Alcohol lift ink fail
Yes I am blogging about a fail… but it turned out fine in the end. I had grabbed a piece of Yupo that I and already added alcohol ink and foiling to and decided to play with the alcohol lift ink to...
View ArticleAdvent cardmaking: Elf
Ok I might have taken a little licence with this theme… The theme for day 5 (I listed all the themes in November so I could tick them off as I did them!) was Elf! I actually ended up making cards with...
View ArticleMap twinchies for a swap
I decided to join in on a map twinchies swap where the rule was to make 4 twinchies with a map theme. I have quite a lot of old atlas pages in my stash so used some snippets of those as the starting...
View ArticleDT: Back to Basics and Beyond challenge: 1 2 3 card
So the challenge of 1 2 3 card over on the Back to Basics blog took some explaining for me… it’s a card with 1 topper, 2 colours and 3 embellishments (gems, pearls etc). I’ve never done one of these...
View ArticleCalendar – June 2019
On days like today I’m grateful for having prepped some blog posts ahead of time. I’ve been ill for the past few days and crafting and blogging have not been an option… so sorry for being AWOL!...
View ArticleShaving foam postcard
This month I had fun with shaving foam to create a background for my postcard for the UK stampers forum swap.I chose this red and pink print I made using alcohol ink and the shaving foam. Then I...
View ArticleMixed media Monday ATC flipbooks
I decided to make some cute ATC flipbooks for my raggy doll sisters as a little treat to send through the post. It took me a few different sessions to put these together so bear with me with the many...
View ArticleHappy birthday Sue (for Saturday)
Saturday was my lovely friend Sue’s birthday. I made this colourful card for her. I decided to use the lovely Nature’s Prints stamp and used some glossy photo paper to create a fun alcohol ink...
View ArticleHappy birthday Daddy dearest!
Yes my Dad celebrates his birthday today so here is the card I made and sent off to him last week. I created an alcohol ink background and then stamped the castle stamp from Creative Stamping magazine...
View Article6 bird themed ATCs
Today I have six different bird themed ATCs I created for a swap. I decided to change things up completely with each one… using different techniques and mediums. First I started with alcohol ink and...
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