The challenge this month was to use three of the new colours to design a project. My three assigned colours were Pretty Peacock, Rococo Rose and Seaside Spray I also used the beautiful new Perennial Essence DSP for my cards. For the first card, the base was Pretty Peacock. I then attached a piece of […]
As I looked at my retiring stamp sets, I decided that I had not used ‘Needle and Thread’ enough!! This is such a pretty set and I don’t think I have even begun to explore the breadth of possibilities for its use!! The ‘Needlepoint Nook’ Suite caught my eye when I saw it demonstrated at […]
As I prepare to head off to Sharon’s first Stamp Camp this weekend, I realised that my card had to be up on Sunday so, in the midst of a busy week, I decided to do a very simple card. The brief this time was a sketch and I decided to do some very simple […]
I was a little concerned about signing up for this blog as I was unsure what I should do and was struggling to get inspiration!! As I thought about the brief – using three of the ribbon colours, basic black and whisper white, I remembered this beautiful Botanical Butterfly DSP. This sheet is so […]
I bought this after seeing it demonstrated at OnStage in Melbourne. I am an avid embroiderer and love making all sorts of handcrafts so it appealed to me. The Needlepoint Nook DSP looks like it is 3D. The dies are beautiful. Some of them have a lovely stitched look like the one I used this […]
I have had this paper for some time and it is in the Annual Catalogue. It is very delicate and beautiful. Again I used the Botanical Butterfly DSP for the butterflies. Some were punched out using the Butterfly Punch and some were fussy cut. I placed the laser-cut paper on Soft Sea Foam cardstock with […]
This was another technique that I used in a workshop with Marelle Taylor. I used some Silver Foil and gently swiped the Basic Black inked over it. Once it was dry, I used a butterfly embossing folder – not SU – to emboss the foil. I then used some Versamark ink to lightly rub some […]
A few months ago I attended a workshop on the Black Ice technique with Marelle Taylor and have been keen to try it again. In the meantime I have been looking on Pinterest for inspiration and ideas. Thanks to Melissa’s Crafting Treehouse I was inspired to try this one. The card is created on Silver […]
Happy Australia Day to all my friends!! Maybe I should say ‘Hoppy Australia Day!’ Having used ‘Lilypad Lake’ for my blog yesterday, I had an idea for using the ‘So Hoppy Together’ set for my next card and combining it with Lakeside Framelit Dies and the lily pad from ‘Lilypad Lake’. The ‘So Hoppy Together’ […]
I have had this set for quite some time but have never used it. I think it was a Prize Patrol gift at On Stage. The results of my card making were exciting and I want to try a few different techniques. I went on Pinterest to try and get some inspiration for using it […]