Hi there my crafty friends! I cut the Floral Symphony Cover Plate die with two pieces of white card. I used the bottom card to colour the design with alcohol ink markers. I cut the die a second time out of black card. I used the black die cut as an offset shadow behind the white die cut. I glued it in place over the coloured copy. I cut a larger piece of white card and covered it with a piece of sticky adhesive sheet. I peeled off the backing paper and coated the edge with Frosted Sparkle Glitterbitz. I attached the die cut to it so the edge showed. I cut the Dear Friend sentiment in black and glued it the the left side of the card. The card was completed with white and black mats and layers. The finished dimensions are 6" x 6 3/4" in size.
This is the last card that I have to share with you. Sorry it is so similar to yesterday's card, I usually make sure to mix them with other releases but I did not have that opportunity here. I have so enjoyed doing my daily blog for you, it has been one of the highlights of my crafting career. Reading all of your comments along the way has been so amazing too. Thank you so much for joining me on this incredible journey!
All for now, Sue x
25 comments:
Good morning Sue,
A beautiful bright & cheery card. So sorry to see that this is your last post as I have thoroughly enjoyed looking forward to seeing your beautiful creations that you had for us. Hopefully someone else will snap you up & have you design for them & we may see your beautiful posts again. Enjoy some you time & thank you for keeping this going for so long. Yvonne xx
Good morning Sue and all Wilsonettes, a beautiful card to finish with, thank you. Your last message on the blog brought tears to my eyes, I knew it was coming but it is still hard to see it in black and white. Thankfully we know the blog will remain so that we can refer back to all the fantastic wonderful samples you have shown us including all the instructions on how to make it. I know many crafty friends who aare on this blog and they also will refer back to previous samples.
Thank you once again for all you have done for us over the years, from meeting you at Ally Pally (what an honour that was), on so many occasions, to seeing you demo on TV, and this daily blog. I wish both you and Colin a very Happy Retirement and to you both spending many happy hours together with your family and friends, so for the last time.
Stay safe, healthy, and happy, hugs, June Smith xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Sue
A beautiful card.
Thank you for all the fabulous cards over the years. I’ve enjoyed our crafting journey together. Every good wish for the future.
B xx
Morning Sue.
Thank you so much for all the wonderful launches and inspiration.
I shall miss your blogs and videos. A beautiful card to end with.
I hope you have a very happy retirment and happy travelling.
I have had a few tears thank you.
Take care all Kitty xxxx.
Morning Sue and all.
I just wanted to say how devastated I am for you and Colin that Creative Expressions has had to close, and for the impact it will have on you both. I am even more devastated - and angry - at having learned that crafters purchasing counterfeit Sue Wilson dies from Temu, in order to save a few pounds, have played a significant role in Creative Expressions’ inability to continue trading. We all want to save money in these difficult times, but giving your money to the Temu counterfeiters, rather than Creative Expressions - the company paying for the designing, the marketing and packaging - just ends up putting the brand you love out of business. Apologies for the rant, but I just feel it is important that people are aware that the Sue Wilson dies for sale on Temu have been *stolen* from Creative Expressions, and when crafters buy them, the Temu counterfeiters keep 100% of your money - none of it goes to Creative Expressions. The damage that has done to Creative Expressions has been profound, so I am flagging it up, in case people are not aware of how Temu operates, before any other brands end up going the same way as Creative Expressions.
Lastly, I wanted to send a heartfelt thank you to you Sue, for getting me into crafting at an extremely difficult time in my life, for your generosity in answering my constant questions, and for your friendship. You have helped me in more ways than you will ever know - and for that I thank you so much.
Love Colleen xxx
Thank You, for your inspiration over the years,
Nothing in my opinion compares to a Sue Wilson Card.
Good morning Sue
I knew this day was coming and I’ve been dreading it I have tears in my eyes as I’m writing! 😢 I wish you and Colin a happy retirement full of fabulous journeys! Thank you so much for your inspiration and friendship! I will miss your posts and today’s card is a beautiful one to end with!
Take care my sweet friend! x
Heather T
Morning Sue, What a really beautiful card for your last blog post. I am really sad that your lovely inspirational blog is stopping. I am glad I had the opportunity to meet you in person and that I have the privilege of owning many of your lovely dies. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the time you have given to your blog and the many demos you have done. I wish you all the best and I know you do not take this decision lightly. I hope that I will be able to visit the blog for a long time to come to look back over various posts that stood out, or look at the demos. Take care of yourself and your family. Bx
Good Morning Sue and all that visit today. Your card this morning says it all. With tears in my eyes I can only say thank you for the lovely years I have had on your blog. You have given us so much inspiration with your videos and tutorials. Not forgetting our little wins in the blog launches. For which we are all so grateful for. I will miss my half hour each morning with my coffee and reading through everyone's comments. So many new internet friends have been made over the years. We will all miss you. Enjoy your retirement. You so deserve it.
For the last time Sue. Sending hugs 🤗 and best wishes to everyone who needs them today. Always stay safe and well 🙏.
Kind regards Ann Toppcards in Leeds
Hi Sue. What a lovely card to end with. I remember seeing you for the first time on TV stamping and colouring in those old people characters and following you on your blog. I still have the first trellis dies you designed. What an incredible journey. And you should feel proud of the length of time you blogged your samples without missing a single day. What a lot of cards you made to show us. I hope you and Colin enjoy your retirement for many years to come.
Lisbeth
What a colourful card to end on! Thank you Sue.
