This week's colour challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown certainly took me out of my festive comfort zone! The challenge colours are orange, pink and turquoise — not exactly the first colours that spring to mind when making a Christmas card. I'll admit, I looked at the challenge graphic for a while before inspiration struck.… Continue reading An Unexpected Christmas Colour Combination | 52 Christmas Card Throwdown
A Floating Strips Penguin Card | 52 Christmas Card Throwdown June Sketch Challenge
This week’s June Sketch Challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown provided the perfect opportunity to tackle a technique that had been on my "must try" list for a while — a floating strips card. I always enjoy finding creative ways to use up scraps, and this design is ideal for that. A handful of leftover… Continue reading A Floating Strips Penguin Card | 52 Christmas Card Throwdown June Sketch Challenge
Exciting News & My First DT Card for The Male Room #211
I’m so excited to finally be able to share that I’ve joined the Design Team over at The Male Room Challenge Blog! It’s such a lovely and talented team, and I’m absolutely delighted to be creating alongside them. The theme for the month of June is “The Outdoors”, and I knew almost immediately what I… Continue reading Exciting News & My First DT Card for The Male Room #211
A Floating Bay Window Christmas Card | 52 Christmas Card Throwdown
This week’s technique challenge over at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown is to create a floating bay window card — and what a fun fold this is! I love cards that have a real “wow” factor when opened, and this one definitely delivers. The clever thing about this design is that although it opens out into… Continue reading A Floating Bay Window Christmas Card | 52 Christmas Card Throwdown
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