We are just coming to the end of exam season here in the UK and our eldest grand-daughter is in the final days of some key exams. She is a bright cookie but sometimes doubts her own abilities so when the exams started back in early May I made and sent her this card to let her know she was in our thoughts.
Continue readingThis month the theme of the challenge is a project with a window. I used this as a chance to do a simple triple fold card which was perfect for my window 🙂
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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!!
Continue readingFor 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, pretty June Blossoms.
Continue readingWelcome 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!!
Continue readingFor 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, Beautiful Hummingbird Moments to Cherish in May
Continue readingThe theme this month is a monochrome color challenge, so with my still very limited supplies I chose shades of green for my card this month. I used a very simple ‘Lazy Z’ fold and chose an inspirational theme.
When the Sentimental Christmas Decorative Paper Pack was released in September I ordered it – of course I did I always order the pretty papers! It has lots of pretty Christmas themed papers (as you would expect) but there was one that struck me would work for a birthday card or inspirational card which is todays featured card, of course you could always put a Christmas greeting on it as well 🙂
Continue readingToday I have decided to use some easy and effective techniques to create my card, focusing on Stamps, Ink & Paper (otherwise known as a SIP card 🙂 ) With all the wonderful tools that we have it is easy to overlook the effectiveness of these ‘ingredients’ with just a little sparkly ribbon added.
Continue readingHeat embossing is a favorite technique of mine and the Artful Amaryllis Stamp set has stamps that really worked well allowing me to add a heat embossed outline to my flower. I used it to create today’s offset gatefold card with and inspirational message.
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