14 June General cards

 

Car

Windows and centre of wheels ice grey 2, tyres and bumpers cool grey 4, front lights tulip yellow, car royal blue. Sakura pen to lights and bumpers. Edges faded jeans ink. Foam pads under sentiment.

Book easel anniversary

Make sure to stick ribbon before sticking layers together. Red wine is red sweater, bottle label and top tea green. Little peel off dots for bubbles. Gems to flowers. Foam pads under sentiment to make card stopper.

Orange Lilly

Leaves apple green. Stamen burnt orange, flower and edges 528. Add extra layers of colour as shading. Circles egg nog yellow. Stencil leaves with bundled sage oxide ink.

Vase Lili of the valley

Stamp borders with black ink top and bottom with stamp platform. With gold embossing powder decorate vase, mask off the vase base first. Stick white flower heads on to green stems. Don’t stick the top of the vase as you need to put flower stems inside.

24 May 2022 General cards

Rose and petunia

Marsh green on rose leaves and apple cider green on other leaves, petunia is orchid (lilac) and rose is treat or treat pink. Edges pink pen.

Bunnies

Onto the white card use oval and circle to apply faded jeans and speckled egg ink, moon is antique linen and fossilised amber oxide inks. Stamp flowers and hares with oval still in place. Put the picture under the navy-blue card with the wider space for sentiment at the bottom. Sakura pen to flowers.

You’re spectacular

Burger bun is sandstone, burger burnt sienna, cheese sunflower yellow. Glasses frame bright green, lenses ice grey 1, drink terracotta and ice grey 1, Sakura pen to top of bun and glasses decoration. Edges ripe persimmon ink. Fluffy stuff to top of drink. Black peel off to edge of green paper.

Wellies

Leaves marsh green, rose 5240 pink, other flowers reef blue, cornflower and canary yellow. Watering can icicle grey gloves 445 green. Wellies pastel blue and 445 dots. Stardust stickles to sunflowers and edges iced spruce.

 

10 May General cards

Anniversary

Stamp message with black ink on stamp press. Stamp largest heart with vintage champagne embossing powder. Edges antique linen ink. Peel off dots to flowers.

Dahlia card

Apply salt water taffy ink via stencil to patterned paper. Leaves marsh green and pale pink or pastel pink to flowers. Edges taffy ink.

Men’s shirt

Fold shirt as per instructions. Trim tie to fit. Edges peacock feathers ink.

Purple flower

Large leaves and stems marsh green, small leaves apple cider. Outer flower plum preserve, flower centre lilac. Ground walnut brown. Sakura pen to flower centre and small leaves. Edges lilac promarker. Background pumice stone ink via stencil with blender brush. Foam pads under sentiment.

26 April General cards

Boats

On small white rectangle mask off and use blue ink for the sea and chalk for the sky. Colour sailing boats with colours of your choice and cut one in half vertically.

Colour lighthouse bits with berry red and sunflower yellow. Colour lifebelt with berry red. Stick out edges of blue and white card together using red liner tape. Draw in birds with black pen and peel off number on sail.

 

Orange trio of flowers

Use pearlescent paste through stencil, cover stems with chartreuse green embossing powder and flowers with tequila sunrise powder and heat to bubble, Edges camp fire ink.

Cream flowers

Stick patterned paper to segments. Put pale green card under die cut rectangle. Peel off blob in centre of flowers.

Turquoise Dahlia

Stamp and emboss with emerald city, Fold paper circles as per instructions. Place turquoise shape on top. Edges peacock feather ink.

 

22 March General Cards

 

Orange Dahlias

Marsh green leaves and heatwave (orange) flowers and edges. No foam pads.

Yellow flower

Cut the edges off die cut stencils, put a base coat of linen paint onto the gelli plate and pull off onto card. Add sea glass and light grey to plate, add stencils then pull off. Add a layer of light grey and pull off. Stamp embellishments with morning mist versafine ink.

Cut out the flower and colour with sunflower yellow and 445 green. Clear embossing powder over the top and gunmetal stickles. Foam pads under the flower and sentiment.

Night sky

Place square template on to do the moon with mustard seed ink. Remove square and cover the moon with circle. Faded jeans and villainous purple oxide inks to do background leaving the centre much paler than the edges. Remove moon circle and add a little blue ink to soften. Edges chipped sapphire ink. Stamp trees, hedgehog and wild flowers with black ink. Stardust stickles to flowers draw in birds.

Sailing boat

You have 3 different sizes of paper strips. One for the centre wide long for thin sail and others for triangular sail. Make sure the strips from the 2 sails remain separate. Foam pads under boat, silver peel off for mast and waves.

8 March General Cards

 

Cream flower

Apply sea mist acrylic paint via a stencil to cream card. Foam pads under sentiment.

Dog and footprints

Chalk grass and sky. Stamp tree with acorn ink and colour with fire wood or umber brown. Stamp rocks with pinecone and grass with shady lane. Stamp footprints with grey ink. Stamp happy birthday with verdant green ink. Draw birds in the sky with black ink. Stick clouds in the sky. Foam pads under the dog.

Hanging basket

Cut out wellies and hanging basket. Colour wellies and tools. with berry red and cool grey 4, flowers sunflower yellow and cornflower blue, leaves marsh green. Foam pads under sentiment, wellies, basket and pot. Edges pale green ink.

Music

Cut out the record and happy birthday, stick blue bit into microphone. Stick black key die cuts onto card with wide bits at the top, stick in white keys. Colour edges with peacock feathers ink.

8 February general cards

 

DIY man

Dungarees twilight sky (blue) beer + shoes henna brown, skin satin, beer froth vanilla and fluffy stuff, tool belt pastel beige, shirt heatwave (orange), drill and tool handles pear green, tool heads ice grey 2, ruler + hammer handle grey squirrel. Foam pads under sentiment.

Pink flowers

Stamp and emboss with green the centre decorative piece and corners on card. Trim white layer after stamping the corners and cut out decorative shape. Edges bundled sage ink. Foam pads under decorative shape.

Turquoise and brown

Ink embossed layer with peacock feathers ink then use brown wax crayon on its side to add brown colour, buff with kitchen roll. Foam pads under sentiment. Stick ribbon with red liner tape. Peel offs to corners.

Dress

Flowers sunflower yellow, leaves marsh green, dress and ribbon cool aqua (blue), belt and dotted fabric cornflower blue, hanger ice grey 2, Sakura pen to dots, shoe bows and handbag decoration. Shoe soles and heel black. Edges cool aqua pen. Shoes and handbag cornflower, inside shoes ice grey 1, bows sunflower. Cut off handle and replace with black string in your kit.