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
There is a fabulous card drive ongoing at the moment, collecting cards to be given alongside a book to parents who have lost a child in pregnancy. I cannot begin to comprehend how utterly devastating it must be to lose a child, and I hope that this campaign offers a little bit of comfort to… Continue reading Lasting Hearts Card Drive
I saw Jennifer McGuire use a technique called 'Reactive Distress Ink Watercolour' and I thought I'd have a go myself. I did struggle a bit with the messy look so I'm not sure if I'd use this technique that often. It was fun to try, though, and shows how amazing distress inks are for different… Continue reading Reactive Distress Ink
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 had a lovely stamp set for Christmas and have been waiting for the opportunity to try it out. There is a large floral stamp in the set, and this is something my collection had been lacking. I have a few ideas for techniques where a large stamp is ideal. For this card, I wanted… Continue reading Woodware Watercolouring
I've been trying to use up leftover scraps of paper so decided to make a couple of rainbow chevron cards. Who doesn't love a rainbow? How I made this card? As the chevron cover plate fits an A2 notecard nicely, I cut this size card base to use. I cut the chevron plate from white… Continue reading Rainbow Chevrons
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
I made this card a while back but was waiting for it to be received before sharing on my blog. How I made this card: I have the matching dies for the fall florals stamps, but to keep things simple, I decided to just stamp this time. I created a background, using various flowers and… Continue reading Love Fall Florals
Another thank you card to share today, this time using the fabulous Fall Florals set from MFT. How I made this card: I used a similar card layout to this card, as I liked it so much, but I really must get myself some square die cuts. It would make things so much quicker! I stamped… Continue reading Thank You with Fall Florals
I saw this great technique called recessed stamping on the MFT website, demonstrated by Barbara Anders. I'll add the link at the end of this post, as the instructions she gives are really helpful. Barbara uses the delicate poppies set with this technique. I thought I'd have a go myself. How I made this card:… Continue reading Recessed Stamping
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