The yellow bird of happiness is visiting today. I know, it’s usually the blue bird but the beauty of stamping is that you can make your bird of happiness any colour you wish! How fitting that these images come from the retiring Choose Happiness stamp set don’t you think? I tried my hand at stamping […]
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EVERYDAY CHIC BLOOM FOR YOU
Have you played with the Everyday Chic Designer Series Paper? This black and white themed designer paper is a great starting off point for a pretty card. I added a pop of Bermuda Bay to highlight that beautiful bloom that is heat embossed with Black. This card could be used as a congrats or anything […]
GOLDEN BIRTHDAY WISHES FOR MONDAY
Happy Monday and Golden Birthday Wishes if you or someone you love is celebrating today. I pulled the colour combination from Pals Paper Arts. We’re to use Pink Pirouette, Pear Pizzazz and Gold. One of the easiest ways to watercolour without going out of the lines is to heat emboss your image onto Shimmery White […]
BRINGING BACK THE SPONGING WITH CORNER GARDEN
I haven’t done a lot of sponging on my cards in quite a while so decided that the retiring Corner Garden background stamp was the perfect set for it. All I did was stamp the image with the Archival Basic Gray ink(it gives a softer outline) and then sponged several different colours over the flowers […]
SOME BIKES AND BALLOONS FOR THE PAPER PLAYERS
I’m still playing with the Balloon Celebration stamp set and today’s card adds the matching punch. The Paper Players posted a theme challenge to use a bicycle on our projects so……… the Schoolhouse Designer Series Paper has a sheet full of bicycles and doesn’t it look cute with that bundle of balloons! The cute little […]
HAPPY 13TH BIRTHDAY TO YOU
Do you know someone who is turning 13? This card might just do the trick for them. I haven’t used Pacific Point card stock in quite a while so it was time! Especially when Mojo Monday posted this great sketch to play along with. The Little Numbers Thinlits Dies are on the Retiring list so […]
BIRTHDAY BLOOMS LOOKING LOVELY WATERCOLOURED
I finally got my hands on the Birthday Blooms stamp set and it is perfect for watercolouring! I’m also playing along with 2 challenges for this card, the Create with Connie and Mary colour challenge and pulled up an old sketch from Freshly Made Sketches. The colours are Calypso Coral, Night of Navy and Smoky […]
LET US SIT TOGETHER AND DRINK AND EAT CAKE
Welcome to the month of May and if you have birthdays on your calendar then you may want to send this card. Having drinks and eating cake is the perfect way to celebrate a birthday! This card makes good use of the retiring It’s My Party Designer paper stack and the very cute Balloon Celebration […]
