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Make a pretty Diagonal Pull Apart Box

How about a pretty box today using up some of my retired products before they go for good – I love the Tailored Tag punch – but the good news is that the bough punch is staying – flowing Flowers (which I used for the sentiment) is currently due to retire at the end of… Continue reading Make a pretty Diagonal Pull Apart Box

Beginner Crafter · Casual Crafter

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

Blog Hops · Casual Crafter

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

Beginner Crafter · Card · Techniques

Faux Tile Technique with Blessings of Home

Pretty technique today that has been around for a while (but I have still struggled to photograph it to do it justice!) It is a lovely technique that works well with this large floral stamp for a focal image To get the true ’tile’ effect you can cut your image into smaller squares and then… Continue reading Faux Tile Technique with Blessings of Home