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Tuesday 7 April 2020

Golden Girl

Hi crafters!  I just really wanted to share another of the Golden Girl cards!  I love that you can make such a quick card with these dies, just by dipping in to your background stash (okay maybe I am the only one with a background stash, but you really should keep your experiments and start one!)  This one is simply Pixie powders, Aubergine Dream, Rich Gold and Purple Violet all together.  Once dry, I cut the Golden Girl die out of it.  I cut one more out of black and used it as a shadow underneath and glued the, together.  I added a piece of white card as a backing to it.  I glittered the Cosmos Flowers with Frosted Sparkle Glitterbitz and made several flowers using just the outlines.  I cut a Magnolia Corner and nipped it apart to add leaves as accents around the flowers.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 6 3/4"  x  8 3/4" in size.  All for now. Sue x










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68 comments:

  1. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARIE P. 🌹🎂 Its going to be a weird kind of day for you so maybe WE can be your birthday family today. Be Particrafts Golden Girl xx

    It's a beautiful sample of a beautiful die Sue, dress her up or keep her classie either way a true beauty.
    Sending love and hugs.
    STAY SAFE KEEP CRAFTING ❤ xxx

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  2. Absolutely gorgeous. Love the background
    Luv
    Karen xx

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  3. Morning Sue.
    A beautiful card, thank you.
    Take care and keep safe Kitty.

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  4. re Pixie powders always love them ! x

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  5. Morning Sue, beautiful background, beautiful card. Love Jean xxx

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  6. Hi Sue, beautiful card and a superb background.

    Barbara V

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  7. Pauline Austen7 April 2020 at 06:47

    Morning Sue, she is gorgeous, love the colours on your background. Hugs xxx Pauline

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  8. Hello Sue
    You are right I must start experimenting more,while being stuck in a chair all day I have been spending lots of time going through your past creations you have given me so many ideas. I can't wait to start. Marie P a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY

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  9. dj from kettering7 April 2020 at 07:12


    Happy Birthday to MarieP!!!

    Still not too sure if I like these dies, but they
    are growing on me,

    I'm missing the launch already!!!


    Doreen x

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  10. Hi Sue
    Yes Golden Girl is at the top of my list, next the flower die comes a close second.
    Beautiful card.
    Jan x

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  11. A beautiful card and wonderful background Sue
    Catherine v94

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  12. Hi Sue
    A beautiful card and fabulous background
    B xx

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  13. Hello Sue, these portrait dies are just astounding, making a simple but absolutely stunning card, love the background and the flowers, they really add to the picture. Take care and stay safe everyone. Bx

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  14. Hello Sue, a gorgeous card, love the background
    Marion S x

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  15. Hi Sue and lovely wilsonettes x
    Your golden girl is beautiful Sue x a really nice combination of pixie colours you have used x thankyou Sue x
    Happy birthday Mariep xxx
    Stay safe and keep crafting x
    Theresa w in Berks xxx

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  16. Morning Sue and all Wilsonettes, a stunning creation, love the colours and the glitterbitz on the flowers so sparkling.

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

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  17. Marie P. from Longridge7 April 2020 at 08:04

    Good Morning Sue and all.
    A gorgeous card, I absolutely love your background and I have all the PP colours you used so I may try it later in the day. The Golden Girl is lovely too.
    Thank you Sue.
    Keep Safe.
    Thanks to Steph,Doreen and Crewe Trish for the Birthday wishes. Can you imagine a cake with 89 candles on it?
    Love to all of you
    STAYATHOME
    Marie P.

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  18. Good morning Sue,
    A beautiful card with a beautiful background. Love this style of lady with your beautiful flowers added. Yvonne xx

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  19. Beautiful card Like you say these portrait dies make it easy to create a stunning card I think Golden Girl is my favourite
    Karenlotty

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    Morning Sue and all the Wilsonettes
    What a stunning Golden Girl card today it really is a lovely die and can make stunning cards.
    Happy Birthday Marie P hope you have a lovely day the best you can, mine is Saturday and I think for all who is having a birthday in these hard times is really weird but we can always celebrate after xx

    Sending love and healing hugs to all that need them xx

    Hope you all have a good day and stay safe

    Love
    Sharon C MK
    xxx

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  21. Hello Sue and all
    Am definitely going to have to get this beautiful girl for my granddaughters birthday card to start with, This is the most delightful die and yes, I do keep particularly pixie backgrounds, so I will be ready for her when she arrives.
    Happy Birthday MarieP, I hope it is a nice one if very quiet. I have a 70th on 16th of this month, of course no family coming to visit, lots of phone calls, same time calls and my good man is here, Hope you have lots of calls and post !
    Hugs
    Muriel x

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  22. Hi Sue,

    looks great. Love to work with the pixies as well.

    Rolf xxx

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  23. Gorgeous card. I don't have any pixie backgrounds. In fact I have never even used them. I hear you all gasp lol.
    Hugs tvaddict20 xxx

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  24. Hi Sue - another very pretty card and the pixie powder colours make a beautiful background. Love these dies as they are so different. Sending best wishes
    YvonneMayxx

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  25. Good morning Sue
    Wow! Today’s card is stunning these dies are awesome as I’ve said before I own the two from the last launch and I’ve used them at every opportunity! I’m off to bed (nights last night).
    Hugs x
    Heather T

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  26. Beautiful background, I must admit these girls are certainly growing on me.. thank you Sue.

    Happy birthday Marie P. You will really have to push the boat out next year!

