Today I’m sharing a fun Christmas card, featuring the new Knit Patterns stamp set from WPlus9. This set has several border stamps with different patterns, so you can build up a beautiful background knit pattern. I chose a traditional red colour scheme for my Christmas card, choosing some different MFT red dye inks. I used… Continue reading Christmas Knit Patterns
The Avery Elle Loads of Wishes stamp set is one of my favourite sentiment sets. I love the mix of fonts. For my card today, I’m focusing on this set. I began by stamping a sentiment in black versafine ink, then clear heat embossing it. I also stamped some of the heart images from the… Continue reading Oh Happy Day
Today I’m sharing a card that’s full of hearts. I chose one of my favourite colour schemes - rose gold, navy and pink. Using the MFT Full of Heart cover die, I partially die cut three rows of hearts at the top of a piece of white card. I then left a gap of two… Continue reading Full of Heart
For my card today, I’m using the some images included in the MFT Happy Hippos stamp set. These smaller images are fun to use around a birthday sentiment. You could of course add a hippo or bird too, but I wanted to keep the card simple and focus on the sentiment. I began by stamping… Continue reading Birthday Wishes with Small Images
Today I have a fireworks card to share. I kept the colour scheme minimal for a classic look. I began by inking a piece of card with distress oxides in black soot, faded jeans and hickory smoke. I put this aside to dry whilst I worked on the sentiment. Using the MFT Cheers word die,… Continue reading Firework Cheers
Today I’m sharing a card for the September WOW Facebook challenge. There is a new theme each month, and this month is METALLICS. I wanted to create a masculine card design as a contrast to a very floral card I’ll be sharing on the WOW blog later this month. I also wanted to try distress… Continue reading WOW September 2018 Facebook Challenge
Today I’m sharing a fun window scene birthday card. I began with a piece of white card cut to the same size as my card base. I scored some lines into the card to add interest, then die cut a rectangle window from it using the MFT Rectangle Peek-a-Boo Window dienamic. On the card base… Continue reading Wishing Ewe
Today I have an acetate window card to share, which was inspired by a YouTube video from MFT design team member Stephanie. I love the look of the acetate window cards she created with the MFT Sending a Smile stamp set, so I thought I’d have a go at making my own version. I began… Continue reading Sending a Smile Your Way
Today I'm sharing a card featuring the beautiful Wildflower stamp set from Altenew. This set includes some sentiments for sympathy cards, which are always difficult to make, so I appreciate sets like this. I decided to try some simple white embossing on patterned paper. I chose a piece of watercolour patterned paper from MFT, and… Continue reading Wildflower Sympathy
Today I’m sharing a card for the WOW Facebook challenge. There is a new theme each month, and this month is RAINBOW. I love creating cards with rainbow colours, so this was a fun challenge to work on. I began by cutting a white card panel, a little smaller than my A6 card base. I… Continue reading WOW August 2018 Facebook Challenge
