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A Simple Monochrome Card For #GDP334
Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I would like to share with you a Simple Monochrome card, that I have created for the Global Design Project. This week we have been given a sketch/layout to use and interpret as we wish. For this project I have chosen to create a simple monochrome card, using the Daisy Lane stamp set and coordinating Daisy punch. A Simple Monochrome Card Trim a piece of Basic White cardstock to 9cm x 12cm. Using the smaller of the two daisy images, stamp randomly in the...
Watercolour Foliage For #GDP333
Hello and welcome. Today I would like to share with you a card I created for the Global Design Project #GDP333. This week is a colour challenge, using Mint Macaron, Garden Green and Balmy Blue. When I first saw this colour combo, I was not struck with inspiration. These are not colours I would normally put together. I skimmed my stamp sets, keeping these colours in mind, and came across Forever Fern. A favourite of mine for foliage, which covers the Mint Macaron and Garden Green, but I was...
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...
