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Here's my take on the sketch using the image <a href="http://samistampsshop.blogspot.co.uk/p/animals-and-pets.html">Butterfly Flower by Sami Stamps</a><br />
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And my DT card with my take on the sketch:<br />
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Hello everyone, today is Saturday which means it's time for another lovely Sketch challenge from <a href="http://sketchsaturday.blogspot.co.uk/">Sketch Saturday!</a><br />
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Here's the great sketch we followed for our DT creations this week:<br />
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As you can see I've rotated it by 180 degrees.<br />
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Hope everyone had a fab Christmas and New Year!! we've been having lots of fun seeing family and friends :)</div>
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Image: LOTV<br />
Papers: Papermania Rose Garden<br />
Butterflies: Poundland<br />
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Today is time for the first Sketch of the Year at <a href="http://sketchsaturday.blogspot.co.uk/">Sketch Saturday</a>! I'm excited to be able to tell you that I am one of the new DT members for 2015 :) yay!<br />
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Papers by First Edition<br />
Sentiment by Lili of the Valley<br />
Pearls, Lace and Jute from stash<br />
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Eek only 8 sleeps to go!!<br />
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Another bubble tree from me today, this time I made the background with Aquatints in a lovely lime green colour with gold mixed in and used green and gold accents on the tree :)<br />
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Woodware Bubble Tree stamp and sentiment stamp<br />
Versamark Ink and White Embossing powder<br />
Aquatints<br />
Various Gems/Dots/Stickles from stash<br />
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I'm really excited about Xmas this year as it's the first year Tahlia will sort of know what's going on, I can't wait :)<br />
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As I haven't shared an Aquatint card for a while I thought I'd blog this one today! I made this with the green from the Pastels set.<br />
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The stamp is by Indigoblu and I've stamped it with Versamark and embossed with glittery green embossing powder. Sentiment is by Woodware.<br />
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Evening all, I can't believe I haven't blogged since last weekend! I don't know where the last week has gone, I've been working a lot and we took Little Miss Pink to see Santa on Friday! As she's almost 2 she was a bit more aware of the 'strange' man this time and wouldn't let go of our hands, hence we have a photo of her daddy holding her next to santa while she has a very worried look on her face!!</div>
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Anyway, onto my card and I've gone back to my girly roots for this one! I adore making girly cards, they are my absolute favourite!</div>
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The image is from a LOTV Art pad, isn't the little penguin so sweet :) </div>
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Recipe:<br />
Papers - First Edition<br />
Ribbon - Crafty Ribbons<br />
Snowflakes - Marianne Die<br />
Image - LOTV<br />
Fancy corner - from stash.<br />
I've added stickles and blingy gems for good measure :)<br />
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Good Evening all! Today I'd like to share this simple card I made using a Woodware Stamp.<br />
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I stamped onto Kraft card using a versamark inkpad then embossed with White embossing powder. The berries and holly leaves are coloured with copics and then covered with glossy accents.<br />
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Woodware Stamp<br />
Versamark Inkpad<br />
White Embossing Powder<br />
Dovecraft Krafty Christamas papers<br />
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Evening all! I can't believe it's Thursday already! Where's the week gone??</div>
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I've been having fun this afternoon taking advantage of the Black Friday sale on at the Silhouette store so look out for some Christmassy makes hot off the blades of my silhouette in the near future :)</div>
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But today's card takes me back to my beloved Aquatints :)</div>
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For the background of this one I used my new set 'Bright and Beautiful' - such vibrant colours!</div>
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The stamp and greeting are by Woodware and I added a variety of gems and stickles into the 'bubbles'. I didn't think it needed much else!!<br />
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Spectrum Noir Aquatints 'Bright and Beautiful set<br />
Woodware Stamp 'Bibble Bloom Festive Tree<br />
Candy Dots, gems and Stickles.<br />
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I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:<br /><br /> <a href="http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/">Allsorts</a> - No designer papers<br /> <a href="http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.com/">Crafty Calendar - </a>Christmas<br /> <a href="http://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.co.uk/">Creative Moments </a> - Anything goes/Make it Sparkle<br /> <a href="http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/">Penny's Paper-Crafty </a> - Anything goes<br /> <a href="http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/">Simon Says Stamp </a> - Anything goes<br /> <a href="http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.com/">Penny Black and More </a> - Anything goes<br /> <a href="http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/">Cute Card Thursday</a> gingerspice<br /> <a href="http://creativeknockouts.blogspot.ca/">Creative Knockouts</a> - all that glitters<br /><br />Thanks for visiting me today :)<br />
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Gemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14058650437694802042noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061520345487226808.post-89282866413428730482014-11-26T19:50:00.003+00:002014-11-26T19:50:41.699+00:00NOT a Christmas card!!<div>
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I'm getting a little sick of Christmas cards already so for a change today I'm sharing a Birthday card!</div>
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Recipe:</div>
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Papers from Papermania Rose Garden collection</div>
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Sentiment - Craftwork cards</div>
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Butterflies - MS Punches</div>
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Pearls from stash.</div>
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Evening all! I've had a toddler free day so been cracking on with the Xmas cards again! </div>
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23 made today, I beat my record from last week whoop!</div>
