For Day 6 of the 30 Day Christmas Cardmaking Challenge I’ve used one of my all time favourite stamp sets – Christmas in the Making. This particular image came straight to my mind as soon as I saw the theme of Topping the Tree. This lady reminds me of my mum – she used to…
Today’s sketch for the #30DayChristmasCardmakingChallenge had me in a bit of a quandary. I wasn’t quite sure what 3 elements I was going to use for the entire design to be cohesive. In keeping with using retired sets for Nostalgic November I chose the Signs of Santa stamp set. The Santa was coloured in Bubble…
For Day 4 of the 30 Day Christmas Cardmaking Challenge we have a colour palette inspiration using Night of Navy, Pool Party and Lemon Lolly. I created a muted background by blending all 3 colours. Then I added the large rosette from the retired Bring on the Presents stamp set. Guess what? I hadn’t used…
Happy Friday! Bring on the weekend and perhaps some of you will be enjoying a long weekend. It’s Day 3 of the 30 Day Christmas Cardmaking Challenge and we are Rockin’ Around. Today was lots of fun to create using the rocking horse from the retired Little Cuties stamp set. I had completely forgotten about…
It’s the start of the 30 Day Christmas Cardmaking Challenge which is organised by Martin Stone from Martin’s Mayhem. Over the last couple of years I have been participating in this and I love the various parameters that Martin gives for each of the days. This is also a great chance for me to get…
Hello and welcome to our new at SU Blog Hop. Get ready to be dazzled with our Shine, Shimmer & Glow theme featuring products from the September – December Mini Catalogue. If it’s your first time here I’m so glad that you have visited me over in Melbourne. I’m a bit crazy for all things…
Today I’m combining some of my favourite Online Exclusive products to create this card inspired by the sketch at Global Design Project Challenge #406. I love the simple style of this sketch which can be interpreted in so many ways. I’ve used the Trucking Along bundle along with the One Horse Open Sleigh Designer Series…
For Colour Palette #16 with Cherry Cobbler part of it I thought it was time for some Christmas in July cardmaking. Have you started on your Christmas cards already? Getting an early start is always good so you beat the rush. I’ve used the Cottage Wreath stamp set and Country Wreaths dies to create a…
The cute Christmas Scottie bundle is a must have in your stash for any dog lover. How cute is that dog? On this card I heat embossed the dog in Early Espresso on Crumb Cake Cardstock. Not just for Christmas, he would make great cards for all occasions. You can get the Scottie Dog punch…