We’re having a huge celebration over at Cupcake Inspirations because it is our 500th Challenge! In honour of the occasion we chose the theme of Birthday Celebration, so now is a great time to catch up on making birthday cards. Plus we have 13 sponsors offering 16 prizes between them for a total value of … More CIC 500 / Mermazing Monday | Birthday Celebration – PRIZES | Reminder
We’re having a huge celebration over at Cupcake Inspirations because it is our 500th Challenge! In honour of the occasion we chose the theme of Birthday Celebration, so now is a great time to catch up on making birthday cards. Plus we have 13 sponsors offering 16 prizes between them for a total value of … More CIC 500 / Mermazing Monday | Mixed Media Mermaid | Birthday Celebration – PRIZES
It’s Monday which means it’s time for another Mernazing Monday project. After the fun of the Under The Sea hop (you can see my projects for that here, here and here) the organiser, Teresa Russell from Scrapping for Less, suggested continuing the fun through August with weekly mermaid themed projects. I thought that sounded like … More Mermazing Mondays | Synchronised Mermaids
After the fun of the Under The Sea hop (you can see my projects for that here, here and here) the organiser, Teresa Russell from Scrapping for Less, suggested continuing the fun through August with weekly mermaid themed projects. I thought that sounded like a fun idea! These projects will be shared using the hashtag … More Mermazing Mondays | Foiled Mermaid Scales
Today is the third and final day of a fun three day hop, the theme of which is Under The Sea. You can see my project for day one here and for day two here. I decided to create a scene for this card and again I’m featuring Lawn Fawn products. This is a hashtag … More Under The Sea Hop | Slimline Underwater Scene
This pair of shaped cards were entirely inspired by the sentiment from Skull and Cross Buns’ Crafting Is My Superpower stamp set. I decided that if crafting is a superpower, why not make super hero inspired shaped cards! Female super hero outfits often seem to be ridiculously skimpy, so I played up to that with … More Skull And Cross Buns | Shaped Superhero Card | Video
Yesterday I shared a blog post and video in which I talked all about shakers. I covered the kinds of windows, the type of material that can be used for the windows, different options for fillings and adhesives… I tried to be comprehensive and to provide information that would be useful both to beginners and … More How To Make A Simple Shaker With Limited Supplies | Video
Today I’m sharing 3 ways to make ocean backgrounds and how to use them on finished cards. This video is also part of the World Oceans Day YouTube Hop, which as you can probably guess is an ocean-themed collaboration between several crafty YouTubers. You can find all the information on that in the description box … More 3 Ocean Backgrounds | Oceans Day YouTube Hop | Video
We’ve been looking for mermaid themed projects in our latest Cupcake Inspiration challenge. The challenge is now a little over halfway through and I’m back with my second card (you can find the first here) for our reminder post. Don’t forget that you can win a gift certificate from our sponsor Bugaboo if you come … More CIC 471 | Wish On A Starfish | Mermaids | Bugaboo
You might have seen Mer-May being celebrated around the internet over the last few weeks, so what better way to close out the month than with a mermaid-themed Cupcake Inspiration Challenge! For this challenge we are sponsored by Bugaboo, and if you link up your mermaid themed project with us you’ll be in for a … More CIC 471 | Beautiful Birthday | Mermaids | Bugaboo