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I'm finally getting chance to share with you some of the things I've made recently, rather than do one big post with them all I am going to schedule a few posts.

The first card I am sharing has been made with one of the brand new Sale-A-Bration stamp sets called Party Pants. I ordered the balloon punch to use with this set and I am really loving it! 

The card has been made with 

• Very Vanilla card stock (106550) 
• Mint Macaron (138344) 
• Birthday Bouquet Designer Series Paper (140557)
• Balloon Bouquet Punch  (140609)
• Mint Macaron Ink Pad (138326)
• Party Pants Stamp set (141327 clear) (141324 wood)

Now if you wanted to recreate this card you could order the items above from here and qualify for the free Party Pants stamp set. Of course you could swap the colours  to be any colour you liked. 

If you would like some more ideas using this stamp set then check out this video.

Perfect Picture

When I first saw this stamp set I totally fell I love with it. I could see so many possibilities and already I've used it so many times!

The card I've got to show you today is a little card using the flower and one of the sentiments. 

These stamps have more than one stamp for each image allowing you to build up the colours and create a real depth on the image. I stamped the first stamp, which was the one with the most of the flower on, in Calypso Coral, then the next step stamp was stamped onto the top with Watermelon Wonder and the final stamp the smallest of the 3 was stamped on with Rose Red. 

Once the flower had been stamped I fussy cut around it and put it to one side while I made up the card. 

The card base was made from a piece of  7" (17.7cm) by 5" (12.7cm) Watermelon Wonder cardstock, on top of that is a piece of 4.7" (12cm) by 3.3" (8.4cm) Whisper White cardstock, on top of that is a 4" (10.16cm) by 3" (7.6) 2015-2017 In colour Designer Series paper in Watermelon Wonder.  

The little banner I used to stamp on the sentiment was made from a little off cut of the whisper white and I used watermelon wonder to stamp it. 

Everything has been attached to the card using Tombow multi-purpose glue apart from the flower which has been stuck on with a Stampin' Dimensionals.

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My Stamping New Year's Resolution!

Yes I do know we are almost 2 weeks into the new year but I have been having a think about what I want this year. My resolution is to stop holding myself back. This is not just relating to my stamping but to life in general. When it comes to my crafting I am going to stop holding myself back, I am going to just go for it and if it turns out a big mess then I will learn from it and move on to the next project.

I am sure this is going to be a resolution that will test me often but that is a good thing, only when we step out from our self built boundaries do we really learn and grow.

Here is to a year of learning, exploring, creating and achieving!