It”s been a long old week for me, especially when you’re performing under par nursing a horrid cold. Happily, I think I’ve turned a corner and back to full strength next week! Best crack on with today’s offering! You Brighten My Day is one of the Sale-A-Bration stamp sets and the house image actually co-ordinates […]
Author Archives: Elaine Harding
Cool butterflies!
Whether you’re a seasoned user of the Big Shot, or a newbie, there are always neat ways to find a fool-proof way of cutting part of the die. Here’s a neat trick to stop you cutting too far, or not cutting far enough! Enjoy! Share this… Facebook Twitter Pinterest
Metamorphosis!
What’s that got to do with card making I hear you cry! Well I’ve been playing with the Butterfly Basics set, and you can’t have it without the matching Framelits, so Stampin’ Up! bundled them together to save you 15% ! It’s an enormous set, mine is wood mount, so it came in two boxes! […]
It’s All About the Ink – Bokeh
This is the final card using the Bokeh technique, but done entirely through the use of masks and four shades of blue ink as well as Whisper White ink. We started sponge daubing with the lightest shade first, and got progressively darker. The Whisper White ink was added last. We then used the Decorative […]
SAB Choices!
It seems such a long time ago since I came into contact with the video camcorder and I’ve had to adjust to new surroundings in my new craft studio to shoot the first footage in 2015. I must say it feels good not having to borrow space from a corner of the living room […]
Sheltering Tree meets Lotus Blossom
Hi everyone! I’m back! Seems I’ve been away forever especially since Sale-A-Bration goodies and all the toys in the Spring/Summer catalogue have been beckoning! Here’s a different take on the Sale-A-Bration Lotus Blossom stamp set which is one of the freebies you can get with a £45 spend before shipping and handling. I’ve combined it […]
More Bokeh
Following on from my previous post, here is the second card we made. Instead of applying colour with the brayer, we sponged the entire background in Cherry Cobbler to the intensity we wanted and created the Bokeh effect using the masking template I’d made previously. The stamp set is called You Plus Me and can […]
Bokeh
Bokeh (pronounced Boh-kay, sometimes pronounced as Boh-ker by the Japanese) is a term used for the aesthetic qualities of the blur produced in the “out-of-focus” parts of an image a camera lens produces when it renders “out-of-focus” points of light. This is the latest trend to hit paper crafting. I taught this in my […]