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Tutorial for personalised  eclectic birthday card

Tutorial for personalised eclectic birthday card

Today’s tutorial is for a personalised eclectic birthday card. I've made mine for a friend (called Alison of course). Adjust yours for the name you want to use. This may make your sentiment label wider or narrower. For longer names, then overlap the letters more or...

Tutorial for sequin accented thanks card

Tutorial for sequin accented thanks card

Today’s tutorial is for a sequin accented thanks card. The sequins accent each of the flower heads in the DSP - see video. The video also gives suggestions for use with 3 other packs of DSP. The Fresh as a Daisy DSP used for this card (as well as the others mentioned...

Tutorial for coloured zoo crew birthday card

Tutorial for coloured zoo crew birthday card

Today’s tutorial is for a coloured zoo crew birthday card. I picked the flowered pattern of Zoo Crew DSP to colour, to match the flower on the dancing hippo. The video below gives more ideas for colouring the different black & white patterns of DSP. The layout is...

Tutorial for border edged birthday card

Tutorial for border edged birthday card

Today’s tutorial is for a border edged birthday card. For this design, we're taking the border all the way to the edge of a tent fold card base. The lacy edging results in quite a fragile card. If you wish to strengthen it then one option is to add clear Window Sheet...

Tutorial for framed vellum birthday card

Tutorial for framed vellum birthday card

Today’s tutorial is for a framed vellum birthday card. Creating a frame for the vellum is just another way of hiding the adhesive that would otherwise show through it. I've used the Scalloped Contours dies to create my frame but many other die sets would work equally...

Tutorial for pattern gems birthday card

Tutorial for pattern gems birthday card

Today’s tutorial is for a pattern gems birthday card. This time we're using our gems to embellish the pattern repeat of our DSP. I rarely use gems for masculine cards (though matte dots work well instead) but I think this is one place where you can do so without...

Tutorial for floral circle sayings birthday card

Tutorial for floral circle sayings birthday card

Today’s tutorial is for a floral circle sayings birthday card. This time we're creating our own background for the card by repeat stamping an image to create a pattern. In the tutorial below, I take you step by step through creating the floral circle sayings birthday...

Tutorial for bright flipped ombre card

Tutorial for bright flipped ombre card

Today’s tutorial is for a bright flipped ombre card. This simple card makes the most of an ombre on ombre design. If you're looking for some of the brighter, mixed patterns from this DSP pack, I used them for another three of the card projects in this month's Online...

Tutorial for irresistible pansy birthday card

Tutorial for irresistible pansy birthday card

Today’s tutorial is for an irresistible pansy birthday card. The Hello, Irresistible suite comes with flower stamps and dies, specially designed to be used with the pretty papers. There's nothing to stop you from using them with different flower stamps and dies from...