The challenge this month was to use up to five colours – Grapefruit Grove, Mint Macaron, Sahara Sand, Balmy Blue and Basic Grey. I have actually come up with two very different cards – both totally out of my comfort zone! I usually like my cards to have dimension – whether it is diamantés or die […]
This month we were given the challenge of making a card based on a sketch. I decided to use the ‘It’s starts with Art’ bundle for this. The colours were a little outside my comfort zone, but there is nothing like stretching yourself!!! I used Calypso Coral as the base and added some of the […]
I have been teaching piano for many, many years and one of the most difficult things is saying goodbye to students whom you have taught for 13+ years. You get to know them as they mature over the years and follow their challenges through their schooling. One of my students has just finished up and […]
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 […]