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Hey Crafty People! In this week’s Saturday Inspiration I am striving to be colour brave. I am creating a fun ink smooshed background with black, line art stamping. I chose the Love You Bunches stamp set from Trinity Stamps and then I took inspiration from their packaging & branding to select my colours. Trinity use quite an unusual & striking colour combo for their packaging, and I’m trying to stretch myself artistically by finding inspiration for colour combos everywhere.   … Read More

Hello, crafty friends and welcome back. I hinted in my previous post that I might have a special bonus rainbow card for you (even though May is over!) and today I’m going to make good on that promise. 🙂 I’m here today to share this fun and easy technique with you to create your own abstract looking background.   In case you haven’t heard, The Little Paper Treehas been adding loads of new brands of stamps & dies, stencils, inks, … Read More

Hi, I have been playing with an ombre heat embossing technique and have a couple cards to share with you. I recorded both attempts at this card and uploaded them to our YouTube channel. You can watch this videos by clicking HERE and HERE. Heat Embossed Background Firstly I trimmed a sheet on Neenah card in half length ways so it would be easier to hold. I inked up the background stamp with Versamark and put my card onto the stamp. … Read More

Hi, I wanted to try the cake stamp from the new release from Avery Elle ‘Time to Party.  This is a great stamp set with all the numbers from 0 – 9 so you can create birthday cards for all the ages you need.  It is easy to change the colours and design so your cards are suitable for all age ranges!   Background I first cut a piece of Ranger Watercolour 4.25×5.5 cardstock. Using the Wilted Violet Distress Ink … Read More

Hello, I have a quick and easy card design to share with you using the Neat and Tangled heart die and Concord and 9th stamp set. This design can easily be changed to make wedding invitations. All the supplies I used are listed at the bottom of this post and are linked to the shop.   Process I trimmed a piece of Neenah Solar White to 11x14cm and lightly inked blended Mustard Seed and Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink in spots, … Read More

I love playing with layering stamp sets and trying out different colour combinations.  I create two simple yet elegant greeting cards with Altenew stamps, co-ordinating dies and ink sets.  Which colour do you prefer for these flowers? Stamp Layering For both cards, I stamped all the leaves and flowers from the Watercolour Wonders stamp set on mixed media cardstock.  I used Shades of Purple ink to stamp the flowers.  Soft Lilac for the first layer, Lavender Fields for the second layer … Read More

How do you create a super spinner card?  I’m hoping this blog post can help you understand the steps needed.  We posted a short video of this card in action on Instagram.  All the supplies I used are listed and linked below, and are available in the online shop right now.     Background On a piece of 11x14cm piece of Bristol smooth card, I lightly ink blended Salty Ocean Distress Ink to the top 2/3 of the card and … Read More

Flamin-go Together is a mid sized clear stamp set by Lawn Fawn.  This is a great set for creating tropical greeting cards or even wedding invites.  I wanted to make some peacock looking flamingos since I saw this stamp set.  Right now, I have a rainbow obsession. “OH THE PLACES WE’LL FLAMIN-GO”   Background Stamping I coloured on the watercolour stripes rubber stamp with Distress markers listed below.  Spritzing with water from a spray bottle to get the colour moving … Read More

This stamp set Wild Birthday by Avery Elle is so great for creating bright and bold birthday cards or gift tags.  There are so many ways to use this stamp set for amazing cards, or even scrapbook layouts.  The critters are great for colouring in and practicing shading.  This stamp set would be great for new baby cards too! All the supplies I used to create this card are listed and linked to the shop below for easy shopping if … Read More

I want some quick and easy to make cards to show you how easy it is to use this stamp set by Altenew.  Also I wanted to try out my watercolouring.  Using the no line stamping technique so these flowers wouldn’t have a harsh black outline.  All the supplies I used to create these four cards are listed at the bottom of this post. PINK HAPPY BIRTHDAY Stamping I stamped the image of the Beautiful Lady Stamp by Altenew, onto a … Read More