Cards for the men.

Hello everyone

I hope you all had a peaceful and restful Christmas, and are ready this new year to craft, create, and generally have fun!

This week on our polkadoodles challenge, I have made a mens card for a birthday as inspiration. this is using some stamps from my stash that I have reinvigorated to make something different. Our challenge runs for two weeks and to enter you can use any supplies, from any craft company, in any theme - it's always anything goes!  The winner and some runners-up get freebies.  Please, hop on over to our blog for easy entry.

You don't have to have a blog, you can enter a link from any social media! 

The stamp soup range from Polkadoodles is so versatile, you can make everything from houses to birds, and in my case balloons and presents!  all made in blues and greys it is perfect for a teenager or any male relative to say big birthday wishes! 

I used two of the sets - flowers and things and rainbows

I also used the sentiment stamp Happy Birthday from Happy Birthday layering stamps

Coloured using glitter sparkle pens for a rich sparkle but not too much as it's a male card.

I'd like to enter this into:

creative inspiration challenges - anything goes

creative knockouts - celebration

Cardz for guyz - use something from your stash

thanks for stopping by - please leave me a comment so i know you have been here!

See you again very soon

Rachael 

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Joy!

 Hello crafting friends

This week at polkadoodles, the DT were challenged with a colour themed Christmas card. pinks, greens and teals!

I used the clear stamp called 'winter noel'   I ink blended distress oxides (kitsch flamingo into Salvaged Patina) onto a sheet of textured card stock.  I masked the edges before so i could create a rectangle in the top third of my blank card..

I then used my stamping tool to give a good clear impression with versafine onyx black ink., using too of the stamps from the set along with the word joy.  I dug through my stash for the words at Christmas time.   I trimmed the panel and added a black mat behind, before mounting onto a 5x7 card.

I just love the CAS feel of this.

I'd like to enter this into:

Creative inspiration challenge - Anything goes

Krafty chicks - use stamps

creative fingers - anything goes

most magical time of the year - anything Christmas

The holly and Ivy - anything Christmas

I hope you like my card - please leave me a short message if you land here.  i really enjoy reading them!  you can also follow me on other social media channels, the links are top right!

See you soon

Rachael 

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Funky florals

Hello Crafting friends

It is again time for another challenge over at Polkadoodles with our famous anything-goes challenge.  The DT team this week were challenged to use 'things' rather than people or characters so I pulled out my funky flower stamps to complete this CAS card.

The staps have a supporting stencil you can use to colour them but on this, I just used some alcohol markers and a bit of shimmer pen.  I then fussy cut the flowers out and added them to the card blank.  I then realized it was missing something so I doodled the edge in a black fine liner to make them pop! 

I'd like to enter this into:

• Creative Fingers - anything goes
• Simply clean and simple - Anything CAS
• creative inspiration - anything goes
• Krafty Chicks - clean and simple
• Passion for markers - clean and simple

Thanks for stopping by and leaving any comments! i have other social media channels listed above if you want to follow me on these instead.

See you again soon

Rachael 

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Melon friends

 Hi everyone

Just dropping in today to share a cute card I made using a Gerda Steiner stamp called Melon friends

I stamped and coloured my image using copic markers and then fussy cut them all out.  

The background - I used a Mama elephant die set called mod heart which cuts out a stripy heart leaving a stitched heart aperture.  So... I got out my scissors again and fussy cut around the outline of the stitching to create a frame..

The card background was made using a woodware die, an aall and create die and some red festive berries distress oxide, splattered.

To finish the cute dino, I used glossy accents on his eyes to add shine and dimension.

I'd like to enter this into:

• Craft rocket - not square
• Krafty Chicks - use a stamp
• Time out - romantic
• Critter crazy - use a creature
• Allys angels - anything goes
• Crafters cafe - anything goes
• Thank you for taking the time to drop by, it really does make my day to read any comments you leave.  For more SM interaction and inspiration my links are at the top right of this page.  I'd love to see you there!

See you again soon.

Rachael 

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A cuddle makes it all better....

Happy new year crafting friends!

