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My guest today is crafting like clockwork

My guest today is crafting like clockwork

Today I have a guest crafter for you  This is the card made by my hubby for his Dad. It was quite a labour of love and I think it's turned out brilliant! (but I am a little biased ) The card base is an A6 portrait of Baked Brown Sugar. A mat of Very Vanilla was...

Bright, bright, sunshiney day

Bright, bright, sunshiney day

Whenever I look at this card I keep thinking of those lyrics "it's gonna be a bright, bright, sunshiney day".   Anybody else get that? Regular readers will know that I'm loving the Simply Pressed Clay we have now. But having made so many Buttons & Blossoms I was...

It’s going to be a Bootiful Christmas

It’s going to be a Bootiful Christmas

It’s Friday and so I'm back with another Christmas idea This time our Christmas card  uses the all occasion Bootiful Occasions stamp set. Now I had originally planned a more simple card that could be made in bulk ... but this stamp set just cries out for colouring in....

July thank you’s

July thank you’s

My card today is the thank you that went out to my customers in July. It's mainly mosaic  with just a touch of floral. This video shows you the entire project from start to finish. Well, tomorrow's a new month and I'm looking forward to seeing what Stampin' Up! have...

Lovely as a Tree birthday card

Lovely as a Tree birthday card

My Friday feature last week, showing how to use our all occasion stamp sets for Christmas cards, used Lovely as a Tree. Now I think that this set has been part of the Stampin' Up! offering ever since the beginning of the company, it definitely has since they opened...

A black and white ball

A black and white ball

Well, we certainly did have ourselves a black and white ball at our Summer Stamptacular on Saturday. A big thanks to my teammate presenters, Jan and Hazel and to our lovely ladies who attended on the day, all of whom sweltered through all our projects without...

Team swaps July ’13 – part 2

Team swaps July ’13 – part 2

I’m back now with Part 2 of the gorgeous swaps I got from my Paper Dolls teammates at our team training session last Sunday. You can catch Part 1 and my own swaps if you missed them. From Julie, using Label Love: From June, using Harvest Blessings: From Krista, using...

Lovely as a Tree Christmas Card

Lovely as a Tree Christmas Card

It’s Friday and so it’s Christmas idea time again  Our Christmas card today uses the all occasion Lovely as a Tree stamp set. The card here is a stepped up version and over on my Facebook page you’ll find a much simplified version, using less materials and just a...

Team swaps July ’13 – Part 1

Team swaps July ’13 – Part 1

I shared the swaps that I made for the rest of the team on Sunday. Now for the beautiful swaps that I got back in return. Here’s part 1: From Cheryl, using Flowering Flourishes: From Dorothy, using Flower Shop: From Gail, using Papillon Potpourri: From Hazel, using...