Christmas Workshop 2020 · Made To Surprise

Festive Fun Pop-Up Gift Bags

Hi friends, today I’m sharing these fun gift bags using my new pop up dies on the front. I wanted to show you other fun ways to use these dies and that you don’t have to just use them on cards. These two are using the 6 x 6 Pudding die set and the Snowman…… Continue reading Festive Fun Pop-Up Gift Bags

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Fun & Festive Pop Up Box Card!

Hi everyone, I do like to make a Pop-Up Box Card, and when I saw this lovely one by Kittie Kraft I knew I wanted to make one using my new stamps & dies. How adorable are Santa’s boots popping out the top of the chimney! I used the Santa & Rudolph stamps along with my…… Continue reading Fun & Festive Pop Up Box Card!

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My First Ever Christmas Collection!

Hi everyone, I still can’t believe this is all happening and still pinch myself, but it’s here, my first ever Christmas Collection! The Perfect Pop-Ups collection is a fun kinetic die concept that allows you to have whatever you like popping up from the card. For this collection we have a Snowman & Elf popping…… Continue reading My First Ever Christmas Collection!

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Fabulous Joy Fold Card featuring Heidi the Hippo!

Hi friends, last week I shared this very cute fun fold card using the adorable Heidi the Hippo! The Joy Fold Card is a very simple fold but it looks really effective. It’s basically 2 cards in one and can be made any size you like. Below is a Z-Fold version  I made a while…… Continue reading Fabulous Joy Fold Card featuring Heidi the Hippo!

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Introducing Animal Antics & Christmas Critters

Hi everyone, this week I launched my adorable Animal Antics & Christmas Critters stamp and die sets. These have been made after the huge success from the first collection with Geri the Giraffe & Horace the Horse! So many of you asked for there to be more animals, and after the poll we put out…… Continue reading Introducing Animal Antics & Christmas Critters

Box Fold Cards

Floating Tower Box Card

One of my favourite kind of cards to make is anything Underwater themed, I love all the elements you have and the layout options are endless. I wanted to find a way to combine my new Tower dies and the underwater theme and came up with this Floating Tower Box Card. I think it turned…… Continue reading Floating Tower Box Card

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Memory Making Slider Cards

Hi everyone, I recently shared this lovely card using the 6 x 6 Slider Card dies from my collection. For this card I focused on the photo dies in the set to great this Polaroid effect. This is a top folding 6 x 6 card, which can be displayed open or closed. Inside you have…… Continue reading Memory Making Slider Cards

Roll Up Boxes

Fantastic Roll Up Box

Hey friends, I hope you are all having a nice weekend and have been able to squeeze in some time for crafting! This week I shared this fun Roll Up Box with 4 good size boxes to hold lots of treats. Inside are 4 boxes. Which all rolls up and is fastened with velcro dots.…… Continue reading Fantastic Roll Up Box

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NEW CARD SHAPE! The Double Double Tower Card.

Hi everyone, last week I launched my latest collection, Terrific Towers which some of you will remember from a few years ago. It’s such a fun and unusual shape which many of you have enjoyed, however, over the years I’ve had a lot of people wish it was in a die form, so, here it…… Continue reading NEW CARD SHAPE! The Double Double Tower Card.

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Pretty Floral Slider Card

Hi everyone, now that my Made To Surprise brand is growing I want to start showing you ways to combine the collections. This card uses my 6 x 6 Slider die set from my second collection mixed with the Funky Flowers stamps & dies from my first collection. I had the idea of creating a…… Continue reading Pretty Floral Slider Card