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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...
Simple Happy Halloween Card
A Simple Halloween Card using 'Sparkle of the Season Bundle' Hello and welcome to this months Tech 4 Stampers Blog Hop. Today we bring you Seasonal Fun - Autumnal or Christmas. I have chosen to share with you a simple Halloween card, using the 'Sparkle of the Season Bundle'. This bundle is a stamp set and dies bundle, available from the July - December 2021 mini catalogue. This bundle would be perfect for Autumn and Winter, as well as Halloween and Christmas. I do not tend to craft for...
Saturday Night Fever With Counting Sheep. Sale-A-Bration Stamp Set
September 2021 Blog Hop - Sale-A-Bration Counting Sheep Stamp set Hello and thank you for hopping by. I can not believe we are in September already. Kids are back at school and life is getting back to normal. I have been missing for quite a while, due to circumstances, but that is life and I am back! I have so missed crafting and sharing my makes with you all. For this months Blog Hop, we have been given the theme - Sale-A Bration. Allowing us to showcase any of the offers from our current...
2021-2023 In-colour Customer Thank You Cards
Hello and welcome to Mays Tech 4 Stampers Academy Blog Hop - Theme 2021-2023 In-colour + Bonus Theme - Florals. I know it has been a while but thank you for revisiting. Life has been crazy, due to my day job returning after lockdown. I am a chef at a local pub and it has been all hands on deck. Fortunately, things have started to quieten down and I can back to doing what I love, sharing my creations with you all. This years new In-colours are beautiful and work so well together, as well as...
You’re So Cool for Tech 4 Stampers Academy Blog Hop
Hello and welcome to the second Tech 4 Stampers Academy Blog Hop. Weather you have hopped on by from a fellow demonstrator, or started here with me, I am glad you have stopped by. Our theme this month is a sketch, designed by our fantastic Sara at Kiss Kreative. I love a good sketch and this one is such fun. We are able to use any products to interpret this as we feel. I have chosen to use the 'Ice Cream Corner Suite', from the January - June 2021 catalogue. This is such a bright, fun suite...
A Rainbow of Butterflies for Mother’s Day
Hello and welcome. For todays post, I am joining the Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop and we have a theme - Mothers. I know here in the UK Mother's Day was March, but it is still to come for the US. As the Stampin' Dreams is based in the US, we are ahead. For this theme, I would like to share with you a Rainbow of Butterflies for Mother's Day card. I adore the 'Butterfly Gala' stamp set and coordinating 'Butterfly Duet Punch'. The variety of images is beautiful and fit with a multitude of styles for...
