Welcome to my crafty blog and another Christmas card (I’m on a bit of a roll!) I’ve gone with stamps from the new ‘Peace to You’ set from Stampin’ Up! for this one, which was inspired by the sketch at Atlantic Hearts and the theme of ‘babies’ at As You See It – let’s face… Read More Nativity
Hello there. I’m on a bit of a roll with Christmas cards this weekend – I batch made a load more this afternoon but took time to play with the poinsettia stamp & die from Julie Hickey Designs as well. I’ve used three current challenges to create the design for this card. The layout takes… Read More Christmas poinsettia
Hello crafty friends. I’m back with another generic card today, this time using one of the Cherry Green ‘butterflies & moths’ from Claritystamp. I’ve taken the sketch from Atlantic Hearts and teamed it with the colours from CAS Colours & Sketches and the ‘butterfly’ theme from Less is More So I started with a piece… Read More butterfly note
Hello crafty friends. I decieded to have another play with the fab ‘farming fun’ set from Newton’s Nook, thanks to the challenge theme of ‘kards for kids’ over at The Paper Players (Congrats on the 600th edition to the team!). These tractor & digger images are just fab! I’ve also used the layout from Atlantic… Read More digging your birthday!
Hello there. Just a quick card this evening using the sketch from Atlantic Hearts – I always like to have a supply of sympathy/thinking of you cards available, as I never usually feel like makig one when it’s needed. I started with a strip of the retired ‘forever greenery’ designer paper from Stampin’ Up! and… Read More thoughtful wreath
Welcome to my crafty blog and a first outing for the hot air balloon die from Claritystamp’s Craft Club last month. I thought it would work well with the layout from Atlantic Hearts and I added in the central column of outdoors, blue & water from TicTacToe‘s grid. I’m also going to share it with… Read More ballooning birthday
Hello crafty friends. I’ve had a great afternoon at a craft class with Marion Emberson from Sugar & Spice – you’ll be seeing evidence of that class over the coming days, I’m sure, but in the meantime I went back to Stampin’ Up!’s ‘pansy’ dies for today’s card. I’ve taken the sketch from Atlantic Hearts… Read More pansies
Welcome to my crafty blog. I need a few more cards for weddings and anniversaries that are coming up, so thought I’d better make a start! I’ve been mulling on the current theme of ‘tropical’ from Time Out and remembered the ‘touch of ink’ set from Stampin’ Up!’s Saleabration last year, which has a humming… Read More together
Hello crafty friends. Another Father’s Day card today, this one commissioned by a friend for their train loving dad. I’ve only got one stamp with a train on it (obvious shopping need there!), which is CI-404 from Crafty Individuals. I haven’t used it in ages (how often do I say that…?!), so it defintitely needed… Read More Dad’s train
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve gone a bit patriotic today with red, white & blue as it’s the first day of the long weekend of celebrations for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee here in the UK. Strawberries are a quintessential British summer fruit as well, and lots of people are having street parties over the… Read More strawberry picnic
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