Category: Design Team

A sloth & a giraffe

I have been absent from here and from my craft room for a while, life happens, and sometimes things have to be let go of for a time. I’m happy that I found some time today. This card I made this morning is for Paper Craft Secrets, the Facebook group where I am on the Design Team. The theme for July is ‘Animals’, and I adore sloths!

It is cold and wet and grey in my part of the world today. I have a rare few hours alone, so I’m off for a nap! (and maybe another card to make 😊). Crafting (creating) is a great way to lift our spirits!

Happy crafting ❤️

Paper craft secrets challenges

I am on the Design Team at Paper Craft Secrets – Creating With Confidence, a Facebook Group created by Alicia McNamara, and the challenges for August are Die-cuts, and Masculine/Father’s Day. And this month I made too many of both!!

These are the cards I made for the Masculine/Father’s Day challenge…

And this set of 4 Masculine cards…

And these ones are for the Die-cuts Challenge, something I love to do using my Gemini Junior.

Papercraft secrets – June

One of the two challenges for June at Alicia McNamara’s Papercraft Secrets Facebook group is One Page Wonder, the other one is a multi-layout scrapbook page. I am not a scrapbooker although I have dabbled in it. My passion is cards, 3D projects, fun-fold cards, mixed-media projects and art journals.

I am privileged to be on the Design Team at Papercraft Secrets, and here is my design for the One Page Wonder. I designed my own pattern for these cards, and you can find it on the Resources page.

I love creating with paper. Since I was a child at school I have loved stationery, papers, pens, colouring, so when I discovered cardmaking more than 20 years ago I was hooked. It is truly my happy place. My hope is that what I post here inspires you to create with whatever medium you love, and to create your own kind of beautiful! We are all creative, it is just finding what you love, what brings you alive.

Love

A Masculine Weekend

I don’t make a lot of masculine cards, I am a girly girl and love flowers and butterflies and pretty cards, but I needed to make a card for the design team I’m a part of at Paper Craft Secrets (Facebook group), and also for Father’s Day coming up. I did have a lot of fun designing and making these cards. As I mentioned I’m not great at masculine cards so I spent time scrolling Pinterest for ideas, I’m sorry I can’t credit anyone specifically, but am thankful for the inspiration.