The 2017 Pantone colour of the year is Greenery. It's a lovely fresh yellow-green colour, and is a calming, reinvigorating colour for the new year. I wanted to make a card using this colour, and what better set to use than the MFT Leafy Greenery die-namics! Head over to the Seven Hills Crafts blog to… Continue reading Pantone Colour of the Year 2017
I think sketch challenges are my favourite as they are a great starting point for making a card. We have a sketch challenge over on the Seven Hills Craft blog this month, so do pop over and have a go. There's a £15 gift voucher to the store for the winner. For my Design Team… Continue reading Seven Hills Crafts Jan 2017 Sketch Challenge
I'm joining in with the MFT sketch challenge today, and combining it with their colour challenge too. I started by using the MFT English Brick Stencil to add detail to the card base with a light grey ink. Next, I die cut a tag with the MFT Stitched Traditional Tags die-namics from teal paper in… Continue reading MFT Sketch Challenge 313
I thought I'd make a card to enter into the MFT Sketch Challenge today. I used colours from their last colour challenge. I started by die-cutting a Single Stitched frame a few times from white card. I layered three of the frames together and adhered to a white A2 notecard. On one of the inner… Continue reading MFT Sketch Challenge 312
My card today features a string of white lights, perfect for a New Year's party. Head over to the Seven Hills Crafts blog for all the details. I'm entering this card into the following competition: Simon Says Monday Challenge
Today I'm sharing cards using a technique that Jennifer McGuire demonstrated recently. She used scraps of paper to make a striped background, then added a die cut inlay word. I love how effective this is and how you can make another card with the positive die cut word. I started by covering a thin piece… Continue reading Striped Inlay
I have a fun and easy card to share with you today. Head over to the Seven Hills Crafts blog for more details. This card design is a favourite of mine and one I go back to often. It's simple to make in your favourite colours, and the Neat & Tangled Celebrate stamp set has lots… Continue reading Blue Ombre Birthday
If you like to give your child's teacher a Christmas gift, today's post shows how you can create a special card to accompany it. On a Lawn Fawn stitched square die cut, I stamped the greetings in Versafine onyx black and heat embossed them using sparkling embossing powder. The sentiments are from the Clearly Besotted… Continue reading Teacher Christmas Card
I love the look of pink and gold together - it's so pretty and elegant on a card. I'm on the Seven Hills Crafts blog today, showing how I put this card together. Please head over there for all the details. I'm entering this card into the following competition: Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Anything Goes
I've been admiring for a while on Instagram the lovely stamps from a brand called The Ton Stamps. Here is a card I made with The Ton Stamps Always Cherry Blossoms stamp set: I stamped and heat embossed the large stamp with gold embossing powder, onto watercolour card. I used my zig clean colour real… Continue reading Always Cherry Blossoms
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