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A New Floating Front Card for an Inspireink Blog Hop

So this month we were set a colour challenge and I certainly found this theme a real challenge…. The four colours are not four I would normally put together and although I know they seem to work well in the Tea Boutique DSP I had to think about how I could make them work for… Continue reading A New Floating Front Card for an Inspireink Blog Hop

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Make a fold flat box card…and Hop along too

It is new catalogue hop time! My lovely friend Hannah (Stampinbyhannah) does a wonderful job of organising several hops each year so we can share inspiration when we have a new catalogue. We had an Instahop (thanks to Helzie – Slimmandstylish) a few weeks ago and now we have a blog hop for you. I… Continue reading Make a fold flat box card…and Hop along too

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Make an elegant card with Happiness Abounds

You might have gathered from my projects over the last few days that I rather like this bundle! I think this card really shows off how pretty that trellis work is – and with some pretty sponged flowers it makes a card that I am sure would be appreciated by lots of friends or relatives.… Continue reading Make an elegant card with Happiness Abounds

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Retiring products and those that are staying

This time of year is a bittersweet time in my Stampin Up! life – saying goodbye to products that I love…but that means making space for new items too….and relief that some items are carrying over. This post certainly ticks two of those – so sad to see the beautiful hand-penned DSP going – it… Continue reading Retiring products and those that are staying

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Inspireink Challenge…. All the purples

So having completely forgotten to join the blog hop for last month’s challenge – I have made sure to get my post done early this time! and it is a fun colour challenge set by Gez How about all the Stampin’ Up! purples? I do love purples and I love all of these in different… Continue reading Inspireink Challenge…. All the purples

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Make a Dressed to Impress Pretty Layered Card

With some lovely items retiring at the end of the month, I thought I would create a couple of cards to ‘use before I lose’! The Dressed to Impress stamp and die set is a firm favourite of mine – I think between this set and ‘Nothing’s better than’ I could probably create a card… Continue reading Make a Dressed to Impress Pretty Layered Card

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How to make a pretty layered aperture card

I love the new Beautiful Shapes Dies – they give some fabulous options for creating fun apertures and layers – and when combined with the Flowing Flowers it is easy to create pretty cards for a whole range of occasions. I think we sometimes forget the versatility of the stampin write markers – they are… Continue reading How to make a pretty layered aperture card