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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02963511683877063303noreply@blogger.comBlogger301125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8992590371408453280.post-27404155331985725312018-07-06T09:00:00.000+01:002018-07-06T09:00:09.215+01:00Saying Goodbye with my ‘Ride or dies’<div>
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Jill here, and this week, well, this week the time has come to say goodbye. This will be my last post as a regular DT member for the awesome, incredible, off-the-scale amazing, Seven Hills Crafts, and I thought the only way to go out was with a mash-up of my all time fave, my ‘Ride or Die’, the one, the only....</div>
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I’ve also thrown in a sneaky nod to my first ever post for Seven Hills Crafts and recreated the same background using one of my all-time favourite techniques with one of my all-time favourite mediums: die-inlay and watercolour. </div>
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So like I say, I simply had to showcase Mama Elephant in my farewell post. They’ve been my favourite stamping company for so long. I simply adore their characters, bursting with personality through their sweet, whimsical illustrations, always accompanied by some meaningful sentiments in some beautiful font. I love em! Always have, always will. So I thought it would be quite fun, and only fitting, to grab a few of my absolute faves, and create a sweet little scene to wish all of you, all the happiness in the world.</div>
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I started by taking a panel of watercolour card and, using Mama Elephant’s <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/landscape-trio-creative-cuts.html">Landscape Trio</a>, cut my background into pieces. I then cut Mama Elephants ‘<a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/happy-script-creative-cut.html">Happy Script Die</a>’ a ton of times and built on top of each other. I then coloured each piece of my background, and the top piece of my ‘Happy’ sentiment using Distress Inks mixed with water, and set aside to dry.</div>
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I then stamped out my gorgeous Mama Elephant friends from various sets. The rabbit is <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/lunar-animals.html">Lunar Animals</a>, the hedgehog and cutest mouse in the universe (now see, this is what I mean with Mama Elephant, the teeniest tiniest image can turn my heart to mush and make me NEEEED an entire set!) are from <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/ella-friends.html">Ella and Friends</a>, and my cool dude doggy riding his skateboard is from <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/little-dog-agenda.html">Little Dog Agenda</a>. I coloured all my friends using, of course, my all-time favourite colour medium...my ever faithful trusty <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/zig-clean-color-real-brush-pen-24-piece-set.html">Zigs,</a> and fussy-cut leaving a wee white edge. </div>
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I finished off my sentiment by stamping onto black card and white heat-embossing, then built up my scene adhering everything in place. </div>
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So there you have it, a feast of faves all in one place! I really hope you like it and of course, everything I used is linked below. </div>
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So all that’s left is for me to say ‘Goodbye’. I would like to thank each and every one of you for taking the time to read, comment, or simply look at my posts week after week; your time and kindness is so very much appreciated. And of course to my Design Team members, and to the fantastic Mr & Mrs Seven Hills Crafts themselves, Tara and Rick. I thank you with all my heart for such an incredible opportunity to play a part in such an amazing company and community, it has been an absolute honour and I have loved every second of it! </div>
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My face will hopefully still pop up here and there from time to time, but from me to you, take care of yourselves and I wish you all, Happy Everything xxx</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02963511683877063303noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8992590371408453280.post-58684665439529059192018-06-22T09:00:00.000+01:002018-06-22T09:00:11.042+01:00Trying Turnabouts!<div style="color: #454545; font-family: ".sf ui text"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext"; font-size: x-small;">Jill here, and this week I’m trying those wonderful Turnabout Stamps from Concord and 9th for the first time...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext"; font-size: x-small;">I’ve loved the look of these Turnabout sets since they were first released, but I have been trying with all my heart to be a good girl and use more of the stash I have, however, I simply could not resist this <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/star-turnabout.html">star</a> pattern.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext"; font-size: x-small;">I then took the<a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/star-turnabout-die.html"> Star Turnabout die</a> and cut that on the two opposing sides to my stamping. I then cut a bigger star from the centre of my panel using <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/puffy-star-stackables-dies.html">Lawn Fawn’s Puffy Stars</a>.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02963511683877063303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8992590371408453280.post-45555240565606727202018-06-15T09:00:00.000+01:002018-06-15T09:00:12.451+01:00Get your rocks off & ROCK ON!<div style="color: #454545; font-family: ".sf ui text"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext"; font-size: x-small;">...by getting my Rock’s on using the incredible <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/rock-on.html">‘Rock On’</a> from Waffle Flower!