some, I used bright colours and others, more subtle shades. This outer floating frame card in Daffodil Delight uses the Stitched Rectangles to create the...

Ornate Daisy thank you

Ornate Daisy thank you

This Ornate Daisy thank you card was one of the make and takes at our Paper Dolls Inspiration Meeting earlier this week. It was a virtual meeting of course, done through our Facebook group to maintain social distancing. The daisies in the Ornate Garden Specialty DSP...

Ornate Merlot Thank You

Ornate Merlot Thank You

My Ornate Garden Suite arrived last week so I've had a lot of fun over the weekend creating samples with it. I decided to combine it with Woven Threads DSP to create this Ornate Merlot thank you card. The Ornate Garden Suite has two separate bundles of stamp set and...