Sunday 31 December 2017

Favourites of 2017

We've reached the end of another crafty year. 
In terms of my style, not much has changed since last year. 

I still love my blues and greens


And I still love a rainbow






I still love flowers and leaves











 I still love using background stamps





 And I still love using stencils and masks


And this year, I have fallen in love with my Zig clean color real brush markers!

 I always love making Christmas cards










And some cards I like just because!


Thanks for your kind comments and support and, as always, thanks for visiting :)

Thursday 28 December 2017

Guest Designer Week 4

Hello! I'm excited today to be playing along one more time with the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge as a guest designer!
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The challenge this week is Anything Goes, and we're playing with products from Lawn Fawn!


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My cousin, Julie and her husband, Nick, are expecting their first baby in the new year, so I made this card for them.
I used the Small Stitched Circles Stackables dies to create the windows, then added Distress Oxide blending behind the windows. I stamped, die cut and coloured the little animals from Lawn Fawn's "Hello Baby" with the matching dies.
Make sure you visit the challenge blog - click on the image below...
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/
There's a $50 gift voucher to be won each week!
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Thanks for visiting :)
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Tuesday 26 December 2017

Happy birthday flowers

I made this birthday card for my sister, whose birthday was last month.
I used the Floral Fantasy background stamp from My Favorite things, white embossed onto watercolour paper, then coloured with Zig clean color real brush markers and a spray of water. I cut the panel in half on an angle and attached it to a white card base with a strip of glitter paper and a sentiment from Wplus9.
 Thanks for visiting :)

Sunday 24 December 2017

Using up more Christmassy leftovers

I had a piece of Yupo with alcohol ink on it from a card I made in November - I couldn't let it go to waste - so I made a card with the opposite layout to the first one!
I added a sentiment from Clearly Besotted along with a strip of gold cardstock and some Hero Arts sequins.
 Thanks for visiting :)

Saturday 23 December 2017

Congratulations

My aunt and uncle recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary, and two friends of my parents celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary, so I made two copies of this card:


Can you see?  NO STAMPS. NO INK. Just die cuts. (I must be unwell!) 

I used a stitched rectangle from Lil' Inkers, the heart is from Hero Arts, and the congratulations is from Avery Elle.

Thanks for visiting :)

Friday 22 December 2017

1 design, 4 colours

I  made a bunch of Christmas cards back in November in four different colour schemes: I used Distress Oxide ink in Worn Lipstick, Broken China, Twisted Citron and Cracked Pistachio.

 I'm still not sure which one is my favourite - which is yours?


 Thanks for visiting :)