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: ".sfuitext";">This set is so awesome. You can make the little winged bugs anything you want by colouring however you like. There’s just something about them that makes me smile. They have absolute killer rock star attitude and I am LIVING for it! The little guy with the drum though....</span><span style="font-family: ".applecoloremojiui";">😂</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext"; font-size: x-small;">My sentiment is from the same <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/rock-on.html">Rock On</a> set and is stamped into a frame from Lawn Fawn's <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/flirty-frames.html">Flirty Frames</a> set. Oh, and just for a change (wink wink), I coloured all my card with my trusty Zigs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext"; font-size: x-small;">Jill here, and this week I’m mixing and matching to turn two cards, into one...but still come out with two cards...confusing? Allow me to explain...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext"; font-size: x-small;">I started with two separate panels. On one, I created a watercolour background by squishing my card against some watered down Distress inks, and the other I simply added a ton of flicks and splashes across the who panel using the same colours I had used on my other card - also introducing black to ‘ground’ the other colours. I then took this gorgeous gigantic <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/wishing-you-7708.html">‘Wishing You’</a> sentiment from Mama Elephant and stamped it in the same place on both panels. I used a stamping platform to make life easier but it is totally possible to do the same thing without by using a Stampamajig or similar. I heat set my sentiments with clear embossing powder to add definition.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext"; font-size: x-small;">Once both my panels were coloured and stamped, I lost my mind and recklessly cut-em up! No, not really, but when doing a design like this there is certainly that moment when you pray it comes together like the mental image in your head!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext"; font-size: x-small;">I used Avery Elle’s<a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/custom-panels-elle-ments.html"> Custom Panel Elle-ments</a> to cut both panels into an ‘off-centre’ chevron design, cutting them at the same time (one of top of the other) to ensure the dies cut in the exact same place on each card. Often dies don’t cut all the way through two pieces of card, but it makes enough of a guide to easily finish off with a craft knife. I then simply pieced my cards back together, like a jigsaw, but using alternate pieces from each panel, on each card.</span></div>
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Jill here, and this week, I'm enjoying the simple things in life...</div>
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...using Avery Elle's <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/furry-friends.html">Furry Friends</a>.</div>
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My favourite thing in this universe is my gorgeous little doggy, Indiana (Indy to his pals). Nothing brings me more joy than watching him frolic around, tail wagging having the time of his life on a beautiful summer's evening...and nothing brings Indy more joy than his ball! He is obsessed! So I decided to celebrate these small moments and the joy they bring with this week's card.</div>
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I started by stamping out and colouring, in the likeness of Indy, this cute little chap, from Avery Elle's <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/furry-friends.html">Furry Friends</a>, and his little ball (which is also coloured to match Indy's favourite ball). I then cut a few strips of Lawn Fawn's <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/grassy-border-die.html">Grassy Border</a> for him to be sitting amongst. I covered my front panel in some of the smaller stamps from the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/furry-friends.html">Furry Friends</a> and cut a heart aperture from that.</div>
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My sentiment is from Mama Elephant's <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/everyday-greetings.html">Everyday Greetings</a> and is stamped and heat embossed onto vellum, adhered in place with a small amount of glue strategically placed!</div>
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I edged my card and my aperture with ink to help the scene 'pop'.</div>
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It's in these simple chilled out, laid back times I find myself to be my truest, happiest self; so never forget, 'Enjoy the small moments'.</div>
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I'm baaaaaack How are you all? I've missed you that's for sure. I've been a busy bee moving house and changing careers so needed a little time to get sorted and settle in.<br />
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I used Mama Elephant's <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/lovely-piggies.html">Lovely Piggies,</a> <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/scripty-bday.html">Scripty Bday</a>, and <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/butterfly-wishes-die-4846.html">Picket Fence</a> to make my card.</div>
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As soon as I got my <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/scripty-bday.html">Scripty Bday</a> set, and read this sentiment, I thought of this little piggy in his little top hat and how he looked like a magician, so set up the scene from there.</div>
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I started by creating my background, a loose watercolour wash using my wonderful Zigs. I free handed the grassy verge and added some of the flowers from the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/lovely-piggies.html">Lovely Piggies</a> set. I stamped and cut out all my other elements and coloured, again, using my Zigs, stamping and cutting a spare little hat to use as my 'magician's hat'. I would've dearly loved a little bunny popping out of the hat, but I couldn't find one that would fit, so opted for this cute bouquet.</div>
