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
Continue ReadingHand Made Wedding Card with Heat Embossed Heart
Hi everyone, I used a new technique on today's card, which I saw demonstrated on the WOW! stand at the craft trade show earlier this year. I have been itching to try it for myself
Continue ReadingHand Made Wedding Card with Grosgrain Ribbon, Pearl and Diamond Embellishment and Stamped Message
Hi everyone, for my second wedding card I went for a classic design but added a few touches of my own. I love the embossed, pearlised card as soon as I saw it I knew
Continue ReadingHand Made Wedding Card with Embossed Vellum and Stamped Flowers
Hi Everyone, with the Royal Wedding coming up in England next month I thought it would be a good time to make a few wedding cards. For the first one I chose a subtle pink
Continue ReadingHand Made Birthday Card with Hot Foil Background and Borders and Stamped Flowers
Hi Everyone, I wanted to try a couple of different techniques with the hot foiling system today, using embossing folders and ordinary cutting dies. This is a great way to get more out of your
Continue ReadingHand Made Birthday Card with Hot Foil Greeting and Foiled Wooden Embellishment
Hi Everyone, I'm still hot foiling  - almost anything that moves!! For today's card I have used a hot foil stamp for the greeting as I did in my first hot foil card, but this
Continue ReadingHand Made Thank You Card with Hot Foil Paisley Drop and Paisley Patterned Background
Hi Everyone, here I am again playing with our new hot foil machine. Today's card uses the Paisley Drop hot foil stamp, teamed with a paisley background from the Neroli paper pad. I love these
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