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Tuesday 23 March 2021

Thanks

Hello crafters!  I have been really enjoying this technique that uses texture paste and Pixie Sparkles!  I think you will see many more of them to come!  I started with a piece of white card and taped the  Woven Rope stencil to it.  I used a plastic palette knife and pulled Clear Texture Paste through it.  While the mask was still in place, I tapped Beyond Blue and Zesty Lime Pixie Sparkles all over it.  I removed the mask and set it aside to dry thoroughly.  Once dry, I added a white frame cut from the Slimline Stitched Rectangle Frames.  I cut three of the Petal Pocket Flowers out of white card with a sticky adhesive sheet added to it.  I coated the flowers with Frosted Sparkle Glitterbitz then assembled them and added them to the bottom edge of the card.  I used a bit of Pixie Sparkled card made with the same colours and cut the centres of the flowers out of it.  I used Lace Edged Leaves cut in white as accents around the flowers.  For the sentiment I cut the Noble Thanks in black and added it to a piece of white vellum that I glued across the centre of the card.  The card was completed with white and black mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 4 3/4"  x  9" in size. 

I just thought I would let you know that I will be joining Gwen Fletcher on her 5:15pm show on Create & Craft today.  We are showcasing the latest release of the Big Bold Word Collection.  I hope you will be able to tune in and watch!   All for now, Sue x
 

























      
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49 comments:

  1. Morning Sue.
    A lovely card thank you.
    Looking forward to seeing you this afternoon.
    Take care stay safe and have fun Kitty.

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  2. Hi Sue and all that visit today. Thanks for the heads up about your visit to our screens later caaaan't wait. Congratulations to all our friends on having your name drawn out for the new dies, it makes it so special when you recognize every name so enjoy your gift xx.
    Like one of our friends said yesterday "you're a brilliant teacher" I tend to agree and the only teacher that wont tell us "we could try harder" if it wasn't for you and finding this sweet blog I'd have no scooby about background techniques not that I try them as financing some of the goodies is out of reach but I'm not that artistic, Pixies are my go to I just need to add the sparkles to my list eventually. Today's sample is so clean and fresh and would make a real lovely feel good for anyone at the moment.

    It's the DAY OF REFLECTION today, so I'm going to be thinking of our friends here that are maybe grieving, that lost someone special, but I'm so grateful that we as a group didn't lose anyone to covid ❤

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  3. Morning Sue and all Wilsonettes, oh wow Sue what a beautiful sample, I would love to see a video on this technique if at all possible, I really want to have a go at this, the colours are so vibrant and really do enhance the beautiful dies. Please if possible.

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

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  4. Beautiful card Sue.
    Thank you once again for the die that I have won.
    Jan x

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  5. Morning Sue and all the Wilsonettes
    What a beautiful card today lovely bright and cheerful love these pixie powders, I have tried this technique and it looks stunning

    Sending love and healing hugs to all that need them xx

    Hope you all have a good day and stay safe

    Love
    NannaShaz54 in MK
    xxx

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  6. Hi Sue and everyone fabulous card today love the stencil and the colours look amazing. Congrats to all who won yesterday. Hugs Donna xx

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  7. Marie P. from Longridge23 March 2021 at 07:01

    Good Morning Sue and all.
    What a lovely card you have blessed us with today Sue.
    I love the clean looking colours and the Pixie Sparkles are great.
    Have a great day.
    Marie P.

    KEEP SAFE

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  8. Fabulous card Sue, pixies and the sparkles I think are my favourite cosmic shimmer products. I will be watching Gwen today and look forward to seeing you on the 5.15pm show
    Marion S x

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  9. Lovely card and Pixie Sparkles are definitely on my radar I love how you’ve placed the sentiment onto vellum I have some but forget to use it apart from backing a butterfly 🤣
    Take care all and congratulations to yesterday’s winners

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  10. Hi Sue, a lovely card and the colors are so fresh.

    Barbara V

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  11. Hi Sue
    A lovely card and great technique.
    B xx

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  12. dj from kettering23 March 2021 at 08:14



    A lovely clean and fresh card today, these sparkles
    are on my "want & need" list!!

    Congrats to all who won dies, lovely to recognise the names!

    Stay safe,

    Doreen x

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  13. Hello Sue great card with wonderful techniques which you explain so well. Really zingy colours too. You definitely onto a winner with your new dies from frames to words. As a very lucky and appreciative winner of the Celebrate words thanks again for this gift and all the work, time and inspiration you give us xx

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  14. Hi Sue and lovely wilsonettes x
    Fabulous card Sue x the background looks amazing x looking forward to seeing you later x
    Congratulations again to all the lucky winners x
    Stay safe and keep crafting x
    Theresa w in Berks xxx

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  15. Good morning Sue,
    A fabulous bright & cheerful card today with a fabulous technique. Looking forward to seeing you on our screens. Yvonne xx

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  16. A lovely card. Will try to catch you on the TV later. X

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  17. Good Morning Sue. Another lovely card today. It looks very fresh ... Just like a beautiful spring morning. I love the masks. As yet I don't have any masks and pastes. This will be my next step up towards recreating fabulous backgrounds like this one.
    I hope this is ok Sue if not please take it down.
    I have lots of vellum it's for FREE. It's great quality. All I ask is P&P. PLEASE message me with detail if you want some. Thankyou Sue. Sending hugs and best wishes to everyone who needs them today.

    PLEASE STAY SAFE EVERYONE 🙏 🙏 🙏.

    Kind regards Ann Toppcards Leeds.

