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A beautiful season - that is, Christmas. And to go with it a classic new stamp set of the same name. As soon as I saw it in the IBC, it went to the top of my wish list. This is my first inking of it. You can expect to see many more from this … Continue reading Beautiful Season
Two new techniques [well, for me] are showcased in my card today - floating reinkers and gingham. Floating reinkers is a great technique. Take a sheet of shimmery white cardstock and stamp an outline image [segmented images work best] with Versamark. Clear or black emboss the image. Spray the image with water until it pools … Continue reading Floating Reinkers and Gingham
I am still caseing the current IBC. Today, it is from page 71. Using different colours certainly gives another look to the design. I added some extra dimension to the butterflies by sanding the embossed parts. Recipe: Cardstock: So Saffron, Regal Rose, Naturals Ivory, Soft Suede DSP Ink: Soft Suede Stamps: Three Little Words, Woodgrain … Continue reading Three Little Words
One of the new Textured Impressions Embossing Folders in the latest IBC is Stripes. I love the texture it provides as a background for the whole card. Here I have used a retired set, Hello Again as a CAS to show off the effect. Recipe: Cardstock: Sahara Sand, Perfect Plum, Whisper White Ink: Perfect Plum, … Continue reading Stripes
Whilst trawling through the new IBC, I found a great sketch that I thought would be a useful addition to my sketch layouts. This one, on page 81, I have adapted using the Vintage Wallpaper EF, and Cottage Garden images. Recipe: Cardstock: Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Rose Red Ink: Baja Breeze, Daffodil Delight … Continue reading Cottage Garden
If you are a regular reader of our blog, you will know that I am always trying out new techniques, card layouts and styles. I have found this great pop-up card on Lorri's blog. I thought that for my first one of these, I would try and follow her colours and design as much as … Continue reading Surprise Birthday
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