I was inspired to make some more cards with my Painted Poppies suite. The DSP is so beautiful!! One of the cards was very simple! I used Blackberry Bliss as the base and added the DSP and stamped the sentiment ‘Life is better with a friend like you” in Blackberry Bliss and put it on […]
I was excited to see this set in the Mini Catalogue as I am a piano teacher. I made a series of cards inspired by some I found on Pinterest made by Dawn Olchefske. They use Real Red and Memento Black ink and the note cards and envelopes. This is simple stamping at its best!! […]
This set is in the Mini Catalogue and I decided to have a go with this one – a little outside my comfort zone! The medley includes papers, stamps, dies and Bee embellishments. One side of the paper is coloured and the other is black and white. The first cards I experimented with started with […]
The new Mini Catalogue has some wonderful stamp sets in it, but I immediately fell in love with the Peaceful Poppies suite when I saw it OnStage. Last week I had a friend over who is new to card making and we decided to play with Peaceful Poppies. we used the DSP as the main […]
This month the Blog challenge was to use the colours Lovely Lipstick, Granny Apple Green and Night of Navy as the main card colours. We could use Whisper White or Basic Black as well. I ended up making three very different cards! Most of my inspiration comes early in the morning when I waken up. […]
I recently bought this stamp set ‘Beautiful Friendship’, as I was inspired by some cards I found on Pinterest and could see lots of possibilities. These cards are all #simple stamping that I created for a customer. The hydrangea is a distINKtive stamp and looks so effective. I used Highland Heather, Lovely Lipstick and Granny […]
Two and a half weeks ago I had a nasty fall and needed an elbow replacement as well as facial reconstruction. The main fall out has been blurred vision and being one handed!! So being part of the blog this month has been a little bit of a challenge for me, but a challenge that […]
The challenge for this month’s blog was to use Holiday Catalogue products. I fell in love with the ‘Most Wonderful Time’ product medley when I saw it. I loved the DSP. The medley comes with stamps, paper, dies and accessories for making multiple cards. I have started working on some cards, using Old […]
On the weekend I was at Stamp Camp and one of our challenges was to use ‘Brightly gleaming’ DSP to create a Christmas card or 3D item. I decided to use the Mini Curvy Keepsakes Box Dies to make some boxes from the DSP. I cut the DSP into strips and ran it through the […]
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 […]