Poinsettia Over-the-Shelf Easel card

The new Autumn/Winter catalogue is full of great products but have you had a look at the Clearance Rack recently?   There’s DSP, Dies, Punches etc. from last years Autumn/Winter catalogue that are discounted by upto 60%.   Today’s beautiful card was made with the Detailed Poinsettia dies, they were on my ‘Wish List’ last year and […]

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Snowflake Showcase #5 & 2nd Generation Ink explained

  Today I have a beautiful card to share with you using the Snowflake Showcase products.  I have used the Snowflake Swirl stamp again but this time I have used it as the focal image on my card.  If you are new to my blog I made the stamp by die-cutting the snowflake swirl die […]

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Snowflake Showcase #4

Thank you for joining me for Project #4 of my Snowflake Showcase.   We’ve had 2 family weddings this year and for Christmas I’ve bought the newlyweds a lovely Bauble that has their names on and 1st Christmas as Mr & Mrs 2018.  I wanted to make some nice presentation boxes for them because when they […]

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Cute Little Elf Jacket Lolly Box

Today I have an adorable little Elf Jacket box that holds a Chocolate Elf Lolly. This is the 2nd box I have made for these elf lollies, the 1st box was for my 4 year old Godson Oliver and I needed a more grown-up box for my Godson Connor who’s nearly 10.  If you would […]

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Quick Last Minute Box of Goodies

I have a quick and easy last minute Christmas gift today. Do you get unexpected visitors over Christmas and realise that you haven’t got a gift for them? This always happens at our house but not this year, I have several bottles of wine that I made Bottle Covers for and I also have a […]

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Elegant Emerald Box for Mint Lindor Chocolates

My daughter Kayleigh is amazing, she is kind, caring and beautiful inside and out.  As soon as I see her she cheers me up and she always makes me laugh. Whenever Kayleigh goes shopping she always comes home with something for me, sometimes it’s something she’s seen that I can make a pretty box for […]

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Wedding Keyrings Box Tutorial

My daughter Kayleigh had bought a set of Mr & Mrs Keyrings for her best friends wedding in October but the box they came in was really cheap and tacky.  I couldn’t let her use the tacky box so I offered to make a ‘Book Style’ box for her to put the keyrings in instead.

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Wedding Keyrings Box

Thank you for joining me today.  I have a quick blog post because later today my daughter Kayleigh is taking me to Spain for a week of respite.  I have M.E. and for the last few months I have been struggling with chronic fatigue and constant pain so I’m hoping a week of rest will recharge […]

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Metallic Rose Cards

These are the 4 Roses I heat embossed with Silver, Gold, Platinum and Copper embossing powders.  The photo doesn’t do them justice because they look stunning in real life. I was going to put these Roses in a frame and put it in my craftroom but I decided to make them into cards instead.   For […]

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Gold, Silver, Platinum and Copper Heat Embossing Comparison

Metallic colours are still really popular and I love images that have been heat embossed with metallic embossing powders, they look stunning. Earlier this year I went to a papercraft show where I found a pot of Platinum embossing powder that had been reduced to £1.  

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