A Toast To Us

 

Use Lawn Fawns 'Let's Toast' stamp and die sets to make this interactive funny anniversary card

I love interactive cards and this one is brilliant - the toast pops up out of the toaster! It really brings a smile to my face.

I have had this stamp and die set for a while and was a bit daunted on how it went together. It's actually quite easy though and now I'm looking through my other stamp sets to see if they would work with the toast pull tab mechanism.

The stamp set comes with lots of different phrases and greetings so you can turn it into a different greeting card rather than anniversary card. I wasn't going to use the smiley faces on the items but my son insisted I did.

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Letter Holder

 

Make a letter rack to hold your incoming or outgoing post or your greeting cards

This week I'll show you how to make this cute letter holder from scrapbooking card.

I've made mine to fit A5 envelopes but I will show you how to adjust the size if you wish to make a smaller holder.

It can be used as a rack by your door to remind you to post your greeting cards or maybe just to hold the greeting cards you have made. I've also made a couple to hold advent calendars (I know it's a bit early to be talking about these, but scroll to the bottom of the blog page where I will show you why and what I have done to make a festive calendar).

It might be nice to make one of these as a gift for a friend and fill it with greeting cards that they can post. Or why not make one to hold your favourite recipes?

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Shed Birthday Card

 

Use a shed peel off to create this really cool card

When I first started card making, I bought a lot of peel off's as they were an easy way of creating an image. I found this shed peel off and decided to make this weeks blog card using it.

You can really go to town decorating the garden part - adding a fence, path, plant pots or fish pond. If you stick the shed to a white base card instead of the craft coloured one, then you could colour your shed with brighter colours.

If you do not have a shed peel off or stamp, then why not use a house peel off or stamp instead?  You could draw one, print an image from the internet or even use a photo.    

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Patterned Birthday Card

 

Use patterned paper to make this simple yet effective birthday card

I have some really lovely patterned paper and I am always looking for ways to show it off on my cards. This week is another one of those !

I needed a more manly birthday card this week, so used beige and brown patterned papers but you could really go to town with any patterned papers you have. This is a simple card to make and would therefore make great thank you or thinking of you cards

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Blossom Anniversary Card

 

Make this beautiful card with just a few items from your craft stash

I love using pretty papers to make cards and this one is just fab.

I've used some blossom paper from a scrapbooking pad called 'Soft Romance' by Craft Sensations. You can use any pretty flower paper you have in your stash. I've used a small flower die to cut the flowers as this matches the size of the flowers on the paper. You may want to try different flowers to see which ones look best.

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