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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
MORE ROSE WONDER
Are you tired of the Rose Wonder Bundle yet? I sure hope not because I have one more to show you for this week. Isn’t it striking with the pink and black combination? It’s pretty simple but lovely I think. I stamped the label outline around the greeting and then cut it down with paper […]
MORE BOKEH FOR YOU
I didn’t stop playing with the Bokeh technique. Just had to make this card and this time I used 3 different colours to get this cool background. The focus is the technique so just a little stamping on the face and then I added those blooms with the matching Rose Garden Thinlits. CYNTHIA’S TIP: […]
TRYING THE BOKEH TECHNIQUE
Good day to you. I decided to give the Bokeh technique a try for today’s card. It’s a fun technique and I used just one colour for it in order to showcase the retiring Blended Bloom stamp. The idea behind Bokeh is to blend colours together using an aqua painter and then smoothing it all […]
HAPPY NOTES FOR A NEW HOME
Good Monday to you and today’s card highlights the retiring Happy Notes stamp set! This is a cute set that covers several occasions and is great for creating a simple card for special occasions. I’m also following along with the Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge which leaves lots of room for a simple […]
