Bunched Bouquet Modern Buttonhole Stamp Set from Tonic Studios

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MJ here today with my tutorial with the Traditional Spray Stamp Set 2.  I love this set with the beautiful modern rose.  You can make so many wonderful designs with them.  This set would make beautiful elegant wedding stationery too.  Imagine gold embossing power on ivory/cream card. Lovely.  May be I will play with that idea on another tutorial for you?

I hope you like it.  :)

What I Did

• Take an 8" square card blank.  Cut a piece of pink card to 7 1/2" square and glue to card front.  Next cut a piece of printed paper to 7 1/4" square and add this to card front.
• Cut a piece of watercolour card to 3" x 6".
• Using the blue embellishment mousse and a baby wipe add a wash of colour across the whole piece.  Dry.
• Dust across the watercolour card using an anti-static before beginning to stamp the design.
• Using Versamark ink and white embossing powder stamp your chosen design, add the powder, knock off excess and heat to melt.  Let it cool.
• Take the mousses once again and paint as desired.  Let dry.
• Mount this piece onto some pink card leaving a narrow border around all edges.
• Attach to card front with 3D foam pads.
• Add the dots by using Nuvo Crystal drops and glitter.
• To make the butterfly use the open leaf stamp this time using Versamark ink with the pink embossing powder.  Stamp it six  times. Colour with the mousses.  Cut out and stick the bottom four together and add the remaining two leaves to the top part of the butterfly.  Cut a body from scrap pink card and glue on.  Add to the card with 3D Foam pads.
• Die cut the Birthday Swirl and glitter (I used double-sided adhesive paper for mine).

What I Used

Bunched Bouquet Modern Buttonhole Stamp Set - 1362e

Nuvo Embossing Powder - Ballerina Pink - 605N

Nuvo Embossing Powder - Glacier White - 602N

Nuvo Embellishment Mousse - Cornflower Blue - 806N

Nuvo Embellishment Mousse - Peony Pink - 800N

Nuvo Embellishment Mousse - Lilac Lavender - 801N

Nuvo Embellishment Mousse - Spring Green - 808N

Nuvo Embellishment Mousse - Black Ash - 811N

Sentiments Die - Birthday Swirl - 1058E

Essential Card Pack - Magnificent Magenta's - 786E

Versamark Watermark Ink Pad

Watercolour Card

We hope you have been inspired.

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Butterfly Daisy Burst Circle Easel with Tonic Studios Double Detail Stencil and Die Sets

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It's Mandy-Jane here tonight.  How are you all?  Keeping well and crafting up a storm I hope :)


Whilst I am quite literally watching paint dry (for a workshop piece) I thought it would give me time to share today's project with you so that I can tell about Tonic's new stuff!


I hope you have been watching the shows with Jodie over on Create and Craft and picking up all the tips and techniques that she is sharing.  You can do so many things with the Embellishment Mousse!!


So here it is and I hope that you like it.  I loved making it for the shows.



What I Did

1. Using an 8" x 8" card blank; take the largest outer Celtic circle die, tape to folded card so that the edge circle hangs slightly over the fold, and run through your die-cutting machine.  You will now have a circle blank.
2. Fold the front circle in half to form easel part of card.
3. Cut a full circle from white card and glue this to the lower half of the folded circle card blank.
4. Cut two large navy circles and add to top and inside of base card (this will need to be trimmed slightly).
5. Using a paler blue card and the detailed die, together with the outer large die, cut two - each one to be cut separately so that you do not cross your dies whilst cutting out.  Glue these to the navy layers.
6. Cut the pretty white circles as above with next smaller dies.  Add to card.
7. Use the next die down, scalloped circle, and cut out in spotty blue paper and glue in place.
8. Take the Double Detail outer frame die and cut one out in navy card.
9. Next using the outer frame piece cut this out in white card.  Then line up the floral die piece within the white piece and cut out.  Leave the card in the die and emboss the detail.
10. Using the stencil place this over the embossed detail of the die, tape in place and then using a spatula and the embellishment mousse smooth this through the stencil.  Remove the stencil and clean.  Leave mousse to dry or you can use a heat tool.
11. Once mousse is dry attach the floral piece to the navy back piece.  I used 3D foam pads to raise.
12. Attach the centre piece to the card front with 3D foam pads.
13. Die cut some daisies and decorate the card with them.
14. Add butterfly die-cut and Crystal drops to finish.

