A new challenge for me today – Merry Monday Christmas Challenge – what a brilliant idea! Wish I had discovered this blog at the beginning of the year so I don’t experience the usual mad rush at Christmas to get all of my cards made, written and posted in time! The theme for this week’s… Read More Merry Monday #117
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 have recently started following the incredibly talented Anita from My Papercraft World. This week she has been chosen as a guest designer for the Addicted to CAS challenge blog, which I had not come across before. Anita’s card is incredible and thoroughly inspired me to take part in the challenge. The code word for challenge… Read More Addicted to CAS #36
Yay! A computer malfunction (blue screen of death) has meant I have had to write the last few posts on an Ipad. This was incredibly hard to do and I am sure it is not just the fact that I am a technophobe that caused this… the process was totally unintuitive. I have finally treated myself to… Read More Uniko Studio Challenge #8
Today’s card is for The Muse Challenge, using this fab card by Jacquie Southas: I was reminded of a stamp by Kanban which has intertwined stems. I wanted to incorporate the colour scheme and first off tried colouring in the image but I could not make it work at all, so then I switched to… Read More Muse Challenge #61
Teal and red has to be one of my favourite colour combinations so I was thrilled when I saw that the inspiration card for this week’s Muse Challenge card was this amazing card by Vicki Dutcher: I love the vibrant colours, the chevrons and the butterfly so wanted to use these in my card. I… Read More Muse Challenge #57
I am on a roll now, 2 more cards to add to the mix. This card was inspired by a video for Hero Arts, created by Shari Carrol. This video is amazing, it is what inspired me to buy my Silhouette in the first place. The technique is pretty simple, just cut out the snowflake… Read More More Christmas cards
I have got to that age now where alot of my friends have begun to start their families. That means lots of new baby cards on the horizon. I have always struggled to make baby cards, seemingly always coming up with something pastel and generic. I recently saw a fab technique in Craft Stamper magazine… Read More Babies, babies, babies…
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
I have just received some Cosmic Shimmer Mists which I have been wanting to play with for a while now. Here is my first attempt… The stamp is called Cling Peacock Points from Stampendous. I heat embossed the image and then distressed the background with Peacock Feathers Distress Ink. I then sprayed over the top using Peacock Green… Read More New toys to play with
Poppaea Cards 