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Vertical Greetings with embossing paste

Vertical Greetings with embossing paste

One of the new products in the 2017 Annual Catalogue is Embossing Paste (together with a few handy accessories). Initially I was going to steer clear of this because my previous attempts at cake decorating and plastering (really - they are similar!) have been epic...

Layering Love in a Foil Frenzy

Layering Love in a Foil Frenzy

Today's card is a super quick card with a touch of glitz. The card base is an A6 landscape of Early Espresso, matted with Foil Frenzy Specialty DSP. A sentiment from Layering Love was stamped onto Lemon Lime Twist card using Early Espresso ink and die cut out with the...

You Move Me Simply Stamped

You Move Me Simply Stamped

One of the new bundles in the catty is You Move Me. This is an amazingly creative bundle. When you use the slatted die and the stripey images (see the full stamp set image further down) it looks as the the butterfly or the hummingbird are fluttering. But you can also...

Celebration Time birthday card

Celebration Time birthday card

Today we have a birthday card to share. This uses another new bundle, the Celebration Time stamp set and co-ordinating Celebration Thinlits (save 10% when you buy them together). Ideal for birthdays, this set can also be used for weddings and Christmas if you combine...

2017 In Color Thank You cards

2017 In Color Thank You cards

Whenever we get a new set of In Colors I like to make a set of cards, all identical, just switching out the In Color. It helps me get to know the new shades and start to plan what I might mix them with in the future. Here's the full set of new In Colors: Tranquil Tide...

Window Box Birthday card

Window Box Birthday card

A few days ago we shared a Window Box made in an Early Espresso and Lemon Lime Twist combo. It proved pretty popular on Pinterest and so we decided to make a birthday card to go with it. The card base is an A6 of Early Espresso. A card front layer of more Early...

Lovely Words

Lovely Words

The Lovely Words thinlit dies create wonderful positive and negative pieces that you can mix and match and/or trim down to just the words if you prefer. After die cutting the "friend" from both Color Theory DSP and Wood Textures DSP, the ombre positive version was...

Eastern Beauty notecard

Eastern Beauty notecard

This year's exams will be done and dusted in a week and a half so I've had a break today and had a little craft - how I've missed it with all the studying - looking forward to a summer playing. I used the Eastern Beauty bundle to make a little notecard. The card is a...

Beautiful You birthday card

Beautiful You birthday card

I love this Beautiful You stamp set! It can be used in so many different ways - colouring, embossing, simple stamping, or paper piecing, as here. And there are a bunch of beautiful sentiments to fit a range of occasions. The card base is an A6 portrait of Sweet...