What I Used

Double Detail – Daisy Burst Stencil – 1146E

Nuvo Embellishment Mousse – Cornflower Blue – 806N

Double Detail – Daisy Burst Die Set – 1142E

Layering Die – Celtic Dream – 209e

Rococo Die & Stamp Set – Butterfly Felicity – 1040e

Entwining Trellis Die Set – Delicate Daisy – 768e

Nuvo Crystal Drops Collection – Pearl White – 651n

Nuvo Crystal Drops Collection – Navy Blue – 659n



Well it's back to my painting now!

I hope you have been inspired. 

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Aztec Allium Tall Box Project using Double Detail Die and Stencil Set form Tonic Studios

 

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I hope you all loved the recent Pick of the Day launch with Jodie.  I did for sure.  Lots of lovely techniques and ideas.  These new die and stencil sets are fabulous. They work so well as stand alone products too.  I loved working with them. 

So here is an idea for you using the daffodil die and stencil set.  I hope you like it.

Teal and white Tall Box

 

• Take an A4 piece of teal coloured card and score four panels at 2 3/4”.  This will leave you with an extra strip for gluing box sides together later.
• Next the die from the Aztec Allium set and place centrally inside the first 2 3/4” panel.  Tape in place and run through your die cutting machine.  Repeat this on the remaining three panels.
• Using the stencil part of the set lay it over the first die cut panel carefully aligning it (you will not be able to see any gaps shoeing through). Cover either side of the stencil with copy paper to protect the other areas. Take some paste (modelling past, stencil paint etc.) and using a spatula spread the paste up the length of the stencil.
• Carefully remove the stencil and clean straight away.  You will need to leave each panel to dry before doing the next one.  If using a modelling paste you can speed the drying up using a heat tool.
• Once all panels are dry fold and burnish the score lines.  Do not glue box together at this stage.
• Cut four pieces of black card at approx. 2 1/2” x 8” and glue one to the rear of each of the stencilled panels.
• Next cut two squares of black card at 3 13/16” (sorry but it fits better at this than at 3 3/4”).  Score around all edges at 1/2”.  Cut tabs. fold and burnish score lines and glue boxes. 
• Glue the tall box piece inside one of the small box pieces.  The other box will be the lid.
• Decorate to suit.

What MJ Used

Tonic Studios Aztec Allium Double Detail Die and Stencil Set – 1136E

Sweet Poppy Paste – Glossy White

Tonic Studios Funky Glue Pen

Black and Teal Card

Tonic Studios Tangerine Die Cutting Machine

 

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My Old Diary Altered Slightly! with Visible Image Stamps

 

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Digging through my crafty stash trying to think of a project that I could make quickly (as I always leave things to that Crisis Crafting moment…lol) to put forward to Visible Image’s recent DT Call (sadly I did not make it but boy was the standard high when you see who did get in! – check out their blog for details).

So I did this for a bit of fun.  I used my old 2012 diary rather than bin it together with some gesso etc.  So here is briefly how I did it.

I stared with my diary…..

 

 

..and gave it a coat of Heavy Black Gesso to cover the gold writing up as the white gesso wasn’t doing it for me!

 

 

I then gathered up all my bits and pieces, die cuts, stencils etc and added them to the covers.  Next gesso’d it all white ready to add my colours.

 

 

Now I started to build up the colours with paints and sprays.

 

 

I used Stampboard for my main cover feature and punched holes down the side that were tied through with ribbon and knotted. This was glued to the front cover.

