I'm thrilled to be this week's guest designer at Addicted to CAS! This week's competition code word is 'FLY'. So many possibilities with this word! Here's what I came up with, I hope you like it: I started this card by stamping on white card an image from the MFT Distressed Patterns stamp set several… Continue reading Guest Designer at Addicted to CAS!
Birthday cards are definitely what I make the most, so I'm always looking for stamp sets with varied birthday greetings. The Altenew Birthday Greetings stamp set has fabulous sentiments plus a three step layered balloon. I wanted a watercolour look to the balloons so I stamped them on watercolour card using distress inks. I used a… Continue reading Altenew Birthday Greetings
Stencils are something I haven't used on a card before. When I saw the Wave of Stars stencil by Create a Smile Stamps, it was a must have for me. I started by making a 5x5 inch card base from white card. I taped the stencil over the card front, then chose some distress inks… Continue reading Cheers!
I'm playing along with the CAS(E) This Sketch challenge today. I started by stamping on watercolour card the large floral image from the WPlus9 Watercolour Anemones stamp set. I used pumice stone distress ink. As distress inks aren't really meant for stamping, it gives a much looser watercolour style to the image. I then stamped the… Continue reading CAS(E) This Sketch #175
My nephew is a fan of the Studio Ghibli movies, and 'My Neighbour Totoro' is a favourite. For his 2nd birthday, I made him a Totoro card. I sketched a design based around Totoro sitting amongst leaves, as if in a tree, holding two balloons. I drew Totoro as a vector illustration and printed him… Continue reading Totoro 2nd Birthday
My niece, who is 2 years old, asked me to make her a card. She said she wanted a purple and pink card, with flowers and sequins and glitter. How could I resist such a lovely request? I started by blending distress ink in the top left and bottom right corners of a piece of… Continue reading Hello Darling
A special birthday card to share today. This is for my gorgeous nephew, who has just turned 2. He adores the Disney Cars movie so I made this card for his parents to give him for his birthday. I started with the background, blending distress inks to make a night background. I then flicked it… Continue reading Lightning McQueen Cars 2 Birthday Card
Today I'm sharing a card using one of my favourite stamp sets from Clearly Besotted - Dandelion Dreams. I started by heat embossing the dandelion image on to watercolour card, using Hero Arts Sparkle embossing powder. With my Zig Clean Colour real brush pens, I scribbled rainbow colours on to the dandelion head. I spritzed the… Continue reading Rainbow Dandelion Dream
I seem to have been making a lot of rainbow coloured cards recently! Here's another one 🙂 I started by stamping the images from the Altenew Way Too Sweet stamp set in Versamark ink onto watercolour card. I heat embossed them with white embossing powder. I chose some colours of distress ink. I added water to the… Continue reading Sprinkled with Fun…and Sequins!
I'm joining in with the Altenew May inspiration challenge today. The destination this month is Australia, and the image has a lovely colour palette. I chose the navy, yellow and white colours for my card. The Seven Hills Crafts challenge this month is to feature embossing, so I'm combining these two challenges. I started by… Continue reading Altenew May Inspiration Challenge
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