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I finished my card with a scattering of stars cut from Mama Elephant's <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/brands/mama-elephant/confetti-creative-cuts-die.html">Confetti Creative Cuts</a> and there you have it! </div>
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I can't tell you how pleased I am to be getting back to normal...whatever that is! </div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">So straight away a little scene popped </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">into</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> my head if a string of sweet birds sitting on a wire sending celebratory messages!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">I started by stamping out all of my elements and coloured them using pencils, the designs just seemed to call out for the sweet naive look of pencil colouring. Once everything was coloured, I cut out and set aside. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">I then created a soft blended spotlight background, again, using pencils and adding a wee free hand grass verge.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Although I love having a simple f</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">ocal point on my cards I felt the background called for something else so made a rough mask to cover my pencil colouring and stamped Lawn Fawn’s<a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/gingham-backdrops.html"> Gingham Backdrop</a> over-top - what more perfect background for a picnic scene?!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">I stamped out my sentiment form the</span><a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/picnic-with-friends.html" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> Picnic With Friends </a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">set onto my sky and hear embossed in white.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02963511683877063303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8992590371408453280.post-42265918799854205172018-03-02T09:00:00.000+00:002018-03-02T09:00:13.297+00:00The Dog's Woof's Wicked Party!<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Hi everybody,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Jill here and this week, I’ve got a rad doggy party for you...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">These kind of ‘group shot’ designs that Mama Elephant have come out with recently are just beyond brilliant. They make colouring so fun, coming up with different designs and personalities for each one of the ‘gang’, and being able to change the look so easily with your colouring. Just brilliant.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">I started by stamping out my doggy crew and heat embossing in clear to make life easier when it came to colouring. I then coloured using my<a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/zig-clean-color-real-brush-pen-24-piece-set.html"> Zigs</a> with water.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">I stamped out the balloons from Mama Elephant’s <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/up-and-away.html">Up And Away</a>, created a mask, and stamped out again and again creating a whole cluster of balloons, which I then coloured in lovely bright colours using my<a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/zig-clean-color-real-brush-pen-24-piece-set.html"> Zigs </a>again. I also created a quick background wash with the help of my magnificent<a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/zig-clean-color-real-brush-pen-24-piece-set.html"> Zigs </a>once more, and adding a few flicks of white for added interest.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">I am a dog obsessive - no joke - I recently even landed my dream job of working a rehoming centre, so this set was an absolute ‘must-have’ for me and I LOVE it! I actually can’t wait to use it again...and again and again and again...</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02963511683877063303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8992590371408453280.post-14917264621916937962018-02-23T09:00:00.000+00:002018-02-23T09:00:27.623+00:00Sparkle, Paste, & Acetate.<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Hi everybody,</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">I then covered a piece of white card in Stick-It and cut<a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/stitched-butterflies-die.html"> Lil Inker’s Stitched Butterflies</a> from it, peeled back the Stick-It and, again, covered in Lawn Fawn’s <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/glitter-chunky.html">Chunky </a>&<a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/glitter-prisma.html"> Prisma </a>Glitters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">My ‘Hi’ is from <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/hello-there-die-5125.html">My Favourite Things’ Hello There</a> die set which I cut from card and heat embossed with Lawn Fawn’s <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/embossing-powder-rose-gold.html">Rose Gold embossing powder </a>several </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">times to create a nice substantial molten metal look element.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Once my acetate panel was dry I cut a frame from both my card blank and another piece of card, allowing me to sandwich the acetate in between creating a pretty sparkly acetate fronted card.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">I added a panel of silver sparkle card on the back of my card so the pretty went all the way through, and there you have it.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02963511683877063303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8992590371408453280.post-41068342224685620432018-02-16T09:00:00.000+00:002018-02-16T09:00:42.199+00:00Hear me Rawr!<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Hi everybody,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Another absolute knock-out mini set from Lawn Fawn. Incredibly affordable and beyond cute, what’s not to want?!