Are you a party animal when it comes to birthdays? Our family is a little low-key but we still make sure the birthday person gets a great birthday card. I had fun with the Marquee Messages stamp set and the new Party Animal designer series paper for today’s card. It’s bright and cheerful and shows off […]
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A SIMPLE FLOWER WATERCOLOURED
Today’s project uses the Butterfly Basics stamp set to feature the simple flower image and some watercoloring with the wonderful Watercolour Pencils from Stampin’ Up! Sometimes simple is all you need to send the perfect birthday greeting! Those Watercolour pencils are wonderful to work with to make your project look awesome! I’m also playing along […]
ALL ABOUT YOU WITH BIRTHDAY BLOSSOMS FROM STAMPIN’ UP!
It’s all about you with the Birthday Blossoms stamp set today! Did you know that this stamp set goes beautifully with the new Succulent Gardens Designer Series Paper? There you go. What’s better that flowers on a cold and snowy day?! If you are a regular visitor then you know that I like playing along […]
HOW TO READ A CARD SKETCH
Happy Monday and welcome! Card sketches are a great way to find inspiration so today, I thought I’d show you how to “read” one. Firstly, here is my card. Secondly, here is the sketch from Create with Connie and Mary that I used for my starting point. You will notice that this sketch shows the […]
FOR THE BRIDE-TO-BE WITH THE CUSTOM TEE BUNDLE
Do you have a bride-to-be in your life? The traditional wedding season is coming soon and what could be prettier than giving the bride-to-be this card to congratulate her! The Custom Tee Bundle makes it so easy to stamp and cut out the T-shirt shape and I used a scrap of the beautiful Falling in […]
ENJOY YOUR DAY WITH THE SO IN LOVE BUNDLE FROM STAMPIN’ UP!
Today, I’m playing with the So in Love Bundle and using up more of the beautiful Falling in Love Designer Series Paper. I love that paper!! The Paper Players posted a colour challenge that says to use Basic Black, White and another colour of my choice. I chose to use Sweet Sugarplum which mimics the […]
LOVE IS IN THE AIR
Love is in the air with another valentine card created with the fun Life Me Up Bundle from the 2017 Occasions Catalogue. I added a background of dots from the Pop of Pink Specialty Designer Series Paper and laid that big red heart on top. That gave me the perfect background for those hot-air […]
LOVE LIFTS ME UP
Hello to you and welcome to my “Love Lifts me up” post for today. I thought it would be appropriate to create a valentine card with the Lift Me Up Bundle from the 2017 Occasions Catalogue. The colours came from this week’s Create with Connie and Mary challenge and was the starting point for this […]








