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Holiday Stockings -making fun variations…
Holiday Stockings make decorating at Christmas time so much fun. With the new Trim Your Stockings thinlits Dies in the 2017 Holiday Catalog the possibilities are endless. In my last post on Sept 4th, I showed how to make a large box with this die set. However, you can use this die set in many […]
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Stocking Box -Table Display? Hang?Your Choice…
What is your favorite Christmas item? I love Christmas Stockings. After making all sorts of fabric stockings in previous years, cardstock became my choice this year. Last year the stocking die appeared in our catalog perfectly sized for a card. But too small for a container or box. When the 2017 Holiday catalog went live on […]
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Bottle Messages make fun cards for young or old
Bottle Messages can be funny or serious. The new Message in a Bottle stamp set contains all sorts of fun elements to keep a smile on your face. Despite not owning this cool stamp set my self, I enjoyed making 2 fun new cards. Since my daughter purchased and designed a quick fun card at her […]
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Magical Open-Reveal Box Filled with Goodness
My Magical Open-Reveal Box morphed from an Open-Reveal Box filled with candy on a Facebook post by Vicky Thompson. In order to create the box I started with a 9⅜” by 12″ piece of Groovy Guava cardstock. (Sigh… my last piece…) Magical Open-Reveal Box Assembly First you score on the long side at 3⅞”, 4½”, […]
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Simple Embossing Paste Thank You Cards
Simple Embossing paste backgrounds enhance basic cards immensely. With a few tools you can take your thank you cards from basic to awesome. After teaching the Embossing paste technique class on June 16th leftover bits of modified embossing paste littered my craft table. So how to use it up before it did what embossing paste does […]