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Monday 30 April 2018

Always & Forever

Hi crafters!  I love the way this card came out, but it sat on my desk for quite awhile before I figured out what I thought it needed! I started by cutting the Crux Gemini die into opposite corners.  I used a sticky adhesive sheet and coated it with Iced Snow, then mounted it under the card with the acetate side upwards showing through the corners.  Next I used a piece of card that I had covered with Lava Red and Emerald Green Pixie powders.  I cut the Heather backing die out of it, six of the Passion Flowers and the sentiment.  I added the decorative Heather die in white to the backing.  I cut the centre of the Sophia die in white and cut it in half.  I mounted it so it was sticking out from behind the Heather die and attached it in the centre of the card.  I used the centre of the Michelle die as a backing for the sentiment, which was cut from the Wedded Bliss Frame  I added small earls to each of the flowers and mounted them in opposite corners, adding a thin satin ribbon bow and decorative leaves.  The card was completed with white on white mats.  The finished dimensions are 8" x 8" in size.  All for now, Sue x











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110 comments:

  1. Gorgeous card Sue, the colours everything.

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  2. Beautiful card Sue,love the flowers and the delicate bow.

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  3. Nanny Joo Joo from sunny Scunny30 April 2018 at 06:26

    Good morning Sue,

    What an absolutely stunning card. I love the colours and the effect they create when cut out with the flowers. Just beautiful!

    Love, Nanny JooJoo from sunny Scunny xx

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  4. Morning Sue, a really beautiful card, love everything about it, especially the gemini die cut in the corners, great idea to put the acetate side upwards, gives a totally different effect. Have a great day everyone. Bx

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  5. Morning Sue and all Wilsonettes, beautiful just beautiful,

    Stay safe, healthy and happy, hugs, June Smith xxx

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  6. Morning Sue
    Pretty and sparkly x
    That combination of the red and green pixie powders together is gorgeous x
    I have been awake for ages listening to the rain. It is only just slowing down after a couple of hours of really hammering it down. Perfect day for shutting myself away to craft. Hmmmm I wonder - watch this space x
    Lots of love to all specially missing friends x
    Crafty hugs
    PP
    Yvonne x

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  7. Really love the splashes of colour Beautiful

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  8. Hi Sue
    Just one word to describe this card Stunning.
    Jan x

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  9. A beautiful card love the colours and the pretty flowers.
    Catherine v94 xx

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  10. Hello Sue, stunning card, so pretty and I love the colour combination of the pixie powders.
    Marion S x

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  11. Absolutely gorgeous card today! Such a lovely design and the pixie powder colours look wonderful especially when used as the flowers. Debra x

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  12. Fabulous card! Love the sparkling background and the topper, and just ADORE the Passion Flowers!

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  13. lovely especially for a Christmas or Winter wedding especially x

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  14. Stunning, I just love the gemini die x

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  15. Hi Sue. You sure know to lift that Monday morning feeling, what a beauty, from the bling to that happy pop of colour, how can anyone not enjoy starting their day with a sample such as this. So you also have the odd 'lingering' part made part finished sample/card sitting in your work area lol phew, thank goodness for that, a true crafter lol. I've had a part made baby boy card order slumped and waiting to be finished for at least a month ! I started it when I was told the baby had been born (28th March ) I then became off colour and ended up in hospital, I did notify the lady that ordered it and said I wouldn't be offended if she wanted to shop buy rather than wait for goodness how long and that she'd probably be asking for this child's 1st birthday card before I felt well enough to do the baby congrats lol. She refuses point blank to shop buy and wouldn't even insult me by buying me a get well, I had to smile at that one bless her heart. So I'm thrilled you also have the hanger on'ers Sue that makes me feel sooo much better thank you lol.
    So after my twaddle and life story I'll pop off and send you hugs for the day ☺ xxx

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  16. Morning Sue.
    Thank you a beautiful card, pretty colours.
    Take care and have fun Kitty.

