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40th Birthday card

Eeeek!!! It's my friend's birthday on Friday, so I'm cutting it very fine for finishing his card (thankfully I've had his present wrapped for ages, so I know that will arrive on time!) I scored the front of an A6 cream base card to make an easel card, then attached a navy rectangle to the… Continue reading 40th Birthday card

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Happy 40th (male)

OMG! My friend that I went to the Ludlow Food Festival with will be 40 next week!! He gets on really well with my Mum & he wears lovely aftershave, so my Mum will regularly go in for a deep sniff whenever she sees him! I saw this set by Acid Drops & Whatnots and… Continue reading Happy 40th (male)

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Sometimes Series…

I'm sure regular visitors to my blog will have worked out that I love IndigoBlu stamps, but I have recently discovered Acid Drops & Whatnots too, and they make a great team!!! I love this smooth chap from 'Dressed to Kill' & the sentiment is from the IndigoBlu set 'More Than Words'. The Acid Drops… Continue reading Sometimes Series…

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Masculine Birthday card

Two posts in one day - I'm on a roll!!! I'll be out in the sunshine later though - I can't resist!!! It was my Step Sister's boyfriend's birthday on Friday & I always find men hard to create cards for... Whilst going into Hobbycraft for something completely un-related I found the new Docrafts Papermania… Continue reading Masculine Birthday card

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Father’s Day 2014 tag

Here is the matching tag I made to go with the card I made my Step Dad. I used Stampin' UP! Gumball Green cardstock and the Waltzingmouse Stamps 'Folding tag die set'. I used a different yellow ribbon to the one on the front of the card becuse the hole in the tag is very… Continue reading Father’s Day 2014 tag

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Father’s Day 2014

Good morning! The weather may not be amazing, but I hope you enjoy the last day of the weekend before another week begins. In case you have been living under a rock, today is Father's Day. My biological father died in 2007, so he's no longer with me, but my parents divorced when I was… Continue reading Father’s Day 2014

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50th Birthday Card

Happy Saturday everyone! Are you enjoying the weekend? Tomorrow I'm going to one of my Mum's former colleague's new house in St. Albans - from what I've seen it looks very nice with an ultra modern interior! Even though all the people my Mum worked with eventually left where they were working together, they have… Continue reading 50th Birthday Card

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I’ll TRY not to rub it in…

Some background... My Mother is of Irish ancestry, born in England (Shropshire) where she would listen to all the Welsh rugby on the wireless, she LOVES everything about France, and feels sorry for the Italians... So when the RBS 6 Nations Rugby is on she has sympathies for all teams and so whoevers wins, she's… Continue reading I’ll TRY not to rub it in…

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London Calling Birthday Card

When I got this Penny Black stamp as a freebee from the Cardmaking and Papercraft Magazine I subscribe to I loved it to bits!!! But I think a stamp is for life, not just 2012, so I'm giving it another shot at fame... The base card is a Craft Creations Side Stepper, I inked the… Continue reading London Calling Birthday Card

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Sailing boat birthday card

On Tuesday it will be my Fairy Godmother's husband's birthday (which sort of makes him my Fairy Godfather...). They used to live on their yacht together sailing around the world, so I know he loves boats. I saw the 'Happy Birthday old salt' sentiment in the Waltzingmouse 'Ocean Bound' stamp set & it was made… Continue reading Sailing boat birthday card