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Hello crafters!  I started by lightly sponging some clouds onto the top of a piece of white card.  I hand cut a cloud shape and used it to ink with.  I cut a hill in green using the Stitched Hills & Cloud die set.  I cut the Bluebell Cottage in ocean card and added the door, windows and roof in slate grey.  I cut the Keeper's Cottage in aqua with a grey roof, windows and door in slate grey.  I added both cottages to the hill, then added several trees in different shades of green around them.  I added two topiaries around the Keeper's Cottage.  The sentiment was cut from Wordie sheets and added across the top of the card with mounting foam.  The card wad completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are ???? in size.  

Please scroll to the bottom, past the card samples, to read my important note to my bloggers and friends!

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 Hello bloggers!  I have been getting a lot of emails about Creative Expressions.  I thought that I would let everyone know what is happening.  In case you have not heard the news, yes, Creative Expressions is closing its doors.  A number of things have contributed to this decision including the fact that the owner of CE and the Managing Director who runs the business day to day have decided that it is time to retire  The craft industry as a whole seems to be  struggling with many wholesale accounts closing, from the brick and mortar shops to the online customers.  It just seemed that the time was right for many reasons.  I do not know the exact date of the closing, but there are so many great offers on at the moment for you to take advantage of.  Don't miss out before it's too late!

I started my blog on June 1st 2009.  I posted a couple of times a week to begin with, then realised that I had enough cards to be able to post every single day and that is exactly what I have done since mid September of 2011 without missing a single day.  I said at the time that I would post a card every day until I ran out of cards.  That day is almost here.  I am down to the last couple of cards so my blog will be coming to an end sometime in the next few days.  It has been a great run and I am very proud of the blog and all the lovely Wilsonettes that have popped by over the past fifteen and a half years!  I have gotten to know so many of you over the years, through the blog and also from seeing you at Ally Pally every year.  It has been incredible.  While I do not know what lies in my future at this point, I would love to continue to design with another company should the chance arise, but I would also like to do some travelling too.  There is still a lot of this big beautiful world that I would like to see and explore (remember Japan is still on my list!)  I will leave the blog up so you can access it for inspiration or instructions.  If  things change, then I will post it on the blog.  Feel free to email me if you have any questions.  Thank you so very much for all your support over the years, it has really been an amazing run and I have loved every minute of it!  All for now, Sue x