• Sunset Dreams….

      Good Morning its Monday, and today is the day we travel home from Spain (feels weird writing that as I havn’t actually got there yet…..oh the wonders of blogging technology)   So it is time to introduce the new…

  • Craft Stamper magazine Review…Aug ’13

        This is a slightly different post from me today, but a very exciting one.   I was lucky and privileged enough a couple of weeks ago, to be one of 10 crafters chosen to review the August 2013…

  • To Dad….

      Afternoon, just though I’d share a quick post with you this afternoon.          I just wanted to show off the card that my son Tom (aged 11, nearly 12!) made for his Dad for Father’s…

  • Paradise Beach

    This weeks challenge at Stamp n Doodle is ST. PATRICK’S DAY and/or GREEN and GOLD, you can use the theme, colours or both on your creation. My Blog Hop Winner from last week was: JOAN who kindly participated in the…

  • Wild Cards

    Hi, here are a couple of cards I made with some digi stamps that caught my eye from Stamp n Doodle, a digi stamp site that has a lovely range of wild animal images, amongst others. I was pleased with…

  • Sheena Douglass – Stream of Life

    I combined a few techniques with this card, and stamped the detailed stamp over a background created with muted alcohol inks. Because I still wanted to colour the stamp with promarkers I used the momento black ink. I tried to…

  • Dude birthday card

    As a follow up to the last post, I had kind ‘thanks but no thanks’ reply from Kaisercraft – perhaps i will try again next year. It will be interesting to watch this years designers, and perhaps learn from them.…

  • Mothers Day Card

    I am particularly proud of this card, as it is one of those that actually turned out the way I imagined it. How many times do we all sit down with an idea in our head, and find that what we…

  • Distressed Happy Birthday

    Card recipe Paper Artsy stamps Distress Inks (pumice stone, victorian velvet, crushed olive, aged mahogany) Alcohol Inks (meadow, cranberry, sandal) Distress Stickles (old paper, frayed burlap, peeled paint) DCWV adhesive ribbon Text peel off Dragonfly brad Cuttlebug embossing folder Karen…