 

 

Added a couple of stamped images and Voila!!  Finished.

 

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Tonic Studios – Forever Dream Canvas Project

 

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Have you seen Tonic Studios latest releases?  We bet you have and aren’t they glorious!  We just love them (but we always do).  MJ was tidying (we know words you will never hear her utter in usual circumstances but it is Christmas so she can be forgiven) her craft hovel and basically, got bored of that!  So thought mmmmm new dies….mmmmmm let’s craft!  So MJ messed up her space again.  She says it looks far better now..lol xx

It had not to be a long long project as OH would not have been happy so a canvas it was.  This canvas took MJ almost 2 hours but that included all the die cutting too.

 

 

Firstly, MJ took some of the lovely Vintage Paper pack.  Using a border punch she added some detail to edges here and there and then adhered it with some gel medium to cover the canvas front.  Once dried it was time to add some paints.

She then applied the paint with her  fingers (she loves inky messy and a box of baby wipes).  MJ used a chalk acrylic in blue adding where it was wanted until she was happy. The next thing  was to use a stencil and some Grungepaste to add texture.  When this was dry some caramel toned chalk acrylic was added to warm it up a little over the raised areas of paste.  She then popped some script stamp in small areas.

 

 

The next task was the die-cutting.  Each element was cut out three times and glued together to form a chipboard like thickness.  MJ chose the Rococo Dragonfly Brooch, Butterfly Sprig, Delicate Dragonfly, Bunched Roses and the Inspirations Sentiments Dies.

 

 

All the pieces were distressed and stamped over with a script stamps in yellow to add warmth. These were then glued into place on the canvas.  Gilding waxes and Acrylic Glazes were added to both the elements and the canvas edges.  That was it finished.

 

 

What Was Used

30cm x 40cm Canvas

Tonic Studios Forever Vintage Decorative Paper Pack – 663E

Tonic Studios Dotty Geared Border Punch -

Tonic Studios Rococo Bunched Roses Die – 77E

TonicStudios Rococo Delicate Dragonfly Die – 180E

Tonic Studios Rococo Butterfly Sprig Die – 177E

Tonic Studios Inspirations Sentiment Die Set – 367E

Tonic Studios Forever Moments Gilding Blush – Gold Leaf – 37E

Tonic Studio Forever Moments Creative Storage Adhesive

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylic Paints – Lake Wanaka and Caramel

PaperArtsy Grunge Paste

Silks Acrylic Glaze – Solar Gold and Watermelon Mist

Distress Ink – Mustard Seed

Archival Inks – Watering Can and Dandelion

 

We hope you have been inspired.

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Canvas Cameo using Tonic Studios Ascot Pillowbox and Lych Gate Wish Die Sets

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Hope you are having a fantastic weekend.  Tonight MJ has an easy to do canvas project for you to have a look at.  She loves these new dies and has lots of ideas of things you can do with them.

This canvas is such an easy project so is great for beginners too.

MJ has used an 8” x 8” box canvas.  She cut the border insert die from mirri card and used this as a stencil with Grungepaste to create textured borders top and bottom of piece and dried with a heat tool.  Then she painted the canvas all over with a chalk finish acrylic paint, once that was dry MJ used the Forever Moments Large Crackle Base coat as per instructions.  Then added the Crackle Top Coat and left to dry.  MJ added Gilding Paste across the raised areas.  She added a little script stamp using Tree Branch Archival Ink.

 

 

Next MJ cut the silhouetted ladies head from black card, stuck this to an oval of cream card and using Vintage Photo Distress Ink coloured all over and left to dry.  Then using Versamark Ink and Ultra High Gloss embossing powder she heat embossed over all the surface of the piece.  Leave to cool and then bend to form cracks to age it.  Next it was layered into another coloured oval shape.

MJ next stuck lace and ribbon across front of canvas, added ribbon tails to rear of cameo piece and glued to the centre front, adding a matching bow to finish.

We told you it was easy to do!