I hope everyone had a peaceful Christmas break and are looking forward to a prosperous and craft filled 2023! 

Today I am sharing a cutie from the All dressed up range called 'a cuddle makes it all better' available from Etsy  

This is to mark our first All dressed up Facebook challenge of the year. Our friendly group showcase Wendy's designs and you can enter our themed challenge (this month is cute so most of Wendy's images will qualify) 

After colouring the sweet girl and her puppy with a combination of spectrum noir brush markers and copics, I fussy cut around them.  The background is a brick stencil using abandoned coral oxide ink and I stamped a sentiment from an Aall and create set in the corner.  To finish I added a fine liner border also in a coral colour and the sequins for some shine.

I'd like to enter this into:

• Dragonfly dreams - anything but Christmas
• All sorts - clean and simple
• Creative fingers - anything goes
• Cardz 4 galz - favourite challenge - use a stencil

Thanks so much for stopping by - please follow me to see more creations, or just leave me a comment below.

See you soon

Crafting hugs

Rachael 

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Sparkle and shine

Hello everyone

Me again, back this time with the cutest new releases from All dressed up.

All of the images are available from etsy here the image I used is called Sparkle, and she is perfect for new years, or any other celebration.

She was coloured in copics and fussy cut.  I then used an old Anna Marie stamp set for the congrats in the background and a spotty stencil.  The papers are off cuts from my scrap box.  All layered together, finished with sparkle pens and glossy accents.

the full set of new release images are:

Cookie girl

Sparkle

Winter pups

Our Facebook and blog challenges are still running if you want a chance to win some of Wendy's gorgeous images 

I'd like to enter this into:

Simon says stamp - Party

Simon says stamp Monday - Party Time

Dragonfly dreams - anything but Christmas

Crafts galore encore - Anything goes

Thanks for stopping by - if you do land here I'd love to hear from you.  Please use either my comments below or my other social media platforms (top right) 

See you soon

Merry Christmas!
Rachael 

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Bundle of Joy

 Hello crafters

Today I'm sharing the latest DT inspiration for our Facebook challenge over at all dressed up.  Each month on the 1st we have a new theme for you to make projects for and enter for a chance to win some images from the fabulous Wendy Burns.

This month our theme is clean and simple.

I do love a CAS card, and here is mine using a stamp called night night little one 

I printed the image and coloured with copics and Spectrum noir tri blend brush markers

The paper is from my stash and the sentiment stamp is from a waltzing mouse set that I have had for around 15 years!

The only other finishing touch was a clear glitter sparkle pen on the flower and on the pads of her feet.

I'd like to enter this into:

• CAS on Sunday -A greeting card
• Creative fingers - Anything goes
• Passion for markers - anything but Christmas
• Through the craft room door - Anything goes
• Cutie pie challenge - four legged friends

Thank you for dropping by - please check out my other SM channels too for more inspiration and crafting fun and leave me a comment if you land here! 

See you soon

Rachael

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Winter stockings

Hello everyone

Time for new release over at All dressed up and they are, as ever, super cute!

This one is called stockings and is perfect for people with pets this Christmas as you can colour the dog and cat to match the animals of the family!

The other new releases are:

Rocking horse

Stockings

Toadstool

Aren't they gorgeous? The DT have made some stunning samples on our Facebook and on our blog to showcase these images! 

Hope to see you again soon!

Rachael 

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Happy everything!

Hi Crafters

I made this CAS card using two new stamp sets.  I went to the Motorcycle museum in March (or was it February...)  for the first craft show since lockdown... its so good to be able to browse and bag some bargains!

Both of these stamp sets are new to me.  The mouse is from Pink ink designs and is called sleepy mouse.  The sentiment is from Claire Manning design.  The solid happy can be used in many colours, but the script bit is interchangeable so it could say happy birthday, anniversary, Easter or in this case just happy everything!

I stamped the 'Happy' in Catherine pooler ink (Royal treatment) and added the scripty bit in versa fine black ink.  The image was stamped and coloured with Copics.

I think the purple just stands out perfectly. 

