All The Books

I stamped the books multiple times across the bottom of my cardstock to get a nice long line of reading material... perfect for book lovers like myself. I then coloured one with beautiful deep shades from around the colour wheel, and the other with all the lovely brights!

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More Scrappy Backgrounds

Last month, I shared a tutorial for creating backgrounds with strips of scrap paper. Today I'm back with another idea, but this time we're using those little pieces that are a bit small on their own, but together, can make an awesome display! I used a small, hexagonal cutting die to cut as many shapes as I could from the offcuts I had in my drawer. Then I arranged them in different ways to create three pretty card fronts. You could create similar effects with squares, triangles or octagons... or whatever shape punches and dies you have in your stash. 

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Reminder: Closing Digital Store

Our digital store is closing at the end of this month. No new digital stamps are being released.

Our blog remains as busy as ever with plenty of regular content,

new physical products, tutorials and inspiration.

What's Changing?

- No new digital stamps

- No monthly challenges

What's Continuing?

- Regular card making and paper craft tutorials

- The freebie library will remain

- The A-Z of card folds will remain

- New physical products will be regularly released

- Monthly newsletter will continue

When Is It Happening?

There will be no new digital stamps and no monthly challenges from the start of 2025.

The digital store will close at the end of June 2025 giving people the opportunity to use store credit.

IMPORTANT NOTE

Store credit must be spent by the end of June 2025.

Old English Sheepdog

This fine fellow looks wonderful coloured with neutral greys, which in turn look good with just about any other colour you wish to add. I've used the pretty pastel sheets from the Celebrations paper pack along with a soft pink ribbon to complete my creation.

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Wren and Blossoms

The little birds from the Blue Wrens set coordinate beautifully with the Cherry Blossom flowers, with the pretty pinks and bright blues creating a fantastic contrast. I added a border of shiny pearls, some silver mirror cardstock, and an embossed sentiment to give the design a nice lift.

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Dog Gone It Cutting Dies

After a slight delay, our new Dog Gone It cutting dies are now available!

One For The Books

To create the background for this card, I embossed a piece of glitter cardstock then lightly sanded the top to reveal the inner core. The distressed look coordinates nicely with the rich colours I chose for the image.

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White Blossoms

The Cherry Blossoms cut sheets include these gorgeous white blossoms that look stunning when combined with white cardstock and the lovely soft green papers from the Cherry Blossom paper pack. This colour scheme would be ideal for weddings, anniversaries, or extra special birthdays.

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Tutorial - Scrappy Backgrounds

Paper scraps and offcuts are almost inevitable when you're a paper crafter, but they don't have to end up in the bin. Today I want to share a simple idea that uses all the long strips of paper that I always seem to end up with when crafting. I've shared a similar idea before, but this time I'm taking it a couple of steps further for an interesting effect.

1. First, secure the long strips side-by-side on an angle. I've attached mine to a scrap piece of printer paper that I cut to about an A6 size (the size of a card front). I then trimmed it to 10cm x 14cm.

2. Cut the paper into 2cm strips, then cut each strip into 2cm squares.

3. Secure each square to your card, alternating the direction of the angle. For example, on the first square the paper strips are angled upward from left to right. On the second square, the strips are angled downward from left to right. Continue alternating until you have completed an entire row.

4. Start the second row with the strips facing the opposite way to the one above, then continue alternating in the same manner until your entire card front is covered. You'll end up with a background that looks a little like parquetry. 

I created a second background (below, right) by cutting 2cm strips, rotating the 2nd and 4th by 180 degrees, and layering them side by side, which also gave me a pretty effect. All that's left to do now is decorate!

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Another Birthday?!

I think the expressions on these little faces speak for themselves! After colouring and fussy cutting the images, I teamed them up with some of the Celebrations Patterned paper for a fun birthday card.

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Pair of Cards

If you've followed my blog for any length of time, you'll know I enjoy making sets of cards with slight variations. I'm always intrigued by how different they look even though the elements are largely the same. So... which do you prefer?

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Digital Sale

Our digital sale is still in full swing! 

Everything in the sale section is under $10.00AU, with some items as low as 50c.

DIGITAL STORE PERMANENTLY CLOSING

PLEASE REMEMBER TO USE YOUR STORE CREDIT BY THE 30th OF JUNE

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