Inspiring Inkin’

Last Christmas card for this week, I’m not sure the camera has picked this up, but there is a definitely dazzle on the tree!  I have used a mixture of Dazzling Diamond and White embossing powder to make a frosty snow look on my tree.
New stamps tomorrow!!!!

Stamps : Lovely as a Tree, Seasonal Wishes
Inks: [...]

Last week I had a lovely Fast and Fabulous class of Christmas cards, all quick and simple we made 5 cards and a little box in 2 hours.  If you would like to find out more about my classes please click here.
Each card is easily duplicated at home to make your Christmas card making a fun [...]

These are some of the lovely cards I have received this week, the first was from my Mum for my anniversary, she has used the So Swirly wheel with an un-inked cartridge that she filled with versamark ink and then clear embossed it. Fantastic!

More embossing on this card lovely vibrant card from Marilyn,

This card is [...]

On Tuesday I went to Karen’s for a wonderful workshop with a group of ladies who invite me every couple of months.  They are all very experienced crafters, so it is a lovely challenge to come up with something for them.
Karen asked for a Christmas theme and this is the card we made., the tree [...]

As promised here are a couple of cards using the very versatile Big Bold Birthday set, i was so pleased that this set is not retiring.
I have stamped the images in Versamark onto the designer paper and heat embossed them clear, it gives the paper a glossy finish and makes it much easier to cut [...]

Two cards to share with you today, inspired by the children’s wallpaper….I do get my inspiration from lots of different places and since I was looking to make some single layer cards I decided to give them a go.

This is Kimberley’s wallpaper on 2 walls the other 2 are Lilac.

Stamps : Baroque Motif, Spring [...]

It was one of my friends birthdays last week, she doesn’t like lots of fussy things so a very simple card was in order, blues and browns her favourite colours.

The butterfly is stamped on vellum cardstock using versamark ink and heat embossed in gold.
Stamps : Occasional Greetings, Touch of Nature
Inks: Chocolate Chip, Versamark
Cardstock: [...]

This was my hostess gift to Elaine to say thank you for hosting us on Saturday and my make and take.

I have a new favourite colour combination Sage Shadow and Chocolate Chip so have designed my project around that, a very simple notebook.  Of course I needed to take the hostess a little gift, so [...]