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Here's one I made using a pre coloured topper by Lili of the Valley from one of their Art Pads.</div>
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I do love those pads, so great for when you need a cute image but have no time to sit and colour! They are featuring a lot on my cards for this year!</div>
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Aren't the little Robins cute :)</div>
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Papers by Basic Grey - 25th and Pine paper pad</div>
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LOTV pre coloured topper.</div>
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For today's post I thought I'd give you all a break from the Aquatint overload and share a cute woodware robin stamp which I paper pieced! </div>
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Isn't he Tweet :) (terrible pun intended...)</div>
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And a view from a jaunty angle, just because...</div>
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Woodware Robin and Sentiment Stamp </div>
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Another Aquatint card from me today!<br />
I love the way they work and am so pleased I have them in my life!<br />
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For this card I used the Pastel set and made a Purple, Blue and Green gradient. When it was dry I stamped a Woodware Christmas Tree and sentiment before adding lots of sparkle to the stars and blue gems in each corner.<br />
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Gemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14058650437694802042noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061520345487226808.post-11314137446016378682014-11-21T20:32:00.004+00:002014-11-22T10:59:18.538+00:00Sketch Saturday DT Call<div style="text-align: center;">
Hi, I'm Gem, I live in the UK with my husband and our beautiful daughter who is almost 2 and getting more amazing by the day :)<br />
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I have been cardmaking for about 6 years now (gosh has it really been that long??!) and still enjoy it as much as ever. I have always been crafty and also do cross stitch, dressmaking, knitting, crochet and dabble in many other things!<br />
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I would love to join the team at Sketch Saturday to broaden my skill set as I haven't yet been on a purely Sketch Based Challenge Design Team, and would relish the opportunity to help inspire the challenge participants.<br />
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I am currently on the Design Team for Craftstyle Products, (making samples for their shows on Create and Craft TV) and in the past I have designed for a large variety of teams including Charisma Cardz, Sassy Stamps, Crafty Sentiments, CRAFT challenge, AUD sentiments, I Did it Creations Challenge, Gingerloft, Craft Your Passion, Digistamps 4 Joy, and One Stitch at a Time.<br />
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Here are a few pics of what I feel represent my best work and varied style.<br />
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Gemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14058650437694802042noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061520345487226808.post-22412154731770304842014-11-21T20:09:00.004+00:002014-11-22T11:03:49.384+00:00All Dressed Up - Abi the Ballerina<div style="text-align: center;">
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Another card from me featuring Abi the Ballerina from All Dressed Up designs! I am so loving their digis!!</div>
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She's coloured with Promarkers/Flexmarkers and I've kept this one super CAS :)<br />
Flowers and Gems - from stash!<br />
Flourish - Memory Box die<br />
Sentiment - Craftwork cards.<br />
I've also added stickles to her dress :)<br />
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Gemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14058650437694802042noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061520345487226808.post-68267688960218867682014-11-21T19:38:00.004+00:002014-11-22T10:53:29.291+00:00Aquatint Poinsettias<div style="text-align: center;">
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I had a day off work today and I was baba free so I got a good crack on with Christmas cards! I managed 20 in all so I've got plenty of blog fodder to keep me going for a while ;)</div>
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I'm still loving my Spectrum Noir Aquatints, I made the background below using the Pastel set and spritzed it with glimmer mist before allowing to dry thoroughly.</div>
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I then spread a bit of the ink around on my blending mat and used my Indigoblu Poinsettia stamps to pick up the ink and stamped onto the background.<br />
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I totally LOVE how this turned out and will definitely be trying to recreate this effect in different colours. My new Bright and Beautiful set of Aquatints have now arrived but I didn't use them today as I wanted to concentrate on getting as many cards made as possible and I knew I would just get too carried away if I opened them! Playing will be for another day :)<br />
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I added a stamped woodware sentiment and red gems to the centre of each Poinsettia.</div>
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I would like to enter this into the following challenges:</div>
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<a href="http://lovetocreatechallenge.blogspot.com/">Love to Create </a> - Christmas</div>
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<a href="http://creativeknockouts.blogspot.ca/">Creative Knockouts</a> - bling</div>
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<a href="http://delightfulsketches.blogspot.com/">Delightful Challenges </a> - bling</div>
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<a href="http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/">Creative Fingers</a> - Anything goes</div>
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<a href="http://polkadoodle.blogspot.com/">Polkadoodles</a> - Clean and simple</div>
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<a href="http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.com/">Crafty Calendar - </a> Christmas</div>
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<a href="http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/">Dream Valley Challenges</a> - anything goes</div>
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Thanks for visiting me today :)</div>
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Gemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14058650437694802042noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061520345487226808.post-14506869953131554092014-11-18T20:57:00.001+00:002014-11-18T20:57:20.020+00:00Birthday Wishes<div>
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I'm back with another creation, a nice girly birthday card, my favourite thing to make!</div>
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I used a stencil, and a stencilling brush to apply distress ink through to the card, added gems to the centre of each flower, and stamped a Woodware greeting.<br />
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I would like to enter this into the following challenges:</div>
