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 […]
Category Archives: Card Types
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 […]
A Gatefold card with off centre opening and bonus card
Hi and welcome! I wanted to create a special Gatefold card with an off centre opening. We’ve had some joyous news that my Sister-in-law and her husband have become grandparents for the first time! The lock down and pandemic has been such a damper on life in the past year that news of the baby’s […]
Card with a Floating Technique
I am so excited to be sharing this card with a floating technique with you today. A couple of years ago, when the floating technique was trending, I shared a card which you can see HERE. It needed quite a lot of effort and patience to create it. I am delighted that Stampin’ Up! has […]