I came across a new to me card challenge: The Challenge whilst looking at the My Papercraft World blog where the incredibly talented Anita is the featured designer for this month. The inspiration photo is a knock-out and I knew I wanted to participate straight away. I focussed on those beautiful blooms with their vibrant pink petals and… Read More The Challenge #65 and Uniko challenge #30
Sneaking in a quick post tonight with another to come tomorrow – I have managed to find some crafting time this week! The cue word at CASology this week is “Adore” and I just had to use this cute stamp designed by Magda Polakow. I stamped the image first in Memento Tuxedo Black ink then masked… Read More CASology #182: Adore
First post of two this evening with this card which I would like to enter into 2 challenges – Addicted to CAS where the theme is ‘Oriental’, and Time Out Challenges where there is a surprise extra challenge with the theme ‘Double the Joy’ to celebrate the happy news from Uniko Studio‘s Bev who is now the proud… Read More Time Out: Double the Joy and Addicted to CAS: Oriental
A double whammy for me today. The challenge over at the Uniko blog is ‘Anything Goes’ and there is a gorgeous colour pallet at the Colour Throwdown Challenge: I have had the beautiful Deightful Doilies stamp set from Uniko for a while now but just haven’t had enough time to play. I was determined to… Read More Uniko Challenge 12 and Colour Throwdown 301
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
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
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
Hi there! There hasn’t been much action on my blog for the past two weeks as I have been on holiday – my husband and I have just returned from visiting family in Hong Kong. Typically, I managed to find some craft shops over there and have treated myself to some new goodies which I… Read More Uniko Studio Challenge
I have been thoroughly inspired by the gorgeous Uniko stamp sets I was given for Christmas. I have combined two stamp sets to create the following cards; Pure florals – Gerbera and Background Builders – Round in Circles. I love teaming these two stamp sets to create these graphic style cards and have tried several different colour … Read More Gorgeous Gerberas
The Christmas rush is over and I have a new excuse to head up to my craft room – “thank you” cards! I will be entering the below card into the Keep It Simple challenge. My husband gave me a fab new stamp set from Uniko Studio called Pure Florals: Gerbera. I used Distress Ink… Read More Time to say thank you
Poppaea Cards 