What Was Used

Tonic Studios Millinery Shop Die Set  – Ascot Pillowbox 15e

Tonic Studios Verso Strip Die Set - Lych Gate Wish 65e

Forever Moments Antique Crackle Base Coat 31e

Forever Moments Antique Crackle Top Coat 32e

Forever Moments Gilding Paste - Gold Leaf 37e

8” x 8” Box Canvas

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Paint – Irish Cream

PaperArtsy Grungepaste

Coredinations Card Stock

WOW Powders Ultra High Gloss Embossing Powder

 

We hope you have been inspired.

 

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Finnabair October Workshops - Journal – At Last!

 

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At last MJ  has managed to get on here and show one of her projects from an absolutely fantastic weekend of workshops with Finnabair.  The workshops were run by the fabulous Sue Tucker of Art Workshops.  Gorgeous projects and stuff to use on them and more biscuits than you could shake your tail feather at!…lol

The workshops were so well organised that Churchill would have been envious!

Anyhoo, here is a left-handed (it may catch on yet!) journal that MJ did back to front (ooops!) and is still working on (when she gets the time).  The piccie is rubbish and we think that is once again MJ’s terrible photo skills.  Not even pic monkey could help her out on this..ho hum.. but we are sure you will get the idea - we hope!

 

 

Sorry it’s a short one again but onwards my friends.

We hope you have been inspired.

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Altered Book Project with Karen Clare

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What a fabulous day MJ has had today with Karen Clare up in Pink Tulip Creations.  Firstly, thanks to all at Pink Tulip for their great hosting of this workshop and then a huge Thank you to Karen Clare for showing us so many techniques in one day!

Here is how MJ's book turned out....she had a thoroughly enjoyable day together with Sharon. Xx

This is how it started.....

This is how it finished.....

Love the way it layered up with all the textural pieces we were given to use on our books.

Once we added pastes, materials, inks, stains and gilding waxes the books came to life!  The other ladies and gents projects were amazing!  Not one was anything like the other.  Each book an individual work of art.

We hope you have been inspired.

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Heartfelt Creations Altered Box Project–Celebrate the Journey and Arianna Blooms

 

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Hope you are all enjoying your Bank Holiday.

MJ was asked if she could do another suitcase project so she has!

So today MJ is sharing a project she created yesterday using an old Molton Brown Gift Box and some gorgeous Heartfelt Creations products.  Once again MJ is using two of her favourite sets; Celebrate the Journey and Arianna Blooms.

This is the box from the outside……

And this is the box from the inside..

 

This is what it looked like originally (although she said she had used all her goodies up!)

 

 

• First thing MJ did was coat the whole box with 2 – 3 coats of white gesso to cover the design on the outside and to cover the yellow inside the box too.  Then dried with heat tool.
• Next she lined the inside and outside of the box with papers from the Celebrate the Journey paper pad.
• Then she stamped the suit case onto one of the papers and cut out using the matching die and also cut one unstamped piece of paper for the rear of the suitcase. A 1/2” strip of paper was cut and folded in half and glued in to act as hinge. 
• Using the Arianna Bloom stamp and matching die MJ produced a mass of flowers which she shaped and glued together to form the flowers.
• Taking the Celebrate the Journey Sentiments stamp and the Once Upon a Time die set she cut out the round greetings and mounted onto card.  She also used the World Map PreCut Set to create the torn pieces inside the box and the Balloon and the Bicycle set to make the balloon piece.  The tags and tickets were cut from the paper pad.

 
• Once she had all the elements ready to go she glued them into place inside the box until she was happy with the finish.  Adding some floral detail to the inside and front of it too.

 
What MJ Used

HFC Celebrate the Journey Paper Pad

HFC Balloon and Bicycle PreCut Set – HCPC 3599

HFC Arianna Bloom Stamp – HCPC 3608

HFC Arianna Blooms Die – HCD 748

HFC Once Upon A Time Die – HCD 744

HFC Luggage and Tags Die – HCD 745

HFC Luggage and Sentiments PreCut Set – HCPC 3597

HFC Celebrate the Journey Sentiments PreCutSet – HCPC 3596

HFC World Map PreCut Set – HCPC 3598

 

We hope you have been inspired to alter one of your old boxes.

