Hi Everyone, the birth flowers for August are poppies, such a beautiful distinctive flower, it is easy to make colorful attractive cards with them. As a well known flower it is not too difficult to
Continue ReadingHand Made Card with Distress Oxide Stenciled Background and Stamped Flowers
Hi Everyone, found another new technique for this card but still using the fab Distress Oxide ink pads, the background color has been applied using the same method as described here, I won't repeat all
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Hi Everyone, I used a different technique for this card, the distress oxide ink is blended with a foam ink blending tool directly from the ink pad without adding any water. Before I used the
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Hi Everyone, Well after a long wait to get stock of these new Distress Oxide ink pads I couldn't wait to try them out and see what all the excitement is about. I decided to
Continue ReadingBirthday Blossoms Larkspur and Waterlily to Celebrate July Birthdays
Hi Everyone, The two birth flowers for July are both relatively unusual, certainly in crafting terms, meaning that there is not an abundance of larkspur and waterlily craft supplies available, however, I found a lovely
Continue ReadingEmbossed Wedding Card with a Pearl Cluster Border
Hi everyone, it's ages since I made a wedding card and when we got these new pearl clusters in stock recently I immediately thought wedding! I wanted to make the lovely pearls the main feature
Continue ReadingHand Made Anniversary Card with Die Cut Greeting
Hello There! It's been in the back of my mind for a while to use the negative area of a die cut make an aperture rather than a shape, finally got round to it with
Continue ReadingDiamond Wedding Anniversary Card
Hi Everyone, here I am with a card for a diamond wedding anniversary which could of course be adapted to suit any wedding anniversary by and changing the numbers and if necessary the color scheme.
Continue ReadingBirthday Blossoms Roses to Celebrate June Birthdays
Hello everyone and welcome to the June edition of our Birthday Blossoms series. The birth flowers for June are roses and honeysuckle. I opted to make rose cards as there are so many lovely rose
Continue ReadingHand Made Graduation Congratulations Card
Hi EveryoneCongratulations if you have someone who is graduating from university or college this summer, why not reward their hard work with a congratulatory card? This card is very simple and would work in plenty of
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