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">I started by stamping out my cute little dinosaur, colouring with Copics, and cutting out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">I then stamped out my background using a few little pieces from Lawn Fawn’s <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/life-is-good.html">Life Is Good</a> to build up a scene and, again, coloured with Copics creating a (or attempting to) soft blends around the edges. I then took the little speech bubble from the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/rawr.html">Rawr</a> set and lightly stamped it all across my background for a little added fun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Quite a young fun simple card (hopefully) showing how one teeny little stamp set can still pack a punch!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02963511683877063303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8992590371408453280.post-49635909815743588992018-02-09T09:00:00.000+00:002018-02-09T09:00:34.285+00:00Arctic Amour<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Hi everybody,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Jill here, and this week I’ve got a Valentine’s love story...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">I think I have a tendency to see these delights as a Christmassy set for some reason. Well, no more! These perfect penguins are free to play any time, and what better time is there for such wonderful creatures to make an appearance, (I mean...partners for life *heart strings officially pulled*), than to help celebrate the day of love, Valentine’s.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">I started by cutting a heart stencil and using the negative piece to colour inside with a mixture of Zig Markers & water. I then added a few flicks and splashes across my background, and a ton of tiny hearts. I then stamped out my perfect pair of penguins, added a wee touch of colour, & cut out. My sentiment is from Wplus9’s wonderful, <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/that-is-all.html">That is all</a>, which is a set with so many different options for how to build your sentiment up in a really gorgeous font, absolutely love it. I stamped my sentiment straight onto my card and clear heat embossed. I cut some <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/tiny-hearts-dies.html">Tiny Hearts</a> from Paper Smooches (seriously the best value dies I have EVER bought), and added to my card front.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">I adhered my sweet couple onto the front of my card using foam tape for a little dimension, and finished with a slick of gloss to the hearts and penguins' beaks and skates.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02963511683877063303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8992590371408453280.post-24909798840383234042018-02-02T09:00:00.000+00:002018-02-02T09:00:15.933+00:00Bright and Bold Rainbow of Happy!<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Hi everybody,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Jill here, and this week I’ve got a bright and bold rainbow of Happy for you...</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">I love me some snuggly cosy winter vibes but, holy macaroni, the brighter sun & the lighter evenings creeping in have me so excited for springtime! I decided to let my lust for brighter days take over me and lead the way in this sparkly card of celebration!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">I started with my watercolour rainbow, achieved by mixing Distress Ink with water and blending them in order across my background. I was feeling inspired to get messy and knew I wanted a bit of bling on my card so reached for some silver sparkly texture paste but it had all dried up so I decided to make my own...which went horribly wrong and I just ended up with a ton of grey sludge haha. ‘Waste not want not’ however so I persevered and used that along with Altenew’s gorgeous <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/tiny-bubbles-stencil.html">Tiny Bubbles</a> Stencil and swiped it across my background. I then added a layer of silver glitter over the top to achieve my required look and left to dry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">I then cut Mama Elephant’s <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/happy-script-creative-cut.html">Happy </a>from white card and foam and adhered together to form a nice substantial sentiment. I don’t think I will ever tire of die-cut sentiments. to this day these beautiful cursive Creative Cuts from Mama Elephant remain my absolute ‘Ride or Dies’ *pun intended :)</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02963511683877063303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8992590371408453280.post-58968099787055606962018-01-26T09:00:00.000+00:002018-01-26T09:00:43.399+00:00Lovely Loving PiggiesHi everybody,<br />
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This was an instant 'must-have' for me as I have nothing like it in my stash, and everybody has a soft-spot for these sweet creatures surely?</div>
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You get a load of different designs of the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/lovely-piggies.html">Lovely Piggies</a> in the set so the possibilities are endless. I decided to make a Valentine's themed card because I just *had* to use the little cupid piggie first...so cute!</div>
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I started by stamping out my piggies in a pale ink and coloured over-top using my <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/zig-clean-color-real-brush-pen-24-piece-set.html">Zig Real Brush Markers</a>, (to disguise the line), mixed with water for a lazy laid-back watercolour look. I created my background by using the cloud border from Mama Elephant's <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/landscape-trio-creative-cuts.html">Landscape Trio</a> as a stencil and gently ink blending over top to create a soft sky of pinks and blues. My piggies are playing upon My Favourite Things <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/cloud-9-dienamics.html">Cloud 9 Dienamics</a> and my sentiment is from Mama Elephant's <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/love-quotes.html">Love Quotes </a>(an oldy but a goody and comes out almost every time I get lovey dovey!).</div>
