Welcome to my crafty blog. It’s been such a busy week, and I haven’t had much time for crafting, but got my act together yesterday and had a crafty session with my friend Jean vian Zoom. Today’s card uses the Stampin’ Up ‘Coming Home’ stamp set and coordinating dies from the ‘Trimming the Town’ suite,… Read More Trimming the Town
Welcome to my crafty blog. Today’s card is another commissioned one for a friend to send to celebrate the birth of a new baby girl. Even though it looks like we’re now in the second wave of the Covid pandemic in the UK, life’s events still continue. I took my inspiration from the design over… Read More a bunch of hearts
Welcome to my crafty blog. Today’s card celebrates one of my favourite shows that’s back on TV – The Great British Bake Off. I am a bit of a fan of all these competition shows and GBBO is a definite watch in our house I took my inspiration from the design sketch in this week’s… Read More Keep calm & carry on baking
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m still busy with Christmas cards, and now starting on ones for family & friends, having prepped lots to sell in aid of my church. I was thinking about this stamp from Claritystamp, having seen them on Hochanda last weekend. I’ve had it for several years, and have used it… Read More Joy to the world
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m still busy making Christmas cards – this one is for a friend who’s not a Christian, so I went for a more general scene and sentiment. It’s sparkly as well, but that doesn’t show up in this picture! I took the inspiration from a couple of blog challenges this… Read More Winter Wonderland
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 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. I’m sharing a card I made inspired by this week’s design over at Freshly Made Sketches https://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com/ I decided to use the ‘beautiful friendship’ set from Stampin Up!, as I love these florals. I started by embossing the lower part of a piece of white card with a swiss dots… Read More Birthdays are the best days
Welcome to my crafty blog. Today’s card was made by watercolouring the stamped image. I’ve watercoloured using inks before, but this was the first time using watercolour pencils, and I was following the online tutorials from the brilliant Barbara Gray at Claritystamp. You can find them here – lots of great tips and techniques on… Read More Painting parakeets
Hello. Welcome to my little crafty blog. I’m getting busy now making Father’s Day cards for friends to send, ahead of next weekend. I was asked to make a card with a train theme, and found this lovely vintage postcard style stamp from a little company in the UK called Crafty Individuals. As usual, I… Read More Full steam ahead!
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