Sara’s Crafting and Stamping Studio

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Choccie easter bunnies in a candy wrapper

Choccie easter bunnies in a candy wrapper

It's always a fun challenge to find ways to make my existing stamp sets work for alternative occasions and I decided that the little balloon holding bunny from my Perfect Postage set, could be an Easter Bunny. And how lucky, I can just squeeze a couple of mini...

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A bright gift bag for Mother’s Day goodies

A bright gift bag for Mother’s Day goodies

Hubby and I share the tasks in our house - haha, not really! - but since DH made the card for Mari, I made her gift bag. Mari loves bags and boxes and she loves bright colours, so I took some of the Big Top Birthday DSP as the basis for my colour combo. And as Mari is...

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Mother’s Day from son to Mum

Mother’s Day from son to Mum

Well, my Mum loved the Mother's Day card yesterday and I was so pleased that she recognised the work and love that went into it. So here's the Mother's Day card that DH made for his Mum. He definitely likes tongue in cheek and he wanted to get our dog, Bess in on the...

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Happy Mother’s Day

Happy Mother’s Day

A Happy Mother's Day to all moms reading. I hope that you've been well spoiled and treated like a queen today. I've spent the day at the craft fair (Hi to those of you who stopped by) and it's a quick post before I pop out to take this card over to my own Mum and...

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Tutorial – create an easter basket

Tutorial – create an easter basket

This Easter Basket is easily resized to hold more chocolate - just divide the length of the sides by 3, to work out the placement of the score lines. For this dinky version I've started with a 4.5" square of Daffodil Delight card. Step 1 - Score at 1.5" on all four...

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Easter Baskets for the Sunday Craft Fair

Easter Baskets for the Sunday Craft Fair

I've been busy today making these little Easter baskets ready for the Craft Fair at Langsett Barn on Sunday. This is a dinky little one that just holds a choccie chick and a few mini eggs but it can easily be resized to hold bigger chocs. I'll be back tomorrow with a...

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