Hello there. I needed a boy’s birthday card so turned to Julie Hickey’s star dies as the focus for the card. I took the layout from the sketch over at As You See It (swapping the circles for stars), together with the colours from Color Hues, adding in their optional theme of ‘stars & stripes’.… Read More stars & stripes
Hello crafty friends. It’s been a busy work day today, so I thought I’d grab a bit of downtime this evening and make a quick card using As You See It‘s speed challenge. So this card took less than 10 minutes to make. I’ve also picked up the colours from Global Design Project and the… Read More speedy & late!
Welcome to my crafty blog and another Father’s Day card. Stampin’ Up!’s ‘whiskey business’ set is so useful for masculine cards. I’ve picked up four challenges for this creation: the colours are from TGIF, the drink theme from The Paper Players and As You See It (both of whom have ‘beverage’ in their challenge), and… Read More straight up
Welcome to my crafty blog, and the last of my design team cards for Just Us Girls. It’s been fabulous working with the design team, who’ve been so welcoming, but I get to go back to playing along from next week! This week we’ve got a photo for inspiration, which immediately made me think of… Read More peaceful windmill
Welcome to my crafty blog and a clean & simple masculine card using stamps and dies from Julie Hickey Designs. I’ve been thinking about how to use the layout from CAS Colours and Sketches and decided these banner sentiments were just right with a few die cut stars and the colours from As You See… Read More blue birthday
Hello crafty friends. Today’s card is for the speed challenge over at As You See It – make a card in under 10 minutes, with the theme of ‘staying dry’. I thought this great Maya Angelou quote from Claritystamp fitted the bill, and I remembered I’d got the free ‘sunshine and rainbow’ paper from Stampin’… Read More rainbow in a cloud
Hello crafty friends – time for another Easter card today with hardly any stamping on it. I thought I’d have a play with Stampin’ Up!’s ‘daffodil’ dies – other than an online class with the brilliant Joanne James I haven’t used them other than to cut out the stamped images in the set. Time to… Read More a bunch of daffs
Hello crafty friends. I’ve been playing today with a new set from Stampin’ Up! – ‘flowering tulips’. I thought this set would work well with the colours from CAS Colours and Sketches and the new layout from Freshly Made Sketches. I’ve also included the elements from the current ‘recipe’ challenge over at As You See… Read More just thinking of you
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve been thinking about my mum quite a bit recently as I’ve started making Mother’s Day cards. She sadly died nearly 4 years ago – this card was especially poignant as daffodils were her favourite flower, so this one’s in memory of her. I took the colours from this week’s… Read More Mum’s daffodil
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve been playing with a new stamp today – the ‘snowdrop’ is the January Craft Club stamp from Claritystamp. I thought the colour palette from As You See It would work really well for this, and I’ve used the layout from Freshly Made Sketches I started with the background, and… Read More snowdrop
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