I'm joining in with the CAS(E) This Sketch challenge today. I thought I'd combine their sketch with the colours from the Color Throwdown challenge. When I saw the sketch, I thought a butterfly and trail would work well. I cut a rectangle of white card slightly smaller than A6, on which I die cut the… Continue reading Butterfly CAS Card
I had an idea for a simple Easter card, with a white cross on a hill and a sunset sky behind. It was surprisingly quick to make. On an A6 card base, I blended distress inks in barn door, spiced marmalade and squeezed lemonade on the lower portion of the card. I left most of… Continue reading Easter Card
I have a simple watercolour card to share today. I stamped the blossoms image from the Clearly Besotted Beautiful Friend stamp set on to watercolour cardstock with Versamark ink, then heat embossed it with white embossing powder. I used distress inks to watercolour the image, first adding plain water to the image and then adding… Continue reading Thinking of You
It's always sad to have to make a sympathy card. This is the first one that I've made since I've started making my own cards again and, I must admit, I found it difficult. I had searched for inspiration on Pinterest but struggled a bit to find many sympathy cards. I suppose it's not something… Continue reading Sympathy card with Altenew Oriental Orchid
I'm playing along with the Seven Hills Crafts March challenge today. It's a sketch challenge, which I always enjoy. I thought I'd combine two challenges with one card, so I'm using the colours from the MFT Colour Challenge too, which are greens, yellow and beige. I'll link to both challenge pages at the end of… Continue reading March sketch challenge
I'm longing for Spring now, with brighter evenings and hopefully some better weather. When I decided to make a card today, it just had to include butterflies, to make me think of those Spring days ahead. How I made this card: I blended peacock feathers and mowed lawn distress ink on to some white card.… Continue reading Beautiful Butterflies
MFT have a colour challenge on their blog and this time the colour palette is red, pink, grey and blue. I liked the combination so thought I'd have a go at making a card with the falls florals set and these colours. I decided to combine the MFT sketch challenge too. How I made this… Continue reading MFT Fall Florals and Colour Challenge
I started this card with the intention of trying a technique I'd seen online, where you stamp with water onto distress ink. Well, this just did not work for me at all. I tried 3 times and just couldn't get it looking anywhere near good enough. I finally gave up and adapted the design! How… Continue reading Woodware Going to Seed
Distress inks are great for creating a loose watercolour background on a card. Team it with embossing for simply beautiful results. How I made this card: I prepped a piece of watercolour cardstock with my homemade powder tool, to stop embossing powder sticking where I didn't want it. I then stamped flowers and leaves from… Continue reading Peony and distress ink background
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
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