Happy Sunday! In my Top Tip Tuesday slot on my YouTube channel, I demonstrated how to create a stay put bow on this card. In the original card, I had masked the Pretty Peacock vase so that the tall Copper Clay vase would give the illusion of being behind it. Not wanting to waste the […]
Category Archives: Clean and simple
Father’s Day Tackle box card
I took my inspiration for a Father’s Day Tackle box card from Stampin’ Up!’s samples in their May 2023 – April 2024 Annual catalogue. Knowing very little about fishing, some of the dies were baffling, but you can be sure that the clues are all in the picture samples in the catalogue. Yesterday, I published […]
Masculine card with Rhino Ready
I am continuing with Rhino Ready to make another masculine card. I added the Alphabest photopolymer stamp set to stamp “dad” then fussy cut these out so that they would fit on the edge of the Radiating Stitches frame. By the way, there is a coordinating punch with the Alphabest photopolymer stamp set but I […]
Embroidery card with Crafting with You
Happy Sunday! I couldn’t help but do some French knots on this Embroidery card with the Crafting With You Bundle. I am planning a Crafting with You Series every Wednesday and Friday for a fortnight beginning Wednesday 21 June, 2023. Episode #1 will be published Wednesday 21 June, episode #2 on Friday 23 June, episode […]
Embossed Countryside Blossoms card
Here’s a quick, easy, embossed Countryside Blossoms card. The Countryside Blossoms embossing folder is a standard one so requires just the pair of platform 3 and platform 1 – omitting Platform 2 which is the thin die adaptor. It is part of the Countryside Inn Suite Collection on pages 63-64 of the May 2023-April 2024 […]
Lattice card with Cheerful Daisies
I haven’t been able to stop playing with the Cheerful Daisies bundle and this time I made a lattice card or trellis card, depending on which side of the pond you are. This card is unique in that you get to see both sides of the patterned paper or DSP (Designer Series Paper). How to […]
Mondrian art technique – Cheerful Daisies
I applied Piet Mondrian’s art technique to a clean, simple card with the Cheerful Daisies bundle. There is a beginner’s version, from clean and simple, to a casual version adding additional cardstock, and the avid crafter’s version which includes the use of extra dies and/or stamps. Beginner’s card The card base for all three versions […]
Online exclusive – Warm Welcome
Happy Sunday! The Warm Welcome Bundle was on the last chance list. I needed to make a “welcome to your new home” card and was trawling through my stamps to see which would be suitable. Imagine my surprise and delight to find that the stamp set at least is still available as an Online Exclusive! […]