The Polished Stone Technique was something I had heard about before, but never tried, so I decided to find out more about it and give it a go. The technique is the background that I created for this Dainty Delight flower image. I used two of the 2021-2023 In Colors – Fresh Freesia and Soft… Read More »
A great way to add texture to a card is by dry embossing a stamped image. This is what I have done to the card below. I stamped some of the different leaf stamps from the Forever Ferns stamp set in Soft Suede, Old Olive and Garden Green ink onto a piece of Very Vanilla… Read More »
Here are two lovely cards featuring the dry embossing technique and the Dainty Delights bundle. The main colours featured in these cards are Fresh Freesia and Orchid Oasis. The dry embossing technique is when you put a piece of cardstock or a similar material into a embossing folder and press it together firmly with an… Read More »
Learning how to heat emboss was one of the first techniques I learned when I started card making. I still love doing it today. It is wonderful to watch the embossing powder change from dull to shiny, making the sentiment or image stand out. Here is a card I made which I heat embossed with… Read More »
Creating your own background is something fun to try. I have done this by using the Hand-Drawn Dots stamp set and blending some ink over it. This is a great technique to try when you don’t have the right coloured Designer Series Paper. This technique enables you to make your own patterned paper in the… Read More »
Use a simple Card Sketch to get you started when you have no idea what type of card to make. Here are three wonderful cards that I have created from one Sketch. The first card is very basic, but then I have stepped up the other two cards with layers and/or embellishments. I have used… Read More »
The Beautifully Happy stamp set is one of the stamp sets you can earn for free during Sale-A-Bration. Here are two lovely cards featuring this set: These two cards are the cards I made during my first Facebook Live for 2023. The one on the left is a fairly simple card. It mostly uses S.I.P.… Read More »
This Aspen Tree Dies Watercolour card was a card that I taught at my December classes. It features the Aspen Tree dies from the Perched in a Tree bundle. The background behind the trees was coloured using watercolouring. I used Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie and Cherry Cobbler ink on Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper for this.… Read More »
Sale-A-Bration 2023 begins on Thursday 5th January, along with the new January-April 2023 Mini Catalogue! There are three different ways you can benefit with Sale-A-Bration – shop, host or join! Below is some more information about each: SHOP: You can earn a FREE product every time you reach a threshold of $110 (before shipping). For… Read More »
The pretty Framed Florets easel card features the Framed Florets bundle which has been released early. The bundle, which consists of the Framed Florets stamp set and dies, will appear in the January-April 2023 Mini Catalogue from 5th January, but is also available now. The main feature of this card is the die-cut oval on… Read More »
This elegant Fancy Flora card features the Fancy Flora Suite and includes two-step stamping. It uses the Two-Tone Flora and Something Fancy bundles and the Fine Shimmer paper. The card base is Soft Succulent cardstock and the flower is stamped in Fresh Freesia ink. The detailed die that features on the front of the card… Read More »
This Fitting Florets Christmas Card is simple, but very elegant. I love the oval dies from the Fitting Florets die set. This creates the focal part of the card. Behind the ovals is the Fitting Florets Designer Series Paper [DSP}. I coloured the berries on the Fitting Florets DSP with the Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Blends.… Read More »
These lovely Fitting Florets Cards are made using the early release Fitting Florets Bundle along with the limited edition Fitting Florets Designer Series Paper [DSP]. To find out more about there products, check out this earlier post. I have then used the oval dies from the Fitting Florets Dies to create the centre piece of… Read More »
Today I will share with you the four other Auckland November Christmas Extravaganza card creations that were taught earlier this month. If you missed seeing the first card I shared, which was taught by Sylvia and I, you can see it here. The Decorated with Happiness card presented by Sally Williams and Lesley Scott was… Read More »
The Fitting Florets Bundle – stamp set and dies – are a early release from the upcoming January-April 2023 Mini Catalogue. This elegant stamp set has some lovely sentiments along with flower images which are great for colouring. The die set includes some wonderful oval dies as well as dies to cut out the stamped… Read More »