Wednesday 27 March 2024

Yay for You!



Today, I'm excited to be part of an Instagram hop to celebrate my friend Brennan who has recently hit 1K followers!



Saturday 23 March 2024

Thank You


 Welcome to this week's LIMES inspiration post!

I chose this card as my inspiration from the gallery of this week's Splitcoaststampers' Featured Stamper!

LIST: Colours (cream, mustard, brown), Techniques (stamping), Elements (wheat, ribbon, patterned paper)

INCLUDE: wheat, brosn, mustard

MODIFY: brown sentiment strip instead of ribbon, 'stained glass' instead of solid stamp

EXCLUDE: ribbon, patterned paper


I changed up the inspiration and used an outline stamp (with a Frank Lloyd Wright feel) and coloured it to make it look like stained glass. 

Crazy Ways to use Alphabet Dies



Today I'm sharing some ideas for using your alphabet dies in crazy ways. It's part of a video hop with a 'Fresh Beginnings' Theme. I think it was meant to be about Spring, but there are so many fresh beginnings we like to celebrate, aren't there?






Saturday 16 March 2024

Happy Birthday Poppy

 

Welcome to this week's LIMES inspiration post!

I chose this card as my inspiration from the gallery of this week's Splitcoaststampers' Featured Stamper!

LIST: Colours (red, white, black), Techniques (stamping, die cutting), Elements (large circle element over the edge of the card, patterned paper argyle background, stamped sentiment strip)

INCLUDE: red, white, black, stamping, die cutting, 
MODIFY: brought circle element onto the card, stamped tone on tone background, not patterned paper, sentiment placement changed, added some green and yellow
EXCLUDE: maze
SPIN:


I chose this inspiration because it has one of my favourite elements - that maze hanging off the top - you can do that with my square cards, and they still still fit in an A2 envelope. 

I stamped, customized and coloured my stamp, intending to have it hang over the top, but it just didn't feel right, especially with the same stamped pattern on the red background, so I let the card tell me how it wanted to be made! lol!




Friday 15 March 2024

One Kit for Cards All Year Long!

 


This is the new Stencils 360 friends edition from Penguin Palace Stamps, the little sister to the original stencils 360 and honestly, I've fallen in love all over again. Watch here to see how this smaller, just-for-cardmakers kit works and how it can take you through the whole card making year! 


Use TJArdyth10 to get 10% off at Technique Junkies!

Saturday 9 March 2024

Sunflower Thanks

Welcome to this week's LIMES inspiration post!

I chose this card as my inspiration from the gallery of this week's Splitcoaststampers' Featured Stamper!



LIST: Colours (yellow, red/orange, green), Techniques (ink blending, colouring), Elements (tall flower with bees on blended background. stamped cut out sentiment)

INCLUDE: yellow, red, orange, green, tall flower, 

MODIFY: stenciled instead of stamp, layout has blending on edges, sentiment stamped directly onto panel

EXCLUDE: bees

SPIN:



I don't want to get ahead of myself, spring is just arriving, and this inspiration (and my case) both have a distinctly fall feeling! lol! I used a stencil for my sunflower and then combined a leaf shape stencil with the flower stencil to create leaves that had a similar look.  I kept my blending on the edges of the card to allow for more white space.




Friday 8 March 2024

Happy Mother's Day

 


It's mother's day this weekend in the UK, which is where my mother in law lives, so today I'm sharing two pretty cards that will make any mother smile!

(Canadian Links  for Lisa Horton products below with the butterfly (Ecstasy Crafts)).