I have another couple of stamp sets from both designers so will be making something very soon! - if you want to see it first, then please subscribe to my other social media channels as things get posted there more regularly.

I'd like to enter this into

Critter crazy - anyhting goes with a critter

Creative fingers anything goes

Crafty catz - anything goes with cute animals as twist

We love stamping - anything goes

Dragonfly dreams - outdoors

Clever dexter designs - anything goes

Leave me a comment if you have stopped here - I just love to read them!

See you soon

Rachael 

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Best frock!

Hello Crafting friends

It is again time to showcase Wendy's latest release from All dressed up, and this time there are some really elegant ladies as well as some total cuties!

I used a set called  best frocks.  This is a great set as there are three elegant ladies together, or you can use them separately.  I used one on its own.  I though she as so demure that she needed nothing but black and sparkle to pull off the evening gown look!

I printed her out and coloured with Copics, before adding tonic shimmer all over her frock.  The sentiment was printed at the same time as the image.

I added some stripy card down the side and a thin strip of metallic red to make it all pop! 

You can buy this and all other new releases (as well as tons of other beautiful images!) over in our etsy store.  Please check it out! 

 Here are the full set of images in the new release.

Best Frocks

Easter Chick

Happy Easter

Don't forget our Facebook challenge - 'Lets be cute' is running until the end of the month, and over on our challenge blog its anything goes.  You can enter both if you like to increase the chances of winning some images!  Even if entering competitions isn't your thing, then there is loads of amazing projects for inspiration from the talented DT!

I'd like to enter this into:

Aud Sentiment - use a birthday sentiment

Krafty Chicks - CAS

crafts galore encore - Anything goes

Daisy chain challenge - birthday

That's it for now - thanks so much for stopping by.  I'd love if you like, share and follow me (links to social media above!)

See you soon

Crafting hugs

Rachael

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Monster celebration

 Hi crafting friends

Welcome back for another make from the desk of the glittery pink craft room, today its a nice clean and simple one using a Tracey Hey stamp set called 'out of this world'

I stamped the cute alien (there's also the sweetest robot in this set) and coloured him using copic markers, then I fussy cut him out and edged around the cut image with black marker pen.

On the card front I used twisted citron distress oxide ink through a i-craft brick stencil.  I stamped the black squiggles and hearts.  These are also part of the stamp set, all finished with a sentiment from the same set.

I hope you like him - he's so adorable! 

I'd like to enter this into:

• Stamping sensations - anything goes with a stamp (no optional extra)
• We love stamping - anything stamped with option of a stencil
• Addicted to CAS - Hearts
• CAS on Sunday - Male
• Crafty Gals corner - add a heart

However you have made it here - I would really appreciate you clicking on the links at the top right of this page and following me on Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest, and also click on the follow button for this blog.

Please leave me some love - I read everything, and it makes my day to get happy mail (rather than groupon vouchers, or notifications or tax refunds when the tax man doesn't even have my email ha ha)!

See you soon

crafting hugs

Rachael  

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Last GDT post for colour crazy

 Hi everyone

Its my last GDT post for colour crazy challenge and I'm using the very lovely All dressed up images who are sponsoring the blog challenge here:

New year, new me is a great stamp, not just for new year, if you remove the sentiment from the stamp like I have then you can give it to any of your fitness girl friends, and colour it match their skin and hair tones.

Our challenge runs for two weeks and is anything goes as long as its coloured.

I made this by colouring her with Copics and Prismacolour pencils, before fussy cutting her out.

I die cut a circle to add her too with foam pads.  I used a Kanban paper pad for the Blue heart background, as well as a grey striped paper strip, matted and layered onto the card front, finished with three pearls and a mama elephant tiny sentiment stamp

I hope you like it!

Crafty hugs

Rachael

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GDT Colour crazy challenge - Gerbera

 Hello crafting friends

I hope you are all wrapped up warm and staying indoors in this miserable weather! Unless of course you are in the Southern Hemisphere in which case -I'm very jealous!

It is once again time for the colour crazy challenge blog to host a new weekly challenge, and this week we are sponsored by the lovely Sheepski designs (Thank you Andrea for this gorgeous image!).

