Handmade Cards

Me and My Galaxy Dragon

I shared a photo the other day on instagram of a dragon from the Mama Elephant Me and My Dragon stamp set, which I’d coloured to be a galaxy dragon. I used Faber Castell polychromos pencils to do this. I’ve done plenty of distress ink galaxy backgrounds before, but never tried using colouring pencils so… Continue reading Me and My Galaxy Dragon

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Happy Balloons with Distress Oxide Watercolour

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

Handmade Cards

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge 24 – Fun with Dies

I’m joining in with the Lawn Fawnatics Fun with Dies challenge today. To begin, I die cut two Lawn Fawn stitched squares, slightly smaller than my 4 inch square white card base. I then used a Lawn Fawn Zig Zag square die to cut a window in one of stitched squares. On the other square,… Continue reading Lawn Fawnatics Challenge 24 – Fun with Dies

Handmade Cards, Pretty Pink Posh DT

Pretty Pink Posh March 2018 Release Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to my blog! I’m so excited to be joining this blog hop, celebrating the Pretty Pink Posh March release!   If you’re following along the blog hop, you should have arrived here from the fabulous Yana Smakula. I’ll list all of today’s blog hop participants below, if you want to start at… Continue reading Pretty Pink Posh March 2018 Release Blog Hop

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Cherry Blossoms

I’m sharing a card today featuring some of the upcoming Pretty Pink Posh release, arriving in stores on March 1st! I’ve used one of my favourite sets from the new release - Cherry Blossoms. I stamped lots of the flower images with versamark, then heat embossed them with rose gold embossing powder. I added some… Continue reading Cherry Blossoms

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Hearts and Love Sentiments

The new Love Sentiments set from Pretty Pink Posh has some lovely hearts in various styles and sizes. I thought they would make a great background to accompany a sentiment from the same set. I stamped a scattered hearts background with versamark, heat embossing them in various metallic embossing powders. For a sentiment, I stamped… Continue reading Hearts and Love Sentiments

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Blue and White Petunias

I’m continuing my love of blue and white florals with my card today. This time, I’m using colouring pencils for a different look. I began by white heat embossing some flowers and leaves from the Pretty Pink Posh Pretty Petunias stamp set. I then chose some blue shades of pencils and did some very simple… Continue reading Blue and White Petunias

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Stained Glass Pretty Petunias

I have a Pretty Pink Posh card to share today, using a beautiful new set called Pretty Petunias. This set is perfect for colouring techniques, with the outline images of flowers and leaves. I’ve kept the colouring very simple for this card, and tried something that’s new to me - the stained glass window technique.… Continue reading Stained Glass Pretty Petunias

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Pretty Pink Posh 4th Birthday Celebration Blog Hop – Day 3

Hello and welcome to my blog! I’m so excited to be joining this very special blog hop, celebrating Pretty Pink Posh turning 4 and the fantastic new release! If you’re following along the blog hop, you should have arrived here from the fabulous Yoonsun Hur. I’ll list all of today’s blog hop participants below, if… Continue reading Pretty Pink Posh 4th Birthday Celebration Blog Hop – Day 3