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Stencils & Sprays & Embossing…Oh My!
You are seriously, literally, always AMAZING! I don’t know who needs to hear that right now, but someone does, and it’s true! This week I’ve been playing with some products from Catherine Pooler & Picket Fence Studios; all of which are available from The Little Paper Tree! If you use code natashapapertree you get 10%…
Super Mum! Working With Digital Stamps In Silhouette Studio.
Another fortnight has flown by, and that means it’s time for another challenge over at Polkadoodles Craft blog! This week I’m feeling super inspired and I want to talk to you about Silhouette Studio! The theme this week was to include an image with a matching themed sentiment & whilst looking for inspiration in my…
Flower With A Twist – AECP Level 2 Post 1
So, I am beginning my AECP Level 2 with an awesome class called ‘With A Twist’ taught by the amazing Therese. I really enjoyed this class; it was packed full of inspiration & ideas on how to look at your supplies/techniques in a different way. I decided to use my Mega Bloom stencil with some…
Papercrafters Unite Against Racism Blog Hop
Hey Crafty People! The goal of this hop is to come together to stand behind our crafty brothers & sisters of colour in our community. But we also want to show our support in the battle for equality across the world. Justine Hovey has arranged Blog, Instagram & Youtube Hops that are all running today…
Patterned Paper & Cut Files – Experiments With My New Silhouette Cameo 4.
Hey Crafty People! Today I am sharing my first post as a member of the Papers For You Design Team. I got my welcome pack through a couple of weeks ago and I was just blown away by the quality of everything! Now, I must admit that there are a few items that I don’t…
Using Things From Your Stash! – Collected Crafty Collabs Monthly Hop
Hello Crafty People! Welcome to the first of six monthly hops intended to encourage you to use those supplies that we all have squirrelled away – no judgement here, we all do it! Each month we will have a different theme and this month is critters!! We will also have an optional, suggested supply to…
Creating a Patterned Paper Effect With Digital Stamps
This month we have all had the same image to work with, so you get a few different takes on how you can use the same image!! There are two ways to scale a digi stamp down without warping the image; either use the lower right corner which will shrink the image diagonally, meaning height…
Creating a Custom Coloured Copic Sentiment (Try Saying That 3x Fast!)
I’m here with another idea for this beautiful Geometric Sentiment from Lesia Zhgarda, available at The Little Paper Tree. I have recently had some new Copics, including these gorgeous turquoise shades.I measured out & coloured on some scrap Neenah 80lb starting with the lightest and working up to the darkest as I got further up…
Texture in a Flower with Copics – Orchids Graciellie Designs Words of Hope Release
Today we are celebrating the latest release from Graciellie Designs; Words of Hope is a stunning set with delicate Orchids and some amazing sentiments. I absolutely loved colouring this beauty, and I was inspired by photos I found of Phalaenopsis Orchids which have these amazing mixes of colour and texture. I knew right away that…
‘You’re my Hero’ – Father’s Day – Polkadoodles Fri 19
Hello Crafty People! This week our challenge theme is ‘You’re my Hero’ and there is only one person in this world that I think of as my hero. (If you know me in ‘real life’ you’d be forgiven for thinking I am referring to one Miss Taylor Swift, but no, she is my Queen 👑😂🙈)…
Creating Handmade Card Gift Sets – AECP Level 1 Assessment
I’ve loved completing all of the AECP Level 1 classes and the past couple of weeks I’ve been working on my end of level assessment! The main brief for this is: Create a masculine leaning card gift set with 6 or more cards Create a feminine leaning card gift set with 6 or more cards…
BBQ King – Father’s Day Graciellie Designs Release
This super fun bundle includes a BBQ grill, several options to add on top and lots of sentiment choices. I wasn’t quite sure where I was going with this card, but I placed the grill & sentiment on a card panel and then a few extras that I could fussy cut and place on top….
Dusting Off My Patterned Paper -Aud Sentiments Challenge #252
Hey Crafty People! It’s very rare that I use patterned paper these days, but I have so much of it that I really should! So I decided to pair this image from our sponsors; Oddball Stamp Co. with an older Dovecraft release called Kiss & Make Up to create this card. I coloured the girl…
Graciellie Designs GIVEAWAY Celebration!
Hello Crafty People! This week we are having a party over at Graciellie Designs! We are hosting a Giveaway Galore for 3x $10 store credit along with using some of our favourite designs from this year so far! Oh, and did I mention we still have a 50% OFF SALE! I chose to use the…
Working In Quarters! Polkadoodles Challenge
Hello Crafty People! This challenge was all about quarters and as soon as I saw the theme, I had the image of this card in my head immediately. I used Sticks & Bones Alpha 4 for my letters, enlarging them and placing each to make my 1/4 sections. If I want to print out a…
EDS/HSD Awareness Mega Hop – GIVEAWAY WINNERS!
