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 […]

lost lagoon warm welcome

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! […]

misty moonlight floating easel card with countryside corners

Floating easel card with Countryside Corners

This is a floating easel card using the Countryside Corners bundle. I made one in portrait orientation which you can see HERE and wondered if I could apply it to an easel card. This time of year and especially with a colour refresh, I had tons of retiring card stock which I could happily use […]

flat lay for the men T4SBH May 23

For the Men – Tech 4 Stampers Blog Hop

How time flies – here we are in May and this month’s theme is “For the Men” for the Tech 4 Stampers Blog Hop. Recently, I made this floating easel card for my hubby for our wedding anniversary. I won’t tell you how many because then it will make me feel positively ancient!! I used […]

boho night flight daisies

Clean and Simple card with Night of Flight

Wow! Yesterday was the Coronation of King Charles III – what a day in history, steeped in tradition in parts and such an all inclusive service which recognised all faiths and amongst the guests, people who had given service to their communities especially during Covid in the time of the nation’s needs. It was a […]