Something special – an Easter card in a box! Happy Easter everyone! This year, it almost passed me by had it not been for the fact that as a blogger and YouTuber, you have to keep a little ahead of the game and I realised that my lead in time to Easter projects and videos […]
Category Archives: Fancy Fun Fold
Diagonal Gate Fold with Candy Cane Lane
More stamp-a-stack designs today, and this time it’s a fun Diagonal Gate Fold, smaller than the normal card so that the quirky angles can fit inside a normal C6 envelop! The tricky bit was finding a solution on how to keep that card shut! I hit upon interlocking stars and was really chuffed with […]
Fun Friday Technique Spotlight Embossing
Originally designed this card for my Stamp-a-Stack class, but decided at the last minute that it would be put to better use as a technique for my November monthly card club. So glad I did, because the ladies loved it. Enjoy! Here’s the supplies I used: Holly Berry Happiness Photopolymer Bundle [143505] Merry […]
Favourite Oldie but Goldie Fun |Fold
It was my stamp-a-stack yesterday and this is just one of the six cards I designed. The fold is as old as the hills and I keep coming back to it as it’s one of my favourites. The ladies made 3 of each design and ended up with a stack of 18 cards. Here’s the […]
A Ray of Sunshine!
Today’s project is a Flashback to 2011 when we made a wiper card which you can see here . Back then I used Everything Eleanor so I’ve updated it with current products. I made a scheduling boo boo so I’ve published this video today instead of for Friday. Here’s a video tutorial to visualise it better. […]
Birthday Blooms for a Bloomin’ Nice Person!
Hello Sunday! It is frightening how time marches on relentlessly and I can’t believe we’re a quarter of the way into 2016 and it’s the weekend. I think it’s safe to post this card I made as the recipient would’ve received it by now. This type of fold is an amalgamationof a step, easel […]
Truly a Festival of Trees!
I can’t tell you how good it is to be crafting again. Life got in the way and I wasn’t able to play with my pre-order goodies until now. There’s nothing like a deadline to focus the mind and blow those cobwebs away, and once you get in the groove – it’s chocks away! Some […]
VIDEO #37 Backyard Basics Easter twist on a card in a box Video Tutorial
That title was a bit of a mouthful! There are so many square boxes on “card in a box” that I wondered if I could make one a different shape, so this rectangular one was born. Easter is just round the corner and it seemed more appropriate to do an easter-ish project so here it […]