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<a href="http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/">Papertake Weekly </a> - Girlie</div>
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<a href="http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/">The Corrosive Challenges </a>- Girly</div>
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<a href="http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/">Dream Valley Challenges</a> - Anything goes</div>
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<a href="http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/">Creative Fingers</a> - Anything goes</div>
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<a href="http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.com/">Sister Act Card Challenge</a> - Anything goes</div>
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Thanks for visiting me today :)<br />
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Gemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14058650437694802042noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061520345487226808.post-17949501520980312212014-11-16T19:49:00.001+00:002014-11-16T19:49:14.870+00:00Say it with Flowers<div style="text-align: center;">
Evening all! I'm truly shattered, in the process of moving my craft room to another room of the house which is slightly bigger with the aim to being able to accommodate my sewing machines and a sewing table in there, as I currently have to sew on the kitchen table which is less than ideal every time we want to have a meal! So most of my spare time the past few days has involved packing, building furniture, and unpacking - my favourite part!<br />
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I can now fit an Ikea Kallax (new name for Expedit) in the new room which will provide tonnes more storage and thus enable me to be sooooo much more tidy and organised! :)<br />
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So hopefully I will become more productive on all fronts ;)<br />
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I will post a tour when it's in some sort of presentable state!<br />
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Today I'm sharing a card I made back in the summer for an 80th birthday, you can't go wrong with something flowery for old ladies!<br />
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Image from Lili of the Valley Art Pad<br />
Papers by Basic Grey<br />
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Sentiment by Craftwork Cards<br />
Embellishments from Stash</div>
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Good morning, I am determined to keep up blogging at least 4 times a week! Let's see how long that lasts, haha!<br />
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This is another one from April, made with my Gelli plate. I was obviously having a bit of a messy sesh!!<br />
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The sentiment is a Woodware stamp, and I distressed all the edges, before adding a knotted piece of string to match the string background!</div>
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<b>I am loving my new Aquatints by Spectrum Noir so much, they are so versatile and I've already gone through lots of card trying out different combinations!</b></div>
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<b>Stazon, your chosen stamp, watercolour card, Pebeo drawing Gum, a Paintbrush and your Aquatints.</b></div>
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<a href="http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.com/">Crafty Sentiments </a> - Anything Goes</div>
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Thanks for visiting me today :)</div>
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Gemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14058650437694802042noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061520345487226808.post-87853131879016720992014-11-12T08:30:00.000+00:002014-11-12T08:30:05.680+00:00Long time no post!<div style="text-align: center;">
I thought it was about time I updated my long suffering blog!<br />
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Truth is, I just haven't been feeling the cardmaking mojo of late, I've been doing more sewing and dressmaking and something had to give!<br />
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I worked at the NEC last week helping out on <a href="http://www.samueltaylors.co.uk/">Samuel Taylors </a>stand, and started feeling it was time to get back into my papercrafting!<br />
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So I'm starting off with something I made a long time ago but never got round to blogging!<br />
(The datestamp on the file is 11th April!!)<br />
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This background was made with my gelli plate, a brick wall mask and a clock mask. </div>
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I love how you can only just make out each of the patterns, nice and subtle.</div>
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I stamped a woodware greeting in distress ink and added some Kraft punched butterflies and resin roses. </div>
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Gemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14058650437694802042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061520345487226808.post-17035893583691913332014-01-27T08:30:00.000+00:002014-01-27T08:30:04.027+00:00Baptism Card<div style="text-align: center;">
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I recently had a special order for one of my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.604761199564817.1073741831.109917232382552&type=3">personalised photobooks </a>as a christening present, and the customer also wanted a matching card!</div>
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I've used papers by Papermania, dies by memory box, spellbinders and LaLaLand, and ribbon and gems from stash.</div>
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Gemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14058650437694802042noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061520345487226808.post-580899888466577252014-01-24T08:30:00.000+00:002014-01-24T08:30:02.607+00:00Granddaughter birthday card<div style="text-align: center;">
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Good morning again, this week has gone so fast I can't believe it's friday once again!</div>
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Today's card is a special order - Granddaughter 1st Birthday!</div>
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The image is from one of the Lili of the Valley pre coloured image pads, how convenient these are! I must get back to doing some actual colouring rather than 'cheating' all the time, although it's much quicker to use pre-coloured ones when doing special orders as I can't afford to spend hours on one card! </div>
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Papers are Dovecraft back to basics and sentiment stamps are LOTV and Dovecraft. I've also used a Thickers number 1 sticker, and ribbon and gems from stash.<br />
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We've got a birthday party tomorrow and visiting family on sunday so busy busy!<br />
Hope you all have a fabulous weekend whatever you're up to!<br />
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