 

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Canvas with Heartfelt Creations Papers, Distress Paints, Stencils and Modelling Paste

Hi Everyone

Sorry it’s been a while since our last post but things have been a bit hectic!  But we are here today to share a project MJ made with a cheap canvas, some scraps of pretty papers and ‘stuff’ from here crafting chaos of a work room!..lol 

So here it is – it’s deeper in colour than the photo shows but as usual MJ says that’s down to her rubbish photography skills!

What MJ Used: -

30cm x 40cm Canvas

Heartfelt Creations 12” x 12” Paper Pad – Aster

IndigoBlu Slap It On – Matte

MaiMeri Light Modelling Paste

Selection of Stencils

Distress Paints – Antique Linen, Peeled Paint, Seedless Preserves, Picked Raspberry Picket Fence

 

What MJ Did: -

1. Take a selection of matching papers and randomly tear into pieces (great for using scraps up).  Glue to canvas with the Slap It On (or a Matte Gel Medium) until the area is covered.  Make it as random as possible to create texture.  Leave to dry.
2. Using the modelling paste and stencils create texture across the canvas in random areas.  MJ used 6 different stencils in all.  When happy with design leave to dry.
3. Then use the Distress Paints to colour over the background.  You can tone down the colours with additional water while the paint is wet but once dry it is permanent.  Picket Fence is great for white washing areas too.  Leave to dry.
4. Next MJ created a dress form and dress template using her Silhouette Cameo.
5. To create the skirt layers draw around the skirt template twice, place the pieces together and cut into 4 or 5 pieces.  Then starting from the left-hand side glue the pieces onto dress shape leaving the left side of the panels unglued.  This will create the kick on the panels.
6. Trace around the bodice part of dress onto your chosen paper and stick on.  Create a belt from either paper or ribbon (this will cover the joins). 
7. Edge around dress with black archival ink.  Bend the pleats up and then brush across these with archival ink too. This way it doesn’t look too dark and just adds definition.
8. Glue dress form shape onto canvas and add dress on top adding some shape before gluing into position.
9. To finish the project MJ cut flowers out from the papers she had and added to canvas.  If you have flower dies then these would be prefect.  MJ loves the Heartfelt Creations floral dies.  The last thing she did was go around the outside edges of the canvas with a little black arcylic.

We hope you have been inspired.

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Grunge Clock Project using Silhouette Cameo

 

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MJ is on holidays believe it or not, and has been playing with her crafty stash.  Out came her Cameo (mind you it's always out!) and away she went!

She used a 6 x 6 clock and cog cut file that she purchased from the Silhouette store and enlarged it to 26cm x 26cm to make a largish piece for her kitchen.

MJ cut each layer 3 times from 250gsm plain white cardstock mounting the layers together to form chipboard-like pieces.

   

Next, she painted it with 2 coats of IndigoBlu Gee-So Good in black.  Once dry MJ added a mixture of Maimeri Bronze (475) and Deep Gold (151) paint.  Again once dry she used Pebeo Gilding wax in Empire Gold.

 

 

Not entirely happy with the colour, and after welcomed advice from the wonderful Eileen Godwin, more black gesso was dry brushed onto the background areas.  This added shade and made it stand out more.

 

 

All that is left to do now is add the clock mechanism and hands.
 

This clock will sit in a box frame to finish and then hung on MJ’s kitchen wall.  She says ‘it’ll fill a gap!’…lol

We hope you have been inspired.

Thanks for popping by

Xx

Tarmac MDF Plaque using Karen Clare’s Technique

 

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MJ recently attended a wonderful workshop in Coventry with the lovely Karen Clare where she learnt the Tarmac Technique.  Today we are giving you a brief overview of it for you.

