Hello and welcome. Myrna has set a watercolour challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown this week. I have been itching to use my Gansai Tambi starry watercolour paints since I got them at the Happy Stampers event held last autumn... The Happy Stampers craft event is held twice a year in the picturesque village of… Continue reading Watercolour Christmas card …
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Punch art polar bear …
Hello and welcome. This week’s theme challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown is polar bears. I saw a really cute shaped card on Kristi's blog and was inspired to make my own polar bear version using punch art… Kristi shared a link to Treasure Box Designs and I just love their adorable paper pieced animals. … Continue reading Punch art polar bear …
Watercolour snowflakes in shades of blue …
Hello and welcome. Myrna, our hostess for February at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown, has set a colour challenge to use shades of blue … I made my own background paper by stamping snowflakes from the Snow Swirled stamp set by Stampin’ Up in a random pattern in versamark ink onto watercolour paper. I covered this… Continue reading Watercolour snowflakes in shades of blue …
Paper piecing technique Christmas card …
Hello and welcome. There’s a technique challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown this week – paper piecing. I used several Stampin’ Up Christmas dsp scraps to make this shaker card … This was a great chance to ink up my Julie Nutting doll stamp that my friend bought for me. I stamped the image several… Continue reading Paper piecing technique Christmas card …
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