Tiny Prints and Birds Nests :D

I adore these little birds in a nest from Francoise at Woodware, they are just so adorable, and I thought they'd be the perfect topper for some backgrounds made with the Tiny Prints background stamps :D

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Jamie Rodgers Christmas Tales Festive Collection 2023 :D

I really enjoyed Jamie's Festive Collection this year and as I had the whole collection, thought I'd film an Up Close video for you all with my samples :D xxx

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Distress Watercolour Sharpenings Backgrounds :D

I had so much fun playing with the Distress Watercolour Pencils that my lovely friend Lourdes sent me, and I just had to see if it'd work to sharpen them over a wet piece of card to create a unique background, and I think it pairs really nicely with the Sizzix Leaf Fragment dies too! :D Hope you like the cards :D Christine xxx

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Sue Wilson's Industrial Chic Festive Collection :D

I decided to film an Up Close video with the stunning Industrial Chic Festive Collection from Sue Wilson from a few years back, I was making a bunch of samples for Creative Expressions and while I had everything thought I might as well film a video :D Those of you in the UK might have these dies in your stash and those of you in the US might have bought them recently from Scrapbooking Made Simple :D xxx 

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Leftover Cling Rubber :D

Ever wondered what to do with those bits of cling rubber that house some of the Tim Holtz stamp sets? When I made a card with his bottle brush tree stamps the other day, I weeded the set, then decided to cut the leftover cling rubber into usable shapes, and for these cards I used the 3 wonky rectangles, you'll never get a perfect impressions with them as they have a bit of texture to them, but they work fabulously for a watercolour stamping effect with Distress Inks :D xxx 

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Electric Wax Burner from One Day Saving :D

Hello :D So I've got a tutorial for you today using an electric wax furnace (kindly sent to me by One Day Saving) for creating wax seals, and I thought we would experiment by mixing clear wax beads with different pigment powders :D I also experimented to see if the furnace would melt embossing powder :D Hope you liked the tutorial :D Don't forget you can use my code CRaFTi05OFF for a 5% discount on the One Day Savings website :D 

Here's the sped up video I was mentioning in the video :D 

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Masterboard Background Cards :D

I really wanted to just have a play with some paints are create a random background, just having fun with different colours and shapes, so I created a full A4 sheet, which I then chopped down and managed to get 5 cards from :D Hope you like seeing the process :D

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Creative Expressions 3D Festive Embossing Folders :D

I really enjoyed working with the NEW 3D Festive Embossing Folders from Creative Expressions, and while I had my samples, I decided to film one of my Up Close videos :D I didn't realise at the time, but they also brought out coordinating stencils to go with the embossing folders too, so I've linked those where I could find them below as well :D xxx

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Papercuts Cut and Lift Festive Collection 2023 :D

While I had all the samples, I thought I'd film an Up Close video looking at the fabulous Papercuts Cut and Lift Festive Collection :D Enjoy :D Christine xxx

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