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A Lace Tape Congratulations card

A Lace Tape Congratulations card

One of my direct team recently achieved her first SU! promotion to Bronze 2. We have an excellent career structure with increasing perks and freebies for those who want to go after it - there's no pressure though, for those who don't want to  We celebrated her success...

Shaving foam background to Just Believe

Shaving foam background to Just Believe

As part of my preparation for an upcoming class I've been experimenting with some different colours for an alternative card style. We'll be using bright, bold colours in class but I wanted to show that you can also opt for a subtle background and thought I'd share the...

April thank yous

April thank yous

End of another month and so time to share my April thank yous  The base card is a small square of Cherry Cobbler, matted with Basic Black card. A portion of Pleasant Poppies (W126480 or 129499) was stamped onto a mat of Crumb Cake using Black Stazon and then the...

Spring Season Shaker for a Paper Doll

Spring Season Shaker for a Paper Doll

It's the birthday of another of my Paper Dolls team mates today. Happy Birthday Joanne! Hope you had a lovely day. This was the card I gave her to celebrate the occasion - a Spring shaker card: The card is an A6 portrait of Primrose Petals. A mat of Birds of a Feather...

Hoop la la for Mojo Monday

Hoop la la for Mojo Monday

In between prepping for tomorrow's Jewellery Giftables Class, I took a quick break to play along with this week's Mojo Monday sketch: I didn't want to take too much time out  so I kept it clean and simple: Recipe Stamp set: Hoop La La (W126250 or C126252) Cardstock:...

Flower Garden – stepped up

Flower Garden – stepped up

Yesterday I shared a clean and simple card using the Flower Garden embossing folder: Today I'm back to show how the same card can be stepped up with some ribbons and punches: The card used most of the basic ingredients as yesterday but the sentiment wasn't stamped...

Flower Garden – clean and simple version

Flower Garden – clean and simple version

Today's card is a real clean and simple card - very basic, but the bold colours and pretty embossing design can carry it off I think. The sentiment could make it a sympathy card or simply send a message to a friend who may be going through a rough patch. The card base...

Ladybird, ladybird …

Ladybird, ladybird …

... fly onto my card. Today's birthday card is great for kids or even those who are just young at heart  There's a little touch of glitz on the bumble bees wings but unfortunately the photo doesn't pick it up too well. The base card is an A6 landscape of Basic Black....

Team swaps April ’13 – part 2

Team swaps April ’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 June, using Feel Goods: From Suse, using Swallowtail: From Dorothy, using...