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  17. Good morning Sue
    Stunning card! I love all the dies used today (especially the 'Heather one' lol!). I think iced snow is my absolute favourite of all my glitters and is definately my most used. The pixie powder Passion flowers are beautiful I love the pearls in the centre as well. The Gemini sets of dies are always my first purchase of each launch and this one is gorgeous.
    Hugs x
    Heather T

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  18. Beautiful card, love the shot of colour.

    Michele

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  19. Good Morning Sue. Another crux card ..... the more I see it the more I need it quicker. I am going in holiday in a weeks time so it would be pointless getting it now..... but I am thinking..... first job when I get home YES. A beautiful sample Sue. Lovely and lacy. You know how to tempt us. Sending best wishes to everyone this very dull morning. Kind regards Ann Toppcards Leeds

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  20. Good morning Sue,
    A beautiful card with a 'pop' of lovely colour and some gorgeous 'bling'.x

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  21. Lovely colour, inspiring card.

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  22. Hi Sue
    A beautiful card. The red and green pixies make a fabulous pop of colour.
    B xx

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  23. A lovely card especially the combination of pixie powders to create the flowers.
    Jan
    Northampton

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  24. This is gorgeous Sue. Just the right amount of colour to make the card zing without being over the top.

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  25. A stunning card today Sue.

    Hugs Helen xx

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  26. GM Sue. Great card. Fab colours.

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  27. Gorgeous card, Sue.

    Anne (Northampton)

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  28. Hi Sue and lovely wilsonettes x
    Beautiful card Sue x The crux die is lovely and the pop of colour on the flowers and behind the heather is gorgeous x thankyou Sue x
    Theresa w in Berks xxx

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  29. Hi Sue - a really gorgeous card. The corners are beautiful and I love the use of acetate. Sending best wishes
    YvonneMayxx

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  30. Beautiful I love the red and green pop of colour
    I know nature has a lot of red and green together but I’m colour blind so I find it hard to put red and green together But I will give it a try

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  31. Hi Sue,

    This is absolutely stunning - I think most of us have used that word today - love everything about it, the combination of dies is spot-on with the lovely Crux in the background, just the right amount of bling with the Iced Snow peeping through the cuts and you picked the perfect strong colours of Pixie Powders to add that Wow! factor to the flowers, sentiment and backing plate - all-in-all Sue, a masterpiece!!

    Izzy

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  32. Hello Sue
    Stunning card it is perfect and it will fit into a bought envelope. Definitely one of my top ten cards.

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  33. Really lovely card. Thanks Sue xx

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  34. Stunning card Sue, love the crux die, on my list of must haves

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  35. Love this card Sue, love how you’re have used the pixie powders. They make it very striking. Thank you, have a good day. Xxx

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  36. Another Sue Wilson beauty! I just love that Crux die, it’s moved to the top of the list! Love the pixie powder combination. Thank you Sue for the inspiration.

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  37. Morning Sue,
    Beautiful card, love the use of pixie powders they make such a difference on a card giving a lovely pop of colour.
    Lydia
    x

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  38. Hello Sue, what a lovely card. Pretty colours and background together with the beautiful flowers. X

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  39. Good morning Sue,
    Wow what a exquisite card today & the colour combination that you have used is just perfect.Yvonne xx

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  40. wowwwwwwwwwww Sue this is fab and gorgeoussssssssss
    Gr Karin

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  41. Hi Sue

    You always seem to know when the day needs a cheerful looking card ti brighten it up and this creation does just that. Lovely.

    Heather R Oxfordshire

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  42. Everything about this card is beautiful just stunning thank you steph so pleased you are feeling better
    Love June Horrocks xxxxx

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  43. Hi Sue. As you are probably aware, I really love the Crux Gemini die, so it goes without saying that I really love this card. I wouldn't have thought of using it in this orientation with glitter behind it and am so grateful for the inspiration.

    Lisbeth

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  44. Morning Sue, beautiful card, do love that Gemini die and the colours and flowers just set it off nicely. Love Jean xxx

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  45. Morning Sue and all the Wilsonettes
    What a beautiful card today love the die and the pop of colour with the pixie powders really sets it of.

