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A textured Christmas card

A textured Christmas card

Yesterday I shared a textured Halloween card and I'm back today to give the textured card a Christmas makeover. I've kept a similar background layout but turned it vertical and switched embossing folders. The card base is an A6 portrait of Cherry Cobbler, sponged...

Terrifyingly textured

Terrifyingly textured

Well today I'm getting back again to the Halloween and Christmas makeover creations and this card brings in lots of texture. I really loved the effect of combining the new Illuminate Glimmer pad with the dry embossing, it gives a lovely ghostly effect and that texture...

October thank yous

October thank yous

A very big thank you to all those who came to my Open House today, it was lovely to see you all. Today I'm sharing (a bit earlier than usual) my thank yous for this month. I hope it doesn't spoil any surprises for anyone but thought it was a fitting way to thank those...

Circular Seasonal Shaker Card

Circular Seasonal Shaker Card

A late post tonight readers as I've been working away today. This is a stepped up version of the shaker card I shared yesterday. The shaker and the sentiment are the same as yesterday's. The card base is two Scallop Circles die cut from Midnight Muse. After stamping...

Winter shaker card

Winter shaker card

It's a new annual catalogue and that means a new set of hostess stamps to choose from! Now if you're a hostess and qualify for the hostess credits, then you can spend them on anything in the current main or Autumn/Winter catalogues, but the hostess sets are specially...

Open Sea meets Woodgrain

Open Sea meets Woodgrain

For today's masculine birthday card, I've combined the Open Sea stamp set (woohoo, it's back!) with the Woodgrain (both embossing folder and background stamp). The card base is an A6 landscape card of Midnight Muse. A mat of Crumb Cake card was run through the Big...

A sampler from the new Annual Catalogue

A sampler from the new Annual Catalogue

As promised, I’m back again with a small selection of samples made using the new Annual Catalogue goodies (and a few Autumn Winter ones thrown in too for good measure ). First to share is this gatefold card: The card base is Cajun Craze and the gatefold front is...

Sneak peek from new catalogue

Sneak peek from new catalogue

Just a few more sleeps now until the new catty launches woohoo! I'm having a special event next weekend for my previous hostesses, where I'll share lots of the new products, there'll be special little treats for them and of course we'll be doing some crafting! This...

Sorry I went missing

Sorry I went missing

Whoops! Sorry about the lack of posts the last couple of days. Wednesday was our 10th wedding anniversary for DH and I and so that sort of took priority for a little while there. (He deserves a bit of attention from me, he's such a supportive hubby ). Today's share is...