As everyone has said you will be sorely missed, but you certainly deserve some ‘Me’ time. We will all miss our daily dose of Sue Wilson & I know I for one will be searching your blog for more inspiration in using my many dies. What will I spend my money,on now?? So a very big thank you for your contribution to the craft world & the journey you have taken us all on. Enjoy your retirement, you deserve it & enjoy Japan. Crafty hugs, Linda x.
What a sad day 😔😢. Like so many others who have followed you I'd like to thank you for the inspiration, products you've brought to us and the joy the creations made from them have given both myself and the recipients. Enjoy whatever comes next. WakeyL
Feeling very sad that this is your last post. I echo what everyone else has said about the inspiration you have given us over the years. I have so enjoyed reading your blog every day and using your wonderful dies. Enjoy your retirement and whatever adventures are to come. Sue x
A sad day for us all, I haven’t always commented on the blog but loved seein all your creations and giving us so much inspiration, good luck to you whatever your future brings
Hi Sue, a beautiful card for your last post and a Dear Friend is how many of us think of you. I feel that we have all been holding hands through our crafting journeys inspiring and encouraging each other along the way. A very sad day for your blog followers and I will miss my daily Sue fix but you deserve your retirement and I hope you enjoy every minute of it.
Frances xx
Hi Sue
A beautiful bright and cheerful card for your last post, I have followed your blog for such a long time and will miss your daily posts. Thank you for being such an inspiration and I wish you well for whatever the future holds for you, hopefully designing new dies for another company, enjoy your retirement and travels.
Best wishes and sending you a big hug
Pat
So sad to see that this is the last post
You inspired me to craft and met you a few times at Ally Pally and we chatted a lot about family etc
I will miss visiting It introduced to many like minded people through your blog which have got me through bad times and good
Take care and do things that are on your bucket list Most of all Relax xx
A beautiful finish to your blog, wishing you both a long, healthy, happy retirement, full of good memories, take care and enjoying the journey.
Elizabeth Bennett
Hello Sue, Thank you again for your daily blogs full of inspiration. I shall miss them very much. I am grateful that your blog will remain for future reference. Each time a use one of your dies (I have many!) I shall think of you and hope you are enjoying yourself wherever your journey takes you. Stay safe and well. Warmest wishes and thank you again. JCrafterx
Colleen. My sentiments exactly. Time after time I've seen copies on Amazon for less than half we true followers pay for Sue's dies and it's disgusting. Even though the dies are made in China they are still over riding copy right laws. For years I've been complaining about this subject but for as long as 'so called' crafters buy them, companies will continue to fold. I'm also thinking of those designers that started under CE that are now designing their own dies etc it seems one by one we'll have no place to get our stock. I'm so sad this has happened
Gorgeous card Sue xx
Every birthday every valentines every anniversary and every Christmas I've had the best of the best. Every morning at 6am I'd open my phone wondering what the post would contain. All those Wednesdays I'd be waiting to see the giveaway thinking it was the first person to comment when the blog went live at 6am lol and 6am always beat me by seconds then I realised how wrong I was, well, I was a newbie to blogs etc 14 years on I've been in the wings at 6am and i know I've not left a comment but who wants to bring so many lovely people into the same black hole I was in. The doggy dies fell on such a sad, depressing time for me and that's the time I couldn't face pretending being me, the happy crafter but like I said I've been on the sidelines.
15 years have bought me so much knowledge, so much happiness and a couple of wonderful friends, friends I'd never have found if it wasn't for you. I tried so hard to put together Sue Wilson designs but who was I kidding lol only you could do that (although I have a wonderful friend who also could pass as a Sue Wilson designer) as far as wonderful friends I also found someone that got me through really nasty pneumonia she approached me in our local A&E but whilst trying to take a breath all we spoke about was your blog, your designs and your dies lol we've been friends ever since. The friends I've made are very special sharing tears laughter and card ideas and life in general and it's all thanks to you. You and your blog has literally been a lifeline to many, Pam I'll always remember 'our Pam' so many recognisable names every day of every month of every year all here to see the next card. Your big heart has done something no other designer has done, the gifts you've given are the most special gift anyone could receive, if you're not special then I'm not Steph lol
15 fabulous years, we'd all love more very selfishly but it's time to visit Japan the only problem is we won't see a background made by you to help show us something you witnessed whilst on your visit of a lifetime. I'm also pleased your blog will remain for us to look back on it's been really useful at times, yet again you think of us, our needs now its time to think of your needs. Get online, get that special gift to yourselves booked and have a relaxing time before you think of all those people getting in line wanting your talent.
I must admit, thanks to Amazon, Temu and Shein my fear of *stolen* dies may attack the other designers that use to be under the umbrella of Creative Expressions.
So as we thank you for the past 15 years I send love, thanks and hugs for being you xxx
So sorry to read that this is your last post, Sue. Your card, as always, is beautiful, such a lovely colour combination. Thank you for all your inspiration and creativity over the years. I will miss visiting your blog and adding your wonderful dies to my collection. Enjoy your travels and I hope you get to all the places on your bucket list.
Liz xx
Lovely card, Sue!
So sad that your blog is closing down.
But once again thanks for your beautiful cards and great inspiration through many years.
Hi Sue and lovely wilsonettes x
A beautiful card to finish the blog Sue x I really hope we will see more designs from you in the future x it's so sad this is your last post. Creative expressions have always been my go to products for many years and you are my favourite designer x I will miss your blog so much and all the inspiration over the years, from your spellbinders days, to your beautiful bows and hat pins and all your gorgeous designs since, it's been an amazing journey and don't want it to end x you are such a lovely person and was quite 'starstruck ' meeting you at ally pally x I really hope you have a fantastic time when you get to Japan and good luck in whatever you decide for the future xxx thankyou Sue x
Theresa w in Berks xxx
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