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Ideas for Dad and Echo Park Blog Hop Winner!

Hi Everyone It’s Father’s Day this weekend here in New Zealand so I thought I would share a couple of ideas using the Echo Park “Family Man” Mini Theme. You can also see the winner of the August Echo Park Blog-Hop at the end of this post. Mini AlbumThis project is available as a free Echo Park download here. Register with your e-mail address and have instant access to this and heaps of other free project downloads! Man-VitationThis double sided keep-sake invite would be great for a special birthday, stag party or any occasion that you don’t want dad to forget! This was a real hybrid project with paper, digital and die-cut elements all included. Echo Park Winner Last week you had the chance to win an Echo Park Collection Pack by commenting on my Echo Park Blog Hop Post. Make sure to become a follower of my Facebook Page so you can find out when the next one is! The winner of the Echo Park Collection Kit of their choosing is Christine: Christine – please email me here to find out how you can claim your prize. Please leave a comment or email me with any questions Lowri 🙂 […]

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Everyday Eclectic Gift Set & PaperHaus Magazine!

Hi Everyone Please note that the blog-hop and giveaway previously detailed here has now closed. The winner can be seen here. I ABSOLUTELY recommend you take a look at the first Paperhaus Magazine. It’s online, free and FABULOUS! Everyday Eclectic Gift Set This fun little set was made with my Cameo and the fabulous Everyday Eclectic Collection from Echo Park Paper. The hexagon gift bag uses this file from A Little Hut and the card file can be found here. I have used a piece of acetate behind the birds to add a little bit of dimension. I created these tiny tags from some of the stickers from the collection. These little stickers can be tough to use but you can attach them to some paper and group them for great gift tags! Please leave a comment or email me with any questions Lowri 🙂 I am linking this project up to these websites here.

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Summer Pinwheels & Cosmo Cricket Winner

Hi Everyone Some pretty pinwheels to share today and don’t forget to check out and see if you won last week’s awesome giveaway! These make fabulous decorations, party / shower invitations or you could make a bunch just to brighten up a room. These are all made with papers from the Sweet Day Collection from Echo Park Paper. I cut these pinwheels using my Cameo, but you can certainly hand cut them or search online for free printables and templates too. Here is the link to the Cameo file – 3d flower pinwheel. Now there are some instructions on the Silhouette website as to how you can assemble your pinwheel to make it fully functional – but I decided to make it purely decorative – which was much easier. Once you have cut your shape (with your machine or by hand) create the pinwheel shape by folding the petals over one at a time and threading the holes onto a pin, cocktail or upside down brad (which is what I used). After a couple you will figure out the best technique for you – but I definitely suggest using a brad to secure all the petals together. I then used […]

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Bold & Simple Card and Gift Tag Set (Cosmo Cricket)

Hi Everyone A little gift set to share today using one of my all time favorite manufacturers – Cosmo Cricket! Please note that the competition previously detailed here has now closed – you can see who won here. The colors in this gorgeous collection make it so versatile – and this little set was sent to accompany a handmade gift I created so the recipient can add their own message when they give the gift. This card is a “swing” card. I used this file and my Cameo to create it – but there are heaps of great online templates too – try this fabulous one here from Beate Johns. This (above) is what you see when you open the card – plenty of room for you to hand write your message along with this fabulous sticker from the Tiny Text, Together stickers. This tag is so simple and I love the look of the bold, black sentiment. To create this shape – cut a rectangle of paper and use a circle punch to snip off the corners and create a tag shape on the two top corners. Punch a small hole in the top and add some bakers twine […]

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Beautiful Moments – Carta Bella Projects

Hi Everyone Please note that the contest previously detailed on this post has now closed. You can see who won the contest here. Keep up with all the news on the Carta Bella website here, Facebook Page here or blog here! Special Wedding Anniversary Card I made this card for an elderly gentleman I have known for a couple of years. He and his wife just celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary and they have a wonderful story. I created the “swing” style card using a file from Lori Whitlock and I just love how these papers are so complimentary. This card looks great from the front and when pulled apart reveals a much larger sentiment. The stickers are textured just like the paper and match perfectly The wooden accent was cut from a wooden flourish from Kaisercraft. I painted it white and then embossed with a woodgrain stamp and white embossing powder. Easy Notebook To create this notebook I cut some copier paper into 10″ x 8″ strips and folded them in half to create pages 5″ x 4″ I then wrapped the patterned paper round the folded sheets, punched holes in the center and using a […]

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Nursery Pop-Up Card (Echo Park)

Please note that the Blog Hop and competitions previously detailed on this post have now closed. You can see who won the Echo Park giveaways on their blog here. You can see who won my giveaway here. I encourage you to visit all the fabulous blogs that were on the hop – there is a list at the end of this post! Toy Box Project I have used the Toy Box Mini Theme to make this pop-up card. I used this file from the Silhouette store for the card base, and modified it to add the “B” letter – which I then backed with the “Jump” paper (reverse) paper for extra definition. You could of course easily create your own base with a sharp knife and some good measuring skills! Here you can see the simple strip cut to create the “pop-up” part. I attached all the stickers together with mini glue-dots so I could mount them easily as one piece onto the pop-up strip. Remember to de-sticky them with talc too so they do not all stick to your card when it is closed. The card closes completely flat for easy mailing. Here is a list of blogs that […]

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