Category Embossing

Merci Beaucoup from Mama Elephant & Me!

Can you believe that it’s already time for the new challenge at Mama Elephant and Me!  This month it’s a ‘Paper Piecing Thank You’ and I’ve wanted to stack these cups for soooo long that I thought that it’s now or never lol.…

Up & Away Publication.

I have a publication share from the Australian Cardmaking, Stamping & Papercraft magazine today using one of the cutest sets from Mama Elephant.  Very CAS designs but so much fun to colour and create.  This little monkey was also very…

Stretch you Stamps Ombre!

Today I found a few minutes to try Laura’s ombre background technique. I adore gingham, especially on baby cards so thought that the ombre style would be perfect especially with this fab onesie die cut from Paper Smooches. Have a great…

Repeated Hello at Muse!

This week for Muse I wanted to share a card that I made for publication,my ‘hello’ card was lucky enough to be accepted and I would just love to see your take on this ‘repeated’ sentiment idea! Here is another version of the same card…

Out of the Box!

Definitely out of the box for me, I felt like making an unexpected card for one of my close friends who turned 40.  Not my best photos….   but I’m sure you get the idea, ps her 5 year old…

Hero Arts Stamper’s Challenge!

Heaps of photos today so I’ll get right to it!   These are some cards I made for the Australian Cardmaking, Stamping & Papercraft magazine it was a stamper’s challenge and I got to play with these awesome Hero Arts stamps.…

Best Day Ever at Muse!

Back with another card for Muse today and I’ve been playing with stencils…    again, creating my own ombre background with different shades of Distress Inks.  And can you see that I have yet another set of wood veneer shapes…

Garden of Life!

So I was swimming my laps this morning and thinking about making cards (of course) and was trying to think of an idea how to use the fab inspiration from Mama Elephants current challenge.  Then I thought of my Mother’s…

Lucky Stars

I have a quick share today, I combined a few fun challenges to create this card and it looks absolutely nothing like the original plan….  it started out as a birthday cake but that’s a long story so I won’t…

A Friend for Life!

Another Texture Effect today and it’s embossing with glitter, such a fun technique and a great way to enjoy a glittery day, because if you are anything like me then there will be glitter glitter everywhere! Sorry about the less…

Shine Bright!

Back with some more Textural Effects and this time it ‘s embossing paste.  I do love the look of the Inka Gold used as an embossing paste although I found that I had to add a little water as it was…

Big Birthday Wishes!

Today I started working on Textural Effects and thought I would try out Dry Embossing first, what a great one layer twist on this technique and even better I get to use some of those embossing folders that have been…

A Star is Born!

I can always use some baby cards in my stash, I hardly ever make them….  or wedding cards, sympathy….  well I’m sure you get what I mean lol.  Anyhoo, more online class Creative Colouring and this time it’s Simple Copic…