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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…

Birthday Challenge Giveaway (video)!

Exciting news, there is a birthday challenge giveaway this week at Purple Onion Designs Blog so head on over there for all the deets, there are two prize packages  to WIN! For my birthday card  I have coloured with  Prismacolor pencils onto coloured…

Remember Creative Colouring!

Back with another fun technique  Watercolouring Made Easy for  Day 7  Creative Colouring.  Now would you believe that I don’t own any watercolour paints at all so I compromised and used Distress Inks on my craft sheet, so it’s the…

Having some Graffiti fun!

Back in class again and now I have a Graffiti card for Backgrounds into the Foreground, I just love this technique and think it’s particularly good for those wonderfully challenging masculine designs. Not my best card but this class is…

Smiling!

Today I’m focusing on Creative Coloring and using Tasnim’s fab technique of tracing images.  So out came my Hero Arts background stamp and I dug around and eventually found a gold gel pen, what fun! I’d like to share this…

Still on the Illusion….

I’m kinda stuck on Day 3 here, but loving it.  My visitors have deserted me and now instead of cleaning the house after camping, working etc I am having some fun in my crafty space (wink).  So today it’s another…

Masked Backgrounds

Back with some more homework for the Online Card Class and today it’s Masked backgrounds, and I wanted mine bright and cheery…   so it is. Gotta head off to work now and my brother arrives today, yipppeee! Other Supplies:…

Optical Illusion – Stamp Layering

Back with a quick card that I made using the Stamp Layering technique.  How cool is this class, I can’t wait to see what everyone else it up to!  I’d better get back to camping……  lol. Thanks for popping by,…

It’s an Optical Illusion!

Well class is still on and now it’s Optical Illusions and today I thought I would start with Scenic Stamping.  I promise I really did try and make it ‘more water coloury’ but it just wasn’t going to happen, I…

Happiness is faux letterpress!

Back with another installment for the Online Clean & Simple class and this time the technique is faux letterpress…  so I thought it really should be elegant so out came the damask.  It’s been an eon since I’ve used this…

Faux metal With Love!

Back again with another faux technique and this is one of my faves…   faux metal.  I kept it simple, it’s a Clean & Simple class right, so what else would I do.  I kinda thought this would make a…