I had a few friends over recently and showed them how to do one of my favourite techniques - Faux Silk. My first sample uses Perfect Plum, Always Artichoke and Whisper White card stock. I stamped images from Peaceful Petals onto the tissue paper to create the silk look. Extra texture was added to the … Continue reading Peaceful Petals and Beautiful Season Faux Silk
Category: Itty Bitty Banners
Blessed Easter Artichoke Rose
Today I am using the Banners Framelits and the Blessed Easter image, both from the new Occasions Catalogue. Onto the base card of Naturals White, i added a piece of Rose Red that was embossed with the Fancy Fan TIEF. Always Artichoke DSP was run through one of the Banners Framelits. The art image was … Continue reading Blessed Easter Artichoke Rose
Clockworks Wasabi Mist
An all purpose card which could be used for a male or female recipient. I used Wild Wasabi, Marina Mist and Early Espresso ink to stamp various Clockworks images on Very Vanilla. This was layered onto a base of Wild Wasabi. The sentiment is from Itty Bitty Banners and is cut with the matching die … Continue reading Clockworks Wasabi Mist
Creative Crew: Itty Bitty Banners Modern Medley Cake
The third Creative Crew challenge is Holiday focus: "Did you know that November 26th is national cake day? Trip number three is to be inspired by some cake pictures. Show us what creation one of these cakes led you to." The pictures provided great inspiration for a variety of cake types. I chose to go … Continue reading Creative Crew: Itty Bitty Banners Modern Medley Cake
Swallowtail Stylish Mambo
Today, I have used dry embossing, heat embossing and emboss resist to create this very pretty pink birthday card for my friend Janelle. I started by stamping the Swallowtail in Versamark on Whisper White. I then heat embossed it with Melon Mambo EP, sponged with Wisteria Wonder ink and fussy cut it. Using a two-way … Continue reading Swallowtail Stylish Mambo
Wildflower Meadow Metallic Blue
Acrylic Smash is the technique I used on this pretty CAS card. Firstly, I cut the window sheet using the largest of the Apothecary Accents Framelits. Wildflower Meadow was then stamped on the shape with Stazon Jet Black. Now comes the messy part. Turn the window sheet over and cover it with a good layer … Continue reading Wildflower Meadow Metallic Blue



