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 […]
Lovely Lace Thank Yous
Officially I am still on leave with my hubby and trying to have a well earned rest even though we aren’t jetting off to warmer climes. Re-modelling rooms, even it isn’t structural is time consuming and disruptive and has spanned over several months. Essentially, we were doing up 4 rooms, but they had to […]
A DOUBLE WHAMMY! SALE-A-BRATION & NEW SPRING/SUMMER CATTY!!!
Woohoo!!! Drum roll – it’s here! Sale-a-bration, Stampin’ Up!’s Annual Event – there are lots of ways to earn Free product during Sale-a-bration. Shopping – earn a FREE Sale-A-Bration product for every 60€ / £45 spend between 6 January and 31 March You can see the goodies in the Sale-a-bration catalogue here or and the Spring/Summer catalogue here on […]
Spoiler alert!
How fast time flies when you’re having fun! Only 2 more sleeps till Sale-a-bration and the new Spring/Summer catalogue goes live! Back to reality with a bump next week, but in the meantime, something to whet your appetite for Stampin’ Up!’s biggest event of the year! Sale-a-bration! Did I mention it before? These […]
Sneak Peeks !!!
Over the festive break, you must have received lots of presents, and now we need a whole bunch of “Thank You” cards! Sale-a-bration is just round the corner, so here’s a sneak peek at some new products, and there’s even a freebie on this card! For every £45 spend excluding shipping you qualify for a […]
Auld Lang Syne
I can’t believe we’re heralding in a new year and 2014 is drawing to a close! I hope you can look back on 2014 as a good year and wish you a Happy and Prosperous 2015. With the New Year comes exciting news – Sale-a-bration starts on 6 January as well as a new Spring/Summer […]
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!
Hellooooo! It’s Christmas! The Newborn King stamp set is so apt for today! I stamped with gold Encore ink and gold embossed with a heat tool on Vellum cardstock. On the reverse side, I used the faux stained glass technique and used blendabilities for the different shades of green! Can you spot the new product […]