Thistle Designs – Deborah Smart
Creating Unique Art for Your Life
ARTIST TRADING COINS Have you heard of them? Maybe you’ve even created some, or received one, yourself! I’m talking about ATC’s – Artist Trading Coins. They’re relatively new in the crafting world, and an alternative to the Artist Trading Cards…
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Hi stamping friend! I hope you had a great weekend. We actually had some snow here – not too surprising, but it doesn’t usually ‘stick’ this early in the year! Lots of snow on the mountains, though – skiers will…
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Hello stamping friend! I’m here today to share another card from my friend’s card swap. This one is a Coffee Break Fun Fold Card – using, of course, my favourite suite of products! 🙂 This card was created by my…
Read MoreI’m sure you’ve seen it all over the internet and Pinterest – the Eclipse card technique. It’s a wonderful way to combine stamping, or using pretty designer paper, with die cutting. The first trend was using Stampin’ Up!’s Large Letters…
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HAPPY HALLOWE’EN, stamping friend! I hope that your trick-or-treaters have a safe and enjoyable time this evening 🙂 Nothing too spooky, but just creepy enough to keep in the spirit of the celebration! My boys are both too old for…
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Hello again, stamping friend! I’m back to share some cards with you from my card swap with friends last week! This first card was created by Lynn, who is one of my team members. In this card, the Merry Patterns…
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Good morning, stamping friend! I hope you had a good weekend, and feel refreshed for the week 🙂 I’m back today to share my second swap card, from last Friday’s card swap with friends. For this card, I used the…
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FRIENDS + CARD SWAPS = FUN! It was a wonderful fun night on Friday, when Margaret, one of my team members, hosted another card swap! We’ve been doing these once a month, for the past several months. Some of us…
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DO SOMETHING CREATIVE EVERY DAY Aren’t those good words to live by? As a demonstrator, I try to spend time every day at my stamping desk, but sometimes I just don’t make it there, for one reason or another. And…
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Card Swap with Friends Here it is – my final post in this series to share the cards from my card swap with friends. This all started a couple of weekends ago when Margaret, one of my team members, held…
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