Last Saturday, I held a great Buy One Get One Free sale here at my craft room. But of course, we had to make a few cards and here is one of the cards we made. I’ve used a base of Tip Top Taupe and stamped in Night of Navy. I also highlighted the branches with my White Gel Pen and added some Dazzling Diamonds for a bit of sparkle. I… Read More »
Well, it was only a matter of time before I had to give this smooshing malarkey a go!! Have you heard of it? Here is the effect… I’ve seen various methods but here is how I smooshed! I must thank Kim Fee of Simply Fairies for explaining the process to me as I received a gorgeous Christmas themed swap from her and wanted to know her smooshing method. I laminated… Read More »
Didn’t September fly in?! You may have arrived from Lesley, or this may be your first stop today, either way you are very welcome. Our theme this month is Gift Packaging. I must admit, in a previous life, i.e. before Stampin’ Up, I never paid much attention to packaging. Though I was very appreciative of other people’s efforts, I was the sort who was still shopping on Christmas Eve… Read More »
Mint Macaron may have been the most popular colour but the winner chose Watermelon Wonder… As you may or may not know, technology is not my strong point, so I was quite impressed with myself for finding a fair way for my draw using a random number generator. Unfortunately, my skills do not extend to finding a way of showing you this other than taking a photo on my phone!!… Read More »
I just thought I would share with you some of the invitations I have been sending out for my crafty morning at the end of September. I’ve used the Wonderland stamp set together with the Winter Wonderland co-ordinating washi tape. I’ve also spooled some of our lush metallic thread round the background. You may be intrigued by the shape on which I have stamped Silent Night in Soft Suede. What punch is that I… Read More »
Last night was my Fast and Fabulous class. As the name suggests, we make 4 Fast and Fabulous cards and I want to show you one of them here. I first made one of these for a birthday a little while ago and I was pleased with how it turned out, so I included it in my class. One of my attendees suggested they would make a lovely gift set… Read More »
A double first and quick post from me today to enter my card onto the first ever challenge on the Global Design Project Challenge site. I’m also linking it to Mojo Monday – my first ever entry here too., woohoo! Global Design Project was a colour challenge… and MoJo Monday’s Sketch … and here is my entry Now you may be wondering, mmmmmm, that doesn’t quite look like the new… Read More »
Morning all! It’s an emotional day in our house as little Miss C starts her first day at pre-school. That means I am just left with my baby boy at home. It is eerily quiet and you would think I have a lot of time on my hands but alas no!! I’ve got so much to do, I hardly know where to begin! Friday is also a short day for… Read More »
Welcome! You many have arrived from here from the lovely Louise or even back-tracked from Emma, either way, you are very welcome to Stamp in Colour. Our theme this month is Sneak Peak, because as if you didn’t already know, the new Autumn/Winter catalogue launches on Tuesday September 1st – can I hear a whoop whoop!!! It’s hard to believe summer is almost over, mind you with the change in temperature… Read More »
By my own admission, I am not the most technically gifted person in the world. I had photographed a few projects to share with you while on a recent trip back to Ireland, but while there I was unable to transfer them to a blog post. GGRRRRR!!! I could blame my internet provider but as my mother always said, a bad workman always blames his tools!! (Though to be fair,… Read More »
A very quick post from me today, but I wanted to share with you one of our fabulous kits in the annual catalogue called Watercolor Wishes. Mine is currently winging its way to me and I can’t wait to get my little crafty paws on it, but in the meantime, sit back and enjoy… The kit is fantastic value at just £31.50 and contains supplies to make 20 cards.… Read More »
Last night was my technique class and I wanted to share my favourite Technique card with you. This card was a labour of love if ever there was one!! I’d seen a card by Margaret Raeburn on Pinterest that I really liked and I wanted to recreate a similar version for my Technique Class with an Autumnal feel. Writing this blog post was the first time I actually searched for Margaret’s… Read More »
Challenge time again and this week I had the company of my lovely downline, Caroline. As well as some creative inspiration, Caroline also helped police my children who weren’t whisked off for the day this week. I must admit I did spend a long time staring at the sketch from Fab Friday and stroking the cardstock in the colours from TGIF, before finally getting a brainwave! Here was the sketch… Read More »
My team are called the Aces and Diamonds and we meet monthly for some creative inspiration. Recently, I’ve been setting a team challenge. My team are sent home with some supplies and asked to come up with a project using all of the supplies included in the pack./ They can add any of their own supplies and use any stamp set, die punch etc they wish but they must use… Read More »
Another month has passed and school’s out for summer! You may have arrived from Kim’s blog, and if you did you are very welcome. If you arrived straight here, you are also very welcome and hope you are having a great Saturday so far. This month we have made ‘Summer lovin ‘ our theme and I thought I would show you a quick and easy card. I got the idea of the… Read More »
A very happy Sunday to you wherever you are. Time for another weekend challenge! This time the colours from Fab Friday took my eye and I decided to use them on a Clean and Simple card for TGIF Challenges. Here are the colours and the criteria for TGIF And here is my card… I’m still in love with Awesomely Artistic – so easy to create a great looking card using… Read More »
Weekend = Challenges! This is becoming my Saturday afternoon habit – sending the kids out and getting some challenge time and me-time. This week I decided to try the Chevron Challenge at Addicted to CAS combined wit the sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. SO here is my card. I’ve used the fabulous Calypso Coral Chevron washi tape from the Let’s Get Away Project Life Accessory pack as my Chevron element and… Read More »
I thought I would share the thank-you’s I made for all the gifts that I received when baby Finn was born – think they have all been received by now. You may not recognise all the products used on the cards as some have now retired, but I just loved this bumblebee and was so sad it retired – it had to get one final outing! I was inspired by… Read More »
Thanks Dana for commenting and just for you – and Eileen too – here is the tutorial. I will warn you in advance, this is a pretty picture heavy post so bear with me! But I hope that it explains exactly how to recreate the card. Firstly cut your whisper white almost like a standard A6 card but leave one side a little longer – depending on how large you… Read More »
It’s the weekend, so time for a challenge! This week, I was drawn to the sketch challenge over at Pals Paper Arts. Here is the sketch. And here is what I came up with… I just received this set recently and just love the fonts of all the sentiments. The swirls remind me of Wonder Woman for some reason, what about you? I’m also thinking glam rock, disco and glitter balls… Read More »