I don't eat a lot of cake, and when it comes to baking them I'm an abject failure. My daughter on the other hand - brilliant! Today though I had tremendous success with a double-layered chocolate cake. I'm definitely better with stamps and ink than I am flour and eggs. SIMPLE INGREDIENTS I began with a piece of Whisper White Card and the Piece of Cake Stamp Set. Using Early Espresso ink I first stamped the 'happy birthday' sentiment towards the top of the piece. Then below that, ... VIEW POST
Cracked Ice Background Effect
I'm in a hurry to get this blog post finished as we're under a winter storm warning and the snow's picking up. All the schools in the area are closed so they're only expecting it to get worse. Although it's only a week away, I was reminded that Christmas is not the only celebration at this time of year. People get married, have babies, and birthdays too. So I thought I'd create a birthday card today with what I can only describe as a cracked ice background. CRACKED ICE BACKGROUND ... VIEW POST
Picture Perfect Birthday
It's always a good day when I can make a masculine card. Most cardmakers I speak to say masculine and sympathy cards are the hardest to make. So when I created this one for my personal World Card Making Day challenge earlier this month I was very happy indeed. I pulled out the Picture Perfect Birthday Stamp Set and a favourite pack of DSP and just started to play. BACKGROUND PATTERNS This card all started with the backgrounds found in the Tranquil Textures Designer Series Paper (DSP) ... VIEW POST
Dynamic Embossing On DSP
So this morning I had an idea. I experimented a few days ago with a double-inking technique on the Subtle Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder® and was really pleased with the results. Today I had an idea to try using a different Dynamic embossing folder on DSP to see how that worked. So I pulled out one I haven't used in ages, Basket Weave, and accidentally made a masculine birthday card. Not that I'm complaining! BASKET WEAVE DYNAMIC EMBOSSING FOLDER The point about the ... VIEW POST
Scrappy Day Pearlised Leaves
As someone who crafts every day, I need to be able to find things quickly. One of the key things for me is keeping my scraps organised and easily accessible. I have a number of ways that I do that, but more importantly I make a conscious effort to use them. Today's project is chock full of scraps, including some of the pearlised leaves I created a few days ago. TAG BASE My Night of Navy tag base started out as a piece of card from my card scraps tin. I only needed to trim 1/4" off the ... VIEW POST
Joyous Noel with Copper Foil
Once upon a time there was a lady who discovered Stampin' Up! and began to make her own cards. She'd been told she wasn't very artistic, but she persevered, playing every day with her with stamps, ink and paper. In the beginning her projects were very basic, but as time passed she began to experiment. She discovered sparkly Glimmer Paper, heat embossing, sequins and ribbon, and began to use them more often. Now she couldn't imagine not using these pretty things, and when she saw the new ... VIEW POST