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Lovely Piggies sending love this Valentines.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02963511683877063303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8992590371408453280.post-38908734196749309472018-01-19T09:00:00.000+00:002018-01-19T09:00:44.555+00:00Fab-stract Watercolour FlowersHi everybody,<br />
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Jill here, and this week I've got some abstract (well, that's what I'm calling it) watercolour for you...<br />
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...using <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/fab-flowers.html">Fab Flowers</a> from Lawn Fawn.</div>
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If you're a regular visitor to our delightful blog you'll know I used the same set last week. I've decided this is my 'new thing', and a way of getting more use out of my crafty stash. I'm, (and I'm sure I'm not alone), like a kid in a sweetshop with my crafty goodies - spoilt for choice and too excited to play with everything all at once, so I tend to use a set then put it away never to be seen again for a long long time. Well no more I tell ya. So my new 'thing' is - I must make at least two cards with a set before it goes back in it's pack! So this is the second outing of this beaut in as many weeks.</div>
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I was aiming for a kind of really loose, abstract watercolour effect with this design and the way I accomplished that was to use Distress Ink so the colours would react with water (Zig Clean Colour Markers would also work a treat), and, once my stamp was covered in ink, to spritz it with water before stamping it onto my card. I don't think I'll ever fall out of love with the look of watercolour, and this technique is by far one of the easiest ways to achieve it. I stamped out all my elements using the same technique, die-cut, and then built up a sweet bouquet adhering each piece from the back. My background is My Favourite Thing's <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/sketched-chevron-background.html">Sketched Chevron</a> (literally one of my all time favourite stamps let alone backgrounds) which I clear heat embossed and add a wash of blue inks over-top.</div>
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I cut Lawn Fawn's <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/love-ya-line-border-die.html">Love Ya</a> Border Die to use as my sentiment and added another couple of elements from the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/fab-flowers.html">Fab Flower's</a> to tie my design together.</div>
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It's Jill here, happy to be back blogging for you fine folks, and grateful to Jenny for covering me on Friday - which is why I'm making an appearance here on Monday!<br />
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I wanted to start the New Year as I intend to go on, full of positive vibes and aiming for a bright, happy and fun-filled future, jam-packed with self belief and a fearless attitude...so today's card is a mantra to myself with a pretty twist...<br />
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I started by stamping out My Favourite Things <a href="http://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/pinstripe-background.html">Pinstripe Background </a>onto my front panel in pale grey, then cutting their<a href="http://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/stitched-circle-scallop-edge-frames-dienamics.html"> Stitched Circle Scallop Edge Frame</a> from that. I then stamped out a ton of Lawn Fawn's <a href="http://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/fab-flowers.html">Fab Flowers</a> in some pretty pink and purple inks and die cut them. </div>
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I stamped the same<a href="http://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/pinstripe-background.html"> Pinstripe Background</a> out again in a pale lemon onto a piece of card to have as my back piece, and stamped onto it this awesome empowering sentiment from Mama Elephant's <a href="http://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/everyday-greetings.html">Everyday Greetings</a> so that it would be centred behind my aperture.</div>
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I then built up all my <a href="http://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/fab-flowers.html">Fab Flowers </a>and foliage so they peaked out and created the perfect pretty frame to my fierce message.</div>
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A message of empowerment to start the year off the right way...ready to rock n roll!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02963511683877063303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8992590371408453280.post-8774571606985420002017-12-15T09:00:00.000+00:002017-12-15T09:00:27.285+00:00'Tis The Season...<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Hi everybody,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Jill here, and this week, I’ve got the last of my Xmas cards for this year...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">I started by lightly mapping out a small </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">circle in pencil, and creating many masks using the smallest sprig, candy canes, stars and baubles. I then stamped all my stars and decorations around the circles, covered in their masks, and went over top with sprigs, making sure each over-lapped the last.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">I then coloured the whole thing using my <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/zig-clean-color-real-brush-pen-24-piece-set.html">Zigs</a>. I normally always use them with water and this was one of the first times I used them just as they are and ‘woah’ they are so intense and bright, Utterly amazing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">I stamped my sentiment over the wreath and heat embossed in gold. I added a simple bow from gold twine and finished by coating my decorations in Glossy Accents.