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Do you enjoy making cards for men? I have to admit, I have to specifically address my mind to it, as most of my cards probably lend themselves to female recipients! This month is my Dad’s birthday, so I searched my stash and came up with this amazing Hugs Enclosed background stamp from Honey Bee
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Yes, you read that right… as soon as I got my new Teariffic Pals stamp set from Time for Tea Designs, I knew I wanted to make a jammy dodger wreath… In rainbow colours! I used Gina K’s original wreath builder to help me stamp the images with even spacing. I started with the jammy
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Hi everyone! It’s been a while since my last blog post, as I’ve been so busy with work and childcare I’ve barely found time to craft, let alone blog! However, the new release from Time for Tea Designs is out today so I can finally start showing off some of the cards I’ve been making
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Guys, my baby nephew just turned 13. 13!! I can’t believe it. But, it did give me an opportunity to use the new Mice Day to Celebrate stamp set from My Favorite Things, which I’ve been dying to do! If you’ve been following me for a while, you’ll know I’m a sucker for a shaker
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I can’t get enough of these adorable little bunnies from Mama Elephant! Today I’m sharing some mini slimline cards that I made with this set and the Landscape Edge dies from Time for Tea Designs. I started out by stamping all my bunnies and their Easter eggs in Gina K’s obsidian black amalagm ink, which
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I recently found that I had so many crafty ideas and projects I wanted to try, and lots of lovely new products to play with, that my mind was a bit of a scrambled mess and I didn’t know where to start! I was craving something simple, and so I decided to do some nice
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As soon as my friend Rebecca told me she was going to apply to retrain as a nurse, I knew she’d ace it. She’s super caring and smart and of course she was offered a place everywhere she interviewed! So, obviously I had a card already made and waiting to go when she was offered
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Who doesn’t love a good sushi pun, right? Finally got chance to break out this adorable Gina K set (I Like The Way You Roll), to make this fun little bookmark. I started out by stamping the images in Gina K obsidian black ink and colouring them with Spectrum Noir markers. Next, I fussy cut
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My daughter turned one a few weeks ago and so I needed to make a bunch of thank you cards for our kind friends and family who sent gifts. I like to make matching card sets when I’m doing thank yous, so it seemed like the perfect opportunity to try out a technique I saw
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I love this botanical diamond die from Taylored Expressions. It comes with a number of sentiments, so it’s really versatile! On this occasion, I needed a Get Well Soon card for my good friend who, along with her family, is suffering with Covid right now. I started by heat embossing the image in gold on
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Have a T-Riffic birthday!
Hey guys! How are you doing? I start a new job tomorrow, so I’ve been making the most of my last few days of freedom and making lots of cards! I quickly whipped up a little card for this week’s MFT Sketch Challenge today. Here’s the sketch: Looking at it from a landscape orientation, it Read more
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Father’s Day mini album
Hey friends, how are you? Today, I’m sharing with you a mini album that I made for my husband for Father’s Day. I don’t often do scrapbooking / memory keeping, so this made a nice change and it’s quite a good discrete project to work on, rather than be overwhelmed by starting a full-on scrapbook! Read more
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Sending you Koality Hugs!
Hey crafty friends, thanks for joining me on my blog again today. I’m sharing this koala bear card that I made for my husband for Father’s Day, and it’s also my entry for this month’s Heffy Doodle challenge (celebration cards). I made my background by applying Wow embossing ink through Heffy Doodle’s broad strokes stencil, Read more
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Best Friends Make Moments More Magical
Hey crafty friends, thanks for joining me today! I have a video up on my YouTube channel today, showing how I made this watercolour background card featuring a sweet little image from RAM Stamps called “Swinging Friends – Girls”. Check out the video here: The coloured pencils I used were Arteza 72 coloured pencils in Read more
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Father’s Day Card – sending bear hugs
Hi friends, I’m back today with another entry for the MFT Stamps weekly sketch challenge! This is the challenge sketch: It’s Father’s Day on Sunday here in the UK, so I chose to make a card for my Dad using the RAM Beary Special stamp set. I stamped, fussy cut and coloured my images using Read more
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Queen for the Day
Happy Sunday, crafty folks! Have you managed to get in the craft room this weekend? We’re enjoying the sunshine as a family (summer seems to have finally arrived in England), so crafting is on hold, but I thought I’d share this card I made a few weeks ago with some of the newer Time for Read more
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