Christmas · Handmade

Stamp kissing

Hello and welcome. My challenge this week at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown, was inspired by the Christmas tradition of kissing under the mistletoe, and is a technique called stamp kissing.  This involves touching one stamp against another, or "kissing", before stamping down onto the cardstock.  It can give some wonderful patterns and fun results, and… Continue reading Stamp kissing

Handmade

Number one dad…

When my mum was alive, she often made rosettes for my dad's friends to wear to the football match, especially if Liverpool were playing a big game.  She would hand-stitch satin ribbon to circles of cardboard and add ribbon tails.  Her rosettes were absolutely brilliant, everybody wanted one, and she must've made hundreds over the years!  I took inspiration from my… Continue reading Number one dad…

Good luck · Punch art

Good luck…

I was asked to make a card for a colleague who was leaving.  The varsity alphabet stamp set was just perfect for what I had in mind.  The shapes were really easy to cut out and I popped them up on stampin dimensionals to add a little height and dimension to the card.  I used the… Continue reading Good luck…