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Category: Dies
You will be seeing the Christmas theme on my blog continuing over the next little while. This is to give you lots of inspiration for making your cards, and also to showcase the many great Christmas products available in both the Annual and Occasions Catalogues. Today, it is all about Designer Series Paper, with a little … Continue reading Embellished Ornaments Mint Taupe Santa Tree
snow placeToday's Christmas card uses another bundle from the Occasions Catalogue. This time, it is the Snow Place Stamp Set and Snow Friends Framelits. I have CASED a card from Page 33 of the Occasions Catalogue. Isn't it cute? There are 15 dies in the Framelits set, including a penguin and lots of accessories for … Continue reading Snow Place Pool Snowmen
jiToday's Christmas card is very sparkly. I used Silver Glimmer Paper to cut out Santa and his sleigh from the Sleigh Ride Edgelits and the 'Merry' sentiment from the Christmas Greetings Thinlits. These were added to a base of Night of Navy which was stamped with the small stars from Jingle All the Way and … Continue reading Jingle All the Way Sleigh Ride Navy Santa
This month's technique is for a Card in a Box. It has been around for quite a while now. This is my version of a portrait card. My first sample is for Christmas and uses the Flurry of Wishes stamp set and the matching Snow Flurry Punch. Instead of using DSP, I have used the Softly … Continue reading Technique Tuesday: Portrait Card in a Box
I made this card for my sister Marg's birthday. I wanted something simple, yet elegant and a little different. I punched the top and bottom right corners of the Wisteria Wonder base card with the Curvy Corner Trio Punch. I then took one of the Happy Patterns Decorative Masks and sponged it down the left … Continue reading Birthday Blossoms Elegant Wisteria
More Christmas today. I have used the third of the three designs from the Holidays Fancy Foil Designer Vellum to re-create a shaker card from a kit available in the Holiday Catalogue. My card does not use any of the kit materials, but shows you how you can recreate something in the catalogue with products you … Continue reading Wonderful Wreath Garden Joy Shaker
Lavender Thoughts 