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Kissed Botanicals birthday card

Kissed Botanicals birthday card

Today's card uses the kissing technique, i.e. inking a small or patterned stamp with a contrasting colour and touching it to a ready inked larger/solid stamp before stamping out. We used the puddle of small flowers from the Botanical Blooms set to kiss with, as it...

Washi-tape Wednesday – die cuts

Washi-tape Wednesday – die cuts

It’s Wednesday, so it must be washi and we have another new washi-tape project for you - this time making the most of dies. Simply lay pieces of washi-tape side one above the other on a panel of Whisper White. Arrange dies as preferred on the panel and run through...

A nice cuppa card

A nice cuppa card

This birthday card uses the Have a Cuppa suite of products. The stamp set and matching framelits are a bundle, saving you 15% when you buy them together. I took the lazy way for the design and pinched the colour combo from the suite 🙂 The card base is an A6 portrait...

What I Love embossed vellum

What I Love embossed vellum

This small What I Love vellum card is totally sheer, with a pop of coloured embossing. Although the Vellum cardstock is a heavier weight than ordinary vellum and can  support itself as a card, we've kept it small so that the weight of the panels doesn't cause it to...

Botanicals For You gilded

Botanicals For You gilded

Anybody else got gilding flakes gathering dust in the back of their craft cupboard? I can't even remember the project I originally intended these silver flakes for but they're a few years old, lol. Luckily they don't go off 🙂 - they were great for using with this...

Washi-tape Wednesday – stripes

Washi-tape Wednesday – stripes

It’s Wednesday, so it’s washi-tape again 🙂 Continuing our new feature – we’re sharing a new washi-tape project every Wednesday and this week we’re using it to create stripes - but to add a little more interest to the card, we're bending those stripes into a "v"....

Rose Garden thanks

Rose Garden thanks

On Saturday I shared another card made with the Rose Garden thinlits and mentioned that I was happier with the leftovers 🙂 So here's the card I made with those leftovers. The card base is a small square of Bermuda Bay matted with Basic Black card. Taking the negative...

Rose Garden vellum

Rose Garden vellum

Now, to be absolutely honest with you, I'm not happy with today's card but I'm sharing it so that you can learn from my mistake 🙂 I took a lot of care applying the die cut to the vellum but obviously wasn't careful enough in applying the adhesive behind the vellum...

Wildflower Fields Botanicals For You

Wildflower Fields Botanicals For You

Today I've combined two of the Sale-a-bration freebies, Botanicals For You stamp set and Wildflower Fields DSP, in a very simple layout. This card would be ideal for a beginner to card making. The card base is an A6 portrait of Blackberry Bliss, matted with two panels...