Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m delighted to have been invited along as the Surprise Birthday Guest at Seize the Birthday‘s new challenge – this week the ‘extra topping’ is to make a ‘card for a child’, but you can just play along with the regular ‘anything goes’ theme if you prefer. I’ve gone with… Read More Seize the Birthday challenge – card for a child
Hello crafty friends. Something a bit different today, with a card my son requested for his friend who’s a bit of a tech geek! I immediately thaought of Stampin’ Up!’s ‘tech support’ set, which I haven’t used as much as I should have… I took inspiration from Inspired by picking up the sketch and the… Read More a techy birthday
Welcome to my crafty blog and our new theme at Alphabet Challenge. This time it’s W and we want to see cards that feature water. I went with Stampin’ Up!’s ‘waves of inspiration’ set (although there’s no waves in evidence, I admit!), taking inspiration from the sketch at Atlantic Hearts. I used the sketch outline… Read More W for Water at Alphabet Challenge
Hello there and welcome to another crafty creation. I’ve used one of Clarity’s ‘poetry frame’ stamps today (without the poem), inspired by the challenges at The Paper Players and TGIF The first step was to stamp the leafy frame from the ‘what is this life’ set onto white card using ‘shadow grey’ Archival ink. I… Read More sing a song
Welcome to my crafty blog and a tasty basket of apples to start the week, using Stampin’ Up!’s ‘cheerful basket’ set. I was inspired by the sketch at Inspire.Create, picking up the tones from Color Throwdown and the border theme from Can You Handle The Pressure I started by embossing the side of a square… Read More an apple a day…
I still can’t bring myself to put Stampin’ Up!’s ‘adorable owls’ set away, so here’s another offering with it. I need more new baby cards and the cute owls just seem to fit the bill. This one is inspired by a couple of blog challenges: The Paper Players have a CAS theme of birds (and… Read More another baby owl
Hello crafty friends. I’ve swapped back to a current Stampin’ Up! set that I haven’t had out so far this year, the ‘framed florets’. I thought of it as soon as I saw the inspiration picture at TGIF challenges – I decided to use the layout in the picture but added in the shades from… Read More framed florets birthday
Welcome to my crafty blog. Today’s card stars the floral envelope from Julie Hickey’s ‘sent with love’ stamp set. I thought of it when I saw the inspo list at Festive Friday challenge – it’s not really a new year card, but I picked up red, gold & envelope from the list. I also took… Read More sending floral love
I’m back to the ‘adorable owls’ stamps that are available in the current Stampin’ Up! Saleabration for today’s card – I thought they would work really well to welcome my friends’ new baby. I picked up the tag theme from The Paper Players as well – it’s only small, but then so is a baby!… Read More baby owls
Welcome to my crafty blog and a new challenge over at As You See It. This time it’s ‘vacation activities’ and I’ve gone with the retired ‘half full’ set from Stampin’ Up! (I can’t remember how old this one is!) Now this may not have been what you immediately thought of in terms of a… Read More Vacation activities for As You See It challenge
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