Hi there! It's Dominique here. Today on the blog, I will be showing you how to make a multi-strand cuff bracelet, using the beautiful African Turquoise beads from Just Bead It, as well as showcasing some beading materials from Beadalon. The blue-green hues of the African turquoise beads give this bracelet a classy look that matches perfectly with the black accent beads, and the addition of silver spacers completes the design with just the right amount of sparkle to tie the whole bracelet together. I hope you enjoy!

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This is the time of year when I start my preparations for December.  In my last Ruby Rock-It Creative Team post I shared with you my set up of a pocket sized TN as my wallet with a Christmas feel using Crafter's Choice Nostalgic Treasures .  Today I wanted to share with you the other important part of my December that needs preparing - my December Daily Journal.  Like my October Daily, I combine the December Daily with my journal keeping as I have found it is the only way I can get it completed.

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Crafters Choice have a couple of exciting new Christmas ranges and today I get to share with you a set of fun rose gold Christmas cards. These are not hard to make and below I'll show you an easy trick for adding texture on the glittered rose gold card.

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Oh my goodness … I am so in love with the new Christmas collections from Crafters Choice and I have to say the Nostalgic Treasures is my favourite.

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Happy first day on the month!!  It's Trudi back with you today sharing some more pretty floral inspiration from the new Bella Mini Theme releases - Fancy Floral and Free Spirit.  I have used the Bella! Free Spirit Bohemian paper for the background base and added lots of pretty fussy cut floral embellishing from Bella! Fancy Floral Blossom paper.

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Having a new baby boy makes me happy in many ways. He is a great addition to our family which means my husband is not surrounded by girls all the time!  It also means I can now scrapbook for boys more. Time to share a blue baby boy layout which features Bella's So Blue paper collection.

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When I saw the new Crafter's Choice Nostalgic Treasures range I loved its traditional colours and thought it would be perfect for my planner set up for the lead up to Christmas, journaling the events of November and December and scrapping memories that include those gorgeous traditional colours.

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Hi there! It's Dominique here, and today on the blog,  I am going to show you how to make a dainty, beach bracelet, using the newest bead range from Just Bead It! I am focusing on the adorable glass seashell beads for this main feature of this design, which reflect in the light to show different iridescent colours, depending on how you look at them. I have also used a new technique today, which involves a metal finding that I have never used before; bead cones! I really love the look they give to the finished design; all the strands are compact at each end, and in the middle they fan apart to show the design clearly when worn. 

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When I saw the gorgeous new Bella Mini Theme called Dance Queen I just had to scrap photos of my Granddaughter's first dance lesson so I decided to make a a TN kit from DQN69 Fusion and DQN83 On Pointe adding some lace from my stash.  

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I love the flowers from the new collection - Fancy Florals Blossom, they were perfect for these photos of my Granddaughter and I think if I had some of the Blush floral left they would work beautifully together. So if you have some photos that need gorgeous florals then check out Blush and Fancy Florals from Bella, they are just gorgeous.

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Every end of September I get older and wiser, and now that I have hit just over my mid-thirties I am ever so thankful and really happy with my life. This has inspired me to scrap with some gorgeous Blush papers and my favourite photo of my children to mark this milestone.

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