Archives for October 2011
Christening Bookatrix
I have never made a Christening card before so had to go searching for inspiration on the WWWW (Wonderful World Wide Web!). I don’t think I actually saw a Bookatrix card anywhere but something obviously made me think of this. So, I got out various pieces of pink card (did I mention it was for...
Flippin ‘Special’ Birthday
So, I was asked to make a special birthday card for a lady of a certain age and I decided to use one of these cute Flippin stamps (I’ve got the whole set of sixteen, male & female – such fun designs). The base card is a tri-fold which had the large circle aperture already cut out of the...
Spooky Colour Challenge
Gosh it’s been a busy time over at the Michael Strong group — yet another challenge. There aren’t usually two in one month but the pink challenge was for Breast Cancer Awareness Month and this Spooky Colour Challenge was to remind us to just have fun. So, we had to use just 4 colours:...
I don’t ‘do’ pink but..
…as it’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month I took up the challenge to make a pink card. There was also a sketch if we’d rather do that so I decided to do both. We could use one other colour if desired – as you can see, I chose black. On the main pink card base I stamped the small coffee...
Michael Strong Sept Challenge
The September challenge was another sketch – there’s an image of that shown below. I had just received my prize stamps from Michael – they came here from California via my son, David (they’d been delivered to his home but we left before they arrived in May ). The sketch looks like...
Michael Strong August Challenge
This was such a cute sketch to work with, my entry used the Large Cloisonné Vase with parts of it trimmed off for a different shape. I mounted it onto a die-cut scalloped oval with some sparkly thread wrapped around it. The background is card run through my Wizard in an inked embossing folder to give...
Telescoping Samples
I shall be demonstrating this technique at Stamp Club next week so have been preparing a few samples. We’ll be using squares at first as they’re easier to cut out – we don’t have die-cutting machines available – but I’ve cut out sets of circles too for a second attempt once...