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
Welcome to my crafty blog. Today I’m sharing a birthday card I made for a friend who I know enjoys a quality cup of coffee; hopefully it won’t be too long before we can meet for a cup in real life. The ‘coffee cafe’ set from Stampin Up was perfect for this card – I… Read More happiness is coffee with a friend
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve got two cards to share today, which wasn’t actually the plan when I started out! I was asked to make an engagement card, so went for this gorgeous ‘dove heart’ aperture die from Claritystamp. My intention was to make the card on the left, but I used the leftovers… Read More Double congratulations
Welcome to my crafty blog. Today’s card uses a background from my stash, that I made by mopping up ink from my blending mat. Like all crafters I can’t bear to waste anything, so always mop up the leftover ink after I’ve done some watercolouring. It’s really useful to have a stash of these to… Read More Kiss of the sun
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