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">If you set up a wee production line and do each step on multiple cards, I think these could be produced uber quick - so if you’re cutting it close and are still </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">to get started - I hope these give you a little inspiration on what you could do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Well folks, all that’s left is for me </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">to wish you all the merriest of all </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Christmas', and the happiest of all new years! See you next year!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02963511683877063303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8992590371408453280.post-40164194677238669422017-12-08T09:00:00.000+00:002017-12-08T09:01:06.105+00:00Adorable Arctic Penguin Parade<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Hi everybody,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Jill here, and this week I’ve got a group of Mama elephant’s adorable <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/arctic-penguins.html">Arctic Penguins.</a>..</span><br />
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Jill here, and this week I'm sharing my quick make Christmas cards that are the actual design I am using this year (I know, get me showing off, for the first time ever...I am organised early!).<br />
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It's a tough time time of year for us card makers; our nearest and dearest are well aware of our hobby and are looking forward to something fancy and bespoke, and I don't know about you, but for me I still want to make every card impressive and pretty, and to look like it took me a whole load of blood sweat and tears...but whilst being really easy to make and without taking too much time. I mean, making a whole batch of cards for a whole load of different people...is hard! </div>
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My answer...SENTIMENTS! Big, bold, beautiful, stylish and superb...SENTIMENTS!</div>
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Quick and easy to make, but hopefully pretty enough to make an impact!</div>
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For me, it's all about the organisation. I have an idea in my head, and I have all my tools and elements in place before I begin; stamps mounted, card-stock cut to size, paints and brushes ready to go etc...then I get to work. </div>
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I started with the backgrounds. I chose my colours and watercolour washed across each of my panels in an ombre effect. Once I was done with the last one - the first one was pretty much dry and ready to be covered in plenty flicks and flickers of beautiful iridescent and gold paint from Gansai Tambi's <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/gansai-tambi-starry-colours.html">Starry Colours</a>. Once each panel was dry, I had a variety of stencils and stamps at the ready to add extra interest to my background in soft and subtle white ink. I used a variety of<a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/sparkling-snowflake-stencil.html"> snowflakes </a>and the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/tiny-bubbles-stencil.html">Tiny Bubble</a> stencil from Altenew to act as snowfall.</div>
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I then moved on to the main event - the big bold sentiment stamping. A beautiful background with a big stand-out sentiment is my all time favourite design when it comes to card making. I just don't think you can go wrong, and it simplifies batch card-making so much. No colouring or fussy-cutting for example.</div>
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I decided to use Mama Elephant's <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/merry-christmas-wishes.html">Merry Christmas Wishes</a> sentiment, but there are so many of this kind of stamp to choose from. All fabulous fonts and stylish designs. </div>
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I used a stamping platform to make my life that little bit easier, but really, there's no need. I had a little production line all set up - my pile of backgrounds which I stamped onto using Versamark, covered in gold embossing powder, and left aside to do all my melting at once. I added a little trim along the bottom from Mama Elephant's<a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/zenith-borders.html"> Zennith Borders</a>. This border always reminds me of a Nordic folk tree design so thought it would finish of the card nicely, also embossing in gold.</div>
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And there you have it, a pretty background, a big bold sentiment, and few little added bits of interest, and you could have the task complete in next to no time!</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02963511683877063303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8992590371408453280.post-30183602750457826842017-11-24T09:00:00.000+00:002017-11-24T09:00:31.251+00:00Super cute sticky note.<br />
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Jill here, and this week, I’m making a cute birthday memo...</div>
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...using the cute as a button ‘<a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/sticky-note.html">Sticky Note</a>’ from Mama Elephant.</div>
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I love any set that contains ‘peek-a-boo’ critters, there’s just something so uber cute about their little noses peeking over a page edge or similar. It makes my heart melt and that’s all it takes for me to snap up a set! I’ve also had a massive stationary obsession since I was tiny so this set was ticking all my boxes!</div>
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I started by stamping out and colouring my wee sneaky peeky critter and fussy cutting. I really wanted my sticky note to look like a, well, a sticky note and didn’t have the exact colour so used, yup you’ve guessed it...sticky note paper! It’s obviously very thin and I wanted it to look like a stack with the cute memo on top so stamped it out a few times, only adhering at the top so the pages could curl up along the bottom.</div>
