It appears I may be a bit contrary. I go out of my way to get stamp sets and dies suitable for masculine projects, and then spend my time working out how to use them for feminine projects! Today's card is a case in point. I pulled out the Geared Up Garage Stamp Set and coordinating Garage Gears Thinlits Dies and designed this... OIL SPILLS OR ABSTRACT BACKGROUND? It all started with the 'oil spill' image from the Geared Up Garage Stamp Set. I wanted to see how it might look in a ... VIEW POST
His Grace Delicate Florals
When I first get a new Stampin' Up! catalogue I always flick through it to get a feel for the contents. Then I go through it again and make a note of things to add to my wish list. I probably go through the catalogue at least a couple of times a week after that. Sometimes I'm just reminding myself about coordinating items, or looking at the sample project photos. I also look back to see if I've overlooked something, as happened with the His Grace Stamp Set. When looking at this set I ... VIEW POST
Colorful Seasons Colourful Tag
This week the What Will You Stamp? challenge is WWYS203 Colorful Seasons. This is a stamp set I haven't used in a little while and it was nice to revisit it. It also gave me an excuse to use the Grapefruit Grove Foil Sheet that I chose as my free Sale-A-Bration product with my last order. COLORFUL SEASONS As we're battening down the hatches for a big winter storm, I dream of warmer weather. Well less stormy at least. So I decided to create a large gift tag with pretty florals in ... VIEW POST
Every Tiny Victory
As I mentioned yesterday we are expecting a powerful storm to hit us sometime today. In fact as you're reading this we might be in the thick of it. So I thought it would be prudent to try to get a few projects made ahead of time. With that done, I'm hoping to get the blog posts written just in case we lose power. If I can get today and tomorrow done before that happens I will consider that a victory. So for today I have a Simple Sunday project for you, this pretty bookmark. A SIMPLE ... VIEW POST
Roses and Lace
Today I had planned a fun day in my craft studio, creating more projects to inspire you. Unfortunately before I can do that we need to prepare for a big winter storm that is heading our way. We may not get a whole lot of snow but an ice storm is a distinct possibility. That means we could lose power at some point. So while I get myself organised, here's a quick get well card with pretty roses for you. TEA ROSES I've no idea why there's a group of roses called tea roses, but I do ... VIEW POST
Wonderful New Stamp Set
I'm slowly working my way through my new stamp sets and having so much fun. When I first saw the Wonderful Romance Stamp Set I knew it was destined to be mine. The simple line art images are just begging to be coloured and I will certainly do that. In fact I've already seen lots of beautifully coloured samples on Pinterest. For my first project I thought I'd avoid the colours and keep it quite simple. So I chose two colours of card and one colour of ink. The result was a quiet, thinking ... VIEW POST
What A Catch
I'm always on the lookout for stamp sets and other products with a masculine feel. That's not to say they can't be used on projects for the ladies but they're less fussy and flowery. I am also drawn to products that reflect the area in which I live, Nova Scotia, Canada. So I'm more into fishing and woods than cactus and tropical beaches. So you can imagine my delight when I saw the new Best Catch Stamp Set. TESTING THE WATERS When I get a new stamp set I often start with a sort of ... VIEW POST
Home To Roost
There are so many wonderful free products in the 2019 Sale-A-Bration Brochure that it's taking me a while to get to them. This morning I decided to ink up the Home To Roost Stamp Set. It's a 6 piece cling mount set with four useful sentiments plus great rooster and grass images. I have a few different ideas for this set but for my first project I thought I'd keep it fairly simple. HOME TO ROOST Obviously I had to start with that rooster. Using Cajun Craze ink I stamped him onto a ... VIEW POST
Adapted Black Magic Technique
My regular blog readers will probably know that I love playing with my Stampin' Blends alcohol markers. I'm not an artist by any means, but I've found them easy to use and achieve nice results. Over the past year I've been collecting Stampin' Blends and finally have all the colours currently available. So to celebrate I decided to use an adaptation of the black magic technique to create a card just for you. BLACK MAGIC TECHNIQUE The usual way I've seen the black magic technique used ... VIEW POST
Beautiful Promenade for #WWYS202
After taking a week off, the What Will You Stamp? Challenge is back with a new challenge today. This week we've gone back to the Annual Catalogue for WWYS202 - Beautiful Promenade. I've had this set for quite a while and to be honest haven't used it nearly enough. So while I check out the other ideas over on the What Will You Stamp? blog, here's my contribution to the Design Team gallery. SHADES OF GREEN I began my project with a search for some pretty but calming paper for the ... VIEW POST
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