Playing with paper.

I've been cardmaking for nearly 20 years and have gone through lots of different techniques. It took a long time to force myself to like stamping rather than thinking of it as a sometimes necessary evil but once I did that was it & almost all other forms fell by the wayside.

Tuesday, 30 September 2014

Panic stations and an all nighter

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On Friday I went to the Range with my mate Tracy.. it was her wanting to go not me and I very kindly offered to take h...
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Wednesday, 24 September 2014

remember those mop up pieces?

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Back a few weeks I was playing around with distress paint & brushos and rather than waste paint I always dab offcuts of white card in it...
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Tuesday, 23 September 2014

rubbernecker Flowers in the Breeze

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Quick post because to be totally honest this stamp does all the work.. there was NO shading to be done at all... the texture of the stamp ...

Under The Sea

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Get me, yet another new stamp set used.. and only 8 days after buying it!!  (Don't mention the stencils lol) This is from IndigoBlu Un...
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Thursday, 18 September 2014

rubbernecker poppy

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I was playing with the rubbernecker Poppy stamp day before yesterday and it's not quite as it seems.. it looks to be a solid silhouette ...
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Tuesday, 16 September 2014

3rd in one day

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 I'm definitely on a roll at the moment, 3 cards in one day and there's a couple more drying at the mo! This one uses my newest ...

same card two looks

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One of our playday rules is if you go to a craftshow you have to bring something you've made using a new purchase to the next playday.  ...
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Monday, 15 September 2014

fab time at Sincerely Yours

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I had a really great day yesterday at the Sincerely Yours show in Taunton, bit unusual though.  I normally go down with Jackie, June & T...
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Saturday, 13 September 2014

clingfilm meets brushos

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Well the caught in acetate didnt work very well with the brushos, they're too intense for the look I was aiming for, could have been tha...
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Monday, 8 September 2014

more brusho play

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I havent had a lot of time to play in the last week, the chaos that was the rewire is still in force and with no end in sight.  On the upsid...
Sunday, 31 August 2014

experimenting with brushos

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Warning, wordy & photo intensive post coming up, going to be written over a week or so so please forgive any jumping about and big space...
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Saturday, 23 August 2014

Another mirror

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 We're doing altered mirrors at the next playday so I need to make plenty of different technique samples (that's my excuse lol) ...
Friday, 8 August 2014

simple sad card and a when you should have said stop

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 My uncle Derek passed away earlier this week so I made this card for Aunty Dil.  Nothing ornate, fancy or fussy, just a memory box die ...
Saturday, 26 July 2014

Altered SMA tin

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This is the prototype for next months playday project, an altered SMA tin.  It's still a work in progress (I ran out of yellow pape...
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