This fortnight’s challenge was a colour combo generated by Scrapmaster’s Paradisecolor combo generator and the colour combo I chose is Old Olive, Barely Banana, Melon Mambo and Very Vanilla. The side twist was to use one of the satin ribbons. I used Barely Banana for my base card, cut out a circle in Barely Banana, […]
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On Board Letters
Last night was Inspiring Inkin’s Shoe Box Swap social evening(more posts at a future date on this), and I was ashamed to admit that all the lovely techniques that the lovely Amanda had shown us have been left lying around my craft room unfiled all these months. Today, I was girded into action and set […]
Tulips
Tulips – from the pure simple white…. to the frilly tri-colours… …the vibrant red and yellows…. the oranges…. purples…………… and of course, last, but by no means least, the black ones. We’ve never really been avid gardeners but when we had the drive done a few years back, my Father-in-Law was visiting(sadly he’s now no […]
Tiny Tags, Rich Razzlebury, Melon Mambo & Soft Suede
I made this card for one of my customers to show off the three new coloured cardstocks. Starting from the top, Soft Suede with the scalloped edge, Melon Mambo in the middle and Rich Razzleberry with the eyelet border punch. It also sports the new Rich Razzlebury polka dot ribbon. I cut a slot on […]
Sampler of May Promotion cardstocks
I set myself a challenge to use the three new colours which have been introduced this May as a sampler for Stampin’ Up!’s forthcoming colour renovation due on 1 October 2010. I stamped a background in Soft Suede ink on Soft Suede card stock using the Filigree background stamp. A large circle was cut out […]
Two-step Bird Punch
I made this dinky little milk carton into a bird house, layered the roof tiles with scallop edge strips inked in Chocolate Chip and added texture to the cardstock to resemble wood cladding for the bird house. I used a polka dot embossing folder on some scrap card stock before punching out the bird and […]
Wonderful Favourites
This “favourite” I stamped in versamark and white embossed made my sister-in-law smile as she is my one and only sister-in-law! Nice to know you’re loved! I dry embossed this flower, reversed it on the debossed side and brayered it to create this effect. Quick and simple to do and hopefully with enough of a […]
I {Heart} Hearts
I made this Get Well card for a lovely lady who is in hospital at the moment and is likely to be convalescing at home for some time. Here goes. I cut a strip of Bravo Burgundy card stock and stamped the Dot to Dot from the new mini in versamark as a background and […]