For this card, I started off with one idea but then lost concentration so it ended up something else! I knew I wanted to do white on black, rather than black on white so cut myself a panel measuring 5 and a half by 4 and a quarter inches. I picked a leaf stamp out… Continue reading Black & White, Torn Paper, Pattern Only
For this card as it was going to be Clean & Simple I decided I didn’t want to take long on it. I mean, that’s the point… So I picked the nearest coloured panel I could find which was some kraft cardstock (I seem to be using that a lot lately) and then picked up… Continue reading Coloured Panel, CAS, Floral
For this card I completely had this planned in my head what I was going to do with the card but then I made a boo-boo and had to modify the card to fix my mistakes! (yes, that’s plural – I am a clumsy crafter) First I knew I wanted to make a circular shaped… Continue reading Tropical, Circles & Metallic
This kind of worked out well because my work colleague has just told us he’s getting married in a couple of weeks (after being engaged for MANY years!) so I needed a wedding card and white on white is kind of traditional so I had a couple of ideas for this. I have a stencil… Continue reading White on White, Texture & Night Sky
Using what I’m now going to call my ‘Inspiration Generator’, I got the above 3 options. I was at a bit of a loss with the ‘stamping only’ onto kraft card as the colours are always really muted and dull so I searched in YouTube for ‘kraft cardstock’ and lo and behold Jennifer McGuire had… Continue reading Masculine, Kraft Cardstock & Stamping Only
I don’t know about anyone else but I have got to a point where I struggle for ideas despite having a gazillion products. If anything the gazillion products hinders my crafting because there’s too much choice and it gets overwhelming! So I decided two things this year; 1) don’t buy things I don’t need –… Continue reading Getting Out of a Crafty Rut
I don’t know about anyone else (well actually, I’m not having it that this doesn’t happen to every crafter) but I have LOADS of half-finished projects; there’s folders with random die-cuts, backgrounds, shapes, sentiment strips, sentiment die-cuts… Basically I’ve got bits of cards that I’ve started but then for some reason changed my mind. I… Continue reading Use your Scraps!
I made two cards for two different challenges; the first is for Simon Says Stamp ‘Whatever the Weather’ challenge. I stamped the little umbrellas and raindrops using the Lawn Fawn ‘Plus One’ stamp set. I coloured the umbrellas using Promarkers and a Gelly Roll Stardust pen. I used a Wink of Stella pen to lightly… Continue reading Card Challenge
I’ve been quite busy lately but have managed to get a few cards made. The following two cards were made with the challenge “It’s Raining Cats & Dogs” from My Time to Craft in mind. The first card I made, I stamped the cute pug from the Newton’s Nook ‘Pug Hugs’ set along with the… Continue reading Card Challenge
Happy Valentine’s Day! I got some lovely flowers off my boyfriend this morning and our nice Valentine’s meal is cooking as I type. I was going to make something special for us but it’s been a long day and Marks & Spencers were doing a ‘Dine in for £20’ deal that was too good to… Continue reading Valentine’s Day
