Welcome to my crafty blog. Today’s card picks up the title of one of the best loved Christmas carols. Despite singing it every year, I knew very little about it’s history, so did a quick bit of research on the BBC website. ‘Silent Night’ originates from Germany and was first performed on Christmas Eve, 1818.… Read More Silent Night
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m back to making Christmas cards, and once again used the design from Freshly Made Sketches (https://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com/) I was thrilled last week to be one of the top picks in their blog challenge, with my ‘Trimming the Town’ card – here’s a reminder of my design & my badge from… Read More Holly and sparkle
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. 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. 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 crafty blog. I discovered that it’s National Afternoon Tea week in the UK, and thought this stamp from Crafty Individuals was perfect. Afternoon tea is a very British tradition which, according to the Fortnum & Mason website (https://www.fortnumandmason.com/fortnums/short-history-of-afternoon-tea) dates back to the 1830s when Anna Russell, Duchess of Bedford, is credited with… Read More Tea for two
Hello and welcome. Thanks for dropping in. I wanted to share a card today that I made for friends who’ve just got engaged. I used the ‘be happy’ stamp set by Julie Hickey, which was perfect for the occasion! I started with a piece of the designer paper from Claritystamp – this one is from… Read More Happy days
Hello and welcome. I wanted to share a card i made for a colleague at work, to say thank you for the last few months whilst I’ve been back out of retirement. I’m now having a second try at being retired – we’ll see how long it lasts this time, as the first attempt only… Read More Harry the campervan
Hello and welcome to my little crafty blog. I’m sharing a card that was inspired from a recent online class I did with the brilliant Marion Emberson from Sugar & Spice Crafts https://www.sugarandspicecrafts.co.uk/ I decided to use the template from this week’s challenge over at Freshly Made Sketches https://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com/ I used the ‘Fresh Florals’ stamp… Read More Happily embossed
Welcome to my little crafty blog. As it’s Father’s Day today, I thought I’d share a card I made for my son to send to his dad. He used to drive a battered VW Beetle when we first met, and I dug this stamp out of an old set I got from Kanban. I stamped… Read More Happy Father’s Day
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