    Sending love and healing hugs to all that need them xx#

    Have a good day all
    Love
    Hunnymummy54 from MK
    xxx

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  46. Hi Sue, Stuning card this morning. Everything about it is just simply gorgeous. The pixie powders and the flowers especially.

    Barbara V

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  47. a scrumptious card this morning. Love the lay out. Hugs WALES FOR EVER. XXXX

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  48. I find this card a little too busy for me although I love all the elements of it. The pixie powder flowers are gorgeous and I like the sparkle of the background. X

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  49. Oh yes, another beauty, just love this card, just what I like to make....beautiful...luv Ursula xx

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  50. Hello Sue and all
    I think you used this card in the January release, one of the reasons I got hooked on pixie powders- what a fabulous combination of colours and dies too. The flowers are beautiful !
    Hugs
    Muriel x

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  51. Hi Sue
    Beautiful card, lovely mix of colours
    Margaret from Huddersfield

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  52. Hi Sue this is a stunning card it is just so pretty I love all those dies. Have a great week. Take care. Hugs Jackie

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  53. Hello Sue!
    A really beautiful card to brighten up a very wet morning in West Sussex, in fact the sun is niot to be seen again until Thursdsy!
    I have just bought the Crux die as I really like it. Lava Red and Emerald Green Pixie Powders go so well together and add a great touch to this gorgeous card.
    Lesley S x

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  54. Hi Sue,

    what an amazing delicate card this is... and stunning colours.

    Rolf xxx

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  55. Hello Sue and all
    Stunning card this morning . I love the colours your have created from the Pixie powders. The sparkle popping through the back ground works beautifully.
    Crafty hugs and well wishes to all.... Wendy

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  56. Hi Sue

    A very pretty card. Love the dies you have used and the pixie powder looks great. Obviously, I love the flowers too.

    Love Helen xxx

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  57. Hi Sue, a stunning card. I love how you have used your beautiful Gemini die and the splash of colour with your Pixie powders on the flowers. All totally gorgeous.

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  58. What lovely dies these are - love the background and the colours are so pretty. Thank you Sue

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  59. I'm a big Crux fan, too, and also love the Passion Flowers. Unlike everyone else, though, I didn't like the red and green Pixie Powders, unless those were the wedding colors. To me, they messed up the purity of the all-white wedding card. On the other hand, those little pearls in the centers of the flowers just make me melt.

    I was thinking that if you put the paper with the Crux apertures onto the sticky paper first, and then applied the Iced Snow, you wouldn't waste a lot of Iced Snow under the focal element, which covers the entire center of the card. Unless I'm missing something.

    This weekend, I discovered that one set of the little flowers that came with the Spring Branch is just the right size to fill the little flower shapes in the Flora die. Takes forever but really pretty.

    Best to all,
    Donita in Rhode Island

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  60. Hi Sue, Beautiful card . love Jean Z xxx

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  61. Hi Sue
    Stunning card and I love the crux Die cut into the corners as well as the bold colours of the pixie powders

    Love and hugs to everyone
    Pat

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  62. Oh, wow...so beautiful. Great contrast.

    Jan D., FL, USA

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  63. Hello Sue.

    Beautiful Card. I love all the white layers with the hint of colour and the floral decoration is delightful. Thanks for sharing.

