card in a box gone fishing

Birthday card in a box

I made this Birthday card in a box with the Gone Fishing Bundle for my grandson’s birthday. They went on holiday and the place where they stayed was by a lake where they went fishing almost every day. So when I saw this stamp set, I thought it would be good one to have. I […]

masculine card old olive radiating stitches and rhino ready

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 […]

cemtre step old olive rhino ready bundle

Centre step card with Rhino Ready

Today I have a fun fold centre step card made with Rhino Ready cling stamps and Rhino Ready dies, both of which are Online Exclusives. I suddenly realised that June is almost upon us and Father’s Day is not far off on June 18th. Consequently I have had to re-shuffle my schedule and squeeze in […]

french knots craft with you

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 card with countryside blossoms

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 […]

sympathy card with Quiet Meadow

Sympathy card with Quiet Meadow

Sundays seem to come round so fast! Today I have a sympathy card using the diagonal joy card fold. The stamp set I used is called Quiet Meadow. I also used the Meadow dies – truly a blast from the past. It’s still in the catalogue, so if you haven’t got it yet, it’s certainly […]

lattice technique card with Cheerful Daisies bundle

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 […]

avid crafter mondrian technique with Cheerful Daisies

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 […]