Hello and welcome. As it's the first Saturday in October, we have a card sketch for you to follow over at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. For my card, I flipped the sketch set by Majda and used die cut images, stamps and paper from the Spellbinders Joyful Christmas card kit ... The kit also included… Continue reading Spellbinders Joyful Christmas card kit
Stencilled watercolour mixed media background
Hello and welcome. This week at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown, Rosi has challenged us to use a stencil. I had lots of fun with this challenge, and ended up making several backgrounds trying out different techniques, but the card I ended making shows two ways to use a stencil... I started by swiping faded jeans… Continue reading Stencilled watercolour mixed media background
Mickey and Minnie mouse Christmas cards
Hello and welcome. This week at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown, the theme challenge is Christmas mice. I can't think of any more famous mice than Mickey and Minnie... I used die cut circles for the head and ears, and added more die cuts for the holly and the stars, and the bow builder punch for… Continue reading Mickey and Minnie mouse Christmas cards
Debossed inky resist technique for a masculine Christmas card
Hello and welcome. This week’s colour challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown really had me thinking as green, brown and blue are not usually my go to colours for festive cards without the addition other colours, such as a splash of red. I’m so glad I embraced the challenge as I had so much fun… Continue reading Debossed inky resist technique for a masculine Christmas card
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