Category: Birthdays

Fresh Vintage Birthday

Fresh Vintage Birthday

Happy birthday Janene. I made this card for my friend Janene's birthday last week, but couldn't show it here until she received it. Snail mail has now delivered the real thing, so here it is. I CASED the idea from Cindy. Thanks for a great idea Cindy. I have used some more of the new … Continue reading Fresh Vintage Birthday

Multifold Card

Multifold Card

I recently joined Crafter's Anonymous as they have lots of wonderful projects and online classes. Tonight's class was a multifold card. I had great fun making this one and have someone special in mind to whom I will send it. Pink Pirouette and Not Quite Navy card stock has been used, together with Twitterpated DSP, … Continue reading Multifold Card

It’s Fun Being Green

That is the theme for this week's SUO Challenge. Not a difficult choice for me as green would have to be one of my favourite colours. I have used some of my new products [sneak peek from the Autumn-Winter mini catalogue which is being released on 1 April]. The card base is Always Artichoke, layered … Continue reading It’s Fun Being Green

Less is More – Neutrals

Less is More – Neutrals

I have finally found time to participate in another Less is More challenge. This week, it is Neutral Colours. A perfect opportunity to use my new French Foliage set. This has been on my wish list for a long time and I finally purchased it. I have used Naturals Ivory as my base and scattered … Continue reading Less is More – Neutrals

Bleaching

Yes, bleaching it is. Today's technique uses heat embossing and bleaching in the outlines of the image. I started with a piece of Wild Wasabi cardstock, stamped the floral image from Elements of Style using Versamark, then heat embossed it with black embossing powder. When it was cool, I used an Aquapainter to pick up … Continue reading Bleaching