It was only after I'd made today's project that I realised this was the second day I'd used mainly green. I never thought of myself as a 'green' person but obviously the excitement of spring finally arriving has got to me. Today it was the Garden Lane Designer Series Paper (DSP) pack that caught my eye. I began with a card base of Thick Whisper White Card and used Multipurpose Liquid Glue (Tombow) to attach a layer of DSP. Then I chose another pattern and used liquid glue to mount that ... VIEW POST
Sampler Project Finally Finished
Last month I showed you part of something I was working on, but there was much more to do before I was ready to show you the finished project. Well today's the day. I've been putting together a sampler using a number of stamp sets and here's what I ended up with. SECTION BY SECTION If I'd left this project to the end to explain it to you, this would have been the longest post I've ever written. Instead, I'll link back to earlier posts where I've already shown you how I made ... VIEW POST
Finding Clouds In Watercoloured Backgrounds
Yesterday while riding out our latest winter storm I spent time pulling out some older Stampin' Up! products. I've decided that with the retiring list only a matter of weeks away, I need to play with some still available but neglected items. Tucked in a box I found the Delightfully Detailed Notecards and Envelopes. I wasn't planning on making a notecard-sized card, but one card design reminded me of clouds and it all followed on from there. I started by using my Stampin' Trimmer to cut ... VIEW POST
A Cloud of Butterflies
Here in Nova Scotia it's bright and sunny, but at minus 12C it's very cold. So once again I'm in my craft studio dreaming of spring and playing with butterflies. This Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper (DSP) pack is available free during Sale-A-Bration. Now there are even more exclusive free items to choose from. But first, my project. I began my card by using my Stampin' Trimmer to cut and score a piece of Thick Whisper White Card. I folded it along the scored line and sharpened ... VIEW POST
Meant To Be for WWYS204
Yesterday for my Simple Sunday project I altered a dreamy design from the Floral Romance Specialty Designer Series Paper (DSP) and made it quite graphic. Today for my What Will You Stamp? Challenge Design Team project I went back to the same paper pack. This time though I chose one of the gorgeous printed vellum sheets for challenge #WWYS204. I suppose you could say it was 'meant to be'. A SIMPLE START I began my project with some Thick Whisper White Card, cut and scored using my ... 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
