What, exactly, does the fox say? Well, I don’t know for sure but here’s a foxy birthday card that is headed to my son-in-law. I haven’t used The Wilderness Awaits stamp set for a while and decided that it would be perfect to play along with The Paper Players this week. Their challenge is to […]
Cynthias Creative Corner
SENDING A SMILE YOUR WAY
Good morning and I’m sending a smile your way with one of the brand new stamp sets that will be available to you on June 1st in the new Catalogue. This card was created with the New Love & Affection set and the matching Floral Affection Embossing Folders. There are 2 folders in the package, […]
INTRODUCING THE 2016 IN COLOURS FROM STAMPIN’ UP!
Hello and welcome to this introduction of the 2016 In Colours from Stampin’ Up! I thought that butterflies would be the best way to show you and are you ready for the names of the colours? You’re going to love them! Starting from the left: Flirty Flamingo, Dapper Denim, Sweet Sugarplum, Peekaboo Peach and Emerald […]
IT’S ALWAYS A GOOD TIME TO CHOOSE HAPPINESS
It’s always a good time to choose happiness don’t you agree? Today’s card is another that I made using the Choose Happiness stamp set(retiring May 31, 2016) and the ladies at class last night really enjoyed it! I also found the opportunity to add a piece of the retiring English Garden designer paper and I […]
THE YELLOW BIRD OF HAPPINESS JUST LANDED
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 […]
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 […]
