Hello! Today sees the start of the month long Creative Fingers Challenge. This month, there's a set of five stencils up for grabs! Accordingly, my inspiration is the end result of me brushing up on my mixed media skills. Unusually for me, I started by making some background papers. I just had the urge to … Continue reading Mixed Media Fun
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Hello! It's the start of the July A Perfect Time To Craft Challenge and, this month, we're joined by Ching-Chou Kuik! For my inspiration, I've teamed two pre-coloured Ching-Chou Kuik images to create a tri-window slimline card. I thought the Two Lady Bugs and the Monarch Butterflies would work perfectly together. Unusually for me, I … Continue reading Butterflies And Bugs
Hello! Today I'm sharing my fourteenth card in my Personal Christmas Card Challenge, a challenge to see how many different ways I can use a seasonal looking background to create my Christmas cards. This card uses the Enchanted Garden Stamp set by Apple Blossom that was available with a magazine quite some time ago. This … Continue reading Gnomes For The Holidays, Card 14, Personal Christmas Card Challenge 2021
Hello! Today I'm sharing my thirteenth card in my Personal Christmas Card Challenge, a challenge to see how many different ways I can use a seasonal looking background to create my Christmas cards. For this card, I've stamped and coloured the yeti monsters from the My Favorite Things Beast Friends Stamp Set (retired) and the … Continue reading A Monster of A Christmas, Card 13, Personal Christmas Card Challenge 2021
Hello! Today I'm sharing my next two cards in my Personal Christmas Card Challenge, a challenge to see how many different ways I can use a seasonal looking background to create my Christmas cards. This time, I've created two cards with the same theme, simply because I really didn't know what background I wanted to … Continue reading Lamps In The Snow, Cards 11 & 12, Personal Christmas Card Challenge 2021
Hello! Today I'm sharing my sixth card in my Personal Christmas Card Challenge, a challenge to see how many different ways I can use a seasonal looking background to create my Christmas cards. This card is also my inspiration for the start of another Creative Fingers Challenge with Tindaloo Digital Stamps as our sponsor. As … Continue reading Glowing Tindaloo Candles: Card 6, Personal Christmas Card Challenge 2021
Hello! Today I'm sharing my fifth card in my Personal Christmas Card Challenge, a challenge to see how many different ways I can use a seasonal looking background to create my Christmas cards. Even though this card can't be considered a true C.A.S. design because the white background is highly detailed, I still used the … Continue reading Oh, Christmas Tree: Card 5, Personal Christmas Card Challenge 2021
Hello! The new Creative Fingers Challenge is open and we've super excited to be sponsored by one of our own, Tindaloo! This year, I've decided to set myself a bit of a challenge, to see how many different ways I can use a seasonal looking background to create my Christmas cards. These dies are so … Continue reading Snowman With A Heart – Personal Christmas Card Challenge 2021
Hello, have I got a blog post for you today! I've discovered the perfect way to create my own metallic cardstock in absolutely any colour I want. Sure, we can buy cardstock with a beautiful metallic shine but it tends to be just gold, silver and a few pastel colours. And, most of those bought … Continue reading DIY Metallic Cardstock And Embellishments
Hello! MMedel Illustrations has joined the latest Creative Fingers Challenge and I got the opportunity to play with the sweetest Fairy Kids Digital Stamp Set. I started by digitally arranging several of the set's elements into a mini scene. But, before printing, I chose the die set I wanted to use in my project. After … Continue reading Fairy Wishes
Hello! Today, for the start of another Creative Fingers Challenge, I want to share how I created my own layering stencil with a nesting die set. I saw some companies selling layering stencil sets a while back, where there were several stencil pieces that can be fitted together to allow stencilling of the same basic … Continue reading Layered Tulips and DIY Layering Stencils
Hello! Bugaboo is back as sponsor of Creative Fingers Challenge and my inspiration uses the silhouette image called Love Blocks - Day After Forever. This is a great image for Valentine's creations but I wanted to expand its use to birthdays as well. I just printed it large enough for a rectangular die to cut … Continue reading Dancing with Orbs
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