The starting point for this card was one of the smallest pieces in my PHD (projects half done) box. That and a selection from my much under-used patterned paper collection… The “happy birthday” is actually a neat border die (it might have slipped my mind that I actually had this die until I came to… Continue reading Layered fox
Miracles do happen. I have just scheduled the last of my catch-up card blog posts. Yes, it’s true! I have finally written up all the cards I’ve made, every single one that had been sitting on my desk just waiting to be put up on the blog. All the cards I made during the Daily… Continue reading All caught up
I love Power Poppy flowers. And apparently I love colouring them in pink; first the two Mother’s Day cards and now this. I zoomed in close on this one so I could add in plenty of detail on those small flowers. Geraniums come in lots of colour variations and, as the digi stamp is so… Continue reading Pink geraniums
These baby dragons are just too adorable. They were created as homework for the critters lesson in a Copic course, but it wasn’t fair to leave them languishing in my PHD box for too long. So I created a blended Distress ink background for them (love that wilted violet) and sat them on a sentiment… Continue reading Baby dragons
This experiment was inspired by seeing someone create a heart shape out of Nuvo drops. Of course, it being an experiment I had to make it a bit more complex than that and then figure out how to use it on a card. I was on the fence about getting the Nuvo jewel drops; I… Continue reading Dotty flower circle
After my first experiment with the double-cut alphabet dies I had enough pieces left over to make another thank you sentiment; all I had to do was come up with a card to put it on. Cue more experimenting, this time with the new Distress oxide ink pads. I remembered seeing a video of Tim… Continue reading Thank you: Distress oxide roses and butterfly
A change of style and medium — no Copic markers! — for this simple flower border. I created a simple mask for the baseline of the border by tearing a piece of copy paper and taping it over the card. Then it was just a case of choosing some similarly sized flower and greenery stamps… Continue reading Flower border
Sometimes you start a card knowing exactly what you’re going to create. Sometimes you start with a rough idea and it develops smoothly as you go along. And sometimes you get cards like this one. I recently picked up the double-cut alphabet dies and thought I’d make a quick thank you card to test them… Continue reading Thank you: Inlaid letters
I like heat embossing and I like Copic colouring, but they don’t get on too well together. With the possible exception of clear embossing powder, the usual advice is that colouring over embossing powder will damage your nibs. But I wanted to be able to use the two together, so it was time for an… Continue reading Feather leaves
I always try to match cards to their recipients as much as I can. So my mum gets cute critters and flowers, my other half gets something a bit geeky, his sister gets bunnies, and we seem to be developing a South Wales theme for his dad. Last year I did a picture of Port… Continue reading Birthday: Mumbles lifeboat
