The second CreativeCrew Challenge is Creative Focus: "KITS! We have a mountain of kits to choose from, they make a class or a workshop easy peasy! The next part of our trip takes us into packaging territory, show us something with the Pretty Packages line on pages 158 & 159 of the main catty or … Continue reading Creative Crew: Build A Christmas Banner
Category: Techniques
Wonderful Blessings Mosaic Suede
Here is another example of an easy and elegant Christmas card using one of the Single stamps now available. Wonderful Blessings was stamped in Early Espresso on a piece of Very Vanilla and cut with a circle die. The rest of the piece was then embossed with the Modern Mosaic TIEF. These were layered onto … Continue reading Wonderful Blessings Mosaic Suede
Evergreen Bermuda Silver Tree
Do you get any of your ideas for card making from the Stampin' Up! catalogues? I do. There are a myriad of ideas that can be adapted to any stamp sets and colours that you desire. Today, I have taken one of the cards in the Holiday Catalogue, used similar colours, but different images. I … Continue reading Evergreen Bermuda Silver Tree
Snowflake Soiree Crushed Starfruit
Here is another Christmas card using a carry over set. This one is Snowflake Soiree. It is also one of the sets that is 25% off until 28 October. I used Glossy White [retired] to stamp some images in Versamark and then heat embossed them with White EP. Summer Starfruit was used to create an … Continue reading Snowflake Soiree Crushed Starfruit
Evergreen Gumball Tulip
Do you know that it is only 2 months until Christmas? I have made a slow start to my Christmas cards this year. Last year, I had most of them complete by now. Looks like my projects over the next few weeks will be mainly Christmas oriented. I will start with a clean and simple … Continue reading Evergreen Gumball Tulip
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
Lavender Thoughts 