The Altenew Way Too Sweet stamp features ice cream, lollies, and cakes. It's so fun and perfect for summer birthdays. It's very different to anything I already have so is a great addition to my collection. How I made this card: I stamped the images with Memento tuxedo black dye ink on to white card… Continue reading Altenew Way Too Sweet
Clearly Besotted Round Roses is a new set released at the beginning of February. The roses and leaves have a lovely Art Deco feel to them. How I made this card: I chose a colour scheme of yellow, grey, white and black. I stamped the detail of the roses in the two largest sizes, then… Continue reading Clearly Besotted Round Roses
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
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 had some special birthday cards to make this month as it's my Dad's birthday. I made this card for my Mum to give to my Dad. I love the background paper. It's from a book of papers that I've had for a while and the music theme is perfect. I ran the birthday word… Continue reading A Special Birthday
I've been playing with my new WPlus9 Watercolour Anemones stamp set. I tried stamping with traditional colours, then thought I'd try a more stylised look. I love the blues and how it gives a completely different take on the stamp set. I stamped most of an A4 sheet of card with the blue flowers and… Continue reading Watercolour Anemones card
My cousin's little boy was christened on Sunday. I really wanted to make a personalised card for the occasion. Here's what I came up with: I liked the idea of having bunting on the card, showing his name and the date of his christening. Using the Avery Elle Bunting die set, I die cut some… Continue reading Christening Card
This months challenge from Make the Day Special is a colour challenge. There are three lovely colour palettes to choose from. Here is my card inspired by the third colour palette. I love the summery colours: I cut two squares of patterned paper the size of the card blank, then rotated one so it was… Continue reading June Colour Challenge
I've seen some lovely examples online of stamped and watercolour backgrounds with a bokeh effect. I thought it would be fun to have a go myself, and a good chance to try out one of my new sentiment stamps from Clearly Besotted. The Avery Elle Bunting stamp set comes with several circle stamps in… Continue reading Bokeh Stamped Background
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