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.

Monday, 10 August 2015

bday cards for playday ladies

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 Another scheduled post, at the time of writing this I'm now 6 months ahead of myself for cards for my playday friends.  Woohoo, get m...
Tuesday, 4 August 2015

Oyster came to playday

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Oysterstamps came to playday in June and brought the wonderful Barbara Nicholson who ran a one day workshop for us.  Fab fab day & we ca...

Augusts playday project

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This months project is inspired by a pin I found which led me to shabbychicinspired blog where she made a fab matchbox cabinet using a ci...
Monday, 15 June 2015

scheduled cards

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 I'm scheduling this post before I forget and share cards made for friends who's birthdays are in April & May. This one is a...
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Sunday, 3 May 2015

2 quick & easys

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One day I'll go on a photography course as the colours of these 2 is nothing like the real life colours.  The background on this one i...
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Thursday, 9 April 2015

this months craft stamper freebie

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I really can't remember ever using the free cover stamp from Craft Stamper but this one from Visible Image was calling out to be turned ...

Indigoblu challenge blog

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The theme at Indigoblu this month is off the edge, I went with the Peony Corner stamp and stamped it over the edge of a rectangular panel w...
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Lavinia monthly challenge

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This month the theme at the Lavinia challenge blog is lemon & lime.  I stamped the pods & reeds in archival black, masked with a la...
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Tuesday, 31 March 2015

new visible image stamps

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We had a bit of a disasterous ladies wot behaves disgracefully in craftshops then lunches day last week, lunches didn't happen and nor d...
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Tuesday, 24 March 2015

new toy to play with

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This purchase has been on the cards for ages... a bigshot plus, woohoo, I hope.  Sort of long winded review coming your way, going to start ...

more bleeding tissue

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Had another play with bleeding tissue technique last night.  I used white tissue, diecut with a very old sizzlet die.  Dampened onto whit...
Sunday, 22 March 2015

nec yesterday

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Hubby had an appointment in Leicester yesterday so what's a girl supposed to do when it happens to be the same weekend as the nec crafts...
Monday, 16 March 2015

storage

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One question often asked in papercrafts is how to store things.  I've tried all sorts over the years and this is what works for me.  All...
Wednesday, 11 March 2015

2 in 1 day

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Well it's 3 in one day really as this is the 3rd card made today.  Bleeding tissue technique with reinkers & white tissue.  Lavina...
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jinxed or what

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These are 2 cards made with the same cardstock, same colours & same layout from Sketch Saturday challenge blog but talk about jinxed.  ...
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Wednesday, 4 March 2015

Ade's birthday today

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It's Ade's birthday today & Tyria & I bought him a selection of pan pastels.  He's looked at them before but they wer...

new lavinia stamps

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I popped up to Farnborough for the MakeIt show last Sunday and picked up this stamp from Lavinia.  I must have liked it so much I accident...
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Monday, 2 March 2015

couple of cards

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 It's hubbys birthday in a couple of days time & he loves tone on tone so with that in mind & a new stamp set, Mr Darcy from I...
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Tuesday, 24 February 2015

march playday project

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Shamelessly cased from http://wenchespapirverden.blogspot.sg/2013/05/tutorial.html here the basket we'll be making at playday next w...
Sunday, 22 February 2015

birthday box for 6*6 cards

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This isnt finished yet, I've got to add a few embellies to the front and I don't know quite what I want yet.  My printer is refusing...
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