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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...
Christmas Rainbow Card for #GDP364
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 this Christmas Rainbow card, for the Global Design Project #GDP364. This week we have a CASE The Designer challenge. You may be wondering what CASE means, there are two common explanations- Copy And Share Everything/Copy And Selectively Edit. Today we are taking Copy And Selectively Edit. I have chosen to use the Trees For Sale and Penguin Place stamp set, plus...
A Simple Masculine Birthday Card for T4S Blog Hop
Hello and welcome to this month's Tech 4 Stampers Blog Hop. For October we have a theme of 'For The Men'. I always struggle with masculine makes and do not tend to purchase specifically masculine products unless they have something to do with cars. I do however have lots of gorgeous DSP (Designer Series Paper), and I am making a conscious effort to use more. DSP can be a fantastic way to create a wonderful card with very little effort. The DSP becomes the main focus and all you really need to...
Simple Halloween Card for #GDP363
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 this Simple Halloween card, for the Global Design Project #GDP363. This week we have a theme challenge. I'm not a huge Halloween crafter and do not buy supplies solely for Halloween. This card is created using the Cottage Wreaths Bundle and Gingham Cottage DSP (Designer Series Paper). Simple Halloween Card Cut a piece of Pumpkin Pie DSP, measuring 10cm x 14.4cm....
