New In Colors just released in the new Annual Catalogue so this month’s Tech 4 Stampers blog hop was a color challenge. Also thrown into the mix was a floral theme so it stands to reason to combine the two. Thank you to the lovely Sara Sayers for setting the challenge. Two-step stamping I made […]
Category Archives: Card making, Fun Folds, technique
Tower block fold card
Eek! I recently discovered this fancy tower block fold card. It sounds complicated, doesn’t it, but there’s a method in the “madness”. I try to make the instructions as easy as I can for its execution! Evening Evergreen is such a rich green, and I love the combination of greens in the Pansy Petals 12″ […]
Sneak Peek for a Two-step Stamping Floral Card
A new publication is on the horizon so here’s a sneak peek for a Two-step Stamping floral card! In fact there are several sneak peeks! The first is the Hand-Penned Petals Bundle. It’s a photopolymer stamp set in the new configuration where the images are printed on the sleeve insert instead of the acetate sheet. […]
Blended oval background card
Blending is a way of adding colour to your project and today’s card has a blended oval background. The oval is actually a die cut oval aperture and raised with foam strips. It’s like looking through an oval window to a vista beyond. Stampin’ Up! introduced blending brushes in their product line recently, but they’ve […]
Card Sketch card- design your own
I decided to design my own card sketch using a graphic design platform called Canva. It really was a “light bulb” moment using that first sketch in the Tech 4 Stampers blog hop last week. It was so easy to use the same sketch to make another card just by switching the stamp set and […]
Thank You Card – Happy Sunday!
Happy Sunday! I created a “Thank You Card” using the same card sketch created for the Tech 4 Stampers Blog Hop which I took part in last week. Card sketches are a relatively new genre for me. Following a sketch saved me a lot of time. The placement of the elements had already been worked […]
Floating technique card with butterflies
Last Wednesday I made this card and promised to show you another floating technique card with butterflies from the Floating & Fluttering bundle. You’ll find the bundle on page 61 of the January-June 2021 Mini which will be retiring on 30 June, so I’m making the most of it while I can! Stampin’ Up!’s stamp […]
A Gatefold card with off centre opening and bonus card
Hi and welcome! I wanted to create a special Gatefold card with an off centre opening. We’ve had some joyous news that my Sister-in-law and her husband have become grandparents for the first time! The lock down and pandemic has been such a damper on life in the past year that news of the baby’s […]