Hello everyone. I hope you’ve had a good weekend. We had friends over for lunch, so I’m a bit late with today’s post, once again using the new Build a Bloom stamps. This card uses set 3 from the collection to create some vibrant spring tulips, with simple two-step first and second generation stamping. I… Read More Look on the bright side
Hello again! I grabbed the opportunity this afternoon to have another play with the new Build a Bloom stamps – they are pretty irresistible! This time I went with set 2 to create a rose on one of my alcohol ink backgrounds from Barbara’s online workshop (it’s still available to purchase), pulling in a fairy… Read More Smell the roses!
Hello crafty friends and welcome to another Seasonal Saturday card! Our theme this week at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown is ‘mug’ – and who doesn’t love a warming mug of hot coffee or chocolate in the chill of winter? I remembered that there was a floral mug stamp in Linda’s Visit, Sit, Stay, Drink and… Read More Christmas mugs at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown 26-15
Hello crafty friends. It’s Friday and so time for another new challenge theme – this week’s it’s the turn of Alphabet and I got to set the theme of Z for Zoology! It gave me another excuse (like I needed one!) to play with the Little SHAC Birds – this time I’ve added in the… Read More Z for Zoology
Hello everyone. I’ve got an early peek for you of the new Build a Bloom stamps that Barbara is unveiling tomorrow on Clarity Social TV. It’s a fab little collection of three stamp sets that does exactly what it says on the tin – allows you to create your own flower designs by building the… Read More Let yourself bloom
Hello crafty friends. It’s a busy couple of days in my little bloggy world and I’ve got a second card to share again today, this time for the new theme at Sparkles Challenge. Maria has given us ‘pastels and/or rabbits’, which is a great springtime theme and I’ve managed to combine both elements into my… Read More Pastels & rabbits at Sparkles Challenge #199
Good morning everyone! I’d delighted to be sharing this card with you, as I’ve been invited along as guest designer by the AAA Colourful team for their new challenge! I love this bright colourboard and, unusually for me, decided to pick out the green as the main colour for my card using the Mother Nature… Read More Guest designer for AAA Colourful #27
Hello again everyone and welcome to today’s second post, this time for our new theme at Addicted to Stamps & More. We’ve cycled back round to diecuts and/or stencils, which gave me the perfect excuse to play with the Butterfly Swirls, another of the new panel stencils that form April’s Product of the Month bundle… Read More Butterfly swirls stencil for Addicted to Stamps & More #515
Hello crafty friends! It’s time for our new challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches – I’m still hosting and put together this simple sketch for you to play with. Although I designed this at the beginning of the year, it very helpfully works well with the Little SHAC Birds, one of Clarity’s recent releases –… Read More Little SHAC birds for CAS Colours & Sketches #583
Hello everyone. I’m back with another look at one of the new Floral Spray greeting cards and this time opted for a little hot foiling and simple watercolouring on the ginkgo leaves design. This time round I chose one of the cards that already has a greeting printed on it and started by running it… Read More Ginkgo love
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