I seem to be doing the "last minute inspiration" thing with cards at the moment. My card stash is large enough that I'm only making new ones if I don't have something suitable — this basically means that I am stuck making mostly masculine cards so far this year... This design gave me the opportunity… Continue reading Caped cuties
I wanted to make something, but I didn't want to have to think about it too hard. I didn't want to have to contemplate colour blends or even basic palettes. So I reached for a handmade background from my stash — a nice mottled blue-green piece — and a flower stencil. Roses are red: grab… Continue reading Stencilled roses
I picked up a set of the Tim Holtz mixed media dies out of curiosity more than anything else. Rather than giving you a positive shape to work with, these dies are designed to leave you with the negative, empty space on a panel, and I wondered what I could do with that. My initial… Continue reading Bricks and butterfly
The bonus lessons for the wrap-up day of the Clear and Sheer card class were on shaker cards. I’ve made a few shaker cards in the past, but I’ve always used acetate for them; it had never occurred to me to use vellum, so I had to give it a go. And I really like… Continue reading Vellum shaker
This card was created on 15th November; day 15 of The Daily Marker 30 Day Colouring Challenge. I love this stamp set by Sandy and I’m so glad I managed to finally get it to the top of my “to be coloured” stamp pile. At this time of year my mind is firmly fixated on… Continue reading Christmas: I heart books
So my mum called asking me if I could make her a birthday card for her brother, but she had absolutely no suggestions for the design 🤔 It's tricky enough making cards for men, but when you have no starting point to work from... Anyway, this is what I came up with… How: The bird… Continue reading Birthday: Bird crazy
What: My first birthday card of the year and it has to be for a man. As if the mojo-killing New Year’s malaise wan’t enough, I can’t even just sit down and colour some pretty flowers or cute animals. No, I have to come up with a more masculine design. A quick browse through Pinterest… Continue reading Birthday card: Balloon with repeat stamping
What: Day six of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. My mini robot stamp set turned up this morning so I could finish off the birthday card I originally had in mind when I started working on the blueprint stamps. How: I watercoloured the balloon with Distress ink, fussy cut it out and… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #6
What: Day five of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. I had an idea for a birthday card for someone that would use one of the birthday blueprint stamps, but I also needed a mini robot and it didn’t arrive in today’s post, so I used the other blueprint stamps to create a… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #5
