Merry Christmas! It has become tradition at my Special Christmas Cards Class for me to design a poinsettia project. This is the final project from the Class. Here is this year’s poinsettia. Click for my 2018 design. It uses the leaves from the Rooted in Nature Stamp Set and some punched circles. A lot of
The penultimate project from my Mostly Men Class is this gorgeous Just For You Card. It’s a combination of Old Olive, Soft Suede, Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie and Very Vanilla. The tree ‘cookie’ is stamped off several times to create a softer tone. Then the tree is stamped over the top. On a separate piece
Once again I ran Card & Cuppa for Children this week and the theme was ‘We’re all going on a summer holiday’. Who can resist these fabulous ice lollies. First, the beach background was created using the clouds from Above the Clouds Stamp Set. The sea and beach were from the High Tide Stamp Set.
At last week’s Card & Cuppa, I created a Birthday card using the fabulous In Color blues. I think I’m a little bit in love with this colour combination. The In Color blues are the new Seaside Spray and last year’s Blueberry Bushel. When they are combined with Sahara Sand and Whisper White, it creates
Card & Cuppa returned last week and we made this project using the fabulous Rooted in Nature Stamp Set. I think this Stamp Set will take the place of the recently retired Lovely as a Tree for me. The background uses the trunk section stamped in Crumb Cake before adding the leaves. All of the
At a recent Card & Cuppa class, the attendees suggested a Sympathy or Thinking of You card as a future project. This project uses the versatile Rooted in Nature Stamp Set and I took my inspiration from this previous class project. Crumb Cake tone-on-tone stamping creates a pretty background. The Detailed Trio Punch quickly rounds
Autumn is here and it’s the perfect time for the Rooted in Nature Bundle. Here is an example in purple and blue. As you can see, I’ve not opted for the usual oranges, greens and browns for this project. It’s great to mix things up a bit with non-standard colour combinations. A lovely colour combination
Here’s another project from my recent In Color Introduction class and this project is introducing Grapefruit Grove. You’ll have seen me use the colour previously. This uses the new Rooted in Nature Bundle from the Nature’s Poem Suite in the Annual Catalogue. It’s one of those sets that grabbed my attention straight away and I
Have you seen the fabulous new stamp set called Rooted in Nature in the Annual Catalogue? It’s one of those sets I fell in love with straight away, so it just had to be the focus of last week’s Card & Cuppa project. Especially as it was a masculine theme due to Father’s Day. This
