Distress inks are great for creating a loose watercolour background on a card. Team it with embossing for simply beautiful results. How I made this card: I prepped a piece of watercolour cardstock with my homemade powder tool, to stop embossing powder sticking where I didn't want it. I then stamped flowers and leaves from… Continue reading Peony and distress ink background
I've been enjoying colouring with my new Zig clean colour brush pens, and wanted to make a card using some of the images. I don't have many outline images at the moment, but one of my favourites set is the Altenew Oriental Orchid stamp set and it has outline images perfect for colouring. How I… Continue reading Orchids and Zig Clean Colour Brush Pens
I was really looking forward to making this card as I wanted to use the bold colours that are associated with Chinese New Year. I wouldn't normally choose black for a card base, but I'm so glad I did as I love the contrast with the red and gold. How I made this card: I… Continue reading Happy Chinese New Year
I had a lovely stamp set for Christmas and have been waiting for the opportunity to try it out. There is a large floral stamp in the set, and this is something my collection had been lacking. I have a few ideas for techniques where a large stamp is ideal. For this card, I wanted… Continue reading Woodware Watercolouring
I've been trying to use up leftover scraps of paper so decided to make a couple of rainbow chevron cards. Who doesn't love a rainbow? How I made this card? As the chevron cover plate fits an A2 notecard nicely, I cut this size card base to use. I cut the chevron plate from white… Continue reading Rainbow Chevrons
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
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