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Simple Layout Using Day At The Farm DSP for #GDP378
Hello, thank you for stopping by and allowing me to inspire you to get creative! Today I would like to share with you a simple layout for Global Design Project #GDP378. This week we have a sketch challenge. Simple Layout Create an A6 card base, measuring 10.5cm x 14.9cm, using Old Olive cardstock. Cut a piece of Day At The Farm DSP (Designer Series Paper), measuring 9cm x 13.4cm, and adhere to your card front. Trim a contrasting strip of DSP, measuring 1.5cm x 14.3cm, and adhere to your card...
New Home Shaker Card For Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop
Hello and welcome to Januarys Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop. This month we have the theme - Something New. New products, new baby, new home, in fact anything new goes. A theme allows you to interpret it as you wish, this gives us lots of variation for inspiration. I have chosen to create a New Home card using the Warm Welcome bundle. The Warm Welcome stamp set contains both images and sentiments. The Warm Welcome Dies coordinate with the images and have lots of extras. Creating a New Home...
Easy To Love Valentines Card for T4S Blog Hop
Happy New Year and welcome to the first Tech 4 Stampers Blog Hop of 2023. I hope you have had a wonderful Christmas holiday, if you celebrate, and a fabulous New Year! I can't believe we are into another year again; they certainly seem to come round faster the older I get. For January we have a theme of 'Love'. Love for everything and anything. I have chosen to create a Valentines card ready for next month. Easy To Love Valentines Card Trim a piece of DSP (Designer Series Paper) measuring 8cm...
Embossed Background Celebration Card for #GDP375
Hello, thank you for stopping by and allowing me to inspire you to get creative! Today I would like to share with you how a embossed background can add that wow factor, full of texture. I created this card for the Global Design Project #GDP375. This week we have a theme challenge. Being given a theme allows you to interpret as you wish and let your imagination run wild. The party theme can be shown in so many ways, I have chosen to take it literally and created a partying owl, with a sparkling...
Mini Album Class
Have you ever thought about making a Mini Album? Have lots of photos that you not sure what to do with or wanted to attend an album making class, but leaving the house is not easy? I have you covered! My first online, Mini Album class could be just what you need. This beautiful mini album has lots of space for those precious photos and fun pull outs, flaps, and pockets. Give it as a gift or keep for yourself, I am sure that once you have finished, it will be hard to part with. Online Mini...
Blended Peekaboo Sunrise For Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop
Hello and welcome to Decembers Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop. This month we have a sketch challenge, and Carrie of The Inky Nook has given us a fabulous sketch. Thank you, Carrie. My card today uses the Adorable Owls stamp set, which will be available as a free product during Sale a-bration. 5th January to 28th February 2023. I have created a peekaboo aperture to show a blended background, giving the impression of a sunrise/sunset. The super cute owl is sat amongst flowers and foliage, as if...
Celebrate A Birthday Card for T4S Blog Hop
Hello and welcome to this month's Tech 4 Stampers Blog Hop. For November we have a theme of 'Celebrate'. As card makers we tend to celebrate any occasion, but more than any other, it must be birthdays that we celebrate the most. I love to send a little bit of happy mail for someone's birthday! The opportunity to craft with a specific person in mind, gets me to think creatively. Whether it's using a person's favourite flower, colour or matching the overall look to them, it is great fun....
Embossing Vellum for #GDP370
Hello, thank you for stopping by and allowing me to inspire you to get creative! Today I would like to share with you how embossing vellum can give you a beautiful effect, full of texture. I created this card for the Global Design Project #GDP370. This week we have a card sketch and as I have said in a previous post, I love a sketch challenge. Not only is my card based on the sketch above, but it is also inspired by a card created by Mikaela Titheridge - The Crafty oINK Pen. Using the smaller,...
