How do you create a suitable masculine anniversary card which says all the appropriate things but without being girlie? lol! In the flush of youth, the man you choose to spend the rest of your life with may remember to display his romantic side during your courtship. Apologies for being gender specific! Truth be known, […]
Category Archives: Card Types
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 […]
Pop out partially die cut birthday card
Warmer weather calls for a pop out partially die cut birthday card and ice lolly images! I’m so disappointed that the Ice Cream Corner Suite on page 49 of the January-June 2021 mini is retiring. There is such a short window to blog about this. iIce cream is one of my favourite foods! Is it […]
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 […]
Card from a Sketch for Tech 4 Stampers Blog Hop
This month is a Card from a Sketch for Tech 4 Stampers Blog Hop. This is our second blog hop and it’s based on a sketch which the lovely Sara Sayers designed. Thank you, Sara. The Tech 4 Stampers is a monthly subscription group run by Louise Sims. She mentors and enables members to understand […]