Squares Card: Autumn Leaves

BySue Madex April 18, 2011September 28, 2025

This card layout is a bit of an old favourite – my squares design. It features the new Autumn Spice DSP and the French Foliage stamp set.

Colours: Cajun Craze base (I’ve not used this colour a lot but it has been getting a good workout lately, love it with this DSP and stamp set.) Early Espresso, Old Olive, More Mustard.

I love the script stamp from this set for backgrounds. I’ve used the 1 1/4″ square punch for the squares with More Mustard sponged on the edges.

The hemp twine goes well with these colours too I think for a finishing touch.

Cheers, Sue

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Bleach Technique: Elegant Cards

BySue Madex June 30, 2011September 27, 2025

Back again with another bleach card to show you. After June classes were over I decided to try the bleach technique with a few different colours. Concord Crush just changes a little but I loved the subtle effect. Once again I’ve used Elements Of Style stamp. Such a beautiful image for all the techniques involoving…

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Butterfly Thinlits: Sneak Peek

BySue Madex December 18, 2014September 3, 2025

I think one of my favourites from our upcoming Occasions Catalogue is the Butterflies Thinlits. Cuts 3 gorgeous butterflies – one that coordinates with stamps, plus two beautifully detailed ones. I’ve featured the largest one on this card. Other sneak peeks are Spring Flowers Embossing Folder and the stamp from Crazy About You stamp set…

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Brushos Background Cards

BySue Madex September 1, 2018September 1, 2025

We’ve had such a lot of fun in card class last month using Brushos watercolour ink crystals and a water spritzer to make gorgeous backgrounds. Every one turned out differently. This technique is so easy. Just emboss your image onto watercolour card – I used Dandelion Wishes stamp set and white embossing powder. Then sprinkle some of the Brushos crystals…

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Flourishing Phrases in Sweet Sugarplum

BySue Madex July 23, 2016September 2, 2025

Today’s card was inspired by this Mary Fish creation. The large flourish from the Flourish Thinlits makes such a stunning feature on a card. Tips and Techniques: The pearls make a nice finishing touch. I’ve cut a window in the Sweet Sugarplum cardstock using one of the circle thinlits. The greeting from Flourishing Phrases fits nicely inside. …

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AWH Colour Creations: Daffodil Delight

BySue Madex September 11, 2018September 1, 2025

A lovely bright and happy spring colour for you this week on our AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop. We are up to Daffodil Delight and I thoroughly enjoyed making a nice cheerful card with it. Keen to see some more projects featuring this colour. There’s a link down the bottom of this post. I was…

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Mostly Flowers Birthday Card

BySue Madex February 19, 2008August 28, 2025

I made this birthday card to send to a friend using the Mostly Flowers set. I stamped 2 of the designs in Basic Black ink on Whisper White card to make the background. Then I added another one stamped in Always Artichoke and adhered with a dimensional to raise it a little. The stamped design was then placed onto Always Artichoke card and to finish it off…