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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,...
Personalised Get Well Card For Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop
Hello and welcome to this month's Stamptastic Friends Blog, where our theme is Personalised. Most people think that to be personalised, it must have a person's name. This is so not true. You can personalise by using the favourite colour or flower, with a theme of a sport they play or a hobby they enjoy. It can be as specific or broad as you wish. My card today is for a special friend who is feeling a little under the weather. I have personalised by adding a cat, which I have coloured to...
Watercolour Flowers Birthday Card for #GDP365
Hello, thank you for stopping by and allowing me to inspire you to get creative! Today I would like to share with you how I created these Watercolour Flowers, for the Global Design Project #GDP365. This week we have a colour challenge. We all have our favorite and go to colours, those we gravitate to without thinking. Using a given colour combination allows us to work with colours that we might not normally choose. I am not a lover of Petal Pink, for me to is too peachy and not a colour I use...
Christmas Card For Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop
Hello and welcome to this month's Stamptastic Friends Blog, where our theme is Christmas. Who doesn't like crafting for Christmas. It's one of the times we can let our crafty hair down and go all out! Full on sparkle and shine! Whether you choose traditional reds and greens or a modern pink and black colour scheme, it really doesn't matter at all. That being said, my card today has the traditional red with the modern black and a little sparkle. Christmas Card For my card I have chosen to use a...
