There are certain events that occur during one’s lifetime that will always stay in your memory. We might say ‘I remember what I was doing on that day’ or you may remember the company you were with. Yesterday when my daughter told me of Dolly Parton’s passing, it was a shock and the sadness that…
Our July Card Creations Series features the Celebratory Sips suite. As July is World Watercolour month, for the first card this month, I shared a card which included creating a beautiful cocktail of drinks using this technique. While I did use some of the Designer Series Paper and colours in the suite, I changed it…
Last week I tried out a variation on the Baby Wipe Technique and created a range of backgrounds. I played around with various colours and came up with a few different options. For this particular base I used Bubble Bath, Highland Heather and Melon Mambo. BABY WIPE TECHNIQUE VARIATION You will need a couple of…
Ah, Gingham – I just couldn’t resist the challenge over at Just Add Ink Challenges. It’s a Choose Two challenge from Flowers, Ginham and splatters but I picked them all. I’ve used the colours from TGIF Challenges as inspiration for this project. The first element I created for this card was the gingham background using…
For my card using Colour Palette #14 I’ve used the Share a Milkshake stamps and coordinating dies. I wanted to create a soft watercolour background for my summery card. Perhaps I’m trying to feel warm right in the middle of some chilly days here in Melbourne! Watercolouring is one of my favourite techniques as I…
It’s been a little while since I did some watercolouring which is one of my favourite techniques. This beautiful flower from the Happiness Abounds stamp set was just perfect for getting back into it. I used the Colour Inkspiration CI136 challenge photo as inspiration with the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches #570. I watercoloured the…
I created this card during the Stampin’ Up! demonstration for World Cardmaking Day. The wreath was created by watercolouring two squares of Shimmery White Cardstock with Old Olive ink and then die cutting the wreaths from them. This is such a quick and effective way to create this sweet card. Opt out the ‘hello’ for…
Hello and welcome to Day 27 of my Sketchtember Challenge. I’m creating with the Sweetest Cherries bundle which includes a stamp set and coordinating punch. The sentiments in this stamp set are bold and in a more handwritten style font which make for creating fun projects. I created a vertical card which is not my…
For Day 26 of my Sketchtember Challenge I’m joining in the Stampin’ Up! #CreativeChallengeSU with a bit of fussy cutting. I’ve coloured the DSP with a mix of Watercolour Pencils and fussy cut it. Watercolour Pencils used Melon Mambo Flirty Flamingo Real Red Old Olive Coastal Cabana Calypso Coral Daffodil Delight Underneath I’ve stamped the…