What: Rather than creating a straight-line panel, I used stamps and masking to build up a flower pattern following the basic angled shape and then fussy cut around the flowers. This was my first attempt at slightly more complex masking and I'm rather pleased with how it turned out, though fussy cutting Distress watercolour paper without… Continue reading Mother’s Day card: watercolour flowers
Month: February 2015
Blank card: Glitter balloons
What: I've watched many card-making challenges go past in my feed reader; always thinking that I'd give them a go, but never getting around to it in time (or simply forgetting about them). This time I was determined to actually make a card, possibly even in time to enter it... I'm not one hundred per… Continue reading Blank card: Glitter balloons
Valentine’s card: Love bandit
What: A valentine's card for my other half. Supplies: stamps: Some Odd Girl - love bandit Clearly Besotted - full of surprises (heart stamps inside) Lawn Fawn - Milo's ABCs dies: Little B - hearts Copic markers: raccoon - W00, W1, W3, W5, W7, W9 heart - R24, R27, R29 paper and card: Hunkydory Crafts… Continue reading Valentine’s card: Love bandit
New baby: Pink bunny shaker
What: Friends of ours have just had their first baby; a little girl. I don't have any baby-themed stamps, so I had to find something suitable — I think the bunny works well, and it is certainly my most successful attempt at no-line watercolouring so far. Inspired by: This one was definitely inspired by Kristina Werner's… Continue reading New baby: Pink bunny shaker
Birthday card: Camper van polaroid
What: A birthday card for my brother's other half, another VW camper van fan. I've used the camper van stamp before, for my brother, and that time I used Copics to colour it. I wanted to do something different for this one, so I got out the foil and, after much fiddling (it was the… Continue reading Birthday card: Camper van polaroid
Birthday card: Eighteen
What: A birthday card for my nephew who, by some weird effect of the passage of time, has just turned eighteen. I don't have any large number dies, so I found a font I liked (far harder than it should have been really), printed it out and used it as a template to cut the… Continue reading Birthday card: Eighteen
Blank card: Butterfly shaker
What: This wasn't made specifically for anyone; I just fancied making a shaker card and using the Clearly Besotted butterfly dies that match their equally lovely dragonfly dies, which I have used before. Inspired by: The idea of using a partial die cut to create the shaker window came from seeing Michelle Short's wonderfully clean birthday shaker… Continue reading Blank card: Butterfly shaker
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