This week is a busy week for me as I plan my upcoming fall schedule and August classes. So I thought I’d just post a quick tutorial for you today. Measurements: Petal Pink – 8 ½” x 5 ½”; scored at 4 ¼” to form card base Gray Granite – 4 7/8” x 3 5/8” Balmy Blue – 3…
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The sweet images from the Wildly Happy stamp set make creating an adorable card so easy! It’s hard to pick a favourite mama and baby combo but the pandas definitely rank pretty high. I used water-colour paper as my background and created a wash with my aqua painter and some garden green ink. The pandas are also watercolored and cut…
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I’m so happy to be back to my weekly Facebook Lives! Today I decided to focus on my favourite host set – New Wonders. Host sets often get over looked. There are some fabulous ones in the annual catalogue and a couple great ones coming out in the holiday catalogue. Host sets can’t be purchased by just anyone though. They…
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The Come Sail Away suite is such a great suite for masculine projects, memory keeping, graduation and so much more. I’ve used it so much more than I thought I would and am so happy with the projects. You can find a few of them here, here and here. It’s also the suite I plan on using at Augusts card…
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Laura and I are excited to announce our July class in the mail! This month we are using the super sweet stamp set Wildly Happy. This set is perfectly suited for baby cards but with the greetings ‘wildly happy’ and ‘for you’ can also be used for many other occasions. Watch this quick video where Laura shares a bit more…
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One of the most talked about suites from the new catalogue, amongst my customers, has been the Noble Peacock suite. It is simply GORGEOUS! The rich jewel tones and the embossed images in the dsp and the beautiful coordinating foil just has everyone in ah. I have had the bundle sitting in my untouched pile for too long, it was…
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Today I’m sharing the card I made for my brother for his birthday. He retired from the navy last year and lives in Halifax so the Come Sail Away suite is the perfect suite to use for cards for him!! I love how this card came out and it’s so incredibly simple! I stamped the larger sail boat image in…
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I’m ahead of the game this year! I have my sons birthday card done and his birthday isn’t until the end of August! Teenage boys must be the hardest age group to make cards for, anyone else agree?! This card was inspired from the scraps on my desk! That makes it even better. I love it when I can use…
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Every July I offer a fun folds card class and it ends up being one of my most popular classes! It’s so much fun trying to come up with different ideas year after year. In today’s video I’m sharing one of the 4 fun fold cards we will be making at the July 18th class. Want to participate? You can!…
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Last month I participated in a swap and I just had to use the Over the Moon stamp set. I love this particular cow and the ‘dream big’ sentiment so much! It’s such a simple card but I love it. If you love this set as much as I do, you can pick up the Over the Moon tutorial that…
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Before I get into the nitty gritty of this post – I’d like to wish all my Canadian readers a Happy Canada Day! I hope you have some fabulous plans to celebrate. We have just arrived in Italy and will be driving to Cortona today. Looking forward to some wonderful down time to rest and relax and rejuvenate! I think…
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