I am sharing two wedding congratulations cards today....the design and layout is the same but I have made one with a pink theme and another with a lavender theme...my apologies for the bad pictures, even though I tried many times - the gold foil cardstock that I have used to die cut the mr &... Continue Reading →
I Treasure Your Friendship
I love this quote by H.J.Brown - "Remember that most valuable antiques are dear old friends."....and the card I'm sharing today is for a treasured friend...I have used two adorable fairy images from Penny Black stamps for my card....I first die cut the front panel from watercolour cardstock using a large cross stitch rectangle die... Continue Reading →
Amazing – That’s What You Are
I chose softer colours for today's card...since I usually choose bright colours,to make cards with soft colours I have to keep reminding myself to stick to the plan... :)The card base is made from lavender colour textured cardstock and I have die cut white cardstock using stitched rectangle die for the front panel...I covered this... Continue Reading →
Bird & Butterflies- Scrapbook Boutique August Challenge
As soon as I saw the moodboard for this month's challenge at the Scrapbook Boutique blog,I went through all my stamps..didn't find anything I liked at first...a weird umbrella stamp from ages ago,small or odd looking bird stamps and no shoes stamps at all...got quite a few ideas that didn't work...but I kept going and... Continue Reading →
Sunshine,Laughter & Flowers Card
I used to love using patterned cardstock for card bases when I started cardmaking...but slowly I stopped using it altogether...I agree that a white card base brings out the most in a card,but I still can't stop myself from using coloured card bases and even printed cardstock bases once in a while...So on a printed... Continue Reading →
Post#200 – My 200th Post Encouragement Card…!!!!
Thank you for visiting my blog today......you're reading my 200th post....I'm quite happy that I've been able to keep going with my craft and blog....being able to share my creations online with people from all over the world is an awesome feeling...and to hear encouraging words from talented crafters is even more fantastic....The card is... Continue Reading →
Post#163 Rainbow Butterflies Birthday Card & Card Box
I had so much fun making this card....it has bright colours and lots of butterflies....a perfect card for my cheerful little girl who's turning 10 today....The card base is 5"x 7" made from plain pink cardstock....the top layer is plain pink as well...there is a large banner at the top made from silver glitter cardstock... Continue Reading →
Post#144 DIY Background Birthday Card
This card was so much fun to create.....mainly the background....all you need is some water soluble colour and a drinking straw...and very soon you will have one of a kind background ready for your card...I used Peerless watercolors and a Pentel Aquash water brush...after picking up the colour I wanted,I dropped a few drops of... Continue Reading →
Post#102 – Self Closing Angled Box
I am a big fan of boxes and bags which don't need a fiddly attachment in order to close and open them.....so when I saw this tutorial for a self closing box by Dawn Griffith...I had to try it out...At first I thought that with all these angles it must be a bit tricky but... Continue Reading →