I wanted this image to be simply beautiful all on its own, so I made this:

Its coloured with a combination of copics and Prismacolour pencils.  I then fussy cut it out and popped it onto a card with foam tape.

I tamped a simple happy birthday greeting from my stash, and drew a wobbly line in black fine liner to finish it off.

I just love how dimensional it looks!

To join in our challenge, hop on over to Colour crazy challenge blog its always Anything goes, so you can create all type of projects (as long as you colour something!) to be in with a chance of winning images from Sheepski designs. 

I'd like to enter this into:

• Classic design challenge - Anything goes
• Creative fingers - anything goes
• Love to craft - Anything goes
• Watercooler Wednesday - Feminine 
• Fab and funky - keep it simple

Thanks for stopping by - there is always inspiration on my other Social media channels to, or if you are a true blogger, please follow me here to keep up date date with any new projects from the desk in the glittery pink craft room.

Until then - Crafty hugs

Rachael

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Clean and simple floral design

 Hi everyone

I thought I would today share a clean and simple floral card, that I absolutely love.  Happy yellows and blues, with lots of white space, it makes my heart very happy!

Ingredients

• Stamps
• Oakwood archer - distress texture back ground stamp
• Oakwood archer - distress type stamp
• Oakwood archer - distress circle background
• Dies
• Oakwood archer rose die set
• Oakwood archer ladybird die set
• Yellow Nuvo drops

I stamped the yellow distress background onto a piece of card slightly smaller than DL and then stamped the circle/dots in blue over it.  I then stamped the bigger circle and left he panel to dry.

I die cut the leaf from the rose set in green card stock and the flowers from the ladybird set in white, and added a bit of colour.  To add dimension I used my embossing tool to shape them. 

Finally I matted the DL card onto some pearlescent yellow card, and used the off cut strips to stamp my sentiment.  I then glued the whole thing together.

I hope you like it

I'd like to enter this into:

Dare to be Artsy - CAS

Double D's - lots of white

Classic design challenge - AG

Crafting happiness - Anything goes

If you like these stamps and dies, then there is an Oakwood archer show on the 19th December on The crat store, where you can buy these goodies. 

In the meantime, there will be more inspiration from the Glittery Pink Craft room on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.  if you want top check this out, please use the links on my home page to take you straight there.  Please like and follow me! 

See you soon

Crafting hugs

Rachael

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Play date

 Hello friends

Me again - with a just for fun colouring of playdate from All dressed up (you can find here here on Etsy)

I just love this image - she's so sassy.  She looks like she has bags of attitude and I couldn't wait to colour her in!

Ingredients

• All dressed up digi stamp - playdate
• pink spotty paper from my stash
• Lili of the valley - everyday sentiments 
• Coloured with copics and Polychromos pencils
• Tattered lace stitched rectangle die

I printed her out and coloured her with a base of copics.  I used a couple of different shades for each, but only to put in basic shadows.  I then went over it with my Faber Castel Polychromos pencils to add more depth to the image and build up the texture in her hair.  I used the white pencil to add extra highlight on the bow and her skirt.  I just love the effect.

I fussy cut her out and mounted her onto a piece of black card and added just a hint of white pigment ink behind her (just what was left on my brush) to soften the black.

Matted and layered the pink spotty also on black and fussy cut out the sentiment from the sheet I printed and then using glue and foam pads assembled the card.  Once I had left it overnight I realised I wanted her to have super black sunglasses so I used my black Nuvo drops to add shine and dimension.

I hope you love this image as much as I do.  

I'd like to enter this into:

• A bit more time to craft - anything goes
•  perfect time to craft -Anything goes
• Creations in pink - anything goes in pink
• Dragonfly dreams - anything goes
• creative fingers - anything goes

I'm so glad you dropped by - it means so much when people visit.  Please like and follow, and also if you go back to my home page click on other SM sites to find more examples of my work. 

