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Tutorial for Charming congrats card

Tutorial for Charming congrats card

Today’s tutorial is for a Charming congrats card. Simple sentiments make great backgrounds when repeat stamped. The dies in the co-ordinating Sentiment Silhouettes set make it especially easy to spotlight one of the repetitions. In the tutorial below, I take you step...

Tutorial for One Horse spotlight card

Tutorial for One Horse spotlight card

Today’s tutorial is for a One Horse Open Sleigh simple spotlight card. This technique "spotlights" a focal point of the card. There are different ways to create a spotlight and this one using nested dies is very simple. The One Horse Open Sleigh DSP has a couple of...

Tutorial for Silver DSP emboss resist card

Tutorial for Silver DSP emboss resist card

Today’s tutorial is for a Silver DSP emboss resist card. This time we're adding colour to the white and silver design with inky blending brushes. The Gold and Silver DSP is free with a £45 purchase during Sale-a-bration. In the tutorial below, I take you step by...

Tutorial for acetate strip card

Tutorial for acetate strip card

My tutorial today is for a Golden Garden Acetate strip birthday card. There is a short video showing how to assemble the strips. I started with a fairly long panel of acetate for this card. If you prefer, you can start with a shorter panel and either add more foil...

Inner daffodil floating frame

Inner daffodil floating frame

This inner daffodil floating frame card is the "other half" of the card that I made here using this technique. The technique creates panels that can be used for two cards. I'll be sharing other samples made using the same technique soon. COLOUR COMBO This colour combo...

Floating Frame Technique

Floating Frame Technique

I recently shared this card made with the floating frame technique. It was one of a series I created for my downline team. The technique makes two separate cards, one with the outer frame and one using the inner centre. It is easy to adapt to either make it a little...

Rectangle Butterfly sentiment medley

Rectangle Butterfly sentiment medley

This Rectangle Butterfly sentiment medley card is a twist on a previous version of the card. As before, it uses the sentiment medley technique. Colour Combo The colour combination mixes Lemon Lime Twist, Highland Heather and Pool Party, with just a little Night of...

Berry Burst sentiment medley

Berry Burst sentiment medley

I've shared some of the swaps that I made for Onstage here and here. This Berry Burst sentiment medley swap card still uses the sentiment medley technique, but it was stepped up a little, with the addition of some "embellishments" made with the Needlepoint Nook suite....