Inspiring Inkin'

On my quest for getting the Christmas cards finished before December……..this is one of the next batch I have made. It is a very quick card to make, first stamp your sentiment, I have used Curly Cute.  Then add your punched out ornaments, these are another great way to use up scraps of patterned paper. [...]

Somehow it is now the last week of the children’s school holidays, I’m not quite sure how that happened ! We are still rushing around trying to get all the back to school and college essentials. Today however is a fun day, we are off to London, lots of places to go, first stop will [...]

Today’s card uses the Christmas tree from the Contempo Christmas set.  It looks complicated with the different colours but it is easily achieved with Stampin’ write markers. Ink up the tree in Wild Wasabi and then use your finger to wipe off the star and plant pot (sorry messy crafter here…….you could of course use [...]

A beer lovers card today with a few extra touches to make it a special card. The first is I’ve used the Designer series paper called  Autumn Meadows the sheet I have used is a wood effect the rest of the sheets are wonderful for men’s cards with a very distressed edge.  There is a [...]

This is a wonderful technique that is so straightforward but gives amazing results! You stamp a line art image onto a piece of Vellum cardstock, this is Stampin’ Up! heavier weight of vellum and is lovely to stamp on.  I use Stazon so it dries quickly and gives a lovely crisp edge.  Once it is [...]

So are you enjoying the sunshine? It’s still glorious here and has been for days, the garden is struggling and the water butts are empty, so it’s lots of watering cans full………! I’ve been really busy this week, Saturday was Eclipse the Twilight movie with Kimberley, then off to London to take Connor and his [...]

Today I am joining in a Sale-a-bration blog hop with some very talented ladies from the ILWS forum. If you have joined me from Dawn’s blog a warm welcome to my website, whilst you are here do have a look around, there are lots of samples, tutorials and inspiration, the tabs at the top and [...]

Do you have the Stampin’ Write Marker Pens on your wish list? If not, why not ? They are wonderful marker pens, a nice size, double ended, with a thick and a fine nib. Helpfully they have a thick and thin white line around each corresponding end so you know which lid to take off [...]