Hello Crafty People! Well, we have come to the end of this year’s EDS & HSD Awareness Month; and what a month it has been!! I am feeling very grateful for the outpouring of support, kindness & love from this wonderful community; I won’t go into too much detail here, but this is not something…
Ink Blending with Altenew’s Crisp Dye Ink – How Does it Perform?
Hello Crafty People! This week I have been playing with my Altenew Crisp Dye inks, I love them for stamping but I haven’t done too much ink blending with them so I wanted to test how they did. Spoiler – They are FAST becoming my absolute favourite and go to ink! I also wanted to…
Graciellie Designs – Gracie’s Birthday Sale and Mega Floral Inspiration!!
This weekend is Gracie’s birthday; to celebrate we are having a throwback to some of her older, fabulous floral designs and Gracie has a HUGE 50% off sale, so you can join in too!! I chose to use this Iris from the ‘Family Love’ bundle; I’ve never coloured an Iris before and so I wanted…
Creating a ‘Wow Effect’ – Slimline Succulent with Eclipsed Sentiment
When I saw this Slimline Succulent digital stamp by Alex Syberia, I just knew I had to use it to make my husband a card for our recent 9th Wedding Anniversary. I printed it onto Neenah 80lb and coloured it with Copic markers, and I discovered around half way through that some of my Copics…
Black & White With a Pop of Colour! – Aud Sentiments Challenge #251
Today we are starting another challenge over at Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog and this time we are being sponsored by Fred, She Said. As our sponsor they have generously given the Aud Sentiments team a selection of images to use for our creations. I chose to work with the Dahlia Garden Digi Set, (outlines only)…
Creating a Card That Makes Me Happy – Actually Two Cards! (EDS/HSD Awareness Hop Cards)
If you don’t know about the Instagram Hop & MEGA Giveaway in aid of EDS Awareness that I am hosting, then you are missing out! Check it out here. The only ‘theme’ for the Hop is to create something that makes you happy. So I grabbed a few things that are making me happy right…
Keep Calm & Drink Coffee – Watercolouring Digi Stamps.
I am loving experimenting with digital stamps, but my printer won’t take Bristol Smooth and I haven’t found a decent, smooth enough paper that will go through yet either, so I have been somewhat restricted as to mediums I can use. I’ve been wanting to watercolour some of these beautiful images by Gracie but I…
Ehlers Danlos & Hypermobility Spectrum Awareness IG Hop 2020 – HUGE Giveaway!
Hey Crafty People! I have hEDS. Earlier this week I talked about some of the story surrounding my journey to diagnosis (you can check that out here) and that one of the main barriers to diagnosis is the lack of awareness & understanding of what this range of illnesses really are. There are two websites…
Coffee Lover’s Blog Hop – Graciellie Designs
This week I am so excited to be participating in the Coffee Lover’s Blog Hop as part of Gracie’s design team! This is the Spring/Summer hop so the theme is pastel and straight away I knew I had to use the freebie from last week which is this incredible bubble tea image! (Now, I did…
Making a background using digital stamps- Polkadoodles Challenge
Hello Crafty People! We are back with another challenge over on the Polkadoodles Challenge Blog! This time our brief was ‘thank you card, using more than one image; using the Heroes collection’. Now, I felt that I wanted to do something a little bit different because I had used all of the characters together in…
Scene Building – AECP Level 1 Post 10
Hey Crafty People! This is the last post before I do my assessment for Level 1 and I must admit I have been putting this one off on purpose; I have never made a scene card, so I was a little bit nervous to tackle this one. As is the case with most things we…
Let It Shine! – AECP Level 1 Post 9
As the title suggests this one is all about different ways to add some glam to your cards with an injection of sparkle & shine! I knew exactly what I wanted to make for this class because I had the gorgeous Exotic Garden large stamp sitting on my desk begging to be played with! I…
Why The Zebra? – EDS/HSD Awareness 2020
Hey Crafty People! So, yesterday I talked a little bit about the difficulties of getting a diagnosis of EDS in terms of my experience with Hypermobility EDS, today I want to talk a little bit about the zebra. There is a pretty awesome reason why we have a Zebra as our little unofficial mascot, and…
Ehlers Danlos & Hypermobility Spectrum Awareness 2020
Hello Crafty People! As some of you may know, I am an hEDS fighter and after losing a lot of my health, abilities, confidence and self worth to this illness I discovered a whole world of crafty therapy and it honestly changed my life. Not many people, including healthcare professionals, know much or anything at…
Harry Potter Collage Panel! – Lil’ Patch of Crafty Friends challenge #132
It’s time for another challenge over at LPOCF and this time we are being sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps, who have been kind enough to supply us with some digital images to use for this challenge. I was so excited when I saw this Harry Potter collage panel image, and I just knew I had to…
