15th March, 2019
Hello friends. I had a really busy day yesterday and couldn’t wait to get to my desk to try out an idea that had been brewing all day. I made a card to send to my Niece who lives in Ireland and will be celebrating her very first St Partick’s Day this coming Sunday. I created a background using distress paints and my gel press.…
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14th March, 2019
Hello Friends. I’m back with another card using the new Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous stamps, this time using Distinguished (CMS371) and Fragments (CMS368) sets. I am sharing these cards on instagram and facebook, but continue to post on my blog for those of you who don’t use social media and to include some additional detail for those who would like it. I created the background…
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13th March, 2019
Hello friends. Still clinging slightly too tightly to The Professor (CMS373) stamp set, I made a card also using another of my other fave sets from the March stamp release, Distinguished (CMS371). The new wardrobe is dreamy and I stamped and fussy cut the traditional hat and coat-collar. It works beautifully over the lightbulb stamp from The Professor (CMS373) stamp set. That Lightbulb though… OH…
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12th March, 2019
Hello friends. I wanted to share the details of 4 cards that I made using the new The Professor (CMS373) stamp set from Tim Holtz and Stampers Anonymous. I used a gel press with distress paints to create the background and stenciled through the crate stencil with more distress paint and a blending tool. Stamping the awesome new inventor 7 (CMS374) stamps in ground epsresso…
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15th February, 2019
Hello friends, if you saw my post on Wednesday, you will know that there was supposed to be a post with the highlights of my trip to Creativation. Unfortunately, the post disappeared like a sock in the dryer, so it’s a rewrite over the weekend. In the meantime, I felt very inspired to get making using some of the new Tim Holtz products. I have…
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13th February, 2019
I’m sharing the final project that I made for the Tim Holtz idea-ology booth at this years Creativation, using incredible products from the idea-ology line. Welcome to the sideshow… step inside! This project is all based around this awesome photo from the newly updated idea-ology photobooth. With a massive 120 photographs choose from, this guy jumped out from the pack and I heard carnival music…
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12th February, 2019
Hey freinds. Today I’m sharing a second project that I made for the Tim Holtz idea-ology booth at this years Creativation. I love the new Tim Holtz idea-ology vignette set. It comprises a small vignette tray and a large and small vignette box. For this project, I just used the vignette tray which I painted with black soot distress paint and once dry, sanded back…
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11th February, 2019
Thank you so much to all those who visited my blog and left a comment during the Creativation 2019 Tim Holtz Blog Hop. Making a project for Tim’s booth is a dream come true… a nerve racking, hand shaking, terrifying, dream come true. Your comments have given me no end of encouragement and I have read and appreciate every single one, so thank YOU again.…
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5th February, 2019
Welcome to the Creativation 2019 – Tim Holtz Blog Hop and Give Away, and welcome to my blog! I’m delighted to have been invited to join so many talented designers on this exciting blog hop hosted by Richele Christensen. If you’ve just come across from the very cool and brilliant Vicki Evans – [dig] that crazy chick blog, you’re right on track! …if you’re completely…
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12th December, 2018
Hello friends. I am looking forward to a Christmas party on Friday night with some craft friends and we are each taking a handmade secret santa gift. I used some of the Tim Holtz idea-ology holiday products to create this home decor piece. I smeared opaque crackle texture paste over an etcetera tag using a palette knife and set aside to air dry, before covering…
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I was there in the afternoon.