One of our neighbours asked if I could make her a handful of birthday cards as she had a bunch of birthdays coming up. Typical of such requests, there wasn’t a lot (well, any) more detail, so I had to wing it a bit. Knowing that her tastes swing more to amusing rather than pretty… Continue reading Four monster cards
This was only the second wedding card I’ve made. The first card was all flowers, embossing and ribbons, and I wanted to create a cleaner, more graphic feel for this one. I’d seen tuxedo and wedding dress hearts around and knew I wanted to create versions of those with the addition of some ribbon and… Continue reading Wedding hearts
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 Technique: 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
I don’t make many Easter cards, in fact this year I’ve only made two: one for my mum and one for my other half’s bunny-loving sister. This card was actually made last year, but never made it onto the blog. Short of colouring directly onto the card base, this card couldn’t have been much simpler.… Continue reading Easter: Bunny and bird with basket
I'm not really doing Easter cards this year, but I had to make one for my mum. I like colouring bunnies, but it is nice to do something a bit different — a little unexpected — so I had a think and came up with a non-traditional chocolate dragon in an Easter egg. I had… Continue reading Easter: Chocolate dragon
It really doesn’t seem like two years since I made a welcome card for baby Amelia, or even a year since her first birthday, but at the start of March I was colouring up a cute animal reading group for her second birthday. I layered the final coloured piece with some black and patterned paper and mounted… Continue reading Birthday: Animal reading group
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