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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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Wow! New release insta hop – 2 for 1 embossed backgrounds
Hey friends, today I’m sharing TWO cards for the price of one! I always love a 2 for 1, especially when the “spare” card turns out just as cute as the first! I used the Sweetie Jar Trio from Wow! Embossing’s latest release to create an embossed panel. I covered some white cardstock with Wow’s Read more
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Little Signage Agenda – new baby card
I was scrolling through my photos this afternoon and realised I’d not posted this new baby card I made for a friend a few months back! To make the background, I ink blended a slimline panel with distress oxides (speckled egg and tumbled glass, I think!). I then sprinkled it with water to add some Read more
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I donut know what I’d do without you…
Hey guys, I hope you’re enjoying Time for Tea’s Valentine’s inspiration week! Today, I’m sharing another cute and punny card (I love a good pun on a card) which is destined to be my husband’s Valentines card… As a total bonus, this card was pretty quick and simple to make (I made it during my Read more
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Heffy Doodle challenge – Tone on Tone
Hi! Today I’m sharing a card I made for this month’s Heffy Doodle challenge (tone on tone projects). After searching my Heffy Doodle stash, I picked out the Hello Squeakheart stamp set and decided to make my own patterned paper background by repeatedly stamping the cheese image. I mounted the image on an acrylic block, Read more
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You Had me at Meow
Valentines Day is coming up fast, but what if your special someone is a four-legged friend?! We all know how special our pets are, so why not make a card celebrating your own fur baby? To make this card, I started out by die cutting the Dotty Hearts Cover Plate die from soft pink cardstock Read more
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Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to all my lovely followers. One thing I’d love to do more of in 2023 is memory keeping, so I’m starting as I mean to go on, and sharing a memory keeping page I created with the recent Time for Tea Designs mini-release, capturing some of our favourite Christmas traditions. For the Read more
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