My lovely friend, Sarah, asked me to make some First Holy Communion cards for her niece. I had lots of fun playing with textures with the lattice embossing folder from Stampin Up. I inked up the folder with my brayer before running it through the Big Shot to highlight the cross shapes and make… Continue reading First Holy Communion…
Author: lilybygilly
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One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor…
My daughter asked me to make a birthday card for her friend who turned 30 this week. She loves anything girlie, especially cocktails... I used a cocktail recipe book for the colour inspiration - and wanted it to look like a martini, tequila sunrise and blue bols with fresh orange! I added dazzling diamonds on the rim of… Continue reading One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor…
It’s never too early …
OK...I think I might be hooked...couldn’t resist playing along with the Less is More challenge again this week. As soon as I saw what the challenge was I knew exactly what I wanted to do ...and it’s never too early to start with this type of card ... I added some sparkle too with dazzling… Continue reading It’s never too early …
Faux mother of pearl…
I saw a tutorial on the Slitcoaststampers website for the faux mother of pearl technique which was totally new to me. The tutorial was really easy to follow and I was so pleased with the results. It gave a very luxurious, expensive feel to the background paper I made. You can just about see… Continue reading Faux mother of pearl…
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