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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!

I love new stash!

Hello lovely people,

It's full on crafting craziness in my world right now...ok, I know a lot of you will ask when it isn't?!

While I attempt to knock up around 70 wedding thank you cards by the weekend, we have a new challenge at As You Like It and our theme this time is...

YOUR FAVOURITE...NEW or OLD STASH
...and don't forget to tell us why it's your favourite!

Our sponsor this time is Digi Stamp Boutique with a £10 voucher

I absolutely adore having new stash to play with as I find it always inspires me, and in this case it inspired me to try a new fancy fold; this is a double z-fold card.

There's a lot of new stash on this card too as the stamps, papers and gear dies are all new!
You will be seeing more of these fab papers as they are actually Christmas papers but some of the patterns work for any occasion.  There are some snowflake ones too which are lush :-)

I pushed the boat out and got the matching dies for these little bots, which made quick work of cutting them out so I could pop them on foam pads for extra dimension.

I couldn't choose my favourite from this adorable pair so I designed the card so that I could use both of them!

I hope you will pop over to As You Like It and check out the fabulously creative projects from the rest of the team :-)

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

Card recipe;

Images: Boom Bots - Paper Smooches (and matching die set)

DP: Christmas 12x12 paper stack by Galleria Papieru - The Ribbon Girl

Dies: Gears - Craft Emotions, Advent drawer deco set - Tonic Studios

Sentiment: Block sentiments - LOTV

Copic colours;
Robot bodies: T4/5/7
Robot hands: T2/3/4
Red bits: R27/46/59
Blue bits: B45/37/39