Masculine Makes #4 – Chess Board Cards

  Thank you for joining me today for my Masculine Makes series.  For project No. 4 I have a couple of Chess themed cards, a Simple version and a Stepped-Up version.   These cards may look time-consuming but honestly, they are quick and easy to make.  This is also a great way to use up some […]

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Masculine Makes 1

Do you struggle when it comes to making masculine projects?       If you do you’re not the only one, lots of crafters find this challenging too.  Most of our friends are male so I need quite a few masculine cards, gift boxes/bags etc.  I’ve been thinking about doing a series based on masculine projects for […]

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InspireINK Blog Hop #29

I can’t believe it’s time for another InspireINK Blog Hop, the weeks are flying by so quickly.  This month we were given a great card sketch by the lovely Hannah McCurley, I can’t wait to see what everyone has made.   Please take a look at all the projects that have been created for today’s hop […]

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Simple Share Sunshine cards

  Thank you for viewing my blog post, I have lots of cards to share today that have been made with the Share Sunshine PDF download from Stampin’ Up!      To save space I have made a gallery for all the photo’s, click on an image for a larger view of the card.  

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Monster Bash Sweet Jar

Thank you for joining me for the 1st installment of my Halloween 2019 series.  Even though these projects are all Halloween themed they could be made for Christmas, Birthday and many other occassions by changing-up the DSP.  Halloween isn’t very big here in the UK but it’s Geoffs favourite time of year and he builds […]

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InspireINK Blog Hop #20

This month the InspireINK Blog Hop has a Birthday theme and I know the ladies taking part will have great projects to inspire you.  To see their creations click on their name or image at the bottom of this post.  The 2019 Autumn/Winter catalogue is bursting with amazing Christmas and Halloween goodies, you’re gonna love […]

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Santa’s Jacket Cutlery Holder

  When I saw the Black foil sheets in the catalogue my first thought was ‘ooh a shiny black belt for Santa’ and I planned to use it on the Santa’s Jacket notepad holder but I got into crafting mode and forgot all about it.  This shiny belt idea was still on my mind so I went through […]

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Santa’s Jacket Refillable Notepad Holder – My 200th Blog Post

  Thank you for joining me today, I hope you are having a great weekend.  Geoff and I had so much fun spending time with my Dad and we also spent a lot of time chatting and getting to know his partner Jan who is really lovely.  Dad and Jan took us along the promenade […]

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How to do the Partial Embossing Technique

I have had so many requests to do a tutorial for the Partial Embossing cards I shared with you on Wednesday and the feedback has been amazing. In this post I will show you how I achieved the partial embossing, I am working on another blog post showing how I stamped and coloured the beautiful […]

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