24.12.2014

Simon Says …… Anything Goes

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Hi all MERRY CHRISTMAS  We hope you have a Wonderful Christmas and a Very Happy New Year with your family and friends.

This challenge will last for 2 weeks so you have plenty of time to join in

Thank you for joining us for the Winter Inspiration Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this challenge too.

We will be back soon with the name of the lucky winner of the $50 Voucher

This week the challenge is

ANYTHING GOES

We are showcasing DOCRAFTS products. You don’t have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used

 Simon Says Stamp will be giving away not 1 but 2  $50 vouchers to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

Today I’m sharing one more Christmas card – this time a special one I made for my lovely mum and dad.  I managed to find amongst my Clearly Besotted stamp sets the phrases “For My Wonderful” and “at Christmas” so that I could make the sentiment panel.  I die cut the letters using Avery Alpha’s dies from Avery Elle from some red glitter paper I have had for about 2 years!  It’s actually a sheet of wrapping paper I found at a department store and it’s SO red and SO glittery – I LOVE it!  I cut a small section from the large sheet and stuck it onto some double sided adhesive sheets before running it through my Big Shot.  Not surprisingly I am still in love with anything gold this Christmas so I stamped the greetings in Versamark and heat embossed with Ranger Gold EP.  I tied it together with the big ampersand cut from gold Bazzill cs using the die from Clearly Besotted’s Monogrammed die set.  The gorgeous teeny heart was cut using Simon Says Stamp’s Mini Hearts dies (never realised how useful these would be until I bought them!!).

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So now it’s YOUR turn.  Happy Crafting

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You have until Wed  8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in

No backlinking allowed, Only 5 new creations will be eligible in the prize draw

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22.12.2014

Farewell Taylored Expressions :(

Today is a sad day for me.  I made the VERY TOUGH decision to step down from my post on the blog design team at Taylored Expressions and today sees my very last post.  I have one last card to share over on the Taylored Expressions Blog so I hope you get a chance to pop over and check it out.  Taylor is offering a $25 gift certificate for anyone who comments too.

Here’s a wee sneak peak of my card.

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I want to take this opportunity to thank Taylor, Regina and the rest of the amazing team behind Taylored Expressions.  They are a fabulous bunch of people and I feel very honoured to have had the chance to work with them all.  I also want to say how much of an honour it has been working alongside my team mates – they are so talented and sweet and I will totally miss being a teamie with them.

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22.12.2014

Avery Elle – Berry Good

Hello there.  I’m whizzing in between wrapping presents, dropping children off at parties, baking and other seasonal delights to share a card featuring the fantastic Berry Good stamp and die sets from Avery Elle.  Anyone who has stepped foot near my blog over the last month will not be surprised that today’s card features lots of GOLD!  Yes, I am officially unable to create anything without it these days!  I embossed the pear stamp in Gold Tinsel embossing powder from Ranger (my favourite) and then used a gold leafing pen to add the adhesive to the inside of the pear image.  The has to dry for a few minutes before you add the gold flakes.  Obviously a photo never captures the shine properyly but I love this product – it’s so pretty.

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I used the You’re Invited die to cut the mat from Avery Elle Woodgrain cardstock and some leaves for my pear to nestle on (which came from the Fbulous Florals stamp set – again heat embossed in Gold Tinsel).  The sentiments is from the Joy To The World stamp set.

Right, must dash, have a THOUSAND things left on my to do list before the BIG DAY!!

Big hugs.

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