Author: carddaysnight
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Bee happy!
Hey guys, how are you? Today, I’m sharing a fun slimline card featuring these very jolly bees from Time for Tea Designs! I started out by die cutting a panel using the Bee Hive Slimline die. I then cut another panel to the same size, and ink blended it using different orange and yellow shades…
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Adding subtle texture with embossing powder
Hey guys, how are you? I’m delighted to be staying on for another term as part of the Reels team for Wow Embossing! So I thought today would be a good time to share a card I made recently featuring an embossed background. Now, I don’t know about you, but when I think of embossing,…
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Christmas in July
I am a huge fan of Christmas, and LOVE making Christmas cards, so I was delighted when I found out that Rachelle Anne Miller was doing a Christmas in July release! It’s just the incentive you need sometimes to get cracking on those cards in good time! I’m sharing a Reel over on Instagram today,…
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To my Flamazing Friend
Hey guys, there’s a new mini release today at Wow Embossing! It’s a brand new, super fun colour of Sparkles called Cotton Candy – pink with irridescent glitter and sparkles. As soon as I swatched it, it reminded me of flamingoes! Which was a great opportunity to raid my stash and use the Flock Star…
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Have a T-Riffic birthday!
Hey guys! How are you doing? I start a new job tomorrow, so I’ve been making the most of my last few days of freedom and making lots of cards! I quickly whipped up a little card for this week’s MFT Sketch Challenge today. Here’s the sketch: Looking at it from a landscape orientation, it…
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Father’s Day mini album
Hey friends, how are you? Today, I’m sharing with you a mini album that I made for my husband for Father’s Day. I don’t often do scrapbooking / memory keeping, so this made a nice change and it’s quite a good discrete project to work on, rather than be overwhelmed by starting a full-on scrapbook!…
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Sending you Koality Hugs!
Hey crafty friends, thanks for joining me on my blog again today. I’m sharing this koala bear card that I made for my husband for Father’s Day, and it’s also my entry for this month’s Heffy Doodle challenge (celebration cards). I made my background by applying Wow embossing ink through Heffy Doodle’s broad strokes stencil,…
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Best Friends Make Moments More Magical
Hey crafty friends, thanks for joining me today! I have a video up on my YouTube channel today, showing how I made this watercolour background card featuring a sweet little image from RAM Stamps called “Swinging Friends – Girls”. Check out the video here: The coloured pencils I used were Arteza 72 coloured pencils in…
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Father’s Day Card – sending bear hugs
Hi friends, I’m back today with another entry for the MFT Stamps weekly sketch challenge! This is the challenge sketch: It’s Father’s Day on Sunday here in the UK, so I chose to make a card for my Dad using the RAM Beary Special stamp set. I stamped, fussy cut and coloured my images using…
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Queen for the Day
Happy Sunday, crafty folks! Have you managed to get in the craft room this weekend? We’re enjoying the sunshine as a family (summer seems to have finally arrived in England), so crafting is on hold, but I thought I’d share this card I made a few weeks ago with some of the newer Time for…
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