I’m a great advocate of clean and simple cards and firmly believe that sometimes less is more. Too often I feel I’m short changing people if I don’t put more effort into a project, particularly when making card. In most of my tutorials, I incorporate a fancy fold, or layers etc, and on occasion I […]
Category Archives: Card making, Fun Folds, technique
How to apply Soft Pastels – Part 2
I am so excited to be sharing how to apply Soft Pastels – Part 2 with even more ways to apply Stampin’ Up!’s Soft Pastel Assortment. In today’s video, I cover five more ways you can apply pastels so altogether there are ten! Extra non-Stampin’ Up! tools involve a grater, and a different kind of […]
Tri-fold Shutter Card with Blending technique
When I first started crafting, the Tri-fold Shutter Card looked really daunting and then adding a blending technique on top would have sent me over the edge! Thirteen years on, it’s really not difficult when you know how. Having said that, if you want pretty layers, then this involves a lot of itty bitty pieces […]
Clean and Simple card – Pretty Perennials
I’m sharing a clean and simple card made with Pretty Perennials today. It always makes me sad when we have to say farewell to something I’ve fallen in love with. Pretty Perennials retires at the end of June, so I thought I better give it an airing one last time. The card base and top […]
How to apply Soft Pastels – Part 1
I thought I’d do a Soft Pastels 101 and as there are so many ways to apply them I’ve split them in a Soft Pastels 101 – Part 1 for this week. The following Friday, I will publish Soft Pastels 101 – Part 2. Please bear with me as I haven’t edited the video yet, […]
Gatefold card with slide and lock mechanism
This gatefold card with a slide and lock mechanism is surprisingly easy to make. The first one I made, I used a smaller scalloped frame and found that the slide and lock mechanism kept on “popping out”. After having filmed the video tutorial in the early hours, I didn’t have the energy to re-jig it, […]
Happy Father’s Day
Wishing all the men folk past and present a very Happy Father’s Day. The weather doesn’t look too good for Sunday this year in our neck of the woods. Even so, I hope all the Dads out there will put their feet up and relax. Hubby has decided to stay in this Sunday, instead of […]
Father’s Day Shaker Card
This Father’s Day Shaker Card is deceptively easy to make. The inspiration came from seeing a shaker card on Stampin’ Up!’s website and I wondered how they put their sequins into separate compartments. Stampin’ Up! used the Picture dies and as I have them, I decided to give it a go. Creating the Shaker There […]