Hi Everyone, I liked this Woodware Bon Voyage stamp set as soon as I saw it, it's great for masculine cards and really lends itself to a vintage style. There aren't many ingredients for the
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Hand Made Card with Die Cut Lighthouse, Ropes and Anchor
Hi Everyone, hope you are all enjoying the beautiful weather in the UK! I thought some seaside themed cards would be appropriate starting with this one. The die set for the lighthouse cuts it in
Continue ReadingHand Made Notecard with Mermaid and Shells
Hi Everyone, continuing my under the sea theme, this card uses another stamped and die cut mermaid, on a stamped and inked background along with some real shells that I collected on the beach. It's
Continue ReadingInside Shadow Box Card with Mermaid
Hi Everyone, I saw the technique for making Inside Shadow Box cards demonstrated by Jennifer McGuire on Youtube , there is a great video tutorial which you can see here. I didn't want to do
Continue ReadingHand Made Card with Die Cut Seahorse and Embossed Background
Hi Everyone, beach and sea themes are really popular at the moment and perfect for this time of year so I thought I would make one or two under the sea cards to demonstrate some
Continue ReadingGold Hot Foil and Die Cut Birthday Card
Hi Everyone, I was asked to make a birthday card for an elderly lady who's eye sight is failing, I wanted to put a big Happy Birthday at the centre of the card and keep
Continue ReadingHand Made Fathers Day Card with Heat Embossed Star
Hi Everyone, this is the last in my Cards For Men mini series 😉 After trying the embossing powder melting technique a couple of weeks ago I wanted to use it again as I love
Continue ReadingHand Made Football Birthday Card
Hi Everyone, here's another card for a male recipient, with the World Cup only a month away it seemed appropriate to have another football themed card. You can personalise this card by using the colours
Continue ReadingSteampunk Gears Birthday Card with Coloured Embossing
Hi everyone, I wanted to show you a technique for colouring the raised areas of embossing which is really easy and adds another dimension to embossed backgrounds. I have been wanting to try my hand
Continue ReadingFathers Day Card with Football Playing Hedgehogs
Hi Everyone, time to think about the men now! Fathers Day is next month so I wanted to do a few cards in preparation. My plan is to make cards that will appeal to men
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