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Team swaps April ’13 – part 1

Team swaps April ’13 – part 1

I shared the swaps that I made for the rest of the team last Sunday. Now for the gorgeous swaps that I got back in return. Here’s part 1: From Catherine, using Love & Laughter: From Joanne, using Swallowtail: From Mari, using Create a Cupcake: From Victoria, using...

Last of the Watercolour Wonder Crayons

Last of the Watercolour Wonder Crayons

I've had my watercolours out today to help me along with a sketch challenge, but they won't be around for much longer. Due to problems with the supplier, SU! decided to discontinue both the Watercolor Wonder Crayons and the Watercolor Pencils. Anyone wanting to...

CAS Wedding Acceptance Card

CAS Wedding Acceptance Card

Friends of ours are getting married in a couple of months time and we received the official invitation recently. I wanted to RSVP in a similar style and created this clean and simple acceptance card: The card base is a 5" square of Shimmery White (121717). It was...

Hanging up a birthday dress

Hanging up a birthday dress

You may have noticed that I've had a bit of a product focus on the Cute Clips this week. My personal favourite of the two sets is the Hung Up (with the arrow, thought bubble and coat hanger). That hanger gives me another excuse for playing Dress Up with the framelits...

Manly clips for a manly card

Manly clips for a manly card

Our cute clips aren't just cute. With a little tweak of the background and some rustic trim, they can become MANLY clips for a manly card, lol. When I first saw the Parker's Patterns DSP I was really taken with the "white noise" style pattern and as with most things...

A cute clipped thank you card

A cute clipped thank you card

This week I'm having a play with another of those products that I buy and then can't bring myself to use  It's the Cute Clips from the Spring/Summer catty. There are two sets of these clips. One has arrows, hangers and thought bubbles, the other has whales, hearts and...

Textured anniversary card

Textured anniversary card

Wedding season will soon be upon us and so of course it will also be time for more anniversaries. The base card is an A5 of Wisteria Wonder. Panels of Whisper White were embossed with a variety of folders including Argyle (127750), Fancy Fan (127751), Chevron...

Chalkboard Betsy’s Blossoms

Chalkboard Betsy’s Blossoms

Had a great day at the Doncaster Deaf Academy today. If you were one of the lovely people that stopped by our stall to say "Hi" then thank you, it made our day  As there's been so much news to pass on to you over the last few days and so little chance to share cards,...

Need for Speed birthday card

Need for Speed birthday card

It's my uncle's birthday today and so I created this simple card - nice and flat for easy (and cheaper) posting through the mail. The strips above and below the main images are designed as "tyre treads" for the car  The card base is an A6 landscape of Basic Black...