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Using Blending Brushes for flowers
Welcome to the Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop The theme this month is 'What is your favourite Stampin' Up! Tool There are lots of useful tools from Stampin' Up! but my favourite has to be the blending brushes and using them to colour in flowers. In my blog a few days ago I used them to make a scrapbook layout using only 3 colours well this time I had all 52 colours to choose from. I saw this idea on Ginny's facebook page and just loved how real the pansies looked. I cant wait to see what Ginny...
Scrapbook layout – Colour Challenge
Welcome to the Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop The theme this month is: The theme for this month's scrapbook layout has been decided by Mai Chapelain. I love doing Colour Challenges as I often do not think that the colours chosen will actually look good together. How wrong I am? I was pleased to be proved wrong with this Colour Challenge for my scrapbook layout. When my daughter got engaged a couple of years ago her first words were 'Mum, I will not be asking you to make my wedding stationery'....
Birthday Card – Sketch Challenge
Welcome to this month's Ink, Stamp, Share Monthly Blog Hop The theme this month is a card sketch What better way to make a card than using a card sketch. When using a card sketch you can either copy it as shown, turn it around or just use elements of it. For my project this month I decide to copy the card sketch as shown to make a birthday card. How to make a Birthday Card using the card sketch I started by making a 10.5cm x 14.85cm landscape card base using Basic White Thick card stock. Next...
Happy Easter Bunny Card
Welcome to the Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop The theme this month is Animals For my project today I decided to use the Easter Friends stamp set to make a Happy Easter Bunny Card. How to make the Happy Easter Bunny Card I started by making a 10.5cm x 14.85cm portrait card base using Basic White card stock. Next I cut a 9cm x 13.8cm piece of Basic White for the card front. I then stamped the bunny image using Crumb Cake ink. Next I coloured the bunny in using SU400 from the Medium Deep Combo...
Simple Male Birthday Card
Welcome to the Kre8tors February Blog Hop The theme this month is Sale-a-bration It is lovely to be joining in with the Kre8tors Blog Hop again. For my project this month I decided to make a couple of simple male birthday cards using the Simply Marbleous 6"x6" designer series paper from the Sale-a-bration catalogue. If like me you have a lot of male birthdays but work full time then these two cards are so simple to make. How to make the First Simple Male Birthday Card I started by making a...
Scrapbook Layout – Happy Birthday
Welcome to the Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop The theme this month is: The theme for this month's scrapbook layout has been decided by Julia Quinn. I love making Happy Birthday Scrapbook Layouts as they are lovely to look back on and see how people have changed over the years. I decided to use the Light The Candles Card Kit which has just been released. Sometimes people just make the cards in the kits but it is often nice to think outside of the box hence my Happy Birthday Scrapbook Layout....
Colour Combo February 2022 Blog Hop
Welcome to this month's Colour Combo Blog Hop The colour combo for this month is Real Red, Pale Papaya and Gorgeous Grape For my project this month I wanted to use the Watercolour Shapes to make a selection of stamped water coloured cards that I could then add a sentiment when I needed to use one. I wanted to explore how they would look on a 10cmx10cm card base. In December I CASEd the card in the Annual Catalogue that used this stamp set. How to make the Stamped Water Coloured Cards First I...
Fancy Fold Happy Birthday Card
Welcome to this month's Ink, Stamp, Share Showcase Blog Hop My showcase project this month is a fancy fold birthday card that I made for my daughter whose birthday was earlier this week. How to make the fancy fold card base and inside of the Birthday card I started with a 12"x12" piece of Basic White card stock and cut it in half to make a 12"x6" piece. I then scored along the long edge at 6" to make a 6"x6" card base. Next I took an A4 piece of Evening Evergreen card stock and cut it at...
Ladybird Thank You Card
Welcome to this month's Stamp & Hop Blog Hop The theme this month is Favourite Bundle When I saw the theme for this month my first thought was to use the Hello Ladybug Bundle as my favourite bundle and make a couple of Ladybird Thank You Cards. For each Ladybird Thank You Card I cut a piece of A4 Basic White Thick card stock in half along the short edge and scored at 14.85cm to make two card bases. I then cut two 10cm x 14.3cm pieces of Old Olive card stock for the mat layer. Next I cut...
Scrapbook Layout – New Beginnings
Welcome to this Month's Tech4stampers Academy Blog Hop The theme this month is New Beginnings When I saw the theme New Beginnings I decided that my project would be an Easter Card. Then on Sunday 06/02/2022 I became the proud owner of a little black and white female cat who had been a stray on the streets of Cairo. Therefore my project for New Beginnings had to be a Scrapbook Layout for her. How to make my New Beginnings Scrapbook Layout I started with a piece of 12"x12" Basic White card...
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