Blog Hops · Casual Crafter

Inspireink Challenge…. All the purples

So having completely forgotten to join the blog hop for last month’s challenge – I have made sure to get my post done early this time! and it is a fun colour challenge set by Gez How about all the Stampin’ Up! purples? I do love purples and I love all of these in different… Continue reading Inspireink Challenge…. All the purples

Beginner Crafter · Casual Crafter

Make a Dressed to Impress Pretty Layered Card

With some lovely items retiring at the end of the month, I thought I would create a couple of cards to ‘use before I lose’! The Dressed to Impress stamp and die set is a firm favourite of mine – I think between this set and ‘Nothing’s better than’ I could probably create a card… Continue reading Make a Dressed to Impress Pretty Layered Card

Beginner Crafter · Card · Techniques

Faux Tile Technique with Blessings of Home

Pretty technique today that has been around for a while (but I have still struggled to photograph it to do it justice!) It is a lovely technique that works well with this large floral stamp for a focal image To get the true ’tile’ effect you can cut your image into smaller squares and then… Continue reading Faux Tile Technique with Blessings of Home

Card · Casual Crafter · Quick and Easy

How to make a pretty layered aperture card

I love the new Beautiful Shapes Dies – they give some fabulous options for creating fun apertures and layers – and when combined with the Flowing Flowers it is easy to create pretty cards for a whole range of occasions. I think we sometimes forget the versatility of the stampin write markers – they are… Continue reading How to make a pretty layered aperture card