Today I'm sharing another card inspired by the WOW Facebook challenge theme this month, which is Masculine. I've gone with a retro vibe for this card with fun bold stripes of embossed colour. I hope you’ll join me on the WOW Embossing blog, where you can read more about how I made this card and… Continue reading Retro Birthday Mix with WOW
I’m sharing some Christmas plaid cards on the WOW blog today. I used Metallic Gold Rich and Metallic Silver, with Vintage Candy Cane and Pacific Wave embossing glitters. I hope you’ll join me on their blog, where you can read more about how I made these cards and the supplies I used. Don’t forget, you… Continue reading Christmas Plaid
Hello and happy Tuesday. Today I’m sharing a hot air balloon card. I love the retro vibe of the C&9th Happy Balloon set. The set includes a hot air balloon basket so I decided to use that for my card. I began by die cutting the background, using the Lawn Fawn Stitched Cloud Backdrop Portrait… Continue reading Hot Air Balloons
Rose gold, pink and navy... what a beautiful combination! This colour combination was my starting point for this card. I decided to make my own background using the Flora and Fauna Texture and Texture Two stamp sets. I used a combination of ink and embossing for the stripy background. Using a rounded rectangle die, I… Continue reading Rose Gold with Pink and Navy
Today I'm sharing a monster pivot birthday card, which I made for my nephew. I began by stamping and colouring lots of images from the Lawn Fawn Monster Mash stamp set. I fussy cut them out and added some gel pen, glossy accents and glitter details. Front of the card I decided on a party… Continue reading Monster Pivot Pop-Up
Distress oxides are my favourite ink to use. I’ve had my distress oxides for a while but I haven’t used them for watercolour before, so I thought I would try them out on my card today. I chose two colours of distress oxide inks - peacock feathers and cracked pistachio, and pressed the ink pads… Continue reading Happy Balloons with Distress Oxide Watercolour
I thought I’d share another non-holiday card this week, for all those winter birthdays. Actually, it’s a 2-for-1 today, as I have two cards which are variations on a theme. My first card is one layer, all stamping. I made up the word 'awesome' from the fun Paper Smooches Grafitti stamp set. I love the… Continue reading Awesome Duo
Today I’m sharing a card I made for an 18th birthday. I wanted to create a fun patterned background so chose the Flora and Fauna Texture Two stamp set. I die cut a stitched rounded rectangle from white card, then stamped different patterns from the set with some MFT inks. To add a pop of… Continue reading 18th Birthday with Texture Two
I'm sharing another typographic card today, featuring the Concord & 9th Double Cut Alphabet die set. I went for a striking colour combination of black and white with gold for this card, and ended up making several of them. I die cut the letters for 'happy birthday' from the MFT Black and White basics paper… Continue reading Big, Bold, and Gold Happy Birthday
I have a birthday card to share today, featuring the fabulous C&9th Happy Balloons stamp set and dies.I started by die cutting a rounded rectangle frame. On the rectangle, I added die cut stitching details and then blended on some pinks inks for an ombré look. I adhered the frame and rectangle on a card… Continue reading Happy Balloons
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