Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m sitting here watching tennis at Wimbledon, so had to go wiht strawberries for this card! I also took inspiration from a couple of challenges with the layout from Freshly Made Sketches. I’ve picked up the theme of ‘farmhouse chic’ from TGIF challenges – I love homemade strawberry jam, and… Read More strawberries just for you
Welcome to my crafty blog, and another quick post after a busy day – clearly I’m not very good at this retirement lark! I’ve used Julie Hickey’s ‘florals for you’ stamp set today – I love the contemporary look of these flowers and they worked really well with some paper piecing. I started by just… Read More dotty florals
Welcome to my crafty blog – and a specially warm welcome to the new folk who are now following my ramblings. I’ve now got just over 100 followers on my crafty musings, which is incredible considering this is just a little hobby blog on my crafty journey – thank you all for coming along with… Read More congratulations!
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m back with a second card today, inspired by Claritystamp’s very own Barbara Gray who hosted a ‘pyjama party’ yesterday evening as part of Clarity’s Open Day Festival (as we can’t all get together in person this year). Barbara did a fabulous card using the ‘butterfly wreath’ stamp set, and… Read More live life in colour
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m giving some more new stamps an airing today – these arrived in a happy parcel from Claritystamp this week, following their club members sale. This ‘funky houses’ stamp set is just so cute – I think they look like pixie houses! I also really like picture building and these… Read More pixie houses
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 decided to share a sympathy/encouragement card I made inspired by the design over at this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge https://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com/ I’ve used the leafy heart stamp from Stampin Up’s ‘touched my heart’ set, and stamped it twice in dark green onto a piece of white card, reversing the… Read More Touched my heart
Welcome to my crafty blog. I wanted to share a card I’ve made for a colleague who was very helpful to me whilst I was trying to get my pension sorted out so I could retire. This design would work for any occasion, though. I was inspired by this week’s design over at Freshly Made… Read More Lovely thanks
Hello and welcome to my crafty blog. It’s been a busy week at work, but I’m getting ready to finish next week and have another try at retirement after going back to work through these last few months of the pandemic! I’ve had some great colleagues, and wanted to share a card I’ve made for… Read More Two trees
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
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