We are lucky that Karen is coming to present this workshop at Dandie Crafts in September and we can’t wait!  Please pop over to her blog for look you’ll be pleased you did. Just click on her name above.

MJ has been playing around with an old MDF shelf from a dismantled shelving in her craft room.  She was wanted to make her OH a plaque to hang in his garage alongside the love of his life – his 1959 Lambretta!  She tried to replicate the oil patches that are all over the garage so didn’t want the colours to blend too much.  MJ isn’t sure she quite got the look she was after but it was close enough as her OH won’t notice it anyway…lol

MJ started off with the old shelf and gave it coat of IndigoBlu  Gee-Sso Good! (white) – it’s a great product with a good consistency.  The black gesso in this range is brilliant for coverage too.  Great for doing the chalkboard stamped effects that are popular still at the moment.

 

 

Next she used a selection of embossing folders and white card and then cut into different sized pieces and glued them to the shelf….ooops…she meant to say…MDF plaque..lol

 

 

Then using her Silhouette Cameo she cut out lettering and shapes to suit her project and added them to her base.

 

 

Then the messy bit….MJ painted the base using acrylics (as that is the best option she had available at home). 

 

 

Oooooooo she then coated it with the magical tar solution (hee hee) and left to dry.  After this she removed the colour until she was happy with the result (well almost happy with the result…she’s never confident at the end!).  To finish her project she applied some gilding wax.

 

What MJ Used

Embossalicious Folder – Script, Watches, Knit One Purl One

Darice Embossing Folder – Squares, Wood Grain, Basket Weave

Acrylic Paints – Permanent Red, Phthalo Blue

Pebeo – Silver Gilding Wax

Silhouette Cameo –  to cut die cuts

 

We hope you have been inspired.

Thanks for Popping By

xx

Lavinia Zen Butterfly, Gesso, Modelling Paste, Dutch Doobadoo Stencil and ~Twinkling H2O Paints

 

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Today MJ has been playing with a couple of her Lavinia stamps from Tracey Dutton’s Zen designs.  They are gorgeous.  MJ likes a butterfly or two…you know what she always says ‘it’s not a mistake it’s a place for the butterfly…lol’!

She decided she wanted to get inky messy tonight whilst OH was again watching footy on the telly.  She loves it when footy is on as it is a legitimate time to craft.

 

MJ was thinking about the colours of the Dragonflies wings that fly about her pond so it had to be a mix of blues and greens.  To get the shimmer she got out her Twinkling H20 paints.  It’s not very clear from the photos but the sheen is amazing with these paints.

 

 

The Zen Butterfly is a gorgeous stamp to play with and when you put it together with Tracey’s other designs there are endless possibilities for your projects.

 

What MJ Used

Maimeri Gesso

Maimeri Light Modelling Paste

Dutch Doobadoo Stencil – Fabric

LuminarteTwinkling H20 Paints – Pear Blossom and Sapphire on Ice

Lavinia Stamps – Zen Butterfly and Zen Leaf 2

Black Archival Ink

 

What MJ Did

1. Cut a piece of white cardstock to fit your card and give it a very thin coat of gesso.  Dry with heat gun.
2. Take the stencil and secure it where wanted.  Using a palette knife, or something similar, spread light modelling paste thinly through the stencil.  Be careful when lifting it off that you don’t smear it (pop stencil and tool into water to clean straight away).  Dry with heat gun.
3. Now take paints and paint over background until you are happy with the colour blend.  Dry with heat gun.
4. Stamp the Zen Leaf design onto bottom edge of panel using the archival ink.  Dry.  Then colour this with the paints.  Set aside to dry.
5. Stamp the butterfly onto a piece of white card stock using archival ink.  Take paints and colour the image.  Once dry cut the image out.
6. Matt and layer the panel onto a card blank.  Add butterfly to finish.

A nice easy card project for you to have a bash at.  MJ just loves her H20’s again!

We hope you have been inspired.

Thanks for Popping By

xx