My niece is a fan of the Hey Duggee children's TV series. I made this card for her parents to give to her on her 2nd birthday. I am so pleased with how this card came out. I love the background and how Duggee stands out against it. How I made the card: Similar to… Continue reading Hey Duggee Birthday Card
My beautiful niece is 2 this month. She's such a fun, sweet, bright girl, and I'm so proud to be her auntie. I wanted to make her a special card for her 2nd birthday. As Elmer is a favourite of hers, I thought I'd have a go at an Elmer card. It was a fiddly… Continue reading Elmer Birthday Card
I recently got the supplies needed to start heat embossing - a Ranger heat tool, Ranger craft sheet, Versamark ink, and WOW embossing powder. Heat embossing is something I've wanted to try for ages but it also felt a little daunting, so I've been holding back until now. Distress ink backgrounds are a real favourite… Continue reading Pretty Peonies and Embossing
The August challenge from Make the Day Special is a sketch challenge. I went back and forth with this but finally decided I would flip the sketch a little and created this card: How I made the card: The background is distress ink seedless preserves with perfect pearls mist spritzed all over. I heat embossed… Continue reading August Challenge
When I need to make a card for a male birthday, I usually turn to my Pinterest board for inspiration. I love this card by Jill Dewey Hawkins, who designs for MFT. It's a perfect card to send to a man on his birthday. I don't have any of the supplies that Jill used, but thought… Continue reading Inspired by Pinterest #2
August is the busiest month for birthdays in my family. I thought I'd have another go at using the MFT Birthday Centerpieces Die-namic, this time with more green/blue colours and loads more sequins! Once I had the distress ink background done, I cut it down to size. With the left over piece, I die cut… Continue reading More Fun with the MFT Birthday Centerpieces Die-namic
I really love Pinterest for card inspiration. I have many boards for different types of cards, and also boards for the stamps and dies that I own. I think it's important to try and use what supplies you have. As much as I'd love to own everything that I see others using, I don't have… Continue reading Inspired by Pinterest #1
I recently ordered some white card to test out for card bases. For me, the card bases will mostly be used as just that, a base. I may occasionally stamp on them directly but I usually like to add at least one layer. So, I'm mostly concerned with them being thick enough to stand up… Continue reading Card Bases and Martha Stewart Mini Scoreboard
I am loving my distress inks at the moment and seem to reach for them first when making a new card. I made this card to hopefully brighten the day of the person who receives it. I created a rainbow of colours with distress inks, with butterflies dancing across it. I really love this sentiment,… Continue reading Sending Hugs
After making up my mind to make my own card bases and envelopes, I ordered a 'We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board' and a 'Martha Stewart Mini Scoreboard'. I'll talk more about the score board in a future post on cardstock. I was really excited to try out the envelope punch board. I know… Continue reading Making envelopes using the WRMK Envelope Punch Board
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