Creating your own background designs for cards is a great way to add more depth, colour, and texture to the cards. Since I have been practicing watercolour techniques, I thought I would combine a watercolour wash with heat embossing. The … Continue reading
I began making Christmas cards in September this year and by the time December arrived I was glad I had started that early! So far this year I have made close to 200 Christmas cards – all cut, stamped, glued, … Continue reading
As we enter the holiday season and Christmas music fills the house, the list of things to do before December 25th is a long one! The first few items that need to be checked off my list are: decorate the … Continue reading
Over the past few months I have been experimenting with different watercolour techniques on my cards. I have used washes as backgrounds, colour gradations, watercolour pencils, splattering, two-step watercolour stamping, and many more! I have one more technique to share that … Continue reading
October is over and winter will be here before we know it. In fact snow is already on its way (again!) for us! To ease into the snowy holiday season, I am releasing a pack of 5 cards with a … Continue reading
Christmas will always be my favourite time of the year, but the beginning of September has become a close second for a few reasons: the kids go back to school (yesterday), my birthday is right around the corner (2 weeks … Continue reading
Fall is the season of changing leaves, geese flying south, and making Christmas cards. I usually start slowly working on cards in October and then panic sets in mid November when I realize I don’t have enough and need to … Continue reading
I was on a Christmas card making mission last week. The plan was to make one style of card each day for a week, but Halloween interfered with that plan and I only managed to make four different cards. And … Continue reading
