As I said at the beginning of today’s video I said I was in the mood for creating something pretty using a new ‘dancing’ die. I chose some delicate decorative paper with frilly frame and a soft pearly finish for my dancer!
Continue readingToday’s card would work for just about any occasion, birthday, thank you, get well, thinking of you, retirement, wedding, congratulations ……. yes and even for a sympathy card, simply change out the greeting and it is the perfect solution for all those occasions.
I worked on a 5 x 5 base card, but the design would easily adapt for using 1/2 sheet of A4 or Letter size card.
Continue readingYou need to watch today’s video on how I created this card ! I made several ‘unplanned’ changes to the design as I went along!!! But I dug myself out of them and am pretty pleased on how this card turned out!
Continue readingSince my retirement as a Stampin’ UP! demonstrator I have been working on new ideas and trying out new products. In today’s video I am using a Gina K Designs stamp set and die bundle with the coordinating layering stencils. Layering Stencils is another way to color in stamped images, it is really easy
Continue readingOften times I have an idea for a card it could be a theme or a colour combo or a sketch. Today it was a colour combo that caught my eye and I wanted to play with it. In the video I work thru the various ideas and thoughts for pulling together a design to show the colours to their best. Although I have made this as a birthday card it would be perfect for a thank you, thinking of you, inspirational even as a sympathy card, just change out the greeting and you are good to go!
Continue readingYES…………. you read that correctly, today’s card was inspired by the dentist office. The colours in the waiting room and the floral display on the table set me thinking and the following day I worked thru the idea for the card. You just never know when inspiration will strike!!!
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Welcome to the Funky Folds Hop ~ a community for like minded paper crafters who love to make cards with funky folds and to share our ideas. Funky actually means “modern and stylish in an unconventional or striking way” so hang onto your hats and see what the talented artisans have to offer 🙂
We don’t have a specific theme ” anything goes” it is all about the fold!! Todays card does double duty, as a Christmas Card as well as a gift card holder !
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Today’s challenge is ‘Shades of Blue & Green’ I chose to do a floral design based on a teacup I bought recently! I chose to focus on using card, dies and a punch, with a little ribbon thrown in. As you will see from the video, apart from the card base I used scraps to build my decorative pieces.
Continue readingCircles……….. I pondered over this for a while then decided to create a circular Double Easel card, itself with lots of circles within it! As I explain in the video, masculine cards are a real struggle for me so I set myself an additional challenge to make this one for the fellas.
Continue readingWell, HELLO August ~ 7 months into the year that seemed like it only started a few weeks back!
For the last 4 – 5 years I have designed and enjoyed making my flip over desk calendar for the ladies who came to my classes. As I have done for the last few years I am going to be sharing one at the start of each month. Like last year, I recognize not everyone is into making 3D items so have created a card for each month, using elements from the calendar for that month. .
So today I share, an ocean/beachy sort of theme for my calendar and card. I know that most schools in the US will be starting their fall semester in the next few days, but here in the UK the schools finished about 7 – 10 days ago so beach holidays are very much in the present here!
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Cindy's Corner 