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Cousin’s Birthday card

Today is my cousin's birthday, so I'd like to share the card I've made for her with you this afternoon. I've been pinning LOADS of cards recently, and was so taken with them all that I lost my mojo. Do you get that some times? I'm so excited by new ideas that I don't sit… Continue reading Cousin’s Birthday card

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70th birthday exploding box card

Today is my Godmother's 70th Birthday. I made her an exploding box as a special birthday card and gave it to her a few days ago, so I'll share it with you now. I started with a 297mm x 297mm piece of 300gsm purple card and used my Crafter's Companion Ultimate Pro to score the… Continue reading 70th birthday exploding box card

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Climb every mountain high

Hi! This is my second card for today. So I didn't leave myself enough time to make this card... So the sentiment has been stamped SOOOOO badly - it was my second go at the sentiment as well, but I had to go with what I got - I'm not proud of it at all,… Continue reading Climb every mountain high

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Happy Chinese New Year

Next week it will be Chinese New Year, the year of the monkey. Outside China the next largest celebration of Chinese New Year is in London - so if you ever get the chance go to China town in London to enjoy the festivities. I've made a Chinese New Year card for my step mother… Continue reading Happy Chinese New Year

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Best Friend’s birthday card

Hi all! I just wanted to share the CAS birthday card I made for my best friend. Having a December birthday sucks - everyone always gives her birthday/Christmas combined presents, so I wanted to make her a lovely birthday card to go with her birthday presents to make sure she feels special. I die cut… Continue reading Best Friend’s birthday card

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Step-Sister’s birthday card

Today is my eldest step-sister's birthday, I'll be going to see her later today, but before I go I'll post her card and present here. I must admit I bought her present in May and started work on this project back in August, but with very little urgency. So it was only right at the… Continue reading Step-Sister’s birthday card

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Moving to Canada card

A former colleague of mine has been hoping to move to Canada for several years and has been attempting to get all the paperwork together for his move, but now he has everything in place he's handed in his notice at his job and he's heading off to Canada! A few people are meeting at… Continue reading Moving to Canada card

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Super 30th Birthday card

A friend of mine loves to play computer games and when we were younger he would make little movies with friends where he played the hero against another of our friends as the 'evil bad guy'. So because of the movies he made I've decided to make him a Superhero-themed card. I have lots of… Continue reading Super 30th Birthday card

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Rock’n’Roll Birthday card

Hi All! I hope you had a good weekend? Today is another friend's 30th birthday and I know he got his card in the post so I feel that I can post about it now. He is an engineer who is also in TWO bands, so I really wanted to make him a music/guitar themed… Continue reading Rock’n’Roll Birthday card

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Father’s Day Card and tags 2015

I'm sure I've said it before, but my Step Dad has a Narrowboat so I regularly make him nautical-themed cards. Today is Father's Day here in the UK, so this is the card and matching tags I made for my Step Dad. I used a white textured A5 card base and attached a Kraft card… Continue reading Father’s Day Card and tags 2015