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Cards - Gossamer Blue

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  hi everyone ,
Anita here sharing some cute cards you can make 
using some left over scraps of patterned paper

using Gossamer blue Gramercy road

  i know most of us throw out scraps that we have left over from die cutting
  but i wanted to use this scrap of paper from last weeks layout that i had die cut with a doily die and some how use it .
Ive used it in he center i think it draws the eye into...

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you make my heart smile - Gossamer blue

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Hi.. Everyone,
  Anita here sharing another layout using the Gossamer Blue range Gramercy road
In this range theirs lots of pretty pastel hues and I just love these colours
My background for my layout I used a bubble wrap stamp with a light pink and added a few droplets of bobunny sugar mist  
Next I added my layers 
And I added a bit more texture by dry embossing some of my patterned paper layers 
With...

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Warm Winter Memories - Gossamer Blue - Gramercy Road

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hi everyone ,
Anita here with more lovely Gossamer Blue - Gramercy Road

this layout is of my super lovely kitty who loves to have a snuggle on cold winter mornings
and a bit of scratch




with this layout i wanted to keep it simple with but with lost of hearts
that i hand cut using a heart stencil
i added some little hearts that i outlined with pen to add a bit of colour
stamped a few of the stamps from the...

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Just Chillin layout - Gossamer Blue - Gramercy Road

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 hi everyone,
Anita here   I'm so chuffed to be playing with this very lovely 

  right away when i seen this pattern paper 
 i thought wow that would look so kool cut up and used as a funky background
   and a little bit of machine stitching to add extra texture

and because these Die Cut Ephemera bitsare so cute i just had to use them as a little...

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Fairy Girl - BoBunny

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hi everyone, happy sassy Thursday 
Anita here sharing a 12x12 canvas decorated with BoBunny - Madeleine
I just love the softness of this collection with all the flowers to fussy cut and those cute little birds so I had this little idea to use a photo of my daughter Kara sitting undera mulberry tree that she would make a cute little fairy girl 
So I started by applying gesso to the canvas

Next I used a...

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