The new Oriental Orchid set from Altenew is very versatile. This is the second card I have made using this set, and it's completely different from the first card. How I made this card I cut a piece of card using the largest stitched square from the Lawn Fawn set. I then stamped an orchid… Continue reading Birthday Orchids
I've got a lot of pins on my Lawn Fawn Party Balloons board on Pinterest. My card was inspired by one of those pins - this card on the I'm in Haven blog. Here is my version of the card: How I made this card: I chose some dark background paper, then some bright card for… Continue reading Inspired by Pinterest #3
My niece is a fan of the Hey Duggee children's TV series. I made this card for her parents to give to her on her 2nd birthday. I am so pleased with how this card came out. I love the background and how Duggee stands out against it. How I made the card: Similar to… Continue reading Hey Duggee Birthday Card
My beautiful niece is 2 this month. She's such a fun, sweet, bright girl, and I'm so proud to be her auntie. I wanted to make her a special card for her 2nd birthday. As Elmer is a favourite of hers, I thought I'd have a go at an Elmer card. It was a fiddly… Continue reading Elmer Birthday Card
I wanted to make a special card for my Dad's birthday and shaker cards always look great. I used some bright paper to coordinate with the bright colours of the sequins. The double sided paper has a calmer grey pattern on the opposite side, which works really well as a backdrop to the sequins. Shaker… Continue reading Birthday Shaker Card
CAS stands for Clean and Simple, and the CAS-UAL Friday challenges are a great way to join in and try out this look. CAS-UAL Friday Challenge 140 is to make a card using tan, white and one bright colour. Here is my card to enter in the competition: I love purple so I decided to… Continue reading Clean and Simple Friday 140
I needed to make a birthday card for a man and I find these can be quite difficult to get right. I wanted to use the Lawn Fawn Party Balloons die set again (I'm getting a lot of use from this set, so definitely worth having). The tricky part was making sure it didn't become… Continue reading Masculine Birthday Balloons
Its been a while since I've used a sketch when creating a card, and I really enjoyed it. Its a good way to start thinking about a new design for a card and maybe try something different. The fabulous 'Make the Day Special' stamp store have a competiton blog and this month they have provided… Continue reading Using a Sketch for May
The Lawn Fawn 'Party Balloons' die set is a fabulous collection of different size and shape balloon dies. What I love about this set is that it comes with dies for cutting the balloon strings. There are even dies for the piece of string where it 'ties' to the balloon. A lovely touch. The… Continue reading 60th Birthday Balloons
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