See you again very soon

Crafting hugs

Rachael 

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Exciting news - GDT at colour crazy

 Hello everyone

So.... I have some super exciting news.... I have been invited to take part in a three month Guest Designer Team spot with the colour crazy challenge.

These ladies have made me feel so welcome already and have some amazing sponsors lined up. The challenge is Anything goes, you just need to colour something!  so simple and easy!

My first post is using this adorable image from Ching-Chou Kuik and it is called Snowflake Dollie 

Ingredients

• Digi image Ching-Chou-Kuik 
• Coloured with copics and Polychromos pencils
• Digi printed sentiment 
• Background splatters with a Sheena Douglas shimmer pen (summer sky)

This image was so detailed and intricate I didn’t want to distract from her with loads of embellishments and patterns, but I did know she needed to sparkle, and then sparkle some more!

I printed the background panel after designing it on Craft artist, and then printed two further images so I could colour and decoupage them for dimension.

Each was coloured firstly with copics then details added with my pencils to add depth, especially on her folds of her dress.

I then added splatters to the background panel and layered the princess together using foam pads.

The while thing was matted onto some silver glitter card, and extra sparkle added with simmer pens, and stickles in a variety of colours.  The photos don’t do the sparkle justice on this.  It shines!

I'd like to enter this into

• CAS on Friday - CAS Christmas
• Crafty Catz - Anything goes with a twist of non traditional Christmas colour
• Your next stamp - sparkle and shine
• Aud sentiment - anything goes with a sentiment
• Creative knockouts - Christmas delight

If you want more information on the sponsors than please visit their Etsy page, otherwise, I'd love to see what you create and enter into our challenge.

Leave me some love, either here on on my other Social media pages, otherwise I'll see you back here for more makes from the desk of the glittery pink craft room!

Rachael 

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I wish you a merry Merry Christmoose

Hello Crafting friends

Welcome back for more inspiration.  This time its another Christmas card but made in muted greys and blues using a MFT stamp set. 

Ingredients

• My favourite things Merry Christmoose
• Coloured with spectrum noir tri blend brush markers
• Scraps from my blue paper stash
• Tattered lace basic stitched circle die
• Clear embossing ink and white wow embossing powder

 I was lacking a bit of inspiration so did some searches on Pinterest for sketches.  I found this sketch originally for a square card, so I modified it and came up this idea.

I stamped the images, coloured with alcohol markers, and cut out with the matching dies.

I had some scraps of grey left from a previous project and wanted to team them with blue, so on digging through my scraps found some perfect paper to match.

I trimmed the banners by hand and cut them to size, and using a stitched die I cut out a circle, a scrap of grey to emboss my greeting on

I then layered everything together using foam pads, glue, and tape runner.

I love the CAS feel to this, it’s a great masculine Christmas card.

 I'd like to enter into the following challenges:

• Colour my heart colour dare - black, white and grey with one other colour (aqua)
• Just us girls - colour inspiration
• Passion for markers - Christmas
• Love to craft - anyhting goes
• Merry little Christmas - anything goes Christmas 

If you have found your way here, you might as well let me know and leave me a comment in the box below.  If you want more without all the blah, then maybe Instagram or Facebook is better.  All my links are on the page before.  I’d love to see you there!

 Thanks for stopping by! Pop back in a few days, there will be more from the desk of the glittery pink craft room!

 

Rachael

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Sip, Sip, Hooray!

Hello Crafting friends,

Welcome back to my blog for another card.  This time using Edna from Stamping Bella.

My friend asked me if I could make a card for a friend who liked gin (well who doesn't!) and I made a selection of cards for her to choose from.  After making the one below (but in a blue colour) I decided I would make it again in pink and keep one in my stash.

 Ingredients

• Stamping bella - Edna needs a martini
• Distress ink - Kitch flamingo
• Stencil from the range
• Sequins from my stash
• Coloured with spectrum noir triblend brush markers

I used my craft artist software to draw and frame in black and add the sip, sip, hooray sentiment in various fonts onto the bottom of the card, and printed this out.

After cutting to size I used my stencil and a light hand to add pink bubbles in the background.