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  27. Good morning Sue Beautiful card I too have a batch of backgrounds this one looks great with the beautiful golden girl die
    Happy Birthay Marie P I hope you still manage to have a lovely day

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  28. Good Morning Sue. What a stunning card. I love the portraits girls die. And you are right ...I have lots of "try out " pieces of pp card. I kept them to one side for a rainy day. They look totally different when you cut into them and make something with them. We have tons of time now to make lots of pieces. I just stick them in a box. But now we have more time I might make a nice new folder to keep them all together in. Great idea for today. Thankyou Sue. Sending hugs and best wishes to everyone who needs them this morning. Kind regards Ann Toppcards Leeds.
    MARIE. HAVE A LOVELY BIRTHDAY .
    STAY SAFE AND CRAFT ON.

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  29. Hi SUE
    Just a gorgeous card love ur colours
    Owlish Xx

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  30. Hi Sue
    A lovely card, although I think I prefer the golden girl with autumn shades rather than pink, and your pixie powder background is inspiring me to go and make some

    Marie P a big happy birthday and I hope you got lots of happy post today

    Love and hugs to everyone
    Pat

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  31. Deb E Isle of Wight7 April 2020 at 10:00

    Beautiful post, love the colours...

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  32. A beautiful card sue thank you I love the pink it’s really pretty
    Stay safe dear friends love always june horrocks xxxxxx

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  33. Hi Sue

    A nice card, pretty in pink. I do have quite a few backgrounds, but by the time they are dry I put them away and forget to use them!

    Marie P, Happy Birthday. I hope you have a lovely day with beautiful spring weather and bright blue skies.

    Love Helen xxx

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  34. Hi Sue this is a stunning card. I love it. Take care. Hugs Jackie

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  35. Morning Sue, Beautiful card today great way to use this die. A

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  36. Morning Sue an absolutely gorgeous card. Love how you have decorated your background...
    Love Rosie from Chorley...xxx

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  37. another beauty and the flowers fit perfectly with it Sue
    Gr Karin

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  38. Hi Sue, a totally different look to the card from Sunday but still beautiful. Love the pixie background.

    Marie P - many Happy Birthday wishes to you. I hope you have lots of cards and phone calls from your family and friends and you can have a celebration together when this is all over.

    Frances

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  39. A really lovely card. This is an amazing die!
    Doreen R

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  40. Fab card Sue. I wonder, in your background stash (and yes, I do have one), do you write the colours and items on the back so you can tell us all with confidence what you used? I sometimes do but not always ;)

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  41. Hi Sue,
    Beautiful card. The Pixie Powder background really suits it.
    Thank you for sharing.
    Véronique L

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  42. Hi Sue
    What a stunning card!! Absolutely love it!! Beautiful die!
    Hugs
    Sam Salter
    xxxxxxxxxx

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  43. Hi Sue. You are certainly not the only one with a background stash and I am sure most of us do have one. Love this die and the card. I still feel that I am cheating when I make a card that is as simple to do as this one.

    Lisbeth

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  44. I have days when I spend hours making backgrounds, just experimenting with all sorts, so I side with you Sue on this....This is beautiful, so simple, but so stunning....thank you...luv Ursula xx

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  45. Hello Sue, I'll try again. Put comment on this morning but it went wrong. This is a stunning card, I love everything about it and the die is just brilliant. Thanks Sue
    Stay safe everyone xx Carol E

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  46. This die is awesome :))
    Love the colours you have used.

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  47. I love the background colors on this card from your "stash of backgrounds". This girl is my favorite of these girl dies. Love her braid which can show off flowers or butterflies.
    Stephanie K

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  48. Suzzette Yandle7 April 2020 at 15:43

    Your Golden Girl is gorgeous with your pixie powder background and your glittered flowers. I am loving these Perfect Portrait dies. Looks like I need to get my pixies out and play again. Great color combination. Thank you for listing the pixie powder colors that you used.

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  49. Beautiful new die Sue and love the pixie powders used on this card!

    Lori from Canada

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  50. Absolutely gorgeous card Sue!!!!

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  51. Wow! I really love this die set! Your card is gorgeous! I think this is a “must have” set. I see many uses for it including Mother’s Day, birthday, thinking of you, just because and more.

    Sandra Smith
    Queen Creek

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  52. Hi Sue and everyone, i was having trouble posting this morning. What a beautiful card I love how her face is framed by the flowers and that background looks stunning. I just love the pink against the black shadow too. Hugs Donna x

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  53. Hi Sue, I didn't really "get" this die before but I can now see how clever it is and how easy it will be to make stunning cards like your example xx

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  54. So pretty! Love your Perfect Portraits collection.

    Hugs from Toronto to you all
    Stay safe and healthy.
    Carmen-Dorothy

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  55. This is such a beautiful card, I really need this due, it's lovely.
    x

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  56. Rose in Chester7 April 2020 at 20:57

    Hi Sue,
    She's such a lovely die - as I've said before , to my mind the best yet...………
    Gorgeous Card.
    Hugs
    Rose

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  57. Hi Sue
    Gorgeous Golden Girl. What a beauty x
    Happy Birthday Marie P - I hope you have had a lovely birthday x
    Take care and stay safe everyone x
    Crafty hugs x
    PP
    Yvonne x

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  58. Hi Sue
    Beautiful card. Sue. That background is stunning your new die works perfectly with it
    Please take care my friend
    Theresa G

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  59. Sue this card is stunning. This die looks wonderful with that background. You have just inspired me to get those pixie powders out. Just so fun to play with x

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  60. lindyloo12Somerset8 April 2020 at 04:58

    What a lovely card, just stunning!

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  61. This Pixie powdered Golden Girl is beautiful and nicely adorned with the flowers in opposite corners. Fantastic card. Hugs

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