I usually send a couple of Easter cards, so wanted an easy design that I could make two of for this year. I decided on a banner surrounded by spring flowers. I stamped two banners from the Lawn Fawn Bannertastic stamp set. I don't have any Easter sentiments, so I used the C&9th Perfectly Penned… Continue reading Easter Flowers and Banner
Today I'm on the Seven Hills Crafts blog with cards using the MFT Birthday Centrepiece dienamic. This die is great for a focal piece on a card. Please join me over on the Seven Hills Crafts blog for more details and pictures.
I always try to create special birthday cards for my nieces and nephew, that I know they'll love. For my niece's 2nd birthday, I made an easel card featuring her favourite train. I began by using a circle die and partially cutting it to create the easel card base. To build the train, I used… Continue reading Train Easel Card
Waffle Flower have recently released some gorgeous new stamp sets featuring cats. I love the nature inspired patterns and the cats expressions are perfect! There are four sets to choose from and I just love the fun sentiments in the Flora Cat set. I also couldn't resist the cat in the box image! I think… Continue reading Flora Cat Greeting Cards Set
Today I'm sharing my inspiration card for the Seven Hills Crafts April sketch challenge. For the diagonal stripes in the background, I wanted to show that these can be subtle. I used the MFT Cheers word die, embossing it several times to create the lines. I blended on a soft lilac ink to enhance the… Continue reading Seven Hills Crafts April 2017 Challenge
I love discovering new favourite brands. I think as I make more cards, I'm finding my own style more and it's a fun journey. I really started to notice Lawn Fawn during their latest release, which is fabulous! I had purchased a few of their dies previously (circle frames and banners) but hadn't tried any… Continue reading Lawn Fawn and Elphie Selfie
The Altenew Way Too Sweet stamp set is one of my favourites. I wanted to make a card featuring the cake images from this set. I hope you'll join me on the Seven Hills Crafts blog today, to read about how I made this card.
I babysat my two young nieces recently, and I took the opportunity to help them make a Mothers Day card for their mum. Both are under 4 years old, so their input can only be limited at the moment, but they enjoyed helping me. I want to share my love of papercrafts with them and… Continue reading Mother’s Day Crafting with Children
I'm joining in with the Altenew Inspiration challenge with my card today. I decided on a clean and simple design. I die cut a scalloped rectangle from white card. I stamped a trio of flowers from the Altenew Hello Sunshine stamp set and added colour with pencils. I left the leaves free of colour as… Continue reading March Inspiration Challenge with Altenew Hello Sunshine
This is my first card using a tic-tac-toe challenge board, and I really enjoyed it! I chose a diagonal line, which gave me these three elements: * Animals * Big words / letters * Die cutting I've also chosen the Mama Elephant Little Cat Agenda stamp set again for my challenge card. I can't get… Continue reading Seven Hills Crafts March 2017 Challenge
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