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New Site in Development

February 5, 2012 in Updates | No comments

I decided to take the plunge this morning and update my website and online store due to a recent server upgrade which left me with a lot of outdated code. So apologies that my website is offline for a while at such short notice. Please contact me by email for any urgent enquiries in the meantime and I’ll endeavour to have it back online as soon as I can.

The main tricky part of the upgrade is done and only took about half an hour, but I’m no coding expert, and the templates that come with the new version of Cubecart 5 are not that pretty, so I’ve spent more time today trawling the world wide web in search of a decent theme that I can use at an affordable price, and then having to tweak the CSS and add some touches to make the colours match my logo.

Watch this space and I’ll be letting you know when it’s all back online.

Thanks everyone, hope you’re all enjoying the snowy weekend!

Tags: cubecart 5, update, website development

Love and Friendship Blog Challenge

January 26, 2012 in Competitions and Challenges | 7 comments

I’m excited to announce that I’ll be sponsoring a blog challenge on February 14th on the theme of love and friendship. It’s the perfect opportunity to use my Bollywood Hearts stamps.

Check out the blog for this challenge over at Latinas en America and view some of the gorgeous samples already created by Gabriela’s talented design team for previous challenges. I’m always excited to see the wealth of different creative possibilities that these talented ladies come up with for uses for my stamps. This time I’m particularly excited as this is one of my favourite sets.

You can check out the Bollywood Hearts stamps used in this challenge in my store, and view more card samples in the gallery below the listing. The prize for the lucky challenge winner will include the Bollywood Heart stamps, plus the matching digital stamps and clipart. These designs are so versatile because in addition to using them for Valentines’ Day, they can be used for weddings, engagements, anniversaries, invites and any love themed occasion, or even for a funky modern design in bright contemporary colours.

On the theme of Love and Friendship, there are loads of other themed sets and digi stamp singles on my website ideal for this challenge, including the Love Bloom digi stamp, Love Freebie the Keys to my Heart clipart and Keys to my Heart stamps Love Flourishes and Hearts and Flourishes digi stamps and Hearts and Flourishes clipart sets.

Tags: Blog challenge, friendship, Latinas en America, love

50% OFF ANIVERSARY SALE

January 26, 2012 in Sales | No comments

Mygrafico SALE

Tags: 50% off, anniversary, mygrafico, offers, sale

Focus on Die Cutting

January 25, 2012 in Die Cutting, Magazine Features, Tutorials | No comments

The recent issue 47 of Let’s Make Cards magazine includes a useful feature giving you lots of helpful information on this popular aspect of card making. It includes answers to reader’s questions, ideas for helpful storage solutions, must-have purchases for the die-cutting enthusiast and suggestions for papers and card stock to use with your chosen die-cutter, plus much more.

One of the featured products is my pretty Spring Papers featuring an elegant fresh scattering of spring flowers, a sure sign that spring will soon be in the air. Take a look at the entire feature below, and be sure to check out the Let’s Make Cards website for details of more past & future issues.

On the subject of die-cutting, I’ve also just added some FREE Nested Frames to my website. Featuring an assortment of 36 decorative circle, oval, fluted and ornate frames in a variety of sizes, they can be used to cut matts, frames and apertures on most major die-cutting machines. Help yourself and try them out.

Tags: aperture, craft, die cutting, frame, freebies, Magazine features, matt, tutorial

Last Chance!

December 17, 2011 in Digital Stamps, Features, FREEBIES, Magazine Features, Magazine Giveaways | Permalink

There’s still time to pick up a copy of the current issue of Complete Cardmaking with your PC. I’ve seen it’s still on the shelf in my local branch of WHS, so if you hurry you can bag yourself lots of free Sarah Paris printable goodies on the enclosed cover CD.

There are winter themed images and digital stamps which are ideal for winter birthdays, as it can sometimes be difficult to find commercial cards in-store with so much shelf space devoted entirely to Christmas. There are also a collection of my Retro Robots, and both sets are accompanied by how-to features with loads of sample cards to make.

Look out for more freebies in next year’s issues, plus lots more cards to make. I’m working on them right now.