I love to make special birthday cards for my nieces and nephew. It's my niece's first birthday this month so I decided to make a Hello Kitty card for her. How I made this card: I started by sketching an idea for the card as a starting point. I found a Hello Kitty image that… Continue reading Hello Kitty
I'm following the the MFT challenge 275 sketch for today's card. I've had the MFT Birthday Centerpieces die for some time and I thought I should get it back out again. This sketch seemed perfect for it. I started by blending distress inks onto watercolour card, in the colours abandoned coral, squeezed lemonade, spiced marmalade,… Continue reading MFT Sketch Challenge 275
I've been wanting a die or dies to add stitched lines to cards for a while. When MFT released the stitched strip die-namics, it looked like just the thing I was after. This card was fun and easy to make. First, I got a piece of A6 sized watercolour card, and die cut the MFT… Continue reading MFT Stitched Strip Die-Namics
I've had an idea for a card design in my head for a while, inspired by the retro prints by Orla Kiely. This months challenge at Seven Hills Crafts is a colour challenge. I chose the third colour palette and finally made the card. One of the leaf stamps from the WPlus9 Doodle Buds stamps… Continue reading Retro Print Card
I'm joining in with a couple of challenges today - Addicted to CAS, whose code word is 'Inlaid Dies', and the MFT Color Challenge, which has a palette of oranges, blue and grey. I thought I'd use the MFT Delicate Pretty Poppies stamps and die set. I die cut two poppies from a piece of… Continue reading Inlaid Die Challenge
My niece is celebrating her 1st birthday this month. Her mum (my sister) and I created a very special card for her. We wanted the card to feature a fairy surrounded by poppies. My sister sketched out a fun design and then I started work creating the card. Fairy: As I don't have a fairy stamp… Continue reading Poppy Fairy
I'm joining in with the CAS(E) This Sketch challenge today. I thought I'd combine their sketch with the colours from the Color Throwdown challenge. When I saw the sketch, I thought a butterfly and trail would work well. I cut a rectangle of white card slightly smaller than A6, on which I die cut the… Continue reading Butterfly CAS Card
A slightly different card to share today. I thought I would create a clear embossed background, and this dark grey cardstock is perfect for a sophisticated masculine birthday card. I used an embossing powder tool on the cardstock first, to prepare it for the embossing powder. I chose a striped stamp from the Clearly Besotted… Continue reading Embossed Stripes
I'm following the sketch on CAS(E) This Sketch challenge blog today. I started by stamping ice creams and an ice lolly from the Altenew Way Too Sweet stamp set on to white card. I used Memento tuxedo black ink, and then coloured them with promarkers. I used Karisma colouring pencils to add shading and detail. I also… Continue reading Ice Cream and Sprinkles
I had an idea for a simple Easter card, with a white cross on a hill and a sunset sky behind. It was surprisingly quick to make. On an A6 card base, I blended distress inks in barn door, spiced marmalade and squeezed lemonade on the lower portion of the card. I left most of… Continue reading Easter Card
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