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Sympathy

Whilst I was messing with watercolour backgrounds (to use with the builder stencils) I tried out a couple of different lewks. I thought the tropical vibe went better with Julia Ahoy Matey, but I didn’t want to waste the other two that came out ok! So this is just the watercolour background and the PierContinue reading “Sympathy”

Ahoy Matey!

Back with my next watercolour stencil pencil card! This time I did a tropical washy background with the watercolours and used the Pier Stencil Builder on top. This is what the stencil looks like. I swapped the tree part to make a mirror image, moved the trees a little to stop it looking identical. AndContinue reading “Ahoy Matey!”

Faunomenal Birthday

Happy Stamp Anniething DT day! Also known as Tuesday! For my live this month I had a play with watercolour backgrounds and then the pencil-stencil thing over the top! I ended up making four backgrounds and have now processed them into usable cards! I love making backgrounds from play/mess/experiment sessions. I am going to startContinue reading “Faunomenal Birthday”

Flowery Zoo

I think these are called spinner cards? The animals are two sided and spin round. I actually found a super cute paper mobile kit (from Papermania) and decided it would make a different kind of card. When you make a lot of cards for the same family you have to think about fresh ideas! NotContinue reading “Flowery Zoo”

Trick Or Treat?

Happy Dr.Digi FriYay! I am popping on the blog today to share a Halloween Card! I love how Halloween always leads to extra creepy inspo and bright clashing colours! This is the digistamp “Trick Or Treat” from Dr.Digi’s House of Stamps, one of my Halloween favs! This is a fun image to colour, I confessContinue reading “Trick Or Treat?”

Thank you, dog version!

On a similar thread to yesterday’s post, I went back to my Making Cards Magazine Freebie papers and pulled out some bits to make a pair of dog themed thank you cards too! Flowery background paper is from an 8×8 Paper Pad called – Midsummer Mornings from Tonic Studio. The bling is from B&M bargain,Continue reading “Thank you, dog version!”

Thank you!

A quick pair of Thank you Cards using freebie papers from Making Cards Magazine! Figure if I can make a couple of cards from every mag, I pay for the subscription. Like the logic? lol! I am also on a personal mission to use up my ancient brad and ribbon stash! Also just making sureContinue reading “Thank you!”

Birthday at the Zoo

I think I have had several fun birthday outings to the Zoo, it’s one of my fav things to do, tho I think I might be a bit of a photo-bore and always trying to grab a good shot! My friend Amy Hurley Purdie recently did a set of cards using some of her awesomeContinue reading “Birthday at the Zoo”

More balloons!

My penultimate catch-up post! Finally nearing the end of the outstanding posts list! I seem to have been at it for ages, lol! This card was a lot of work, though I really wanted to have a go at a “Shadow Box” style card regardless of how hard it might be. This was a commissionContinue reading “More balloons!”

Koi

This was a themed birthday card using a traditional koi tattoo image. I used zig markers and water to colour it, and then made it into a simple easel card. I added stickles glitter glue, flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and Bling from Shimelle. I tried a few versions of it, I also like thisContinue reading “Koi”