Today I will show you how to use the Cheerful Daisies dies to create the lovely three layered daisies. Here is a card featuring these dies: For the background of the card, I used the Fall Leaf embossing folder. I dry embossed it onto a piece of Boho Blue cardstock. I love blue and this… Read More »
Today, I have used the Elegant Border Dies along with the Cheerful Daisies stamp set and dies to create these lovely cards. Each card has a lovely border on the right-hand side. This is cut from the Elegant Border dies. These are not found in a current catalogue. They are known as Online Exclusives products… Read More »
For today’s cards I created a masked circle background. I then added some black die-cut flower and leaf shapes from the Meadow dies. It creates a lovely crisp, clear look. To make the masked circle, I cut out a circle using the Layering Circle Dies from a piece of Basic White cardstock, (the same size… Read More »
The Kraft Note Cards are great for making some quick and simple cards. These Note Cards come with envelopes and they also come with a box that you put together yourself. This box is perfect for putting in some of the note cards that you create and giving as a gift to someone. For these… Read More »
Today I am going to share with you how to make a quick and simple Easter Basket. It is cute, easy to make, and perfect for putting some small Easter eggs into. To make this Easter Basket you need some cardstock, a trimmer and a stapler. If you wish, you can stamp or dry emboss… 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 »
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 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 »
Here is a Simple Card Sketch Layout that you can use to make a simple yet effective card. You can keep it simple or step it up. The card on the left is the simple version. It is basically ink, stamp and papers, but it does include some colouring with Stampin’ Blends. The card on… Read More »
Matting a sentiment on a card is a great way to help it stand out. Today, I am going to show you how you can do this using the same sized punch as the one you used to punch out your sentiment. The card above has the sentiment punched out with the Label Me Fancy… Read More »
Inking an embossing folder is a great way to make the design of your embossing folder stand out even more! Here is a card with the middle panel which has gone through the Wintry 3D embossing folder with Garden Green ink on it. The leaves stand out in white as the ink has gone into… Read More »
Today I am going to share some tips on using the Sailboat Builder Punch with the Let’s Set Sail stamp set. You can check out the video below too. This simple sailboat card is similar to the black and white version I taught at Coffee & Cards, but I also wanted to make a card… Read More »