As long as I got this right, this is the first post to be published to my new Facebook page, My Elegant Cards so a big celebrate seemed in order by way of the Celebrations Duo TIEF. If you’re reading this on Facebook, welcome to my new page.

I read on Facebook yesterday that answer to an issue I’d been having with the Celebrations Duo TIEF – the paper kept cracking after I dry embossed it. The secret is apparently to use the thick whisper white cardstock rather than the regular. I tried it and yes, it works perfectly. I then took a round stamp (mine came from Totally Trees but there are many that would work) and added circles of soft sky, mint macaron and island indigo. A quick trim  to give more interest by not having completed circles all over the piece and then a mat of island indigo before adding it to a soft sky card stock. The final touch – a bow using the mint macaron linen ribbon attached with a glue dot.

To celebrate the creation of the My Elegant Cards page, I’m going to “do a Shannon” (West). She started the #ImBringingBirthdaysBack movement last year and sent a birthday card to anyone who asked for one. So, if you’d like a card sent around your birthday, leave me a message either here or over on my new page with your birthday and send me an email with your address at lizbaileycards@gmail.com.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the Stampin’ Rewards code to get a selection of ribbon and sequins (6 yards in all) when your order is $30 or more; the current Stampin’ Rewards code is 34ANVEHC (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free gift). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here. For more details on my Customer Loyalty Programme, click here.

And don’t forget that during Sale-a-bration, for every $50 you spend (before taxes and shipping) you get to select a FREE product from the Sale-a-bration catalogue. Don’t have paper copies of the catalogs? Drop me an email and I’ll put one in the mail.

See you tomorrow,

Liz