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Any Occasion Cards using Colouring

Any Occasion Cards using Colouring

Welcome to this month's Tech 4 Stampers Academy Blog Hop The theme this month is Sale-a-bration My project today is four any occasion cards using colouring as the main technique. I chose the Beautifully Penned Designer Series Paper as it is available as a FREE product until the end of September 2021 with any order over £45. If like me you find colouring relaxing this is an ideal pack of DSP to get as you get 12 sheets of 12"x12" papers. This means you can make so many cards from just a few...

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Colour Combo September 2021 Blog Hop

Colour Combo September 2021 Blog Hop

Welcome to this month's Colour Combo Blog Hop This month's three colours are Blushing Bride, Cinnamon Cider and Mango Melody For my blog hop today I thought I would use the Free as a Bird stamp set for my colour combo card. It is a stamp set I rarely use and I had it sitting on my shelf. Of all of the Stampin' Up! colours Blushing Bride has to be my least favourite as I think it is a muddy pink. But as this was a colour combo I had to give it a go. How to make the Colour Combo card I started...

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Die-cut Male Engagement Card

Die-cut Male Engagement Card

Welcome to the Ink, Stamp Share September Showcase Blog Hop For my showcase blog hop this month I wanted to share the Die-cut Male Engagement Card that I made for a couple I met through Scouting and whilst attending their garden party in August they announced their engagement. Whilst driving home my mind was trying to work out what type of card I wanted to make and then I remembered the cards I made for a recent blog hop where I used the Suit & Tie dies to make Male Birthday cards. As my...

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Birthday card using colouring

Birthday card using colouring

Welcome to this month's Stamp 'N Hop Blog Hop The theme this month is Colouring For this month's blog hop I thought I would make a set of birthday cards using the Beautiful Penned Designer Series Paper and colouring it in. I usually stamp an image and colour it in so time to try something different. I find colouring in so relaxing and this is an ideal way to mass produce Birthday cards. How to make the Birthday Cards using Colouring I started by cutting two 10.5cm x 14.8cm Basic White This...

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Scrapbook Layout – Let’s Strip

Scrapbook Layout – Let’s Strip

Welcome to this month's Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop The theme this month is Let's Strip When I saw the Scrapbook Layout theme was Let's Strip my original idea was to use strips of Designer Series Paper but I have done this before. Whilst tidying up my craft desk I found some strips of the 2021-2023 InColor card stock. Some of them were the whole length of an A4 sheet they would fit my 12x12 scrapbook page and some were shorter lengths. Scrapbook Layout - Let's Strip Background I started by...

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Scrapbook Layout – Graduation

Scrapbook Layout – Graduation

Welcome to this month's Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop The theme this month is Summer Events My project for this month's theme is a scrapbook layout for my daughter's graduation. The beginning of the journey.... Each summer is it an exciting but nervous time for those who are getting their exam results. In 2008 my daughter, Heather, get her GCSE exam results and after a tough year being bullied they were not too great. She is also dyslexic but was not offered the support required to get better...

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Happy 50th Birthday Block Card

Happy 50th Birthday Block Card

Welcome to this month's Ink, Stamp, Share Showcase Blog Hop For my showcase blog hop this month I thought I would show you the Happy 50th Birthday Block Card that I made for a very special friend for her 50th birthday this month. How to make the Happy 50th Birthday Block Card I started by cutting and scoring the card base using the template below onto Basic White Thick card stock. Next I cut the mat layers using Mint Macaron card stock. I then cut the Hand Penned DSP to fit the mat layers...

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Male Birthday Cards

Male Birthday Cards

Welcome to this month's Stamp 'N Hop Blog Hop The theme this month is 'It's all about the Males' If like me you struggle to think of what to use to make Male Birthday Cards or even just to say thank you then I hope you enjoy seeing what we have all come up with for this theme. I bought the Suit & Tie dies a while ago with male birthday cards in mind as I had seen so many cards made using these dies. I started off with 3 card bases using Basic White Thick card stock. Male Birthday Card 1 -...

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Scrapbook Layout – Strawberry Patch Kid

Scrapbook Layout – Strawberry Patch Kid

Welcome to this month's Tech 4 Stampers Academy Blog Hop The theme this month is Holidays! Last year we know was not a good year for holidays and most of us spent it in lockdowns. So this year I am having a Staycation and spending more time with family, making memories. My husband and I decided to take our 2 year old granddaughter strawberry picking for the first time. So I decided to design a scrapbook layout called a Strawberry Patch Kid ready for when I get the photos printed. It was a very...

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Colour Combo August 2021 Blog Hop

Colour Combo August 2021 Blog Hop

Welcome to this month's Colour Combo Blog Hop This month's three colours are Gray Granite, Bermuda Bay and Gorgeous Grape For my blog hop today I though I would do something totally different for my Colour Combo cards. So I decided to use the card stock as my main feature of these three cards. I started off by cutting three card bases using Basic White Thick card stock and put them to one side. Next I cut three Gray Granite mat layers. These will be my background for each card. Colour Combo...

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