Lawn Fawn Cactus birthday card

Use a really cute cactus stamp by Lawn Fawn and patterned paper from your stock to make this fab birthday card

I often struggle to make cards as the background always look a little bare. This card is created using smallish bits of patterned and plain card to create the background - use up scraps you have and also display the patterns you love - this is win win !

Lawn Fawn make such cute stamps and this cactus is no exception. With just one small stamp, I've made 3 different looking cacti. I'm sure you could make more with different colours and positions of eyes and flowers :)

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Postcard - Buzzing by to say Hello

Use your favourite papers and stamps to send friends and loved ones a postcard

We are in difficult times at the moment with the lock down due to Covid-19 so I thought wouldn't it be nice to send friends and loved ones a little note to say Hi ! I love to receive something through the post and as we are not doing holidays as such this year, wouldn't it be fab to send postcards?

I had just bought a stamp set that lends itself to a postcard as it has a greeting that says 'Buzzing by to say Hello'. You could make this into a notelet if you would prefer some more space to write a letter or just make it into a birthday or greeting card.

You can use any of your favourite papers or stamp sets - similar idea to Artist Trading Cards. Just ensure, if you intend to send it as a postcard, that your layers are all flat as it won't go through the postal system in one piece. If you want raised layers, then I suggest you put it into an envelope to post it.

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Doily Anniversary card

Stamp your own background to make this simple yet effective anniversary card

I liked the card I made by masking off an area and then stamping to create a background (click here to see the card) and wanted to do something similar to create this anniversary card.

I had a square greeting so wanted to create a white layer for it to sit in. So this time I used a piece of card to create a layer, cut out a square aperture, stamped on this layer and then glued it to a base card. This left a perfect aperture for my greeting.

Obviously a bit of sparkle in the form of gems just finished it off : )

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Cute little Easter box full of chocs!

Using Lawn Fawn's Eggstra Special Easter stamp and dies to make a bakers box to hold your Easter gift

I found some really cute chocolates wrapped as carrots and they were perfect for my gift to my colleagues for Easter. I used Versamark ink pad to stamp onto a plain green card and then used Stampin Up's Bakers Box Thinlits die to cut the gift box.

My favourite bit is the chocolate looking Easter bunnies on the front - especially as one of the ears has been nibbled!

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