And yes, it’s another birthday in our family. My Mum’s today, and there was no way that Jacob (not-quite-5!) was going to let me buy a card for him and his brothers to give to her from them. This was his choice of stamp set, his choice of colours and most definitely his choice of Dahlia on the card….
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This box and embellishment kit is perfect for those who need a box in a snap, perhaps don’t know Stampin’ Up! products and want to get a taster of the amazing quality, or for those, who like me, need to cheat sometimes…! I love that this is a set that you can mix and match the decorations in and out…
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I love our markers. There, I’ve said it. Stampin’ Write Markers ROCK! They are such an easy tool to work with, but create the most amazing looking projects. This was a real labour of love, I wanted to mix up the markers, with the Mosaic Madness Stamp Set and matching punch, but then throw in a butterfly for good measures….
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It’s my eldest brother’s birthday today. He and our other brother live 250 miles away from my parents and myself, so we don’t get to see each other all that often. However, it doesn’t stop my children asking every few weeks ‘when’s Uncle Nik coming up’ or ‘are we going to see Uncle Justin soon’… The older 2 boys are…
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Well, after the colour refresh a few weeks back, Stampin’ Up! have taken into consideration that some people may already have some of the ink pads or cardstock, and may not want to duplicate, so with that in mind, they’ve put 3 colour collections together, 1 of inks, 1 of cardstock and another that bundles both of those together. …
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Okay, so who doesn’t love a multifunctional box? I love them! And I love it when I’m designing a box, and find that actually, it works for more than the original purpose in mind. Originally, I wanted to create a box that would hold a number of lipsticks and look pretty on my dressing table. I don’t know if you’re…
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Simple, plain, and a little bit of texture. That’s all this paper needed to give it a little ‘oomph’. As with all my previous cards and projects that I’ve done using the Afternoon Picnic paper, this also is one that is designed to show off the paper rather than anything else. I love that this one is the softened murky…
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It’s that time of the year. The children are in the middle of their long summer school holidays, people are off on their holidays, and if you haven’t got a 2 hour wait at the airport followed by a 5 hour flight, you’ve probably got a long trek in the car ahead of you. Interestingly enough, our family doesn’t have…
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So, I made these cards weeks ago, perhaps even as much as a month ago. I wanted to see what happened if I took one set of Designer Series Paper, one stamp set, and one card ‘layout’. I love the layout, I love the paper, and I love the stamp set. I love many of the results, I like most…
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I’m often asked for bespoke boxes, it’s part of my ‘remit’ now, and I absolutely love a challenge. I like that people trust me to design their boxes, but also that they let me stretch my creative wings a little too! This box is a requested box, and it the finished box’s measurements were crucial. It finishes at 8.5cm wide,…
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Possibly the fastest card I’ve ever made, this took less than 5 minutes to make, and that included the scoring and trimming! I only recently received the glimmer paper, but wow, is it shiny! You can perhaps get a better idea of the sparkle in the close up picture of the butterfly, but it has shine, so so so much…
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