Hello crafty friends. I’m delighted to have been invited along as Guest Designer for the new challenge colours at Color Throwdown. It’s a beautiful palette of pink, ice blue and gold. I was inspired by the Christmas trees in the photo, so reach for Stampin’ Up!’s ‘spruced up’ set. The first step was to stamp… Read More Guest designer for Color Throwdown #723
Welcome to my crafty blog and a card that I’m still in two minds about! I decided to use Clarity’s ‘Jayne’s winter scene – church’ for this card based on the sketch from TGIF challenges (which I rotated), picking up the top row from TicTacToe‘s grid. I started by creating an inky background. I’m really… Read More Christmas blessings
Hello crafty friends. I’ve stepped away from Christmas cards today and and sharing a birthday card with us, using the ‘funky happy birthday’ set from Clarity – I really like these doodled letters. I decided to keep it simple and let the design speak for itself, using the colours from CAS Colours & Sketches I… Read More doodle birthday
Hello crafty friends. Bit of a change of theme on today’s card – I’ve got a few Jewish friends so needed some Hannukah cards to send them, as it begins on 18th December. I’ve used Stampin’ Up!’s ‘Eden’s Garden’ stamps, taking the colours from Color Throwdown and inspiration from the designer’s card at Global Design… Read More Happy Hanukkah!
Welcome to my second post today and the new challenge at As You See It. It’s a speed challenge this time, so the card needs to be made in less than 10 minutes! My design team card looks a lot more complicated than it actually was… I opted to use one of the ‘bijou joy… Read More Speedy Christmas bauble for As You See It challenge
Hello crafty friends. Today’s card pulls a few blog challenges together, using an old nativity scene stamp from Clarity Crafts, together with one of their ‘frame-it’ dies. I took the layout from Freshly Made Sketches and added in the new colours from Color Hues, together with a dash of inspiration from Hand Stamped Sentiments photo.… Read More nativity joy to the world
Welcome to my crafty blog and a nice & simple Christmas card – perfect for batchmaking. I used one of the images from Stampin’ Up!’s ‘peace to you’ set, inspired by the layout at The Paper Players and the ‘outdoor’ theme at Less is More I started with a 5×5 square kraft card blank (adaping… Read More peace at Christmas
Welcome to my crafty blog and another Christmas card in non-traditional colours. I’ve used one of the papers from Stampin’ Up!’s new ‘fitting florets’ pack, picking up the layout from CAS Colours & Sketches, the ‘festive’ theme from Inspire.Create and the middle row of christmas tree/sparkle/star from TicTacToe‘s grid. I thought the blue & pink… Read More starry tree
Hello crafty friends. We’ve got a new theme at Alphabet Challenge and it was my turn to choose it this time! We’re up to the letter P and I opted for ‘precious’. I thought this worked from two angles on this card – the Christ child is so precious for Christians around the world and… Read More P for precious at Alphabet Challenge
Hello crafty friends. It’s time for a new theme over at Alphabet Challenge – we’re up to the letter O and Billie has opted for ‘outer space’! Now I don’t have any space themed supplies, but I remembered the ‘hearty crescent moon’ set from Clarity which I thought would fit the bill from a slightly… Read More Alphabet Challenge – o for outer space
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