I'm playing along with this week's MFT sketch challenge today. I used the MFT Fall Florals stamps and dies which, combined with the coral background, gave the card a very Hawaiian feel. On watercolour card, I blended abandoned coral distress ink, flicking with water and pink perfect pearls before drying with a heat tool. I… Continue reading Hawaiian Florals
Creating my own backgrounds for cards is one of my favourite techniques. I find it relaxing to choose some colours and a stamp set, then sit stamping whilst watching something on television. I created this card using the WPlus9 Summer Blooms stamp set and some Altenew inks, stamping the flowers and leaves repeatedly on a… Continue reading Blue Floral Background
A fun and quick card to share today. On watercolour card stock, I blended distress inks in blue and green. I then flicked the background with water, dabbing away the drops after a few seconds, to lift the colour underneath away, leaving a distressed background effect. I also flicked over the background some Ranger Perfect… Continue reading Three Cheers
I'm playing along with the MFT Sketch #287 today. I thought I'd combine it with the colours from their colour challenge #48. I started by die cutting a tag using the MFT Stitched Traditional Tags die set. I lightly drew a circle on the tag in pencil, by drawing around one of my circle dies.… Continue reading MFT Sketch Challenge 287
I'm joining in with two competitions with today's card. The Altenew June Inspiration Challenge, and the Seven Hills Crafts June Sketch Challenge. I began by heat embossing in white the outline images from the Altenew Peony Bouquet stamp set. I used yellow and green inks to stamp the rest of the layers, then die cut… Continue reading June Inspiration and Sketch Challenges
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!
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
I love to make special birthday cards for my nieces and nephew. It's my niece's first birthday this month so I decided to make a Hello Kitty card for her. How I made this card: I started by sketching an idea for the card as a starting point. I found a Hello Kitty image that… Continue reading Hello Kitty
I discovered my set of Karisma colouring pencils recently, which I had as a joint present with my sister when we were younger. These pencils are amazing to colour with, very soft and blendable. I thought I'd use them to colour this beautiful fuchsia from Clearly Besotted. How I made this card: I stamped the… Continue reading Daily Marker Colouring Challenge: Beautiful Friend Fuchsias
My 'Inspired by Pinterest' series is designed to showcase great ideas from other card makers, and demonstrate that you do not always need the same products to recreate a design you love. A great card appeared on my Pinterest feed the other day and I loved it so much, I just had to have a… Continue reading Inspired by Pinterest #4
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