Inspiring Inkin’ Challenge # 21

The challenge this fortnight was to make a criss-cross box and a lid for it. Criss cross boxes don’t normally have a lid but I incorporated one, nevertheless and wanted it to look like a big envelope. Of course having made the box, I couldn’t leave it empty, so I made six cards to put […]

Punch Album

At our team quarterly meeting, my team leader Amanda gave us supplies to make this great resource for SU punches. I didn’t have time to make it whilst at the meeting, so made a few notes and did my “homework” like the industrious “schoolgirl” I am (barf*!) ;o and am really chuffed with it. Of […]

A card for my best friend

When spirits are low, sometimes it’s nice to receive a card to let that person know you care. I couldn’t make a card for her sister and not one for my best friend to wish her a safe journey – she’ll be flying back to Brazil to see her sister at the end of the […]

A Get Well Card

I made this card for my best friend’s sister who I stayed with in Brazil. Her sister fell 4 metres from a ladder and is very ill in hospital. I’m absolutely devastated and hope she will make a complete recovery in due course – it will be a lengthy process but thank goodness she has […]

Greenhouse Garden

In conjunction with Sale-a-bration, the Greenhouse Garden Stamp set had been singled out by Stampin’ Up! to highlight the plight of the Haitians who suffered a magnitude 7.0 earthquake on 12 January 2010. £1 will be donated from the sale of each Greenhouse Garden stamp set to the Red Cross’ International Response Fund to provide […]

A Good Egg

I botched the card that the lovely Helen had designed whilst at the Shoe Box Swap, so I came home and duplicated it but accidentally smudged the top of this card with Black Stazon ink. So I made another one (shown in a previous post) with Helen’s original design. However, I decided not to let […]

Happy Valentine’s Day!

I ruched some Whisper White taffeta ribbon and adhered it to the underside of the stamped heart as illustrated above and below. Additional card stock was added to the inside covers in order to sandwich the 1 1/4″ wide striped grosgrain ribbon for the ties. I also made these tiny treats folders to house confectionery […]

February 2010 Shoe Box Swap, A Good Egg

Here’s the one I designed for the Shoe Box swap. It uses the Polka dot background stamp with Versamark and A Good Egg stamp set. The chick image was stamped twice on Whisper white, and I reserved one to cut up as desired for inside bottom right of card. The “shell” was stamped twice on […]