Category: Encouragement
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MFT Card Design Superstar – Clean & Simple category

Hi friends, I’m back with my final entry to this year’s MFT card design competition, and this one is for the Clean & Simple Genius category. I was hugely honoured to have been one of the winners in this category last year, so the pressure has been on to come up with something to rival…
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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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LDRS Creative v Wow Embossing IG hop

Hey everyone! There’s another fun Instagram hop happening today – this time it’s with Wow Embossing and LDRS Creative. Check out Instagram for all the details and the giveaway (I’m @card_days_night on IG). For my project, I used the gorgeous Cosmos floral layering stencils from LDRS, and combined it with their Big Word – Beautiful…
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Be Kind – RAM Stamps

Hey, how are you? Today, I’m sharing a sweet little card from the latest Rachelle Anne Miller release. The stamp is called “Be Kind” and features another positive message, designed by Rachelle for her daughters! I love this sentiment, so I really wanted it to stand out. I hope you enjoy this card – if…
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You Deserve the Royal Treatment

Hi, happy coronation day! Whatever your thoughts are on the Royal family and/or the coronation, you can’t argue with how cute this stamp set is from MFT Stamps! The card was quite quick and simple to make – I cut down some patterned paper from Kanban Crafts (called Union Stripes Background Card) to A2 size,…
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Our world is beautiful, and so are you

It’s New Release day over at Rachelle Anne Miller Stamps, and this month, Rachelle has designed a beautiful collection of images with inspiring sentiments. My card today uses the You Are Beautiful image, which I’ve printed onto alcohol marker friendly card, coloured with Copics, and fussy cut. The Copics I used are listed below: Skin:…
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You Are Amazing

Happy Tuesday! Another week and another MFT Sketch Challenge! I love them! For this card, I cut two strips of the Black & White Stripes patterned paper by MFT, and added them to an A2 card base with tape runner. I stamped and coloured the images from MFT’s Rainbow Critters stamp set, using the following…
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Here’s a Hug from Me to You

Hey friends, how are you? Today I’m sharing a lovely slimline card featuring some of the new release embossing powders from Wow! I’ve used the Dappled Effects trio, which has three beautiful dappled pinks and peaches. I decided to make a slimline card with three windows to show off each of the colours properly. I…
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You’re a Limited Edition: MFT Color Challenge #206

Hey guys! Do you like taking part in card challenges? I love them, because they force me to think creatively in ways that I might not have otherwise, and I end up producing something new! Today, I made a card for the current MFT Stamps colour challenge #206, which has the following colour palette: I…
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I’m nuts & bolts about you

Hey everyone, hope you’re well! I’ve just made a card for this month’s Heffy Doodle challenge – “Love” themed cards, so I thought I’d share a tutorial! To make my background, I blended various pink shades of distress oxide through the Simply Radiant stencil, starting with the darkest in the centre, moving out to the…
