Handmade in Windsor Lab

Hi, I've been busy making end of year teacher presents and cards, which I will share on another day, but I have also been stitching on cards while watching TV or sitting in the sunshine with the family in the evenings. Here's the first two cards I made, with the first two backgrounds I stitched. This was my first background with full cross stitches. This was my second background and I used half cross stitches. I invested in a die set that cut the little holes into the card as I have cross stitched since I was a child, but I rarely end up using what I stitched, so I thought making cards with the results would be a fun change! This is the die set I bought, it was an unbranded set I got on AliExpress, so was inexpensive, but took a few weeks to arrive! The larger die came with a small strip as well that I haven't used yet. I found that the die cut pretty well, but was much better if I used a metal shim with it in my BigShot, I think the same applies to a

Hi, Today I am sharing some photos of quick cards I made using embossing folders and inks to make quick backgrounds. I made a batch of backgrounds after watching a Jennifer McGuire  video last week, with no end plan of what my cards would be. Feel free to head over to her blog to see how to do the technique if you don't know it. Here's the batch of cards I ended up with 11 cards today! Here's all the backgrounds I made, I didn't use quite all of them, but I used all of the larger pieces and a few of the small bits. These are all embossing folders I got as freebies with magazines. The large 'Thinking of you' card used the whole embossing folder image which I couldn't bare to cut up, so I made a frame for it and placed it on an A5 sized card. I added a die-cut sentiment raised on foam and a few sequins with the frame raised up on foam tape and I was done. Next all the yellow cards, this is a 3D embossing folder from Crafters Compani