hummingbird

Hi everyone, Claire here again. It’s been so cold outside this week, the perfect weather for staying warm up in my craft room I say! I absolutely love colouring birds, of any kind, but this hummingbird is my new favourite. There are so many colour combos you could use on him. This time, I’ve gone with my favourites, blue, green and gold. Background I blended some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink on a white piece of card, fading it out … Read More

It’s Janet again.  This time I wanted to try and make a decoupage card with the stamps I have, so make this card below… hope you like it. Using Patterned Paper As A Background Using a piece of patterned paper cut to 10.5 cm x 13cm (from the American Crafts Shimelle “Little by Little” paper pad) and adhered this to a 11cm x 14cm card base.   Stamping Using the flower design stamp from the Hummingbird stamp set by Avery … Read More

HI, it’s Jeni popping in with a how to colour a hummingbird card with a corresponding video.  All the products I used to make this card are listed and linked below on the blog post and in the video description on YouTube. Stamping My process in making cards is to pick a stamp set that I want to use and peel the stamps of the backer and place them on my card to figure out an arrangement. I keep all … Read More

Hi it’s Alison again. Today I have chosen to show a technique with stamps and watercolour markers that might be new to some of you. Stamping I cut two pieces of Bristol smooth card so that they measured 4 x 6 inches. Then chose the flowers and hummingbird stamps and position them in my Tim Holtz stamp platform.   Colouring Using my zig clean colours, as listed below, I coloured directly on the stamp. Following the design to know which … Read More