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  18. I must confess I tried a similar technique a number of years ago but with translucent embossing paste, white glitter and promarkers. It was all very fiddly (and ruined a few pen nibs too) but it did produce some great results. Then along came CS texture paste and saved my pens from further ruin! I find texture paste a lot easier to work with, it has a much better consistency and there are no nasty surprises when the stencil is peeled away..... I bought some of the watercolour inks recently so am going to experiment with these to see if they work as well as the pixie powders.

    Have a great day folks

    Zoe in Pencoed x

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  19. Good morning Sue this is a stunning card. I love it. That background is just amazing. Have a good day. Take care. Hugs Jackie

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  20. Morning Sue what a stunning card the colours are amazing the pixie sparkles look fabulous this is a technique lam going to try Lynda Croft X Stay Safe Everyone Keep Crafting X. P S. Congratulations to all the winners enjoy your win and looking forward to seeing you Sue on C C today Gwen is a lovely Lady and extremely knowledgable X

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  21. Looking forward to seeing you later on today. WakeyL

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  22. Hi SUE
    Love your card and colours great inspiration as always thanks.
    Owlish Xx

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  23. Hi Sue
    A beautiful card, I love the texture paste background and must get some to use with the slimline masks. The zesty lime and beyond blue pixie sparkles are so vibrant
    I will be watching Gwen’s shows this afternoon and can’t wait to see your demonstration

    Love and hugs to everyone
    Pat

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  24. Hello Sue
    another amazing card I love the spring like feel of it.I have found my balloon dies and I now have a tidy craft room.I am so looking forward to seeing the shows today. Congratulations again to all the draw winners.Take care everyone x

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  25. Hi sue what a beautiful card so clean and. Pretty. I love the flowers and the woven rope look it’s great thank you for letting us know you will be with us at 5-15 so I’ll see you then sue love stsysave my friends June. Horrocks xxxxxxx

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  26. Love this card (well it has pixies on it!) I will certainly be trying this method. I think this card would be great for a thank you or thinking of you without the flowers for a man. Putting flowers on a male card isn’t always appropriate & it is difficult otherwise. However I think the stencilling with just a sentiment would still look good. Thank you Sue.

    Congratulations to all the lucky winners! Enjoy!

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  27. Hi Sue. Love the background with the pixie sparkle through the stencil. What a great stencil which would work very nicely for cards for both men and women. I shall try very hard to catch you on TV this afternoon.

    Lisbeth

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  28. Rose in Chester23 March 2021 at 10:58

    Hi Sue,
    This is a lovely card - I love the colours, especially. And the Slimline dies!
    I shall be there to watch.
    Hugs
    Rose x

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  29. I just love playing with my pixie sparkles, adding them to texture paste takes them to another dimension, beautiful little card Sue...luv Ursula xxx

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  30. Rose in Chester23 March 2021 at 10:59

    Hi Sue,
    This is a lovely card - I love the colours, especially. And the Slimline dies!
    I shall be there to watch.
    Hugs
    Rose x

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  31. Hi Sue

    Yet another great card and I love the use of the vellum especially against the vibrant background.

    Congratulations to all the lucky winners too.

    Love Helen Xxx

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  32. Hi Sue, a lovely springtime look to this card. The Beyond Blue and Zesty Lime Pixie Sparkles are gorgeous colours. Looking forward to seeing you later, the box is already set to record Gwen's shows.
    Congratulations to yesterday's winners, good to see regular commenters and I know you will have lots of fun with your gifts.

    Frances

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  33. Lovely card. Congratulations to all the winners.
    Doreen R

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  34. Hi Sue Lovely card the colours of the pixie powders are gorgeous on the mask I have tried this technique but havent done it for a while I must give it another go
    Congratulations to all of yesterday's winners enjoy your lovely prizes

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  35. Deb E Isle of Wight23 March 2021 at 13:17

    Lovely post and looking forward to the shows...Didn't say yesterday but congrats to the lucky winners....

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  36. Hi Sue
    Lovely card and fun technique, so much you can do with the
    pixie powders.
    Congrats to all the winners yesterday!
    Maria x

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  37. What a lovely card Sue, the colors are amazing on the texture paste!!

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  38. Look forward to watching on tv Sue as always x

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  39. Such a pretty card, love the colours.

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  40. Love, love, love the background on this card! It is so pretty.

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  41. Pretty card. I love anything with Pixie Powders. Great stencil design.
    Have a great evening,
    Stephanie K

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  42. Beautiful Sue, just such an effective technique and works so well with the stencil.
    Feelinefinecrafts x

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  43. Hi Sue
    Slimline cards are the best - love this one it’s gorgeous x
    Have recorded your shows so am looking forward to watching them x
    Sending much love to everyone, especially today x
    Crafty hugs
    PP
    Yvonne x

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  44. Hi Sue
    I love the look 👀 you have created with the stencil
    I must get some of those powders they look amazing
    As always your sample card is gorgeous
    I do hope you and your family are well
    Hopefully we are going to see the light in that tunnel getting brighter
    Please take care my friend
    Theresa G

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  45. Hello Sue and all
    Love the colours and texture of this card, pixie powders are a favourite technique and I am sure I need pixie sparkles ! The slimline cards look so good and a post friendly too
    Hugs
    Muriel x

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  46. Gorgeous card Sue, love the colours xx

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  47. Hello Sue, love the fresh colours on this card, slimline cards are so big right now, and really easy to make a really stand-out card. Bx

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  48. Beautiful! I love everything about this card. Really beautiful.

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

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