More Congratulations!

We were so delighted to hear our SIL passed his exams, and even more thrilled and excited that they are coming down to stay with us for a week (especially my daughter with their two adorable boys – they arrive today) so that means I can give him his card personally. I received this stamp set as a birthday […]

Seeing Stars #4, Party this Way

This is the last card in this series of Masculine Cards which has more or less taken up the whole of July’s posts!  I had the most fun with this one as it was just a question of masking and stamping  in different colours as I went along.   It looks much better IRL, no layers and […]

Seeing Stars #3, Perfect Punches

Another Elegant Soiree DSP design using Crumb Cake and Basic Gray.  The stars were stamped on Basic Gray and cut out,  and randomly adhered to card as seen here.  The sentiment was stamped in Basic Gray on Whisper White from the Perfect Punches stamp set (page 66 MIB&C).  All the images from the Perfect Punch stamp […]

Seeing Stars #2, Always Elegant

Still using Elegant Soiree DSP – the colours from the DSP dictated the colour palette for this card in Soft Suede for the card base and mats in Bashful Blue.  I stamped on Whisper White using the coordinating stamp set, Always Elegant which is available both in Wood and Clear mount and can be found […]

Seeing Stars #1, Afterthoughts

I have finally broken out this set which has been sitting in my cupboard, unmounted and uninked for I don’t know how long.  This a wood mounted stamp set with an assortment of 8 stars, different sizes,  called Seeing Stars on page 68 of the Main Idea Book & Catalogue.  What better way to showcase […]

Nature Walk #4, Engraved Greetings

I’ve used  the coordinating DSP for the Nature Walk stamp set called Botanical Gazette with a duo-tone colour palette in So Saffron and Basic Black.  I stamped the birthday greeting from Engraved Greetings, a set of two stamps, wood mounted on page 86 of the Main Idea Book and catalogue. Two ribbon loops in Basic Black […]

Nature Walk #3

This card could be used for “Him” or “Her”.   I stamped the bird in Early Espresso first on the Whisper White Top Note piece, masked the bird and randomly stamped the floral image having inked it with Perfect Plum and Wild Wasabi markers.  Crystal Effects applied along the “ground” and Champagne glass glitter sprinkled over it.  I made […]

Nature Walk #2, Thank you Kindly

This is probably my favourite.   I only partially inserted the card base into the embossing folder sandwiched between the two acrylic plates and ran through the Big Shot. I struggle with these egg images how best to feature it on a card.  Again on the minimalist vein, this does the trick.   The sentiment is from […]