Today I'm sharing a musical geometric patterned card I made for my brother. I ran some dark grey card through my die cut machine with the Lil'Inker Designs Woodgrain cover die. I blended distress ink in green and yellow onto white card, then used the Lil'Inker Designs Quilted Stitch cover die to add detail. I… Continue reading Musical Geometric Card
I'm playing along with this week's MFT sketch challenge today. I used the MFT Fall Florals stamps and dies which, combined with the coral background, gave the card a very Hawaiian feel. On watercolour card, I blended abandoned coral distress ink, flicking with water and pink perfect pearls before drying with a heat tool. I… Continue reading Hawaiian Florals
I've been wanting to work with Kraft cardstock for a while, and finally got some A6 Kraft cards and white pigment ink. I decided to try the MFT Big Balloons stencil to do some shadow stamping. I started by using white pigment ink to stencil four balloons across the card front. Layering colour over white… Continue reading Balloons on Kraft
I'm playing along with the challenge at CAS(E) This Sketch today. I began by die cutting a template for the branch using the Spellbinders Cherry Blossoms die set. Making your own stencils using dies you have is a great way to stretch your supplies further. I used gathered twigs distress ink to stencil the branch onto white… Continue reading CAS(E) This Sketch #183
Creating my own backgrounds for cards is one of my favourite techniques. I find it relaxing to choose some colours and a stamp set, then sit stamping whilst watching something on television. I created this card using the WPlus9 Summer Blooms stamp set and some Altenew inks, stamping the flowers and leaves repeatedly on a… Continue reading Blue Floral Background
When I saw the Lil'Inker Dual Stitched Triangles dies, I thought they would be great for creating lots of different cards. I think geometric designs really lend themselves well to masculine cards. The card I'm sharing today was quick and simple to make. I started by drawing a faint line in pencil across a piece… Continue reading Lil’Inker Dual Stitched Triangles
Oh, to have a dedicated craft room, with rows of shelves for inks, stamps, dies, cardstock.... but in my house, I just don't have the space. Sigh. I craft at the dining table. It's more sociable, I suppose, as I'm not sat in a room away from other people, but it does make storage a… Continue reading Craft Organisation
For my Christmas cards this year, I'm aiming to keep as many of them as I can as one layer cards. I love layers and embellishments but they do add to the bulk when mailing. I found the WPlus9 Folk Art Flurries stamp set on eBay recently for a good price. This set has beautiful… Continue reading Christmas in July Part 2
I've started thinking about Christmas and making my own cards this year. If I don't start making them early, I know I won't be ready. For this card, I've used the colours from the Seven Hills Crafts July competition. Although it's a summery colour scheme, I think it works well for an alternative Christmas colour… Continue reading Christmas in July Part 1
The feather detail in the Clearly Besotted Tickle My Fancy stamp set is beautiful. The set includes solid and detail stamps, but I am just using the detail stamps for this card. I started by prepping a piece of watercolour card with my anti-static powder tool. I then stamped the detail feathers (3 different sizes)… Continue reading Clearly Besotted Tickle My Fancy
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