Welcome to my crafty blog. I wanted to share the birthday card I made for my son, who owns a very elegant tabby cat called Benji. I bought this lovely stamp from Crafty Individuals especially for his card – I’ve pictured it with a pot my son painted for me when he was small, and… Read More Monochrome cat
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve been busy making more Christmas cards, and love this ‘Arrange a wreath’ set from Stampin Up, with the co-ordinating ‘wreath builder’ dies. As it’s still a way from Christmas yet, it didn’t feel appropriate to get too far into the song, so I stuck with the first day of… Read More Partridge in a pear tree
Welcome to my crafty blog. Today’s card is one I made for my brother-in-law’s birthday – he’s got a white Vespa scooter, and I remembered I’d got one in this old set of stamps from Kanban buried in my stash. I’ve also used the current challenge from Fab Friday for the design (http://fabfridaystampinchallenge.blogspot.com/) I started… Read More Vespa dreams
Welcome to my crafty blog. Today’s card is one I’ve made for friends who are expecting their first baby. I think this set from Stampin’ Up! (Birds and Branches) is just perfect for these cards. I’ve made several with them already – I just love the eggs in the nest! I’ve used a couple of… Read More Nesting birds
Welcome to my crafty blog. Today’s card is a masculine birthday card that I made using one of the Claritystamp monthly New Design Club dies. It’s a great landscape scene, which I think works perfectly for lots of occasions, including birthdays. This one is destined for a friend in Romania, which has the most amazing… Read More Birthday landscape
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m busy making more Christmas cards to sell in aid of our church funds and remembered I’d got these fab poinsettia stamps by Julie Hickey. They’re always popular at Christmas, so perfect for the occasion. I decided to use the current design sketch from Freshly Made Sketches for the layout… Read More Christmas poinsettia
Welcome to my little crafty blog. I was looking back through my archive and realised that I’ve now posted over 50 cards in the nearly six months since I started (this is number 51!). I’m trying to get into more of a routine with posting here but, like so much in my craft world, I… Read More Blooming blossoms
Welcome to my crafty blog. Today’s card is a new home one I made for my niece, using Claritystamp’s ‘Townhouse’ stencil. I love this image – it’s great for making cards with a more urban feel when I don’t want a country cottage effect I started by fixing the stencil onto a piece of Claritystamp’s… Read More New home
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve started making Christmas cards with my friend & accomplice, Jean. I love these Christmas bauble stamps from Claritystamp – there are two stamps in each set, which overlay each other. I decided to go for a bit of a different look for these, as I really like the effect… Read More Christmas baubles
Welcome to my crafty blog. Today’s card is another birthday card for a friend (I’ve got a lot of birthdays to cover at this time of year!). This time I’ve used Stampin Up’s ‘butterfly gala’ stamp set, from the current catalogue, which has a matching punch for the butterflies. I’ve used the sketch over at… Read More Butterfly birthday
