Back to Colour with ‘U’ today and I thought it was about time to crack out my Tombow’s again and I wanted to use them with a watercolour technique. It did take me a couple of attempts to make this…
Have you just hopped here from JULIA’s incredible blog, if you did then you are in exactly the right spot, if not, you can start right HERE at the very beginning so you don’t miss out on anything! Can you tell…
Today I decided to get stuck into my Christmas card stash using this fab set from Altenew called Sketched Evergreen, for more details head over to my focus post here at the Altenew blog. Here’s today’s video you can see…
One of the most beautiful ‘flowers’ ever and so perfect on a Christmas card, especially in ‘gold’. Our Poinsettias have just finished flowering as we are now heading into Spring / Summer here, but they do add such a brightness…
Today I felt like ‘smooshing’ it’s been a while, but I thought it would be fun to play with some analogous colours and of course add a sweet fairy from Penny Black. I decided to film this card. You can…
I’ve had a few questions about how to use the ‘photo image’ style stamps from Penny Black and today I have a quick and easy idea! I decided to film as I created so you can watch the process. You can…
Just in time… Merry Christmas to you all! If things have gone to plan (ie a 7 hour drive Christmas eve with no hiccoughs) I am now at my brother’s enjoying a lovely relaxing Chrissy by the pool and…
Love using some non-traditional colours for a christmas card and these little Penny Black cats looked so cute holding their string of lights that I thought I would combine them with some cheery striped paper. I decided to film as…
Squishing in a last couple of Christmas cards before the big day. This one is CAS (and was hard to photograph) but I’m sure you get the drift. This is a sweet little Penny Black stamp called Holly Tweet, easy to stamp…
Lots of photos today so I won’t talk for long. This is a publication share from the Australian Cardmaking, Stamping and Papercraft magazine and I just love how these cards turned out and they were a blast to make too!…
Snow is not something we have here in Australia at Christmas, so all those beautiful scenes / snowflakes / Wintery wishes, they are a little bit hard to sell when it’s a day at the beach with seafood and a…
Sadly today is my last installment for the 2015 Same but Different Christmas Series and I have saved one of the easiest and funkiest techniques til last, cause we all know it’s getting very close now and lets face facts,…
Well, I thought I had finished but when it came to writing out my Chrissy cards as well as adding the collection for the Caring hearts Drive, to be honest I needed some more, so I thought I would make…
A total of 6 quick Chrissy cards, and today it’s about keeping it Cute & Simple! There are heaps of photos so I’ll keep it real short. You can see my video here or Watch it at Youtube. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hvVFCBABEg&w=480&h=270] Are…
Just giving you a little peek at my card and video that you can find over at the Penny Black blog where I am a Guest Designer, Yay! You can link HERE. I know, I know, heaps going on over here…
Today at Scrapbook Boutique I’m sharing how you can use a ‘collection kit’ to create some beautiful and simple to make, Christmas cards. All the guess work is taken away because everything co-ordinates wonderfully! This new collection from Cocoa Vanilla…
A quick share today as I’m heading out the door to work and then off to visit Linda to help sort some cards for the Caring Hearts Drive in Australia. So I thought I would share a couple of cards that…
Of course I need some Chrissy tags this year and I thought it would be fun to join in the challenge at Avery Elle AEI(heart)U where I was inspired by Karolyn Loncon’s gorgeous card (thanks so much) and so I…
Back with another 6 Christmas cards and today is all about using the supplies that I have at hand (ie they may no longer be available but still very easy to replicate). And keeping with the retro Christmas theme with…
A fun and easy partial die cutting technique today using this very intricate ‘Into the Woods’ die from Penny Black, otherwise quite a clean and simple card. And, if you are interested in how I created this card I have…
