Greetings fellow crafters! Today I bring you a bright and cheerful paper-pieced, dolphin card I created for the ‘Craftascope‘ shows on Hochanda. I used the fantastic, dolphin scene die from ‘Craftascope‘. Truly stunning (and from what I heard, was supposed to be impossible to manufacture!) Firstly, I put a double-sided … Read More
I’m a ‘Craftascope’ design team member! Whoop!
It has been a busy few weeks for me and completely forgot to tell you all my fantastic news! Nick Roberts had kindly asked me to be part of his new design team for his brand, ‘Craftascope‘. It is a privilege and pleasure to to make projects using his wonderful … Read More
‘Share a little love’ – simple card with rose petals
The time of year has come for making Valentines crafts! I enjoy making cards with themes of love. They can be used all year round to tell someone you love them or even just to spread the love! I have a bag of dried rose petals which have been sat … Read More
Heart balloons and cuteness! A card made with love
This cute card I made was for my mum’s birthday. I had to wait until after she had received it before I could show you all, so now I can! I wanted to go for a clean and crisp look with splashes of colour. Also, I had decided that I … Read More
‘Simple but cute’ – neutral tag and charm card
‘Be Creative’ products: Luster card (pearl and bronze) Bird tag Charms Other products: 3D glue Extra wide natural linen ribbon and some natural string The ‘Be Creative’ luster card is lovely to work with and doesn’t crack when scored. The pack comes in a range of colours which are fantastic … Read More
Men’s mixed media Birthday card
I know men are difficult to make a card for. When you don’t want the common football, gardening or car card (which is not everyone’s taste), this blue mixed media card is something different. I made this for my dad. It turned out really well and he really liked it. … Read More
A more masculine geometric card – Greens, blues and yellows
Men need inspirational cards too. Its not very often I make men’s cards but I had a geometric stencil in my stash which I hadn’t used yet. I got out my distress inks and blended away. I built up the background using Indigoblu texture stamps then matted and layered with … Read More
Words of encouragement – Ink and stamp card
I love a good sentiment and ‘Mamamakes’ sentiment stamps are some of the best out there! So I chose ‘Don’t let anybody dull your sparkle’ sentiment from ‘Shine Bright’ jumbo stamp set and started there. I’m sure everyone has some Tim Holtz distress inks and I can’t blame them! They … Read More
‘Love Rocks’ – bright and colourful handmade card
I’m so pleased how this card turned out! I had a hearts backing paper which I’d never used. I suppose I couldn’t bring myself to use it because I loved the design and colours sooo much (I do tend to hoard my fave papers). Using some pink and mint green … Read More
‘Adore the roses’ – mixed media card
I made this card for a ‘I love Indigoblu’ Facebook page giveaway. The criteria was to use Indigoblu products to create anything I wanted. Using my most loved rose, butterfly and texture stamps, I created a mixed media piece. The colours I chose were completely down to the fact that … Read More