I have a simple watercolour card to share today. I stamped the blossoms image from the Clearly Besotted Beautiful Friend stamp set on to watercolour cardstock with Versamark ink, then heat embossed it with white embossing powder. I used distress inks to watercolour the image, first adding plain water to the image and then adding… Continue reading Thinking of You
I've been making so many cards this year, that I'm getting a surplus to my needs! To allow me to keep making cards without drowning in them, I've started making gift boxes to give away cards to family and friends. I think a box of handmade cards makes a wonderful gift. The gift box: I… Continue reading Giving Cards as Gifts
It's always sad to have to make a sympathy card. This is the first one that I've made since I've started making my own cards again and, I must admit, I found it difficult. I had searched for inspiration on Pinterest but struggled a bit to find many sympathy cards. I suppose it's not something… Continue reading Sympathy card with Altenew Oriental Orchid
I'm following the MFT sketch challenge today. I stamped flowers from the MFT Delicate Pretty Poppies stamp set on to white card and coloured them with promarkers. I then die cut these with the matching dies. Next, I took an A6 piece of card and cut a strip off one edge to make it narrower.… Continue reading Poppies and Sketch Challenge
I'm playing along with the Seven Hills Crafts March challenge today. It's a sketch challenge, which I always enjoy. I thought I'd combine two challenges with one card, so I'm using the colours from the MFT Colour Challenge too, which are greens, yellow and beige. I'll link to both challenge pages at the end of… Continue reading March sketch challenge
I had some die cut flowers and leaves left over from when I made my last 'fall florals' card, so this was a nice quick card to make. How I made this card: I attached a strip of black and white striped paper to the edge of an A6 card base, then added piece of… Continue reading MFT Fall Florals Bouquet
It's such a grey, wet day today, I thought I'd make a bright summery card to lift my mood. How I made this card: On a piece of white watercolour card, I stamped lollipops from the Altenew Way Too Sweet stamp set with Versafine Onyx Black ink. Once all the images were stamped, I created… Continue reading Birthday Lollipops
The Altenew Way Too Sweet stamp features ice cream, lollies, and cakes. It's so fun and perfect for summer birthdays. It's very different to anything I already have so is a great addition to my collection. How I made this card: I stamped the images with Memento tuxedo black dye ink on to white card… Continue reading Altenew Way Too Sweet
I've had the WPlus9 Fresh Cut Wreaths set on a wishlist for a while. So I was excited to see a nearly new set appear on eBay, and even more excited to have the winning bid. The set I won is a little stained from use but this is perfectly normal and shouldn't put you… Continue reading WPlus9 Fresh Cut Wreaths
I thought I'd have a go at the watercolour lifting technique that Jennifer McGuire demonstrated on a recent card. I decided to make a masculine card with the technique. How I made this card: I chose to use my zig clean colour real brush pens to do the background. I scribbled blues and greens in… Continue reading Watercolour Lifting
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