Hi Everyone. Happy Sunday. Firstly, my apologies for having been away from my blog for so long. Lou and I were back in England and I didn't get to my blog for the latter part of the stay. When we got back I went straight back to work and had to catch up on the time that I had missed. Very long days, very short nights and absolutely no time to get anywhere near my crafting table! I also missed the deadline for my Paper Players card - I think that's a first time ever! I'd like to send a... Read more →
Hi Everyone. Happy Saturday. It's my turn to host the Paper Players challenge this week. It's clean and simple week and the challenge is to create a clean and simple card using a tag. I love the Kindness Matters set. The butterflies really appeal to me. This time I wanted to separate them and place them along the tag. I really enjoyed coloring them and then fussy cutting around them. I so rarely use River Rock and decided that this card really needed the more organic feel you get from it. Here's what I came up with I cut the... Read more →
Hi Everyone. Happy Friday. I hope you are all having a great week so far. I hope everyone is managing to stay warm, too. It was very cold at home yesterday, the coldest day we have had so far. Around -3 but because the winds were so strong yesterday, the temp was -29 with windchill. We also saw the beginning of a snowstorm that is expected to finish today. Snow totals will be around 3-6 inches. Still much less than we have normally had by this time of year, but at least winter has finally arrived. Cherie, I hope Mr... Read more →
Hi Everyone. Happy Thursday Hope you are all having a wonderful week. I have a very quick card for you tonight. I really needed a clean and simple card that I could put in the post and not have to pay extra postage. I received a new die for Christmas and really wanted to give it a try. I actually tried this card two different ways. Tonight I am sharing the one I did using Pool Party, Very Vanilla and Basic Black. It is a combination that is crisp and clean and works really well together. Well, at least I... Read more →
Hi Everyone. Happy Wednesday. Hope you are all having a great week so far. Tonight's card uses a variation on the embossed resist technique. I stamped the image for the background, underneath the sentiment, using pearlized acrylic paint,which I applied and then dried using my heatgun. Once it was dry, all that was needed was some ink over the top of it, just like normal embossed resit. I used normal Whisper White card stock instead of the glossy, as I really wanted the glossy effect to be on the stamped image. Once it was completed, I realized it was too... Read more →