The weather in the UK was glorious this last week so it seems only fitting to use Butterflies for Coffee and Cards! There's another reason too. Do you ever have extra die cuts or punched shapes left over? I keep mine to use later. I happened upon a whole pile of die-cut butterflies from the Butterfly Beauty Die set including this pretty water coloured one so I thought I'd share how I made it and use it on a card! #coffeeandcards You can see the replay here on YouTube. I hope you like the ... VIEW POST
Butterflies For Coffee & Cards!
Hello Beautiful Butterfly! Inspire Create Stamping Challenge #043
Do you like this colour palette? We have such a happy colour combination for this week's Inspire Create Challenge #043. I really love all three colours and an idea popped into mind as soon as I saw them. The ink splattering was the best part! I dipped my aqua painter into the ink, and splattered it randomly! I love it. such a pretty effect. How it's made I stamped one of the large butterfly's in the stamp set in clear Versamark onto watercolour paper and heat ... VIEW POST
Country Floral Embossing Folder – CASING The Catalogue
Country Floral Embossing Folder In Vellum Casing The Catalogue! Welcome to my blog today, we have just one month left of Saleabration at Stampin' Up! and I have loved playing with all of the amazing free products we have had. One of my favourites has to be the Country Floral Embossing Folder and it goes really well with our Vellum sheets. A couple of weeks ago I was set a creative challenge, to CASE a project from the front of one of the catalogues. CASE means to Copy ... VIEW POST
Gingham Gala Rainbow Card ! – A Little Note
A Little Note - Gingham Gala Rainbow! Global Design Project #176 The challenge over on the Global Design Project this week is to case the designer Steffi Helmschrott who has made a beautiful rainbow card. The Gingham Gala papers are so pretty I couldn't decide which to use when I designed this card for my class. So I used them all! They come in a stack of bright, fresh spring colours. Daffodil Delight. Highland Heather, Lemon Lime Twist, Balmy Blue and Grapefruit ... VIEW POST
A Little Note! Butterflies And Vellum
A Little Note Butterflies And Vellum It's been ages since I embossed on vellum but I have had this idea in the back of my mins since I saw this stamp set for the first time. I was looking for a fun card with a technique for my team meeting and thought it was about time I got the idea out of me head and onto card. Doesn't the white on black pop? I love it! And whilst we were creating one of my lovely team members suggested adding colour to the back of the butterflies. I coloured this ... VIEW POST
Hello Botanical Butterfly!
Hello Botanical Butterfly Saleabration Is Here! Woohoo! The new Spring Summer Catalogue has launched and with it Saleabration too! These Butterfly Botanical papers are just gorgeous! They are free in Saleabration and tie in with products from the new Spring Summer Catalogue too. I made these cute hand made cards to go out in the post with some of my catalogues. There's nothing like a handmade card and seeing the papers "in the flesh" is so much better than a ... VIEW POST
