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- Tracy Elsom

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Not Your Average Cracker

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On Monday next week it will be Thanksgiving here in Canada. The stores are full of pumpkin-themed foods and autumn decorations in anticipation of the big day. It’s a good time to remember everything we are thankful for. Whether you get together with family and friends, or merely want to acknowledge those people who serve us as we go about our daily lives, a little token of appreciation is an easy thing to do. This small treat box holds Hershey Kisses chocolates and is an unusual version of a ... VIEW POST

Joy And Frustration

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Next month I’ll be celebrating 10 years as an Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator. Of course I’ve been papercrafting for even longer than that. However all my experience doesn’t stop me making rookie mistakes. This is exactly what happened this morning as I designed a Christmas card using the Joy To You Stamp Set. Despite my inevitable frustration, like most cardmaking mistakes this one was fixable. It just took a little patience and the spatula attachment on my trusty Take Your Pick Tool. ... VIEW POST

Celebrate With Coordination

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Happy Sunday! A few days ago I created a bold birthday card using the O Holy Night 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper (DSP). It was a design that used just a 6” x 6” piece of paper to decorate the front and inside of the card, along with the envelope. When I was done I had a few scraps of DSP left over so decided to use the largest of these and the same Celebrate with Tags Stamp Set to create today’s simple Sunday project, a coordinating gift tag. LAYERED FOR SIMPLICITY I began with the ... VIEW POST

Back to Trucking Along

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In case you were waiting, the Trucking Along Punch is now back in stock, which means the bundle is also now available again. In order to showcase this cute stamp set and punch I decided to create a more contemporary Christmas card for today’s blog post. Other than a red truck I had no real plan, and sometimes that means the finished project is as much of a surprise to me as it is to you. In the end it was a large die-cut circle that pulled it all together. TRUCKING BUNDLE I knew I wanted ... VIEW POST

More Occasions To Play

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It’s Friday, and here in Nova Scotia we’re in for a glorious stretch of weather. We had quite a rainy summer, and so some unseasonably warm and sunny days now are very welcome. One of my friends has a convertible VW beetle and whenever the weather is good I imagine her cruising around with the top down. Today is one of those occasions and I couldn’t resist creating this convertible car bookmark for her. It’s powder blue to match her car, but now I want to create a Barbie pink one! CURVED ... VIEW POST

O Holy Night For Birthdays

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I know customers can get a little frustrated when Stampin’ Up! products go out of stock and can’t be ordered. It frustrates me too! But I’ve been really pleased to see that many of them have come back earlier than expected. The O Holy Night 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper (DSP) is one of those items and I thought I’d celebrate by making a card. However although the paper is most definitely designed with Christmas in mind, I wanted to demonstrate that it’s also great for birthdays as well. O ... VIEW POST