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Decorated Candle ~ Stampin’ Up!

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Oh! this was a day I promised myself during tax season ~ to simply play with some card and ribbon and have  a good ol’ footle. (an expression my dear Aunt used to do something without a particular purpose but simply to DO!)

During a visit to Lansing MI back in February I saw a fellow papercrafter had decorated a candle and I was so taken with it I wanted to have a go myself.
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Welcome to your New Home ~ Stampin’ Up!

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My niece in the UK,  is about to move house again! Her husband is in the British military and this will be their 5th move in the nearly 7 years they have been married.

Moving  is an exhausting business ~ to pack up then unpack, not only physically but emotionally.  When we moved about 3 years ago I did the ‘grieving’ part of the move while I was removing all our personal items before putting the house on the market, by that time it was not longer our home but a house, when it came time to leave I was ready.  Knowing all of this  I wanted to send her a card to let her know I was thinking of her.
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Now which adhesive should I use?

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Stampin’ Up! offer 8 different adhesives – which one should you use?  After all glue is glue is it not?

Well yes, but not all glues will work on all occasions – you need to use the right adhesive for the job you want it to do.  Some projects require a good strong adhesive such as assembling a box others require something a little more refined – like attaching a small embellishment.
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Special Reason and Stylish Stems

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Today’s post uses one of the bundles from the Occasions Catalog which will be retiring on May 31st – so there is still time to get it!

It was a really overcast and dull day and I had it was one of my rare days off from the tax office.  I needed some brightness and sparkle in my day so headed straight for the glimmer paper – you might need some sunglasses for these ones as they have a lot of sparkliness! (its a word…. honest!)

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Sneak Peek of New 2017 Designer Series Papers.

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OH – I am so excited to bring you this ~ a sneak peek from some of the new goodies in the  2017 – 2018 catalog.

I just love DSP…… I use it such a lot in all my projects, but I am a bit of a hoarder especially when the paper has ‘sparkly’ bits in it, I keep thinking that if I use it now I won’t have it when that really special project comes up! In truth, though, every project is a bit special so I take a deep breath and ‘get ‘er done! as they say in this part of the world!
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