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Where has the time flown since my last blog post? I cannot believe we're already toward the end of January. February is fast approaching and I see my free Valentines printables have been flying out worldwide. Hope you've been enjoying them. I would l...
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Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to all my readers, friends and family!Hope 2010 brings you peace and happiness.I love these Forever Friends rubber stamp images. I've combined with holographic and patterned card, a decorative punched border and lots of adhesive stones...
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Wishing YOU a Merry Christmas!
To all my readers here at Creative Crafter UK, I would like to thank you for your support throughout the year and wish each and every one of you a very Merry Christmas!Have a fabulous day!...
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Forever Friends in 3D
This varation on the Forever Friends theme combines patterned papers on my card with a simple pyramarge, created from a number of ovals from the same picture. As the design builds up (with the use of sticky fixers) the oval pieces decrease in size to...
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Forever Friends Christmas Card
The adorable Forever Friends designs make for perfect Christmas cards for my friends. Here's a simple Forever Friends transfer design layered onto card. I combined it with glitter for snowy hills, ribbon and patterned background paper. I layered the ...
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Christmas is Golden
This golden Christmas tree decorates this sophisticated card. I am sending this to a work acquaintance and hope he likes it!...
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Pink Baubles Christmas Card
This Christmas card has been rubber stamped and layered up to create the 3D effect. I coloured with pens and added gems for sparkle. This card is for a friend who loves pink!...
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An Elegant Contemporary Christmas Card
So have you been busy making your Christmas cards?I've been working on Christmas (it seems) most of the year with various projects, so now that it is finally December you would actually think I would be ahead with my personal Christmas cards....unfor...
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Happy Halloween Bottle Caps Card
Use the Halloween bottle caps printables (from my Folksy store) to create this card.It is recommended to print onto good quality photo paper from best results, with your printer at best settings.You Will Need:Halloween bottle caps printables (from my...
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Hocus Pocus Cauldron Halloween Card
I was very pleased with the way this design turned out!Use the Spooky Halloween printables (from my Folksy store) to create this card. It is recommended to print onto good quality photo paper from best results, with your printer at best settings.You ...
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Trick or Treat Card
Use the Spooky Halloween printables (from my Folksy store) to create this card.It is recommened to print onto good quality photo paper from best results, with your printer at best settings.You Will Need:Spooky Halloween printables (from my Folksy sto...
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Birthday Bonanza
Well, it's just about all my friends birthday's this month! Here's another of my good friend's Esther's card - a simple, graphical design that should appeal. I used sparkly gem stones combined with felt banner style ribbon and a pretty birthday cake ...
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Ghostly Card
Use the Spooky Halloween printables (from my Folksy store) to create this card.It is recommened to print onto good quality photo paper for best results, with your printer at best settings.You Will Need:Spooky Halloween printables (from my Folksy stor...
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Fete - Craft\'zine Issue 4
My work has featured again in Momtaz's wonderful Craft'zine Fete. The Autumn issue (Number 3) can be viewed by clicking on the link below.My romantic wedding anniversary card features on page 18 of the current issue.http://issuu.com/fete/docs/issue3...
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O\'Christmas Trees
Create this easy Christmas card using my O'Christmas Tree printable design available from my Folksy Store.These are ideal if you have a number of cards to make for the festive season as they're quick and easy to make.You Will Need:O'Christmas Tree Pr...
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World Card Making Day
Did you know World Card Making day is officially today? Head on over to www.worldcardmakingday.com for further details.This is an annual event held each year on the first weekend in October, since 2006. It's for card makers, papercrafters, retailers ...
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Oh Deer.....Sorry I Forgot
I've created this quick card today using the free image featured on Just Something I Made blogI positioned a gradient sunset background behind the silhouette, double matting the image onto yellow and black cardstock. A stripey Doodlebug patterned pap...
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Fete Craft 'Zine 2
Open publication - Free publishing - More zineHave you seen the new Fete Craft 'Zine? Created by avid crafter Momtaz.You may recall I featured last issue with my Get Well Card, well it's available again and can be seen above.My Fashionable Birthday C...
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Forever Friends Handmade Birthday
I was recently asked to create a pink, loveable, cute birthday card for a 65th birthday. It was from a devoted husband to his wife, so what better designs than to use these adorable Forever Friends rubber stamps. I coloured the waterproof stamped ima...
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Retirement Card
Here's a recent card created for my Doctor. He is retiring after 30+ years at our local surgery. Thankfully, I didn't need to see him too often, but I would like to wish him well for his retirement.So here is my little handmade creation - I hope he l...
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Football Mad Card
This simple card has been created using the Daisy and Dandelion rubber stamps. The footballer elephant is the perfect design for my soccer loving friend who is a keen supporter of Everton FC (hence the dark blue shirt!) I stamped the football backgro...
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Striking Patterns
Here are some more projects I created using the Drip. Dot. Swirl. book by Von Glitschka - I love the striking combination of the black and white Wrought Iron pattern combined with pinks. Here I have created some floral feminine cards and a co-ordinat...
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Have Your Cake and Eat It!
Here's one of my latest whimsical creations, handmade for a special friend using the pastel Doodlebug collection of papers and embellishments. I love the graphic style of Doodlebug design!Happy Birthday for today Misha!*Please note, as always, these ...
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Best Wishes Card
This card has been created using the free papers as given away in a September 2007 issue of Crafts Beautiful magazine. I thought they were so gorgeous I tried to make as many cards as possible from them. Three has been the limit from the small quanti...
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Fashionable Girlie Birthday Card
Had fun making this card for a friend today. It's her birthday this week (hope she doesn't see this posting first!) She's a shop-a-holic, loves fashion and is always wearing something different everytime I see her, usually it's pink!The dress is a ru...
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Elegant Happy Easter Card
Create this flourishing Easter from the Easter Egg-stravaganza Collection as featured here.You Will Need:Easter Egg-stravaganza CollectionA5 Cream Card BlankPeel Off Stickers - Gold Straight LinesDecorative Edge Scalloped ScissorsTextured Cardstock -...
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Easter Egg-stravaganza Acetate Card
This clearly, colourful Easter card can be created from the Easter Egg-stravaganza Collection as featured here.You Will Need:Easter Egg-stravaganza CollectionAcetate Film folded into an A6 card blankTextured Cardstock - Pink, Lime greenScalloped Deco...
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Large Easter Egg-stravaganza Card
This fresh, colourful Easter card can be created from the Easter Egg-stravaganza Collection as featured here.You Will Need:Easter Egg-stravaganza CollectionA6 Cream Card BlankGreen fine penSticky Foam PadsGlue StickScissorsRulerComputer, Printer and ...
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Scalloped Mother's Day Card
It's been another hectic week...working on illustrations for a client this week and completing crafting projects with articles.I recently got the new Fiskars Scalloped Border punch and have been using it on many of my creations...I'm addicted to scal...
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Easter Egg-stravaganza Card and Tag
These are two very simple items that can be created from the Easter Egg-stravaganza Collection as featured here.You Will Need:Easter Egg-stravaganza CollectionA6 White Card BlankNarrow Organza Ribbon - Green and BlueLarge Blue Round Gem Stone.Gold Ey...
