Birthday cards are definitely what I make the most, so I'm always looking for stamp sets with varied birthday greetings. The Altenew Birthday Greetings stamp set has fabulous sentiments plus a three step layered balloon. I wanted a watercolour look to the balloons so I stamped them on watercolour card using distress inks. I used a… Continue reading Altenew Birthday Greetings
I hope you are all having a great Father's Day. Sending big hugs to those of you who are missing their dads today. When planning a card for my dad on Father's Day card, I wanted a colourful music theme. The Clearly Besotted Text Me stamp set has a couple of musical notes in the… Continue reading Father’s Day
I'm joining in with two competitions with today's card. The Altenew June Inspiration Challenge, and the Seven Hills Crafts June Sketch Challenge. I began by heat embossing in white the outline images from the Altenew Peony Bouquet stamp set. I used yellow and green inks to stamp the rest of the layers, then die cut… Continue reading June Inspiration and Sketch Challenges
Stencils are something I haven't used on a card before. When I saw the Wave of Stars stencil by Create a Smile Stamps, it was a must have for me. I started by making a 5x5 inch card base from white card. I taped the stencil over the card front, then chose some distress inks… Continue reading Cheers!
I'm playing along with the Color Throwdown challenge today. I was inspired by the ice cream photo and the lovely colours. I started by die cutting, from white card, three squares using the Lawn Fawn Stitched Squares dies. I stamped an ice cream from the Altenew Way Too Sweet stamp set on each square, using Versafine… Continue reading Color Throwdown #396
I'm playing along with the CAS(E) This Sketch challenge today. I started by stamping on watercolour card the large floral image from the WPlus9 Watercolour Anemones stamp set. I used pumice stone distress ink. As distress inks aren't really meant for stamping, it gives a much looser watercolour style to the image. I then stamped the… Continue reading CAS(E) This Sketch #175
My nephew is a fan of the Studio Ghibli movies, and 'My Neighbour Totoro' is a favourite. For his 2nd birthday, I made him a Totoro card. I sketched a design based around Totoro sitting amongst leaves, as if in a tree, holding two balloons. I drew Totoro as a vector illustration and printed him… Continue reading Totoro 2nd Birthday
The WPlus9 Fresh Cut Wreaths is designed with weddings in mind, and it's so quick and easy to make an elegant card for the bride and groom. I used memento dew drop dye inks and the mini Misti to stamp the images from the set. The Misti helped as I needed to stamp the images… Continue reading Wedding Card
My niece, who is 2 years old, asked me to make her a card. She said she wanted a purple and pink card, with flowers and sequins and glitter. How could I resist such a lovely request? I started by blending distress ink in the top left and bottom right corners of a piece of… Continue reading Hello Darling
A special birthday card to share today. This is for my gorgeous nephew, who has just turned 2. He adores the Disney Cars movie so I made this card for his parents to give him for his birthday. I started with the background, blending distress inks to make a night background. I then flicked it… Continue reading Lightning McQueen Cars 2 Birthday Card
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