by Helen Jennings | Jul 10, 2020 | Feel Better, Projects, Techniques and Help
I am excited to be hopping today for the first time on the Blogging Friends Blog Hop. The theme is “Green with Envy” and we have been invited to share a project using our favourite green. We have so many greens in our palette, it is difficult to choose. My...
by Helen Jennings | Jun 2, 2020 | Children's Cards, Projects, Techniques and Help
As some of the children start to make a tentative return to school this week, it seemed appropriate that we should be thinking of our teachers and the terrific job they are doing. The go to stamp set for this job had to be Harvest Hellos. This lovely little stamp set...
by Helen Jennings | May 29, 2020 | Birthday Cards, Love & Friendship Cards, Projects, Sympathy/ Thinking of You, Techniques and Help
Creating Borders For lots of people, their stamp positioning tool is an absolutely vital piece of equipment and is the difference between them being able to stamp and being denied the pleasure. They may have issues with gripping a block, holding the block steady, or...
by Helen Jennings | May 26, 2020 | Projects, Sympathy/ Thinking of You, Techniques and Help, Thank You
Take one folded baby wipe and some spots of ink refill and see where it takes you.. I used Granny Apple Green, Old Olive, Crushed Curry and Bermuda Bay ink on my wipe. Vibrant Spring For this first card I used the inked baby wipe as a stamp pad and stamped the multi...
by Helen Jennings | Jan 20, 2020 | Love-a-Duckie Events, Techniques and Help
In November I hosted my first ever Online class. The participants were all added in to an exclusive Facebook group and I went live for 2 hours (with a comfort break in between). On that occasion we used the Memory and More pack from the Autumn/Winter catalogue to...
by Helen Jennings | Oct 7, 2019 | Projects, Techniques and Help, Thank You
I have, over the last few weeks, completed 4 Back to Basics videos, looking at the basic tools we need in our cardmaking and some of the tricks and tips around them. I have felt inspired to do these, not only to encourage new crafters, but also to help more advanced...