Birthday · Gifts

Vintage book box and cards…

Well!  What a couple of weeks I've had!  I was asked by Michelle Last, UK number one Stampin' Up! Demonstrator of the year, to design a project for her quarterly training event that took place in Bicester yesterday. Wow!  I felt over the moon and very honoured to be asked. So I set about creating something that I thought would get… Continue reading Vintage book box and cards…

Birthday

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…

Handmade

Mojo Monday …

I've been playing along with the Mojo Monday website to make this card ... ... trying out some distressing techniques, and playing with my favourite stamps sets - Nature Walk and French Foliage. I distressed pages from an old children's book to make into background paper, using sahara sand, crumb cake, early espresso and soft suede inks.  I… Continue reading Mojo Monday …