This week’s sketch challenge over at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown is such a great jumping off point. I always love a good sketch — it takes the guesswork out of layout but still leaves plenty of room to play with papers, textures and embellishments. For this card, I kept things fairly clean with a white-on-white base,… Continue reading A Festive Star Card | 52 Christmas Card Throwdown Sketch Challenge
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A Masking Tape Background Christmas Card | 52 Christmas Card Throwdown
This week’s technique challenge over at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown is all about creating a masking tape background — and if you’ve never tried this before, it’s such a fun technique! There’s a tutorial over on the challenge blog, and it’s definitely worth a look if you’re new to it. I kept things fairly clean… Continue reading A Masking Tape Background Christmas Card | 52 Christmas Card Throwdown
A Festive Mug-Themed Christmas Card | 52 Christmas Card Throwdown
This week’s theme challenge over at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown is all about mugs, which immediately made me think of cosy festive drinks, warm colours, and a touch of festive foliage. I decided to revisit one of my favourite colour combinations — Pool Party, Real Red and white — and added a little Garden Green… Continue reading A Festive Mug-Themed Christmas Card | 52 Christmas Card Throwdown
Golf themed birthday card
Challenge #209 over at The Male Room is all about vehicles or transport, and it turned out to be the perfect excuse to make a birthday card for my golfing friend. Rather than going down the usual car or motorbike route, I decided on a golf cart instead – fun, a little different, and ideal… Continue reading Golf themed birthday card
