I saw a post from Create a Smile Stamps a few months back using ink on a stamp block to create backgrounds. I felt inspired from this post and adapted it to use my favourite new watercolour paints and my whale stamp from Lawn Fawn Critters in the Sea set. To do this I stamped… Continue reading Have a whale of a time!
Combining in another hobby of mine, photography, I try and use pictures from time to time to create some birthday cards. This pictures is from northern Germany, I printed it out and measured it to make it the size of a 6x4 card but allowing space between each piece, and if I remember correctly, each… Continue reading Photography birthday card
Modern calligraphy sweet sixteen birthday card In the autumn, I did two calligraphy courses through The Makery - one modern brush script and one traditional. I really enjoy both of them, although, I feel the traditional one is probably more me as has more rules and straighter lines! I did leave both of them feeling… Continue reading Sweet Sixteen birthday card
Time to start thinking about Christmas cards and gift tags, and if you're like me, I'm nearly done making these for 2019. But those will be revealed at a later date once they have been delivered. I loved my Season's Tweetings cards and used Lawn Fawn stamps and matching dies for these. I stamped out… Continue reading Season’s Tweetings
Scrapbooking… one of those things that I always put on the back burner. Why? Because it is for me! I really enjoy scrapbooking, in particular my holidays, and I love looking at all of my holiday photos time and time again (and if you’re not aware I love taking photos as well). But I still… Continue reading Florida scrapbook front page
Of course, using my Cricut again (I’d seriously be lost without this). I made this card many years ago for my nephew’s 6th birthday. All of the shapes came from the Create a Critter cartridge, pick your cut out and colour and ready to go! This would work with a number of other images/shapes too! Now… Continue reading Dinosaur birthday card
My sister and brother-in-law celebrated their first wedding anniversary in 2018. I wanted to come up with a unique (and not soppy or nauseating) anniversary card. I used my Cricut and Cricut Design Space to design the topper for this using image Bear from the Bits and Pieces cartridge. The backing paper I downloaded from… Continue reading Happy Annibearsary card
I was planning to save this for a future post but as I won the Hobbycraft Cricut Make of the Month competition for January and was asked how I made these here we go. This was a gift for my friend's little girl. Initially, I was told that she mainly loved taking these in and… Continue reading Go Wild – Cricut matching game
For my 2018 Christmas cards and gift tags, I used the Lawn Fawn Baaah Humbug rubber stamps and dies and made quick and simple Christmas. Supplies are: White cardstockCardstock tags (I cheated and ordered premade ones of these)Lawn Fawn Baaah Humbug rubber stamps and diesCricut Cuttlebug die cutterBlack ink padGreen ink pen/padColoured pensSilver markerGlitter… Continue reading 2018 Christmas stationery