Edna was stamped and coloured, and stickles added to her wings for added sparkle.  I then fussy cut her out and added her with foam pads onto the background, finishing with a few pink sparkly sequins to complete the card.

Isn't she just adorable, a girl after my own heart!

I'd like to enter her into:

• Pammies pinkie inkies - Anything goes
• Lil patch of crafty friends - Anything goes
• Dragonfly dreams - in the pink
• Crafters castle - Anything goes
• Sisterhood of snarky stampers - everything pink
• rabisco challenge - Anything goes with Pink
• Daring cardmakers - wear it pink

Thank you for stopping by!  if you like what I do, please leave me a comment and follow my blog, or click back to my home page for more social media options including Facebook and Instagram.

See you again soon

Crafting hugs

Rachael 

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I'll be gnome for christmas

Hi Crafting friends

Welcome back to my blog - and this time, another Christmas card 

The first thing to point out is that I love gnomes… I mean I really love them.  Every time a new stamp set comes out with gnomes I have to stop myself from buying it.  I have to remind myself I have loads already, for many themes, however when I saw this stamping Bella gnomie set with the cute antlers, there was no resisting!

 

 

Ingredients

·         Stamped with - Stamping Bella – gnomedeer

·         Coloured with – spectrum noir triblend brush markers

·         Stencil – the range

·         Ink – shaded lilac distress ink

·         Glitter -Chloe sparklicious princess

 

I stamped the gnomes and coloured them in with fairly muted delicate shades.  I added some tiny white gel pen spots on their noses for interest.

I then used the ink and a blending brush to very lightly go over the snowflake stencil, just to give a bit of colour behind the gnomes and stamped the greeting that comes with the stamp set.

I then added my gnomes with foam tape for dimension.  I then realised it was still missing something… so I used a glue pen to run around the edge of the card, and sprinkled the chunky glitter which in the light , shines in different colours.  All added to a 5x7" card, and another simple but gorgeous card completed.

Thank you so much for stopping by

I’d like to enter this into:

 Colour crazy Challenge - anything goes

Creative fingers - anything goes

My time to craft - glitter and sparkle

Polkadoodles - anything goes

Crafty creations - anything goes

Christmas 24 - Snowflakes (stencil) 

If you are here, please take a couple of minutes to make my day by either commenting, following or both, and then by going to my other social media channels (links on the home page on the top right) and following them too!  Each time the phone dings, and it’s a message form a follower it do a happy dance (but most of the time its junk trying to sell me stuff I don’t need – no happy dance ☹)

Thanks, and see you soon

Crafting hugs

Rachael 

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You Rock!

Hello Everyone

Hope you're all doing well.  I'm just recovering from a really nasty cold/flu.  It started last week and today is the first day I've even been able to craft... that's how poorly I was with it!

 I'm stopping by with another cute dino card - I made loads of these and kept them in the bank for when I wouldn't be able to make something (or for those occasions when our mojo just ups and leaves!).

This one is using one of my favourite Mama elephant sets called me and my dinosaur.

Ingredients

• Stamps
• Mama elephant Me and my dinosaur
• Little Dino agenda
• Paper smooches Sentiment sampler
• coloured with Spectrum noir tri-blend brush markers
• Ink
• Memento Tuxedo black ink
• Prized Ribbon distress oxide
• Chipped Sapphire distress oxide
• Salvaged patina distress oxide
• Dark Navy card
• wow embossing powder 

I stamped a selection of images from the stamp sets and coloured them in.  I knew I wanted a splatter background but not across the whole card, so I cut a circle using a die and used this as a stencil so my splatter is only in one place.  I finished this CAS card with a heat embossed sentiment.  

Hope you like it!

I'd like to enter this into:

Lil patch of crafty friends  -anything goes

A bit more time to craft - anything goes

Your next stamp Friday fun - setting the scene 

Creative moments - Anything goes

Please leave me a comment if you land here - i love to read them.  And if you love other social media channels, I'm on them too - link on my home page.  Please click, like, share, follow etc.... I'd be so happy to see you there!

Back soon with more crafty goodness

Crafty hugs

Rachael 

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