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How I made Two Book Binding fancy fold Christmas cards

How I made Two Book Binding fancy fold Christmas cards

Welcome to this month's Build & Bloom Stampers Blog Hop This month's theme is Festive Season Hello Everyone, Hi and welcome! I’m so excited to be joining in with this month’s Build & Bloom Stampers blog hop, where the theme is Festive Season. I have chosen to show you how I created two Christmas card using a fun fold called a Book Binding fancy fold out of one sheet of A4 card. I love this fun fold as it is a quick and easy fold especially when you need to create a lot of cards for a...

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Whoopsie Friday : How I corrected a card I had made upside down .

Whoopsie Friday : How I corrected a card I had made upside down .

Hello Everyone, Whoopsie Friday It's been a long while since I have written a blog post, so much has happened some good, some bad but the past has gone and I am excited for what the next chapter for Dorrie's Designs holds. Recently I have been having a sort out in my Craft Room, I don't know about you but I manage to have loads of patterned paper or Designer Series Paper as it's known as at Stampin' Up!. I found an old sheet and then challenged myself to create a card using it. I was having so...

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How I used a sketch to make a Birthday card

How I used a sketch to make a Birthday card

Welcome to this month's Tech4stampers Academy Blog Hop This month's theme is Sketch Hello Everyone, Hi and welcome! I’m so excited to be joining in with this month’s Tech4Stampers Academy blog hop, where the theme is Sketch. I have chosen to show you how I created my Llama card using the Long Time No See stamp set which is a July online exclusive from Stampin Up!. How I got my inspiration for today's Sketch card Whenever Herbie and I head out for a walk, especially when we’re driving to his...

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How I made a Z Fold Greeting Card using the Floral In Bloom patterned paper

How I made a Z Fold Greeting Card using the Floral In Bloom patterned paper

Welcome to this month's Tech4stampers Academy Blog Hop This month's theme is Summertime Sunshine Hello Everyone, Hi and welcome! I’m so excited to be joining in with this month’s Tech4Stampers Academy blog hop, where the theme is Summertime Sunshine. I have chosen to show you how I created my Z Fold Greeting card using the Florals In Bloom patterned paper from Stampin' Up!. How I got my inspiration for today's Z Fold Greeting Card When Herbie and I go for a walk, I like to mix up our routes....

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How I made a Corner Fold Birthday Greeting Card

How I made a Corner Fold Birthday Greeting Card

Welcome to this month's Tech4stampers Academy Blog Hop This month's theme is make a Masculine greeting card Hello Everyone, Hi and welcome! I’m so excited to be joining in with this month’s Tech4Stampers Academy blog hop, where the theme is all about masculine greeting cards. I have chosen to show you how I created my Corner Fold birthday greeting card. May seems to be a month where lots of my friends have birthdays so I wanted to make a card that would be quick and easy to make and to...

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How I used the One Sheet Wonder design to  make a batch of cards out of one sheet of Mixed Media Florals Patterned paper.

How I used the One Sheet Wonder design to make a batch of cards out of one sheet of Mixed Media Florals Patterned paper.

Hello Everyone, Today, I wanted to show you how I used the One Sheet Wonder design to create a batch of beautiful cards from just one sheet of 30cm x 30cm (12″ x 12″) patterned paper—or Designer Series Paper as it’s known by Stampin’ Up. A one sheet wonder is an amazing technique that lets you transform a single sheet of patterned paper into multiple beautifully crafted cards in no time. Sometimes like today for speed I will use a sheet of designer series paper and other times I will stamp all...

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How I made 2 Birthday Fancy Fold Greeting Cards

How I made 2 Birthday Fancy Fold Greeting Cards

Welcome to this month's Tech4stampers Academy Blog Hop This month's theme is make Birthday Fancy Fold greeting cards Hello Everyone, Hi and welcome! I’m so excited to be joining in with this month’s Tech4Stampers Academy blog hop, where the theme is all about fancy fold greeting cards. Fancy Folds are one of my favourite types of cards to create. I honestly couldn’t pick just one fancy fold to share… so I didn’t! Instead, I’ve made two completely different cards, each using a unique fancy fold...

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How to make two Quick Sympathy Greeting Cards.

How to make two Quick Sympathy Greeting Cards.

Hello Everyone, Today I wanted to show you how to make two quick sympathy greeting cards. Can you believe it? Two weeks have already flown by since my last blog post! March has absolutely whizzed past, and I can hardly believe that next Tuesday is April, meaning we’re already a quarter of the way through 2025. Where does the time go? I must say, I’m loving this time of year — seeing all the spring bulbs popping up is such a joy, and the longer, warmer days have been a real treat. We've had...

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How I made a batch of 4 Blue and White Greeting Cards

How I made a batch of 4 Blue and White Greeting Cards

Welcome to this month's Tech4stampers Academy Blog Hop This month's theme is make a Blue and White greeting card Hello Everyone, I am taking part in this months Tech4stampers Academy blog hop. The theme this month is to make a card just using the colours blue and white. I knew as soon as I saw the theme I wanted to make a batch of blue and white greeting cards using the Sketched Butterflies stamp set. I love butterflies and love the spring when it gets warmer so there seems to be more...

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