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How to create a Sweet Treats Pop Up card
Hello and welcome to this months Tech 4 Stampers Academy Blog Hop. This months theme is Sweet Treats and I just had to use the 'Sweet Talk' suite. This suite is adorable, great for valentines or that special someone, but also for birthdays and kids. I wanted to make a fun card, suitable for a BFF. As a child I used to love Pop Up books and was amazed by the characters and images that seemed to jump out of the page. Today, I have recreated that joy in a card and hope that you too give it a go....
Mini Jam Jar To A Sweet Friend #GDP331
Today I would like to share with you a Mini Jam Jar, that I have decorated for the Global Design Project #GDP331. This week we have been given the theme: Dots & Circles. This allows use to allow our creativity to go wild and interpret as we wish. My Mini Jam Jar Cut two strips of coordinating DSP (Designer Series Paper), measuring 3cm x 16.5cm and 2.5cm x 16.5cm. Using 'Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive', place the thinner strip in the middle of the thicker strip. Place 'Stampin' Seal+' onto...
Blended Background For A Hello There Card
Hello and welcome to this months Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop. This month we have been given a theme of Animals, leaving us free to interpret this however we like. Mention the word animals and I start thinking of sheep! Big, small, white, black. Any sort of sheep! I adore them, so of cause, for this theme I am using a sheep. To be precise a ram, but its still a sheep. The 'Peekaboo Farm' stamp set has five super cute animal stamps, that can be placed to peer over the wall image. This set was a...
Creating a Sunrise for New Beginnings
Hello and welcome. Today I am sharing how to create a sunrise, for the Tech 4 Stampers February Blog Hop. Our theme this month is New Beginnings. When I first saw this theme I thought about babies and new born animals, then I thought a while longer and the beginning of new day with the sunrise came to mind. I love creating backgrounds and sunsets, plus sunrises are so beautiful. Sunrise for New Beginnings Using 'Daffodil Delight', 'Calypso Coral', 'Polished Pink', 'Misty Moonlight' ink and...
Simple Thanks Card for #GDP329
Hello and welcome. Today I would like to share a 'Simple Thanks' card, designed for the Global Design Project. This week we have been given a colour combo. This allows us to use any products we choose, so long as we incorporate the given colours. I have chosen to use the 'Amazing Silhouettes Bundle'. The stamp set gives you three beautiful silhouette images and the coordinating dies allow for four layered words. A Simple Thanks Card Trim a piece of 'Basic White' cardstock to 7.5cm x 13.9cm....
A Perfect Birthday Colour Wash For #GDP328
Hello and welcome. Today I am sharing a birthday card with a Colour Wash background, for the Global Design Project #GDP328. This week its CASE the designer. CASE can have a couple of meanings, Copy And Share Everything or Copy And Selectively Edit. For GDP we use the later. Colour Wash Background Trim a piece of 'Shimmery White' cardstock to 9.5 cm x 13.9 cm. Create a colour wash using 'Fresh Freesia' ink and the widest 'Water Painter' from the set of three. Dry using your 'Heat Tool' or allow...
Back to Nature with Stamptastic Friends
Hello and welcome to Novembers Stamptastic Friends blog hop. This month we are bringing you all things Nature. Whether you found me direct or hopped over from a fellow demonstrator, I am so glad you have joined me. When I first saw that our theme this month was Nature, I initially thought of animals and was worried about what stamp set I had that I could use. Then I started thinking of colours and came up with soft natural colours, like 'Crumb Cake', 'Sahara Sand' and 'Old Olive'. From there I...
Whimsical Christmas Pillow Boxes
Tech 4 Stampers Academy November Blog Hop - Anything But A Card Hello and welcome. For todays blog post I am joining the Tech 4 Stampers Blog Hop, with a theme of Anything But A Card! With Christmas being just around the corner, I want to share with you some gift packaging. These Whimsical Christmas Pillow boxes are so cute and really simple to create. Below I will show you how to recreate just one of my creations, but all where created along the same lines. Whimsical Christmas Pillow Boxes...
