Welcome to my crafty blog. Today’s card is one I’ve made for friends who’ll be celebrating their 5th wedding anniversary next month. I did a bit of research on anniversary gifts and discovered that the 5th anniversary is traditionally marked with gifts of wood, which naturally influenced the theme for this card. Depending on which… Read More ‘Wood’ anniversary
Welcome to my crafty blog. Today’s card is for my father-in-law, who will be 95 on Christmas Eve! (don’t worry, he won’t be reading this blog so no risk of spoilers!). His cards are always a bit tricky, as he doesn’t have any specific hobbies or interests, so I thought this stamp set from Claritystamp… Read More Christmas birthday wishes
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m still making a few final Christmas cards, and turned to another one of the Claritystamp dies as the focal point for this card. The design is inspired by this week’s sketch over at the Fab Friday Challenge (http://fabfridaystampinchallenge.blogspot.com/), and I’ll also be sharing it over at The Paper Players… Read More Snow deer
Welcome to my crafty blog. Here’s a card I made using an offcut piece of the Claritystamp ‘Antarctica’ designer paper, and one of the ‘Tina’s summer layering squares’ stamps. I had a quick look at blue flowers online, as I’m hopeless at identifying most species (obviously I can spot a rose or a daffodil!). These… Read More Blue flowers
Welcome to my crafty blog. Today’s card had ‘get well’ wishes for a friend – the UK may be coming out of our second national lockdown tomorrow, but there are still thousands of people testing positive for coronavirus every day, and we have some way to go yet before we are through all this. I’ve… Read More Get well lilies
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m back with another Christmas card, which was inspired by the current challenge over at Just Add Ink (http://just-add-ink.blogspot.com/). The theme is ‘Just Add S’, so I’ve picked up the shepherds in this great die from Claritystamp (plus the stars that I’ve added as well). I started by cutting the… Read More S is for Shepherds
Welcome to my crafty blog. Now at first glance, this card has got nothing to do with one of the challenges I’ve been inspired by, but this blog is nothing if not educational! So read on and let me explain… The design is inspired by this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge (https://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com/), and the theme… Read More Robin in the snow
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m back to birthday cards at the moment, and thought this one really picked up some of the colours in the beautiful afternoon sunsets we’ve had over the last few days, thanks to some autumn sunshine. I’ve used some of the gorgeous Claritystamp designer paper, with their ‘Meadow Grasses’ stamps… Read More Meadow grasses
Welcome to my crafty blog. This is the first time I’ve ever posted twice in one day, and I’m now sharing the second card I made from a single die cut. Just to recap from my earlier blog, I started by heat embossing a piece of white card using the ‘Provencal’ shade from WOW embossing… Read More Christmas stag (part 2)
Welcome to my crafty blog. I was inspired today to play with some of my WOW embossing powders, after waiting Marion Emberson on Hochanda, and used them to make some card for this beautiful stag, which is the October die from the Claritystamp New Design Club. I didn’t want him to just be a plain… Read More Christmas stag (part 1)
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