    Best wishes

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  64. To My Wonderful Dear Friend Sue, 🥇Award Winning Blog For 2016
    This Mornings Card Is Truly Magnificent If I Remember Correctly You Made A Similar
    Card Using The Same Pixie Powders Plus Design For Your Wonderful Daughter Heather’s Birthday
    I’m Not Sure Whether The Sentiment Was Exactly The Same..................
    Famous Products Used In Today’s Card ✨
    “Creative Expression Piercing Ruler 12”/30cm”
    “Creative Expression Coconut White Foundation Card”
    “Creative Expression Mounting Foam”
    “Creative Expression Cosmic Shimmer Specialists Dries Clear Acrylic Glue”
    “Creative Expression A4 Sticky Adhesive Sheet”
    “Creative Expression 3mm Self Adhesive Flat Backed Pearls”
    “Creative Expression Cosmic Shimmer Iced Snow”
    “Creative Expression Cosmic Shimmer Lava Red/Emerald Green Pixie 🧚‍♀️ Powders”
    Famous Cutting Dies Used In Today’s Card ✨🥇Award Winning Dies For 2017
    “Sue Wilson’s Passion Flower Die Set” (From The Finishing Touches Collection 23 Cutting Dies)
    “Sue Wilson’s Crux Gemini Die Set” (From The Gemini Collection 3 Cutting Dies)
    “Sue Wilson’s Heather Die Set” (From The Frames/Tags Collection 3 Cutting Dies)
    “Sue Wilson’s Sophia Die Set” (From The Frames/Tags Collection 6 Cutting Dies)
    “Sue Wilson’s Michelle Die Set” (From The Frames/Tags Collection 4 Cutting Dies)
    “Sue Wilson’s Wedded Bliss Frame Die Set” (From The Frames/Tags Collection 3 Cutting Dies)
    Sue, You Began Today’s Luxurious Card, By Cutting The Crux Gemini Die Out Of Coconut White Foundation Card
    Cutting Them Out In Opposite Corners.
    Then You Used A Sticky Adhesive Sheet Which You Coated With Iced Snow Then You Mounted It Under the Card
    Sue, Next You Created A Phenomenal Pixie Powdered Piece Of Card You Used Lava Red/Emerald Green Extremely
    Beautiful Colours Together.
    Sue, Then You Cut The Heather Die Backing Die Out Of The Pixie Powdered Card Also Six Opulent Passion Flowers
    Also The Sentiment Just Exquisite, Then You Added The Decorative Heather Die Out Of Coconut White Foundation Card
    To The Backing, You Cut The Centre Of The Sophia Die Set From Coconut White Foundation Card Then You Cut This
    In Half, Gluing Behind The Heather Die Then You Attached This To The Centre Of Your Card, You Used The Centre Of
    The Michelle Die As The Backing For The Sentiment Which Came From The Wedded Bliss Frame Die Set You Added
    3mm White Pearls To Each Of The Flowers Then Placed In Opposite Corners You Added A Thin White Satin Ribbon
    Also Adding The Decorative Leaves That Come Within The Die Set Adding Mounting Foam To The Back Then Attached
    To A White/White Mat/Layer Which Includes Your Famous/Signature/Piercing
    Sue, Thank You For Sharing This Masterpiece, Thank You For The Inspiration Which I Truly Appreciate............
    Take Great Care My Wonderful Dear Friend Sue,
    Extremely Wonderful Warm Fond Wishes To Colin Also Heather
    Sue, Lots Of Love Also Huge Hugs 🤗
    Love From Sam xxx

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  65. Hi Sue, A fabulous technique and a stunning card.
    Lots of love from Patricia xx

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  66. Love this card although I would use for something other than a wedding card as I don't need any. I love the Crux die which is on my wish list and the flowers are beautiful.
    Everyone, have a great afternoon,
    Stephanie K
    SC/USA

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  67. Hi Sue,
    Stunning card! I especially like the background made using the Crux die.
    Thank you for sharing.
    Véronique L

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  68. Lovely card Sue but I don’t have any of those dies unfortunately. Never mind I can just look at this card.

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  69. Love the colours, gorgeous flowers as always x

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  70. Hi Sue, this is a stunning card and I love everything about it.

    Frances

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  71. Wow sue this is a stunning card love the flowers beautiful colours. Laura O Springfield

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  72. The Crux Gemini die is so lovely, as is this card.

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  73. Hi Sue,
    Beautiful card for us to admire and drool over today!! I particularly like the Passion flowers especially with the pixie powders on them. What a fabulous combination of colours in the Lava Red and Emerald Green - will definitely be giving that one a go!
    Sending love and hugs to all, Alison xxx

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  74. I like the design of this and the way you have used the acetate. I am not so sure about the colours with this though as much as I love Pixie Powders normally.

