Little and Large

A couple more swaps....

Linda Kasparian

I was meant to colour this in, but have left it for now until I hear the patter...

and then maybe I can colour coordinate it....

Elaine Higham

A HUGE stamp with a BIG impact, and yet so simple to get a dramatic result...

Lesley

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Fancy

A Fancy Fold swap...

Susanna Tolkein

I'm sure some of you will know what it's called....

it folds into a little booklet.......so pretty

Lesley

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By the Seaside

Fancy ice cream?

Love this super truck from

Bridget Metcalf

lots of layers and decoupage

Susanna Tolkein

brings us this Swirly Bird boat, with fun splats and sploshes

love the sun spots too!

Lesley

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Birds and Bees

A couple more swaps featuring the birds and the bees....

Karen Franks

just love how she's cut around the hexagon embossing folder to look like honeycomb,

and the cute bee is in the Dragonfly Dreams set....

Rebecca Willmore

this is a sort of ric-rac (jacob's ladder?) fancy fold, 

where you can open it from both sides in a magic way......

and inside is a gift card

Lesley

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Lift me Up!

Here's some swaps with a balloon theme..... all sorts...some full of hot air!

Annette Hopgood

lovely water wash background, with glittery balloons, party on!

Kim Fee

Just love the layout, the sentiment,, a really up up and away one!

Charry Wijers

love the colours, how she's edged the clouds with ink,

and you probably can't see she embossed the balloon with a ball tool to make it 3-D!

The paper's pretty cool too...

Lesley

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April Rudolph Day

Happy 25th of the month.....

It's that time we hop over to Scrappy Mo's Rudolph Day Challenge...

I wasn't as ahead of my stash as I'd like, so I made a few....

This time I wanted to use some of my embossing folders with the mice..

hopefully you can see the detail

love the pine needles too...

Next time I plan to give you a change from the mice!

Happy Rudolph Day!

Lesley

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Girls and Boys

Some more swaps....

can you believe Petite Petals is Retiring?! Noooooooo! How could they?!

There must be some lovely new stuff on the horizon....

One for the girls....

Susanna Tolkein

lovely layout pretty in pink

Sarah Lower

fabulous one for the boys......love the background...

....and I don't think we'll see the Tee shirt again.....sob sob.....

Lesley

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Cool Treats

Here's some Sunday Sundaes!

These swaps are based on the Cool Treats set....another Retirement...

Kim Fee

this is a sorbet of a celebration....love that embossing debossing folder!

Sarah Lower

a sweet concoction using the negative die cut, and don't you just love that spoon!

Linda Kasparian

love the shading with wink of stella, this one's so sweet someone's taken a bite!

You really have to see these close up to appreciate just how sweet they are!

Lesley

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Petal Burst

Here's an embossing folder that I keep trying to resist,

but the trouble is, it is sooooo gorgeous, I may have to have it!

Both these swaps are simply elegant.....

Annette Hopgood

gives us a lovely die cut ensemble

Jan Twinks shares a cute square with her trade mark sparkle....

Happy Birthday Jan!

Hope it is full of sparkle!

Lesley

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Baby wipe a background

I showcased the baby wipe technique at a class recently,

and I gave a quick demo of how you can use one to pick up ink,

and swipe it across card to make backgrounds

It makes a nice soft effect, and you can build up the colour,

mix them and then you can use your multi coloured wipe again,

by laying some card onto it, and transferring the ink.

I ran out of time to experiment more!

This one's a simple card that will come in useful for something...

Lesley

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Beautiful You

Some more swaps based on a very very popular set...

Fiona Harris

I love how she picked out just the word "dance".....why didn't I think of that?!

Lesley Lendon

Lelly has popped the lady with pink and glitter

here's a close up, and you can see the embossed hearts hopefully too...

Lesley

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Special Reason

There doesn't always have to be a special reason to send a card,

but there's a set called Special Reason that's retiring,

so I'm sharing a few swaps showcasing this lovely set......

Bridget Metcalf

such soft colours and elegant, with different colours backing the flower die cuts

Sarah Lower

love how the die cut pops out from the fancy fold, and the embossed wall sets it off

Elaine Kerr

an elegant design with striking colours, and I really like the label die

Lesley

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Many little Thanks

Here's a great little card shared by Sarah Lower

It's from Suite Sentiments from the back of the Spring Catalogue

Many Thanks for stopping by!

Lesley

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Happy Easter Bunny

Happy Easter everyone,

I hope you are enjoying the weekend.

I've hopped by to share a swap by Annette Hopgood

Cute box with a cute bunny, see his bobtail?

it was cut from some decorative pompom trim

love the sentiment too....

OOOPS!

bunny must have eaten the eggs.........?!

:)

Lesley

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Easter Chicks

I hope you have a lovely weekend whatever you are doing,

and I want to stop and think about those who are missing loved ones,

those who are suffering, and those who are working to support us all.

Here are some happy chicks, popping by for Easter.....

by Kim Fee

by Linda Kasparian

by Sharon Fuller

by Sarah Wickins

Happy Easter chick!

Lesley

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Going Going.........

The Retirement List is up from Stampin' Up!

and things sell out fast,

so hurry whilst stocks last!!!!!

Lesley

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skin 'n' blister

Dragonfly Dreams and Baby-wipe technique

(The title is cockney rhyming slang for sister)

Have a great weekend

Lesley

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one last window box

Just to show you can use the Window Box die in all kinds of ways...

a very simple but effective card.

Lay different colours behind for a different effect...

Lesley

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Thank You

Following the Window Box die,

here's another element used to die cut a snippet

I used the glimmer paper again,

and the inlaid die technique to insert some different pops of colour

it's one of those that looks better in real life

Have a good week

be kind to yourself

Lesley

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four candles

My Rudolph entry was based on the Window Box Thinlits,

and I forgot I did some similar cards....

one with a single diecut, and punched corners

may favourite with multi coloured sparkly candles

and this one with a few sequins

and a reminder of how to keep things in place....

punch a slot with a star, heart, circle, or anything else you think works

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

You never know how it will pan out, so make the most of it¬

Lesley

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