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Perfect Pennants good luck card

Perfect Pennants good luck card

A colleague at work is about to take her driving test for the first time and so this card is for her, to wish her luck. The card base is an A6 portrait of Crisp Cantaloupe. A piece of the Crisp Cantaloupe paper from the Sweet Sorbet DSP (133521 – available FREE with a...

Kaleidoscope birthday card

Kaleidoscope birthday card

I love the geometric pattern to the Kaleidoscope papers and decided to alter that pattern slightly by turning it into a rosette. The Bermuda Bay adds a nice pop of colour to a mainly black and white design. This card was created to help a Paper Dolls team mate...

Masculine wooden essentials birthday card

Masculine wooden essentials birthday card

Today's card is for this week's CASE challenge over at SUDSOL. CASE is to Copy and Share Everything (or you may see some slight variation on the words) and SUDSOL is a great forum for Stampin’ Up! demonstrators. I love using it to kick start the creation process. The...

Welcome banner card

Welcome banner card

Happy Valentine's Day No hearts and flowers here though, instead today's card is a welcome card to a new Paper Dolls team member. She's been canny enough to join up during Sale-a-bration and so got to choose up to £150 of tools and products for just £99! If you're...

Happy Watercolor Calendar

Happy Watercolor Calendar

This was another of the make and takes at our Open House this last weekend. I rushed this one a little too much and the centre panel is slightly crooked so take a tip from me and take your time  The easel card base is Pistachio Pudding. For an Ombre effect, panels of...

See Ya Later leaving card

See Ya Later leaving card

Today I'm using the See Ya Later stamp set. At first I wasn't sure that I'd use the "alligator" stamp. I mentioned it to hubby though and he said that it would work well for a leaving card … and I figured he was right (shh, don't tell him ). Most of the cards I've...

Metallic Watercolor Wonder

Metallic Watercolor Wonder

When I think of water colouring I tend to think of beautiful pastels, however Stampin' Up!'s watercolor wonder suite in the new Spring Summer catalogue features a lot of metallics (a hot trend at the moment). I decided to focus on these metal elements for this...

Fresh Prints origami heart bookmark

Fresh Prints origami heart bookmark

There's just a week to go to Valentine's Day! I spotted this cute little origami heart bookmark on Youtube by a lady called Rena (I think) and thought I'd have a go at incorporating it into a Valentine's Day card. As this was planned as a valentine for a guy, I wanted...

Retro Fresh for a sketch challenge

Retro Fresh for a sketch challenge

On Monday you may have seen that I took part in the SUDSOL Blog Tour. SUDSOL is a great forum for Stampin' Up! demonstrators and one that I turn to often for inspiration. Whenever I need to kick start my mojo or challenge myself to move beyond my usual style, I turn...