From Our House to Yours Swaps

These are the swaps I made for our team meeting in October.  I was so excited when the Purple Posy ink pads were approved and available for sale at the end of September.   However the excitement of having the Purple Posy ink pads were short lived, and the ink pads were withdrawn from sale once more so […]

Tidings All Around Bottle Topper

Where did December go?  Only four more sleeps before Christmas Day! Do you often give away bottles of wine or champagne at Christmas and need something to make it look pretty but isn’t time consuming to make?  Well, I have a last minute project for you! Better still, you can get 2 bottle toppers out […]

Shine Bright – Inverted Diamond Fold

I’m back with another creation using the Shine Bright stamp set and this time it’s a card.  Through the years as a paper crafter, fancy folds stand the test of time and keeps trending at different times getting called different names.  Essentially this is an inverted diamond fold but with tweaked dimensions. It works beautifully […]

front Cherry Cobbler pyramid card

Festival of Trees – pyramid card

Festival of Trees – pyramid card. Talk about a trip down memory lane – the pyramid style card was a swap from lovely Sam, a fellow team mate back in 2009!  I’m re-visiting this fun-fold as I thought it would suit the Festival of Trees stamp set.  It was also one of the first  techniques […]

Festive Flurry & A Banner Christmas

I just loved working with the Soft Sky and Smoky Slate combo.   Here I’ve made a polaroid frame using the square framelits and attached a window sheet to it.  I experimented with heat & stick powder followed by dazzling diamonds which gave this subtle hue directly onto the window sheet and was delighted with […]

Calm Christmas

No MDS today, but I do have lots more cards I made for my preview event which I have yet to share.  I used Soft Sky for the card base, Old Olive core-dinations card stock as a layer, sanded round the edges and white embossed the dove and greeting on Very Vanilla card stock then […]