Various hand-made cards
Welcome to my blog. Sorry I have not been around for a while, but I have a new card to share today. Today I have made a baby card for someone very special. They had a beautiful little boy on the 31st of July, but they live abroad, so I have time to send the … [Read more…]
Today I attended a class at one of my fav places in all the world – The Purple Magnolia Craft Studio. Today, (as always) our bags were filled with goodies including a pack of gorgeous paper with flowers in soft reds, purples, blues and pinks, a set of flower dies, a set of flower stamps, … [Read more…]
Today, I attended class at The Purple Magnolia again – one of my happy places in all the world. I went with a friend, and it was a class that had sponsored prizes. These classes do happen from time to time, but it was an unexpected, and happy surprise. Both my friend and I won … [Read more…]
Since the lockdown, I have become even better at online shopping. I already had a triple black belt, but now I am a grandmaster. After drooling at all the subscription services and monthly release kits that one can purchase in Europe and the Americas, I was determined to discover if there was something like that … [Read more…]
Since the pandemic is still with us, and I am not attending classes in person, I have been doing a lot of kits from my usual suppliers. (Unfortunately, not all of them have embraced the online classes or videos, but for those who have, I thank you 🙂 ). This kit comes from one of … [Read more…]
My next installment in my search for certification in the Altenew Educator Certification Program is the course “For the Guys“. Although I had planned the card and drawn a sketch, I really struggled with this card and its execution. I wanted to make a galaxy background and tried 5 different times with my distress inks. … [Read more…]
My next class towards certification for level 1 in the Altenew Educator Programme is Easy Ink Blending Techniques. The classes show different techniques on how to use ink to create different types of backgrounds using inking techniques such as embossing resists, faux water-colouring, and blending among others. When I first started blending with my inks, … [Read more…]
Today’s creation is a card I made for a Show and Share hosted over at Virginia’s blog – Yes Virginia. She is one of the coordinators of the Altenew Academy, and is running a super Show and Share over on her blog. The aim is to get as many of us creating and sharing cards … [Read more…]
Today I am sharing a card I made for my next class in my certification progress – Clean and Simple Boutique Cards. (I am working my way through the Altenew Educator Certification Programme, and each step of the way I feel I am getting more and more knowledge, practice, and experience. It is a lovely … [Read more…]
I spent the day in my craft room working away at some more cards for the second course I need to submit for my education certification attempt. 🙂 For this second course (All About Layering 2) I chose to use my magnificent Build-a-Flower Hyacinth stamp set from Altenew as it looks as good as the … [Read more…]