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    Welcome in the Neighbourhood!
    • Aug 4, 2017

    Welcome in the Neighbourhood!

    Hi everyone, today I have a very simple, fun and quick card for you all! We have a new neighbour and to welcome him I made this card. I used a stamp with a couple of houses on it, it’s from our local craft store, but you really can use any stamp you have that features a row of houses. The stamp was a little short to go over the width of the card (I precut the panel with a Crea-Nest-Lies XXL stitched rectangle die in the size I needed) so I first stamped the whole row once and
    Almost one layer card with Roses
    • Jul 19, 2017

    Almost one layer card with Roses

    Hi everyone, today I'm on the Kennedy Grace Creations blog with this easy and fun roses card: I started this card by stamping the roses from the awesome Kennedy Grace Creations “Splendid Roses” stamp set onto Cornwall Aquarel paper (Grain Fin, bright white) after die cutting a stitched rectangle with one of my nesting dies. For stamping I used Versafine “Onyx Black” ink and my MISTI stamping tool (this aquarel paper is fairly smooth but to get even black lines I needed to ink
    Vintage Birthday cards for Guys
    • Jun 22, 2017

    Vintage Birthday cards for Guys

    Hi everyone, today I have some fun and vintage birthday cards for the guys in your life AND you get to use some of your paper scraps that you’ve laying around, which also is a big plus! So, let’s get started! I started by stamping the three images from the Lili of the Valley stamp set called “Vintage Motor - Trio” on some scraps of paper with Memento “Desert Sand” ink and cutting each image with a small square die. I chose the square die-size by trying to fit 3 in each row on
    Artsy Flower Card
    • Jun 19, 2017

    Artsy Flower Card

    Hi everyone, today I'm on the Kennedy Grace Creations Blog with this artsy card: if you feel this card looks difficult to make, it’s not, I will share a link to a video where you can see how you create these circles and how you apply the watercolour and that’s all there is to it. One day I was watching this video from Maremi SmallArt on YouTube and I thought it would be fun to use this technique on a card as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WehJDh_V5iE The only thing I d
    Feminine watercolour card
    • Mar 11, 2017

    Feminine watercolour card

    Hi everyone, today I have a card for you featuring a style that I don’t do a lot: I like having control over the products I use and knowing up front what the end result will look like and with today’s cards I had to let go a bit of the control. I do like mixed media though, so I still had a lot of fun creating these cards. I started my first card with a Stampin’Up stamp set called “Beautiful You” that I borrowed from a friend. I stamped on Cornwall Bright White Rough Watercol
    Purple Onion Designs with Salt & Watercolour background
    • Jan 23, 2017

    Purple Onion Designs with Salt & Watercolour background

    Hi, everyone! Today I have part three of my mini-series for you where I create two cards with pre-made salt and watercolour paint backgrounds. You can find parts one and two of this series here (http://www.makeyourlifecolourful.com/single-post/2017/01/21/Vintage-looking-card-with-salt-watercolour-background) and here (http://www.makeyourlifecolourful.com/single-post/2017/01/22/Silhouette-Flower-card-with-Salt-Watercolour-background). Tomorrow I’ll post the last part in this m
    Summary of Christmas cards for 2016
    • Dec 10, 2016

    Summary of Christmas cards for 2016

    Since I started this website fairly recently I thought it to be best for this year to do a summary of some of the Christmas cards that I made (a “Christmas card for the men in your life” is not included in this post, see under Tab “Cards for Men” to find the post on that card or click http://www.makeyourlifecolourful.com/single-post/2016/12/17/A-Christmas-card-for-the-men-in-your-life) I will mention how to make a certain card and what materials I used. If you've any question
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