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P.S. I Love You for #GDP275
Hello and welcome. This weeks Global Design Project #GDP275 is the theme - Love. You can use any products and let your creativity run wild, within the guidelines. I do not have any specific love stamp sets, but I do have the 'Playful Pets DSP' (Designer Series Paper). This paper has lots of hearts, as well as the cats and dogs. The black and white, with the splash of 'Real Red', gives a very typical love feel. P.S. I Love You Dog Card Cut an A6 card base from 'Real Red' card stock, measuring...
Stamptastic Friends January Blog Hop – Love/Hugs
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL Hello and welcome to this months Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop. This months theme is Love/Hugs and I think we all need and deserve a bit of both right now. Wow! it is January 2021 and we are in lockdown again. I do hope that you enjoyed Christmas in the best way you could. It was lovely here, as I got to stay home for Christmas day, I am usually working, and we played games, watched Christmas movies and ate way too much. Blog Theme - Love/Hugs For our first blog hop of...
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...
