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Hello lovely people,

As I come to the end of another super weekend full of crafting and enjoying the company of lovely friends I thought there was just time to squeeze in a quick blog post.

I had so much fun with the double z-fold recently that I decided to make another one and also to revisit a favourite stamp set.

I added the die cut wording so that it lines up when the card is closed or viewed like this...

The inside is fairly plain but I love the bold colours and prints of the DP and I think the fold itself adds so much interest to this design.

I recently ordered the matching dies for these cute stamps, and they are such a pleasure to use instead of fussy cutting!

I hope you have all had as fab a weekend as I have :-)

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Card recipe;

Image & sentiment: Party Grumplings - Taylored Expressions (and matching die set)

DP: Cottage Living by Jen Hadfield - Pebbles

Dies: Happy birthday banner - Taylored Expressions, Advent drawer deco set - Tonic studios (for the numbers)

Copic colours;
lost in the depths of my brain - oops!

New LOTV - Jasmine coffee

Hello lovely people,

I don't know about you, but I always find teenage cards tricky to make.

So I was delighted to find that LOTV have come to the rescue with an amazing new range of teenage images featuring Jasmine and Oliver - hurrah!

The images are out at the end of March but you can pre-order them right now and here's a card I made using one of the Jasmine images.

Oooooh, I do love reading a book or magazine with a cup of coffee...never mind teenagers, this could definitely be me!

I have also used one of the new sentiment stamps...there are so many gorgeous sets to choose from and this one's from the Teenage Girl set, which I think co-ordinates perfectly with the image :-)

I am really excited by the new sentiment stamp sets and think they are going to be really popular.  You are certainly going to be seeing them pop up on quite a few of my cards in the near future!

Card recipe;

Image: Jasmine - coffee - LOTV
Sentiment: Teenage girl - LOTV

DP: from stash

Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl
White dots: Nuvo crystal drops (gloss white) - Tonic Studios

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E53/57/59
Dress: RV11/R83/R56 & W7/9
Cup: RV11/R83
Tablecloth / magazine: W00/0/2
Chair: W6/7/9

I have had a great weekend and enjoyed all my catching up with friends.  Our walk on Saturday morning was really lovely, we watched a film in our cinema room, and I've done lots of crafting.
So pretty much a perfect weekend for me :-)

I hope you all had a fab weekend too!

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,