Snowflake Wishes for #GDP310

Hello Today’s card was inspired by the fun sketch challenge over at the Global Design Project #GDP310.  There are so many great ways to interpret and make a sketch your own. I decided to keep the layout but as I’ve been making lots of Christmas cards recently swapped flowers for snowflakes using a favourite stamp […]

Peaceful Cabin Bundle Fancy Fold Thank You Card

Hello  This week’s Global Design Project theme challenge is Thanks, which is perfect as I always need lots of thank you cards.  Looking through my craft stash I had plenty of different sets to chose from but eventually settled on Peaceful Cabin because I hadn’t created anything with it yet and it is such a […]

Garden Birdhouses for #GDP305 Color Challenge

Hello – welcome to my blog, Today I’m playng along with the Global Design Project Color Challange #GDP305.  I used a lovely stamp set, Garden Birdhouses, from the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue to create this birthday card.  This weeks colour combination is Pale Papaya, Balmy Blue and Pear Pizzazz.  I really enjoyed stamping the scene […]

#GDP300 CASE the Designer

Hello and welcome to my blog Today I’m playing along with #GDP300 a CASE the designer challenge over at the Global Design Project. For my card I used Brilliant Wings dies and Welcoming Windows Stamp Set. This week we are CASEing a card by Steffi Helmschrott, one of the talented design team members, from Germany.  […]

Floral Hearts dies Anniversary Cards for #GDP298

Hello and welcome to my blog Today I’m playing along with this week’s sketch challenge over at the Global Design Project #GDP298. A sketch is a great starting point for creating a card as you can interpret a sketch in so many ways. For my card I decided to use the Floral Hearts dies with […]

Birthday cards – Celebrate Sunflowers for #GDP296

Hello and welcome to my blog, I hope your week has been a good one – mine started with a lovely surprise on Monday because my card for last week’s Global Design Project challenge #GDP295 was picked as a #GDPwinner! How wonderful is that. Today I’m playing along with #GDP296 a CASE the designer challenge. For […]

Flowers of Friendship card for #GDP295

Hello Today’s card was created for the Global Design Project #GDP295 Theme Challenge featuring the lovely Flowers of Friendship bundle by Stampin’ Up! The theme this week is Growing Garden and when I’m not in my craft room I love spending time pottering in our garden.  I think these cards are both so pretty – […]

Creating a Stencil with Simply Succulents Bundle for #GDP293

Hello Today I’m sharing cards created for and inspired by this week’s Global Design Project color challenge using three of our new In Colors Pale Papaya, Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen. The Simply Succulents Stamp Set and Potted Succulents dies immediately sprang to mind with this colour combination.  I’ve been wanting to use the biggest […]

Birthday cards – Painted Poppies and Peaceful Moments for #GDP291

Hello Today’s simple birthday cards were created for this week’s Global Design Project theme challenge. May is a busy month for birthdays and I needed to add to my stash so the timing for me to play along with this challenge was perfect.  This week’s Global Design Project Theme Challenge is Birthday. I purchased the Painted […]

Global Design Project Color Challenge #GDP289

Hello – welcome to my blog, I’m playing along with this week’s Global Design Project color challenge (#GDP289) using Coastal Cabana, Magenta Madness and Bumblebee. Although I am a purple and pink pink, I’ve not often used Magenta Madness so this bright color combination is a little out of my comfort zone. For my card […]