The Card Concept Challenge this week is to create a Wedding card. For me, one of the best parts of a wedding is the confetti part – friends and family coming together in one moment to shower the newly married couple with love and congratulations. I used this as my inspiration to create my card.… Read More The Card Concept #16
The new challenge over at Time Out Challenge is a photo inspiration with a ‘home, sweet home’ theme. There is so much to inspire in this photo but I was drawn to the mix of prints and the bold use of colour. I combined a couple of stamp sets to create the striped section –… Read More Time Out Challenge #10
This week’s challenge at The Card Concept is a colour challenge, using red, teal, white and black: Teal and red is one of my favourite colour combinations, as demonstrated in this post here. Because of the great colour contrast I wanted to try to create a card with a more graphic style.… Read More The Card Concept Challenge #14
A quick card today, just in time to enter the CASology challenge for this week with the cue word: Float. I used the single feather stamp from the Stampendous set, Jumbo Peacock. I then used Distress Inks in Peacock Feathers and Mowed Lawn, as well as Perfect Pearls in gold mixed with water to make… Read More CASology week 102: Float
I can’t believe it has been a month since I last posted. Life has just kind of caught up with me with work being incredibly busy, a sneaky holiday to France and my sporting obsession coming to the fore with both the World Cup and Wimbledon to contend with. I have still kept up with… Read More Muse Challenge #74
My lovely Easter break is coming to an end – we have had a great weekend seeing friends and family and I have even managed to squeeze in a little crafting time (of course!). The challenge over at Time Out this week is to create a birthday card with the optional twist of making a… Read More Time Out Challenge #3
This card is to be my first entry into the Muse Challenge Blog, inspired by the card below by Lisa Haines. Three things struck me when I saw Lisa’s card; purple, polka dots and scallops, so I decided to incorporate these into my card. I used Uniko Studio’s Background Builders: Round in Circles to create the… Read More Muse Challenge #56
Hi there! You know when you get an idea in your head but you have no idea how to make it happen? Well this card is the result of many, many attempts – trying different techniques, papers and inks to try to achieve a project I became mildly obsessed with. After returning home from Hong… Read More The Card Concept 4
I was really pleased to see the theme for this uniko challenge – Distressed or Vintage. I love the distress look and this used to be my go-to style. When it came to it though I really struggled and was unable to come up with anything I was happy with. I was determined to come up… Read More Uniko Studio Challenge #7
Hi there! So another challenge for the Card Concept… This time the theme is monochromatic pink. If I am honest I really struggled with this to start out with and I have several efforts that have all finished up in the bin. The card I have come up with was also my valentine’s card to my… Read More The Card Concept Challenge #3
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