hummingbird

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. I cut two pieces of Bristol smooth card so that they measured 4 x 6 inches. I then chose the flowers and hummingbird stamps and positioned them in my Tim Holtz stamp platform.   Then using my zig clean colours, as listed, I coloured directly on the stamp. Following the design to know which colour … 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. 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 the … 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 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. Using the flower design stamp from the Hummingbird stamp set by Avery Elle I stamped this in CPD Daydream ink … Read More

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 definitely my new favourite. There’s so many colour combos you could use on him. This time, I’ve gone with my favourites, blue, green and gold. I blended some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink on a white piece of card, fading it out from … Read More