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
Today I have an anniversary card to share with you, featuring a floral wreath and personalised with monograms. I think it would also work great as a wedding card. I found it easiest to start by heat embossing the letters first. I used the Concord & 9th Sophisticated Scripts set and WOW gold embossing powder.… Continue reading Monogram Floral Wreath
I have a happy banner card to share, over on the Seven Hills Crafts blog today, with fun rainbow colours. Please join me on the Seven Hills Crafts blog to see how I made this card. I'm entering this card into the following competition: Simon Says Monday Challenge: Masculine
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
2016 ended on a high, when my brother and his wife had a beautiful baby girl. As I knew they were having a girl, I had time to prepare a card in advance. I was also able to personalise it with the name they had chosen for her. I started by stamping two large elephants… Continue reading Baby Elephants
Today I have a selection of Christmas tags to share, using the Concord & 9th O Christmas tree stamp set. Head over to the Seven Hills Crafts blog to see how I made them.
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