A Little Bit of Happiness, Shapes & Shadows

I needed a Thank You card pronto so made this really quick and simple card. I used the leaf from a retired set – Shapes and Shadows and stamped randomly with Versamark on Very Vanilla card stock then used the Pastels to rub over it to create a more distinctive watermark. Inked with Black Stazon […]

Bloomin’ with Beauty

Two posts in one day! I’ve been meaning to photograph this, so since I had the “studio” set up for the other card, I thought I may as well take this photo and post it as well. This is a bought card blank, pre-embossed and ready to embellish. I stamped the image with versamark and […]

Live Your Dream

Gosh, how the week has flown.  My apologies for not updating the blog until today.  This is a Carousel note (found on page 76 of the current Idea Book and Catalogue) which I dry embossed round the scallop edges with a cropadile.  It’s not very clear in the picture.  I then pricked holes all round […]

Something Different – Collage on Canvas

My friend, Chris, introduced me to the work of collage artist Claudine Hellmuth. I’ve not been able to do any crafting this week, and this will certainly amuse Chris because it’s making an appearance on my blog as I have no cards to post. I really enjoyed working on canvas and using acrylic paints is […]

New Look Blog

If you think you’ve come to the wrong place – news is you haven’t! I just fell in love with the colour combo for Inspiring Inkin’s Challenge #3, so much so that I gave my blog a complete makeover! I would have changed the signature here too, except I couldn’t find any information on how […]

Inspiring Inkin Challenge #3 Colour Combo

The challenge was to use a colour combo in Basic Black, Whisper White and any other colour from the Bold Brights family. I chose Tempting Turquoise for my Bold Bright colour to make a waterfall card with a twist. Instead of stamping different images, I stamped the same image 4 times slightly lower than the […]

Sizzix Pop Up Boat

I gave my Cricut Expression an airing today, and cut out this ship, the wave and anchor.  At first glance this looks like a very ordinary card, until you open it up.  When you open the card, it reveals this surprise!  I stamped the sentiments from Starring You stamp set in Real Red, cut out […]

Coaster Album

This is a beer coaster album – the covers are made out of beer coasters.  I inked the edges of the beer mats before adhering co-ordinating patterned papers to the front and back of them. The pages were cut out slightly smaller than the beer mats.  I used the cropadile to punch a hole in […]