Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m celebrating a milestone today – this little blog was only started 11 months ago and this is my 150th post! I started shortly after I retired from full time work, and planned to blog a couple of times a week. That gradually increased over the year, and I’ve now… Read More A centenary and a half!
Welcome to my crafty blog. Today’s card is all about the background – it’s made with a single stamp from the Claritystamp ‘wild flowers nature’ set. The colours were inspired by this week’s challenge over at CAS Colours and Sketches I started by inking up the A6 stamp from the set, using a make up… Read More It’s all in the background
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve used another retired Stampin’ Up! set for today’s card, and it’s one that’s right up my street! The cups and sentiments in the ‘Coffee Cafe’ set work for so many occasions – today’s card is intended to send support to a friend. It’s definitely true in my world that… Read More Life happens, coffee helps!
Welcome to my crafty blog. Today’s card is definitely one for a cat lover! I’m very fond of them myself, but not sure I could cope with five in the house… I’ve been doign a lot of stamping recently, so thought it ws time I got some of my dies out again – these are… Read More A cat lover’s card
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve just got the brand new daisies stamp sets from Julie Hickey Designs, and couldn’t wait to have a play with them. This is the ‘sweet daisies’ set – I love how fresh these images are. I’ve taken the colour scheme from this week’s challenge over at Fab Friday –… Read More Sweet daisies
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m back with the next installment of my lookback through the Claritystamp New Design Club since I first joined it. I’m now up to stamp #77, the cow parsley from March 2013. I have used this a few times over the years – it works really well for building a… Read More Clarity New Design Club lookback – cow parsley #77
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve been playing with a new stamp set today that only arrived in the post this morning – Claritystamp’s ‘Love Heart Doodle’. It’s a gorgeous intricate design, and I decided it would look great embossed in white on kraft card. I started by stamping the ‘love’ word outline in Archival… Read More A love heart
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve resurrected another retired Stampin’ Up! set today, this time the ‘Flourishing Phrases’. I’ve also tried to move away from the blue colour schemes I’ve used so much lately! The card design is inspired by two of this week’s blog challenges, with the layout from Freshly Made Sketches and elements… Read More Thinking of you
Welcome to my crafty blog. I thought I ought to start making a few cards for Valentine’s Day as I usually get asked for some, so here’s my first offering. I’ve gone for a less traditional colour scheme, as these are my current favourite ink shades – I seem to be using them all the… Read More Hearts & Flowers
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m still busy working back through my craft stash, and today picked the flowers from Stampin’ Up! ‘Wonderful Romance’ set which was in the catalogue a couple of years ago. This bouquet is so useful and I’ve used it quite a few times since then. The card design is inspired… Read More Get well flowers
