It's much more personal to send a thank you card after Christmas, rather than an email or Facebook message. I decided to make my own, using the Altenew Oriental Orchid stamp set. How I made this card: I started by die cutting a square smaller than my 4 inch square card base. Using Versamark ink,… Continue reading Thank You with Oriental Orchid
I grabbed this stamp set in the clearance sale at Clearly Besotted recently. I love the art deco inspired font! How I made this card: I stamped the balloons with memento ink, using masks to allow the balloons to hide behind each other. I then mixed perfect pearls with distress inks and flicked it on… Continue reading Clearly Besotted It’s Your Birthday
My 'Inspired by Pinterest' series is designed to showcase great ideas from other card makers, and demonstrate that you do not always need the same products to recreate a design you love. A great card appeared on my Pinterest feed the other day and I loved it so much, I just had to have a… Continue reading Inspired by Pinterest #4
The new Oriental Orchid set from Altenew is very versatile. This is the second card I have made using this set, and it's completely different from the first card. How I made this card I cut a piece of card using the largest stitched square from the Lawn Fawn set. I then stamped an orchid… Continue reading Birthday Orchids
I love orchids and always have one in the house. When I saw the new Altenew Oriental Orchid stamp set, I knew it was a must have for me. How I made this card: I used distress inks and added a little water to the stamps before I placed them down, to give the watercolour… Continue reading Oriental Orchid
I made this card a while back but was waiting for it to be received before sharing on my blog. How I made this card: I have the matching dies for the fall florals stamps, but to keep things simple, I decided to just stamp this time. I created a background, using various flowers and… Continue reading Love Fall Florals
The Clearly Besotted 'Sweet Rose' stamp set and dies have been discontinued so I grabbed them when they were on sale recently. How I made this card: I stamped the rose, leaves, and vase using memento dye inks. I then added details with promarkers. I also used some Wink of Stella glitter pen for a… Continue reading Sweet Rose
Another thank you card to share today, this time using the fabulous Fall Florals set from MFT. How I made this card: I used a similar card layout to this card, as I liked it so much, but I really must get myself some square die cuts. It would make things so much quicker! I stamped… Continue reading Thank You with Fall Florals
I had a very important thank you card to make. I wanted to use a watercolour stamping technique I'd seen others use, and the WPlus9 Pretty Peonies set is perfect for this. How I made this card: After adding distress ink to the stamps, I spritzed them with water, then stamped them on card. This… Continue reading Thanks with Pretty Peonies
I saw this great technique called recessed stamping on the MFT website, demonstrated by Barbara Anders. I'll add the link at the end of this post, as the instructions she gives are really helpful. Barbara uses the delicate poppies set with this technique. I thought I'd have a go myself. How I made this card:… Continue reading Recessed Stamping
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