Smush technique – Delicate Pines. The smush technique is a way of adding colour to a background. For this technique, you simply need an ink pad, or Stampin’ Write marker pen to scribble ink or pick up ink on an acrylic block, spritz it with water and then smush the block onto your paper to […]
Christmas words hybrid embossing folder
Christmas words hybrid embossing folder. It’s exactly as described. Welcome to week 9 of 12 in my Christmas Countdown Series. This will probably be my last card as I turn my attention to gift packaging and other Christmas type projects. I wanted to introduce you to the Christmas words hybrid embossing folder. It has a […]
Landscape autumnal card
Landscape autumnal card. The Autumn Toile suite is beautiful. I am using the Amber Autumn bundle part of the suite to create today’s card. It was a great opportunity to use Very Vanilla, because the background of this paper is Very Vanilla too. Today’s card’s inspiration was from the sample in the mini catalogue, but […]
November online exclusives
November online exclusives. So much is happening with the run up to Thanksgiving, Christmas, moving house and having to plan ahead for all eventualities. Our move was delayed and I wasn’t sure when we’d have internet installed at our new home. At time of writing we’d just missed our exchange date which was delayed till […]
Gift of Joy cards
Gift of Joy cards. We’re in week 8 of 12 in my 12 week Christmas Countdown Series. I decided not to do an Advent Calendar this year because we are relocating and moving up north to West Yorkshire to be closer to family. In fact I’ve had to work 3 months (at time of writing, […]
One Sheet Wonder Part 2 – Autumn Toile
One Sheet Wonder Part 2 – Autumn Toile. Ready for part 2? Today, we will look at Cards 4 to 6. I will be replicating the cutting guide and card templates for easy reference. Cards 4, 5 & 6 Additional items in part 2 is the So Swirly Embossing folder. I departed from what was […]
One Sheet Wonder Part 1- Autumn Toile
One Sheet Wonder – Autumn Toile. Oh my goodness! I can’t believe we’re already into November and Autumn is definitely here! One Sheet Wonder is a technique of cutting up a sheet of patterned paper and maximising its use on cards without any wastage. I’ve often used this technique on 6″x 6″ (15.2 x 15.2 […]
Joyful Tidings Christmas card and Halloween Greetings
Joyful Tidings Christmas card and Halloween Greetings. We’re across the half way mark in Week 7 of 12 in my Christmas Countdown Series and it also happens to be Halloween today. So we have Christmas as well as Halloween in today’s post. Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without a wreath of two. The stamp set is […]