It was my 5 year anniversary this weekend with my husband. I decided to surprise him with an evening reminiscent of how we got together – think camping and barbecues. I made homemade lemonade and burgers (which I made him cook!) then gave him his gift and card. I think he was impressed with all… Read More Anniversary gifts
Another quick and simple card today. This card was created by masking off an area on the cardbase and using Distress Inks in Salty Ocean and Picked Raspberry to create a colour wash. I used Versafine Ink in Onyx black to get great definition on the butterfly and flower stamps – my new favourite ink.
A little bit of paper piecing this time around using another free stamp from Get Stamping magazine. I first stamped the balloon image and clouds onto the card base, then masked them off. I used Tumbled Glass Distress Ink to add the background, taking care to keep the edges really soft so that it looks… Read More Up up and away
I have recently been looking into making my own stationary and have created a some notebooks from scratch. The end results are really satisfying and it is really easy to do. I shall definitely be making more of these – possible gift solutions for the future. I cut some A4 plain paper into quarters and bound with… Read More Home made note book
My husband and I were invited to a wedding this weekend and I left it until the last minute to make the card! I didn’t have anything specific in mind but I had an idea of the colours I wanted to use and it came together quite quickly. I wish I had planned it though – some… Read More Wedding card
This card makes me smile! I created the background using one tiny stamp which was intended to be the trunk of a Christmas tree – sometimes it is easy to overlook the smaller elements of a stamp set but they can be great little extras or used repeatedly to make unique backgrounds. I used a stamp… Read More One Tiny Little Stamp…
I have been so busy with work recently that my free time has been limited. I have tried to squeeze in some crafting where I can but I have had to do things a little differently in order to make sure I could complete some cards. For this first card I used Memento inks and… Read More Quick and Simple Cards
A couple of cards for you today. I came across a new magazine today, ‘Get Stamping’, and thought I would treat myself as it came with some very useful stamps. I am unable to link to this at the moment as I cannot find it listed, but will update the blog as soon as possible. Here… Read More Double Trouble!
I have lots of occasions for cards coming up this month so I will be kept very busy on my days off! First up, a birthday card for my Mother in Law. This card was made using masking techniques along with some good old fashioned trial and error. First I stamped the Daisy Stamp Trio stamp… Read More Daisy Card
My lovely husband took me to Paris for my birthday and whilst we were exploring this beautiful city we came across a very chic papercraft shop, L’Art du Papier. I couldn’t resist treating myself to some goodies, one of which was my new feather woodblock stamp: The background is tone on tone Victorian Velvet Distress… Read More Paris in the spring time
Poppaea Cards 