Hi there A couple of weeks back I discovered a new fun fold created by US demo – Connie Stewart. I love a fun fold, especially one where I can get two bases from a sheet of A4 cardstock. It folds nice and flat so is easy to post and when opened it stands on… Read More »
Hi there Last month I participated in a team swap. What is a swap you ask? A swap is where you make multiple cards of the same design. You then give one of your cards to each member of the group and they give you one of theirs. This means you end up with multiple… Read More »
Hi there Today Phil and I celebrated our 23rd wedding anniversary. We had a lovely lunch out at a local cafe and have a dinner booked for later this week – it’s an ‘experience’ and a dinner. I don’t own any traditional wedding anniversary stamps so normally go with a fun option for Phil’s card.… Read More »
Hi there Welcome to 2024 and a fresh year ahead. I saw a post on Facebook the other day asking what New Year Resolutions people had made. I personally don’t make New Year Resolutions but I did like one persons reply – make new habits instead of resolutions. So my new habit for 2024 is… Read More »
Hi there I’ve had so much fun creating projects with the Crafting With You bundle. Here are two more cards I made to share at the recent crafting retreat I attended. I made this card for my Sister-in-law who had a birthday yesterday. She has made some amazing patchwork quilts so when I saw this… Read More »
Hi there There are a number of variations for ‘Window Cards’ and this one uses a piece of Window Sheet so you can see through to the greeting on the inside of the card. The card base measures 19.5cm x 10.5cm and is scored at 5cm – the 5cm section becomes the top front portion… Read More »
Hi there For today’s card I used a very useful tool – the Stamparatus – to help me create my stamped circle image. The Stamparatus is a stamp positioning tool and can be used for a number of techniques too. I’ve been wanting to use this technique for some time and the Tidings & Trimmings… Read More »
Hi there Today’s fun fold is a card design I first made way back in 2014 and have CASEd it a number of times since for Christmas cards – check out my 2019 version here. For this years design I’ve used the Tidings of Christmas Suite from page 88-89 of the Annual Catalogue. This suite… Read More »
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Hi there I first shared a Front Flap card back in 2018 and then again in 2019 and today I’ve got two variations of this design – a Single Front Flap and Double Front Flap. Most Front Flap cards are of the ‘single’ variety. The ‘flap’ is adhered to a card front rather than a… Read More »
Hi there Last week I shared a project we made at our online event – I now have the next instalment – a ‘one sheet wonder’. A ‘one sheet wonder’ is a technique used to create a number of cards from a sheet of Designer Series Paper (DSP) based on a template. You can also… Read More »
Hi there With the current promotion for July being 15% off selected Designer Series Paper (DSP) I thought I’d do a project that uses one of the selected DSP packs. I’ve chosen the Hand-Penned 12″ x 12″ DSP which features the new Pale Papaya In Colour along with 9 other colours. I created two designs… Read More »
Hi there Last Saturday I held a workshop for a lovely group of ladies – we had a great afternoon crafting and here is one of the cards we made. It uses the partial dry embossing technique. This is where you dry emboss your cardstock front but leave an area free of the embossing to… Read More »
Hi there Today we have the Split Negative technique. This is a new one for me – I can’t believe I’ve never made a card using this cool technique. I’m so glad we’ve got black embossing powder back in our catalogue although you could do this with Memento Black ink. To create this card you… Read More »
Hi there Last weekend I attended a team training (will share the projects we made next week) and saw this card on display which had been made by Helen Wigan. I love fun folds so took a few photos and measurements so I could recreate it. I’m not sure what this card fold is called… Read More »