Hello crafty friends. I’m sharing a card today using Stampin’ Up!’s ‘delicate dahlias’ set that was a freebie as part of the last Sale-a-bration. I have to confess that I haven’t used this set very much, but I do like two-step stamps with outlines and infills. I’ve picked up the theme of ‘inspiration’ (for inspiration!)… Read More you inspire me
Hello crafty friends. I’m back today with a birthday card for my father-in-law, who’ll be turning 96 on Friday. He doesn’t get out of the house anymore, so I thought he might appreciate a landscape on his birthday. This one uses the colours from Inspire.Create – I thought they were ideal for a masculine card.… Read More snowy hills
Hello crafty friends. I’ve been playing with a new stamp and die set from Stampin’ Up! – ‘Eden’s Garden’. I recently did an online class with Joanne James using this set – it’s really beautiful. This card picks up the sketch from Global Design Project with the colours from Colour INKspiration I started with a… Read More a birthday bouquet
Hello crafty friends. Today’s card is a nice and simple one that took less than 10 minutes to make, thanks to the current challenge over at As You See It. The team have got a speedy challenge this week, with the theme of ‘snowflakes’, so this one definitely fits the bill. I decided to use… Read More snowflake wishes
Hello crafty friends. Who doesn’t love a cup of hot chocolate? I decided to christen my ‘nothing’s better than’ stamp set from Stampin’ Up!, picking up the themes from the challenges at Inspired by and Inkspirational I attached a piece of brown polka dot paper form my stash to the front of an A6 card… Read More hot chocolate!
Hello crafty friends. You may recall that my friend and I ran a craft group last week – we made a variety of cards with strip of paper and I thought I’d share one of the techniques with you today. I first saw this design on Pinterest and then spent a little while figuring out… Read More white on white
Hello crafty friends. I’m still on Christmas cards and have a nice quick one to share today, inspired by a couple of challenges. The theme over at Inspired by is ‘winter beauty’ and I drew on their photo and sketch for the design of this card, together with The Paper Players‘s theme of ‘winter wonderland’… Read More winter beauty
Hello crafty friends. It’s another quick Christmas card today, using Stampin’ Up!’s ‘merriest moments’ stamps again with the ‘wintry’ embossing folder. This one has been inspired by the photo and sketch over at Fusion I started by making an A6 card blank from a piece of dark silver card. I then embossed a piece of… Read More leafy joy
Hello crafty friends. I’m back with another Christmas card, this time using Stampin; Up!’s ‘merriest moments’ set and some retired ‘joyous noel’ paper. This one picks up the sketch from The Paper Players and the left hand column from TicTacToe‘s grid (stitching, wreath & sparkle) I started with a piece of the’joyous noel’ paper and… Read More poinsettia wreath
Hello crafty friends – well I’m back to Christmas cards today! This time I’ve once again used the retired ‘wreath builder’ dies from Stampin’ Up! – I still find it odd when I produce cards that don’t use ink or stamping (apart from a tiny bit for the sentiment.) I’ve picked up inspiration from a… Read More merry little Christmas
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