    Teresa

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  75. What a gorgeous card, Sue. I love those flowers and use mine such a lot. Just got back from spending time with my sister. Why is there never enough time to smell the roses,
    However I do love your card today, it is so pretty. Many of our younger generation appreciate colourful weddings and this would be a great card to send them. Hugs xx Pauline

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  76. Deb E Isle of Wight30 April 2018 at 17:36

    beautiful post and love that mix of pixie powders....

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  77. Hi Sue, Beautiful Card today, Love the Pixi Powders. This card really sings to me. Hugs Brenda xxx

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  78. Gorgeous card, love the colours too

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  79. Hi Sue,
    Elegant and beautiful card for an anniversary, or any other occasion with a different sentiment.In my opinion, the colors are unusual for a wedding card, but who said it has to be for a wedding, right?
    Hugs from Toronto to you all and special hugs to all missing friends.
    Still a newbie to Craft / not longer the newest, or the only across the pond Wilsonette
    Carmen-Dorothy

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  80. I just love everything about this card and hope to make something as lovely for my friends Diamond wedding anniversary later in the year. Anne7 from Calne xx

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  81. Hi Sue
    Stunning card,very elegant and I love the touch of colour from the pixie powders,
    Best wishes
    Karen M

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  82. Beautiful card Sue!!!
    I love the colours you got with the Pixie Powders.

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  83. Gorgeous creation Sue, love the beautiful color combo and design!
    Hugs, Sherry x
    Loose Stitches and Unraveled Threads

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  84. A beautiful card. Delightful dies.... as usual

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  85. Good evening Sue
    Gorgeous card today love the pop of colour
    all the Dies are beautiful they come to life after being cut out.
    Love & Hugs Lynda Brock xx

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  86. Hello Sue,

    A glorious combination of dies in your card today that speaks of elegance and grace. Love the bling behind the Crux die cuts. Your pixie powders give an autumnal feel to the card.

    Beverly

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  87. Evening Sue. A beautiful sparkly card. Those Passion Flowers look gorgeous with the Pixies behind them. Xx

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  88. Hi Sue
    What a lovely card you’ve made.

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  89. Lovely card Sue, especially love the colors of the pixie powders. The dies are amazing, thanks for you ideas.

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  90. Latenight SandyH1 May 2018 at 04:29

    Fabulous card. Wish I'd known you were going to feature this beauty today. On Sunday I spent ages tracking down this card and another one using the Passion Flower die. Love the Gemini Crux and the pixied flowers together. I don't have all the dies you've used in the centre of the card but I'm sure I can find suitable substitutes to be able to make a version of this lovely card.
    Take care everyone.

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  91. Hi Sue. Lovely card, great colours. Sue xxx

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  92. Stunning just amazingly stunning xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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  93. Hi Sue
    This is stunning card absolutely beautiful. I love the colours you have used.

    Crafty Hugs
    Heather xx

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  94. What a gorgeous card. I really love the pixie colours.

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  95. Marie P from Longridge1 May 2018 at 10:11

    What a beautiful card Sue.My wish list is screaming at me as I don't have any of these dies and although I'm building up my supply of Pixie Powders I don't have these colours.
    I just watched Hochanda on my PC and your dies on there are also shouting BUY ME BUY ME
    I think it's time that I stopped buying for a while and started using the ones I have.
    Absolutely everything about today's card is gorgeous. Thank you so much Sue.
    Marie P.

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  96. Rose in Chester1 May 2018 at 11:12

    Hi Sue,
    When I saw this card I thought "WOW", it is absolutely beautiful, both the dies used and the pixied cardstock. Just fabulous, right up my street. Thank you for showing us.
    Hugs, Rose

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  97. Hi Sue
    Striking card, love the colours used. I don't have much success with pixie powders, I only have a few so perhaps it's my choice of colours that's wrong.
    Best wishes
    Dorianne

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  98. dmj from kett1 May 2018 at 22:21




    Wow, what a stunning card,



    Doreen x

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  99. Absolutely beautiful
    Luv
    Karen xx

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  100. This card is beautiful sue,crafty hugs Julie laz xxx

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  101. I love the colours on this, they are gorgeous and i do love the crux gemini die on the background. Another fab die i need to get lol.

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