I am not terribly good at doing cards for the fellas in my life, so I tend to trawl the internet to seek inspiration to use the products I have in my stash.
This one makes good use of another of the 6 x 6 paper stacks, some of you might remember the challenge I gave myself a year to 18 months ago to use my Designer Series Papers instead of hoarding them! Continue reading
Back in the late summer, early autumn I was looking for a technique for my monthly class and came across using fresh leaves – which is kind of a modern take on the old dried pressed leaves and flowers. It was a lot of fun to do and you can make a lot of cards in a very small amount of time…… and each one will be unique. Continue reading
Christmas is behind us for another year 😦 but I hope everyone had a good day!
There are folks who have birthday’s around the weeks before and after Christmas, my maternal Grandmother’s birthday was actually born on Christmas Day ~ she would have celebrated her 109th birthday this year. and it was her wedding anniversary as well, I think they married in 1929! I often think that they get a little short-changed, so I made a very special card for those ‘Christmas/New Year Babies’ Continue reading
When the 2017 – 2018 Annual Catalog was launched in June there was a new product tucked away on Page 201 ~ Embossing Paste! It was on my first order and I was so excited when it arrived, however I was also excited about the other goodies that arrived in the same box! I set aside the pot of paste and to be honest it went from my mind – especially as Christmas themes started.
I was tidying my workbench (it happens….. rarely but it does happen!) and there was the pot of Embossing Paste waiting patiently for my attention. What fun I have had with this product, as I explored what could be done with it I thought a few video’s would be fun to share.
Today’s technique includes lashings of Dazzling Diamonds Glitter!
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A little change of subject for today’s card, it would make a perfect birthday card for a special someone in your life or maybe for an anniversary.
I pulled out the Lovely Friends Stamp Set with the coordinating Lovely Laurels Thinlets dies. (available as a bundle which gives a 10% discount!) Continue reading
We have had some Christmas and Autumn themed projects recently so time for a little change, I trawled along my stamp shelf and picked out the Fairy Celebration Stamp set, which I have not used nearly enough.
The set has some lovely images just perfect for coloring so I broke out my Watercolor Pencils to make a birthday card for Grand-daughter #3; as her birthday is the day before mine it is an easy one to remember! Continue reading
Good Friends are hard to find…………. a perfect sentiment for those times when you want a special card for a special friend.
The Lovely Friends stamp set has 2 large sentiments then about 8 or 9 smaller ones – all in a graceful cursive script. The other stamps allow you to build up the beautiful flowers, using a two-step stamping technique. Continue reading
I had to take a step back from my blog over the few weeks, partly due to the preparations for my Stampin’ Getaway and also for a number of craft fairs I signed up to do. I know my readers have still been visiting me here and I thank you for your patience!
One person who shows enormous patience and support is my dear husband, he has been coming home to boxes stacked up, paper cutter taking up the dining room table, taking photos of everything for me, bits of paper and card on every surface in the house (amongst other things) and has never said a negative word. So it is right and proper that my first post is the card I made for his birthday earlier this month – yep I defiantly made time for that! Continue reading
We are in the last few days of summer – autumn starts on Friday. Living in North Texas I think that autumn is my favorite season of the year, when I lived in the UK I used to hate the autumn, the days were getting shorter, some days were warm but more often were damp and overcast needing a coat each time you stepped out of the door.
Here in N. Texas it starts to get a cooler but we still get lovely sunny days that don’t require you to bundle up to go outside, working in the garden without getting overheated and sticky after about 5 mins is another pleasure.
In celebration of autumn I have a card in lovely autumnal colors and beautiful leaves. Continue reading
I have been digging into the Petal Garden DSP Stack a lot recently – I just love all the different patterns and the beautiful combination of Pool Party and Calypso Coral – who would have thought these would go so well together.
The Beautiful Bouquet Stamp set is also another favorite – it has 37 pieces which includes the pieces to build a beautiful Bouquet or a single flower and 15 of the pieces are sentiments ranging from Happy Birthday , Congratulations, Happy Wedding Day ~ all in a lovely cursive script.
I could not decide which card to choose so here are two showcasing the DSP, stamp set and 1/8 sheer ribbon.
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