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YAY Confetti for #GDP274
Happy New Year! This weeks Global Design Project #GDP274 is a sketch challenge. They give you a layout to recreate, using any supplies you wish. This gives endless possibilities to your creative instinct. I love to create an ombre background, using brayers and blending brushes, but not everyone does. I want to show you that this is possible with the new 'Oh So Ombre DSP' (Designer Series Paper). This is available Free during Sale-A-Bration. YAY Confetti Card #GDP274 Cut a piece of 'Bermuda...
Snowman Season for #GDP271
This weeks Global Design Project #GDP271 is a theme challenge - Winter/Holidays and what jumps to mind is a Snowman. Whether they be small and round or tall and slim, a snowman are always jolly. The 'Snowman Season' stamp set has a wonderful variety of happy snowmen images. Juggling Snowman For this card I wanted to recreate a background that I had seen done by the very talented Emma Goddard - The Coastal Crafter, using 'Embossing Paste'. I love the way it adds texture and that its reminds me...
Christmas Jar Shaker Card #GDP269
Hello and welcome to my blog. I am so glad you could stop by. This weeks Global Design Project is a colour challenge and they have chosen three wonderful colours for us, 'Real Red', 'Just Jade' and 'Garden Green'. These just scream Christmas to me and as I have not finished making my Christmas cards yet, this is the perfect opportunity to create something for those that receive a 'Special' card from me. Christmas Jar Shaker Card Every year, for Christmas, I have a vase which I fill with...
#GDP268 Global Design Project
Hello and welcome. I am so glad that you have dropped by. I would like to share with you a card I have made for the Global Design Project #GDP268. This weeks theme is CASE the designer. After much pondering and looking through stamp sets, I have decided to use the 'Birds & Branches' stamp set and coordinating 'Birds & More' dies. I wanted to follow Charlet's design by using black and white with an accent colour. For this I am going to use 'Coastal Cabana', it is one of my favourite...
Stamptastic Friends November Blog Hop – Non Traditional Christmas Colour Challenge
Hello and welcome to this months Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop. For November we have a Non Traditional Christmas Colour Challenge. I am really excited by this theme, as I love to try things new and push myself to think outside the box. We all tend to do the tradition red and green or icey, whites and silvers, for Christmas and to do something else can be a challenge. I have been inspired by all the rainbows that have been about lately and thought about doing a rainbow Christmas tree, but I...
Global Design Challenge #266 Sketch Challenge #GDP266
Hello and welcome my blog. Today I would like to share with you a project I have made for the Global Design Project #GDP266. This weeks theme is a Card Sketch. For this challenge I wanted to use the 'Zany Zebras' stamp set and felt that combining the 'Playing with Patterns' Designer Series Paper (DSP) would make a fun card, because of the wonderful patterns and colours. Zany Zebras Playing with Patterns #GDP266 Cut an A6 cardbase, measuring 10.5cm x 14.9cm, from 'Coastal Cabana' cardstock and...
Stamptastic Friends September Blog Hop – Autumn
Hello and welcome to this months Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop. This months theme is Autumn and what a lovely theme it is. I love Autumn and all the warm colours it brings to mind. I can not believe that we are more than half way through September already. The Summer is over, Autumn is here and our daughter is back at school. Year 10 and GCSE work is in full swing. Autumn Drybrush Card For my project I want to share a card, featuring a colour combination, that just screams Autumn to me. It uses...
Monochrome Heat Embossed Card – #GDP255
Hello and welcome to this weeks blog, where I will be sharing with you a Monochrome Heat Embossed card, for the Global Design Project #gdp255. The theme this week is trees - leaves. I knew I wanted to do something different and not the obvious greens and browns. I have recently seen a card that has a monochrome background, which really stood out and I thought I would try something similar. Monochrome Heat Embossed Card Cut a piece of 'Basic Black' cardstock, measuring 10cm x 14.4cm. Stamp...
