Hi there I don’t know about you but sometimes I struggle to come up with a layout design for a project. That is where challenges are great. There are a couple of types of challenges that I use – a colour combo challenge – where you’re given two or three colours to use or a… Read More »
Hi there Over the weekend I saw a great colour challenge combo on the Colour Inkspiration Facebook group. As soon as I saw the colours I knew exactly what to create with them – a Split Circle card. This design has been around for awhile but I only made my first one last Tuesday when… Read More »
Hi there Today’s technique carry’s on from last weeks Dry Embossing technique. I’ve combined dry embossing with dies cuts and stamped images to create a technique known as Inlaid Embossing. The colour combo comes from this months SU! Colour Challenge – head on over and see the various creations made with the below colours and… Read More »
Hi there It’s ages since I participated in a challenge – colour or sketch – and this weekend I’ve created cards for two different colour challenges. My first card is for the Colour INKspiration challenge. I needed two boy (15 year olds) cards so this combo was perfect. I chose Mango Melody, Granny Apple Green,… Read More »
Hi there Last weekend we celebrated my niece’s birthday (which was at the end of June) and on Friday I took her shopping for her present. We hadn’t been able to do it earlier as she had Uni exams – including one on her birthday. There are lots of sketch/colour challenge sites you can use… Read More »
Hi there Welcome to Winter – at least we’re now starting to get the rain we so desperately need. One positive of winter is that we have to stay indoors more which means more crafting time – and with a new catalogue just days away – bring it on. Today’s post is created from a… Read More »
Hi there We’ve just had the most spectacular thunder and lightning show here in Auckland. I don’t think I’ve heard thunder that loud before – it felt like the whole house was rumbling! Yesterday I was a busy beaver making 20 cards for our team training swap next weekend – unfortunately you’ll have to wait… Read More »
Hi there I’ve had a great afternoon crafting. Phil has been out all day and I’ve had the house to myself – which means the dining room and kitchen bench have become a crafting space :). I’ve prepped over 50 cards for a friend of mine, made two wedding anniversary cards and one graduation card and… Read More »
Hi there Today is a very special day – my Mum turns 80! Happy Birthday Mum 🙂 You are such an inspiration to me and so many others. You continually give of yourself and have been the best role model a daughter could have. I love you heaps. I can’t show you the card I’ve… Read More »
Hi there Life has been a bit busy this past fortnight with workshops, card classes and stamp camp that I almost missed entering a card for the third Colour INKspiration challenge. On my way home on the train I was trying to think which stamp to use that would go well with the five colours… Read More »
Hi there Last month I participated in another challenge site – Casing the Catalogue – which is run by Stampin’ Up! demonstrators. For this challenge they were casing pages 4 – 7 from the new Occasions Catalogue. I don’t have any of the stamp sets from this suite but decided to use the layout from… Read More »
Hi there I’m back :). I’ve had a few ‘technical’ issues over the last couple of weeks but hopefully we’re all sorted. Colour INKspiration is a new fortnightly challenge site which I plan to participate in. How it works is that each fortnight they give us some colours which we need to use to create… Read More »
Hi there It’s been a while since I joined in a challenge and this weeks challenge over at Global Design Project is a good one. I knew exactly what to do once I saw the challenge – CASE-ing Connie’s Card. The challenge was to use her card as inspiration to create something ourselves.I’ve gone with the stripped theme:… Read More »
Hi there It feels like Spring has finally sprung today – it’s been a beautiful day here in Auckland. I enjoy creating cards using a challenge for inspiration. For this card I have used the Global Design Project colour challenge of Daffodil Delight, Soft Sky and Pear Pizzaz. I already had the card base which… Read More »
Hi there It’s ages since I participated in a ‘challenge’ – so today’s card is a sketch challenge and a colour challenge rolled into one. For the sketch I’ve gone with one from Freshly Made Sketches – #204 and for my colour combo I’ve used ColorQ – #308 – although I have changed a few of… Read More »