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TRAVEL DOES A WORLD OF GOOD

Rob and I had plans to travel later this year; with destinations including the UK, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

We love to travel and learn about new countries and cultures – and that does us a world of good!

Although these plans are now on hold, we are happy to be healthy and safe.

Thank goodness for the new WORLD OF GOOD SUITE to help us preserve our travel memories and create travel inspired cards and projects.

Today I created several cards and gift boxes that I will post over the coming days. Here is the first one.

One of the features of this suite is that there are two stamps and dies showing each half of the world. So, of course, I decided to use the half that includes Australia!

The DSP sheets with brass foil features are stunning.

For this card I featured the CINNAMON CIDER IN COLOUR in card stock and DSP.

The DSP is especially lovely and I cut a piece depicting the UK – one of the 2020-2022 IN COLOUR ENAMEL DOTS is placed close to where POOTLES lives, between Petersborough and Cambridge.

I am so happy with the way the copper foil looked after I embossed it.

The texture of the 1/4″ FAUX SUEDE TRIM is so close to the real thing.

What do you think? Leave me a comment and you may be surprised.

Thanks for popping by … happy stamping.

These are the products I used to make this card. If you live in Australia, you can order any of these products through me.

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Paper Snips
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NO STAMPING

It is very rare for me to make a project without using a stamp set, but that is what happened as this card evolved.

I started with a piece of DSP from the FLOWERS FOR EVERY SEASON 6″x 6″ pack. A gorgeous piece filled with roses in shades of BUMBLEBEE.

I looked through my stamp sets and had a few ideas but nothing was jumping out at me to use with this paper.

That’s when I remembered that I had the coordinating FLOWERS FOR EVERY SEASON MEMORIES & MORE CARD PACK.

As I flipped through the pack I found a small card with the same roses, although slightly lighter in colour, with a sentiment in CINNAMON CIDER. Done!

From there it was full steam ahead – emboss some Cinnamon Cider card stock, cut a piece of the rose DSP, trim down the Memories & More card, mount it onto a mat background, add some ribbon and linen thread, use lots of dimensionals and I was done.

I also added a half inch strip of the DSP to the envelope and inside the card.

And just like my card posted yesterday, this card didn’t need any other embellishments.

Thanks for popping by …happy stamping.

These are the products I used to make this card. If you live in Australia you can any of them through me.

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Paper Snips
[103579]
$17.00
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TRUST ME, YOU’RE LOVELY!

The sentiments in the LOVELY YOU STAMP SET are just that, lovely; as are the images.

For the strips of ‘DSP’ I stamped two of the images – a flower and spray of leaves, onto Whisper White card stock using Just Jade and Terracotta Tile.

I love that we have so many dies that can be used for any project. This card has dies from two different sets – ORNATE BORDERS and TASTEFUL LABELS.

The Just Jade DSP on the card front is from the FLOWERS FOR EVERY SEASON 6″X 6″ DSP pack.

I seem to be making quite a few cards, at the moment, that use just three colours. This one includes Just Jade, Terracotta Tile and Whisper White plus a neutral from the braid.

Once the card got to this stage I took quite a while to decide whether to add some embellishments – in the end, I decided not to.

What do you think – does it need anything else?

Thanks for popping by … happy stamping.

The products I used to make this card are shown below. If you live in Australia, you can order any of them through me.

Product List
Paper Snips
[103579]
$17.00