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext";">Jill here, and this week, I'm spreading some chilly Christmas cheer!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext";">I started by stamping out & heat embossing a ton of the little snowflakes from the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/all-year-cheer.html">All Year Cheer</a> set all across my background then washing a load of watered down purple inks across...which I then pretty much covered completely with a panel of vellum sandwiched between a frame cut from Mama Elephant's<a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/index-card-creative-cuts.html"> Index Card Creative Cuts</a>...but ho-hum haha. I then inked up, stamped up, and die cut all my small elements- my wee little robin and all the leaves and branches. I had already embossed my sentiment onto my vellum panel in a gold powder so all that was left to do was build-up my scene up, around and over that. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext";">I finished my card by adding a teeny slick of Glossy Accents onto my Robin's beak, and a coat of shimmer onto his wee little tummy.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02963511683877063303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8992590371408453280.post-32236968497156214952017-11-10T09:00:00.000+00:002017-11-10T09:00:22.665+00:00Three Bear Party!<div style="color: rgb(69 , 69 , 69); font-family: ".sf ui text"; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext";">Jill here, and this week, I've got a tale of three little bears, and they're looking for a party!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext";">I fell in love with these little <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/bitty-bears.html">Bitty Bears</a> as soon as I set eyes on them. Firstly, they are beyond sweet, and secondly, I loved that the open design meant you could create any kinda bear your heart desired from them. So I decided to go with a whole little soiree of species!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02963511683877063303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8992590371408453280.post-22011303382919239102017-11-04T09:00:00.000+00:002017-11-04T09:00:09.418+00:00Celebrating Seasonal Colours.<div style="color: #454545; font-family: ".sf ui text"; line-height: normal;">
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext";">Jill here, and this week, I'm celebrating the change of seasons and the beautiful colours that come with it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext";">Using a ton of falling leaves from Lawn Fawn and Newton's Hook.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext";">Autumn is by far my favourite season. I love the dark nights, I love the coziness, I love my warm clothes but most of all....I love the colours. It's so magical walking through the park surrounded by vibrant reds and yellows and oranges, it always inspires me to create something. I treat myself to Newton's Hook <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/falling-leaves-stencil.html">Falling Leaves Stencil</a> recently so this was the perfect opportunity to enjoy it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext";">While everything was drying I cut Lawn Fawn's <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/scripty-hello-die.html">Scripty Hello</a> from a piece of card (and white foam to add dimension later), and also an aperture from my cover card using MFT's <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/stitched-circle-scallop-edge-frames-dienamics.html">Scalloped Edged Circles</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext";">I covered my <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/scripty-hello-die.html">Scripty Hello </a>die-cut in several layers of a gorgeous rich bronze embossing powder to create a delicious, luxurious, shiny, sentiment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext";">Jill here, and this week, I'm getting all romantic...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext";">...using the beautiful<a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/love-quotes.html"> Love Quotes</a> from Mama Elephant with a scattering of <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/tiny-hearts.html">Tiny Hearts </a>from Altenew and even more <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/tiny-hearts-dies.html">Tiny Hearts</a> from Paper Smooches.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext";">If I had to choose my all time favourite sentiment, it would be this one...'And suddenly all the love songs were about you'. I'm a sucker for soppy and I just think it's so beautiful, so romantic to let your special someone know how you feel. It's perfect for anniversaries, Valentine's Day, but you know what, it's perfect for just letting your special someone know they still give you butterflies, anytime!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext";">I stamped out my <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/love-quotes.html">sentiment </a>onto vellum and heat embossed in white; I always think white embossing on vellum looks romantic! I then cut my vellum into a banner shape and adhered in place with tiny dots of clear glue so it wouldn't show through.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext";">I then covered a piece of card in a white sparkle embossing powder and cut a load of Paper Smooches <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/tiny-hearts-dies.html">Tiny Hearts </a>from it which I then used to sprinkle around my card.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext";">I finished by added a bow of white string to bring my design together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext";">I really hope you like it and it makes you want to express your soppy side too :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext";">As always, everything I used is linked below so be sure to stop by the store and check out the rest of the lovey dovey sentiments on this <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/love-quotes.html">awesome set</a>.</span></div>
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