Waterfront meets By The Dock stamp set

I’ve been playing with Waterfront stamp set and combined it with By the Dock stamp set and High Tide

Stamp sets: Waterfront, By The Dock, high tide

card:  whisper white, basic black

Tools: tasteful textures embossing folder, stitched rectangle dies

Geared Up Garage meets Best Plaid Builder Dies

The Best Plaid Builderdies makes a nice backdrop for The Geared Ip Garage Bundle

Stamps: Geared Up Garage 

Ink: night of navy

Card:  balmy blue, whisper white, misty moonlight, night of navy, basic gray, smoky slate

Tools: Best Plaid Builder Dies, Garage Gears Dies 

Belair Creative Cards July 2020 classes

Creative Cards are back on this month!

We will have our usual classes - the last Thursday of the month (30th July at 7:30pm) and the last Saturday of the month (25th July at 2:00pm) at 130 Garden Grove Parade, Adamstown.  

Covid-19 restrictions will be in place - Attendance recording, Hand sanitising, social distancing etc for your safety.

The cards we will be making will be using some new product from the upcoming August - December Mini Catalogue.

We will be using the Dove of Hope stamp set and Detailed Dove dies along with the Brightly Gleaming Specialty DSP to create 2 beautiful cards.  

These 2 cards use a single sheet of double sided dsp, you can choose which side to use. 

Tasteful Touches and Birch

One of the cards that I made for my catalogue launch was using Tasteful Touches stamp set  I created a few different styles using the same basic layout  

The card below was my favourite and the one I chose for my launch.

Card base – misty moonlight ½ sheet of A4.  Folded in half

Panel – Whisper White – 14.5cm x 10cm – stamped with images from Tasteful Touches in Balmy Blue and embossed with Tasteful Textile embossing folder

Panel – Not quite navy – 4cm x 10cm

Panel – Whisper white – 10cm x 3.2cm stamped using birch stamp set in Misty Moonlight.

Stamped Image – flower from Tasteful Touches stamp set (pg 124) in Misty Moonlight.  I have sponged the flowers.  To get that soft suble look, put some whisper white ink on a clear block, dab the sponge dauber in the balmy blue, and then dab on the whisper white.  The ink is a soft creamy texture and applies easily to the flower with minimal splodges.

Sentiment panel – night of navy – stamped in versamark and white embossing powder heat embossed.  Sentiment from lovely you stamp set and punched out with lovely labels pick a punch (pg 22) – whisper white – from the detailed bands dies, sentiment from Here’s a Card stamp set stamped in Misty Moonlight.

Stamp Sets:  Tasteful Touches, Birch, lovely you

Ink - Misty Moonlight, Balmy Blue

Paper – Whisper White, Misty Moonlight

A variation on the card above, using the oval die from the detailed bands dies.


Another variation, on a white base.

This card I used the In Good Taste designer series paper to give a nice contrast.

Music from the heart

Today we have a few more cards made with the music from the heart stamp set. 

Stamp set:  music from the heart

Ink:  memento, blueberry bushel

Paper: blueberry bushel, whisper white, balmy blue, soft sea foam 

Music from the heart gift card holder

Music from the heart stamp set is a perfect companion for a gift card holder, especially if that holder has an iTunes card in it!!



Step 1.  Cut A4 card in half vertically.
Step 2.  Fold in half and score.
Step 3.  Fold edges back in to towards centre.



Step 4.  Slide folded edge into a circle punch 1/2 way.



Step 5.  Using window word punch (retired), line edge up with edge of punch sliding 1/2 way in and punch.  Do this both sides.  This creates the opening. 
Step 6.  Glue around the edges to form a seal for the card holder.
Step 7.  Decorate.







Stamp Set used:  Music from the heart, perennial birthday, epic celebrations (retired)
Ink:  memento
paper:  pumpkin pie, blueberry bushel,
Accessories:  tailored tag punch, circle punch, word window punch (retired)

Middle step card Music from the Heart

It's my brother's birthday tomorrow and I decided to make him a Middle Step card using the stamp set Music from the Heart.

He loves playing his guitar so this card and stamp set is perfect for the occasion.



Stamp set:  music from the heart, family party
Ink:  memento tuxedo
Paper:  crumb cake, whisper white, urban underground specialty dsp (retired)