Welcome to my crafty blog. I needed a card for a friend who’s just had a baby girl, and was inspired by Just Us Girls‘ challenge of creating a rocker card – it seemed very appropriate. I’ve never made one of these before – there are loads of videos on YouTube and it’s very easy!… Read More baby rocker
Hello crafty friends. Well, here we are at the start of another week and the sun’s still shining here in the UK. I decided to use another of my favourite Claritystamp sets today – the ‘birdhouse garden’. I took the layout from the sketch over at Global Design Project and the colours from TGIF, then… Read More summer garden
Hello crafty friends. It’s been a busy work day today, so I thought I’d grab a bit of downtime this evening and make a quick card using As You See It‘s speed challenge. So this card took less than 10 minutes to make. I’ve also picked up the colours from Global Design Project and the… Read More speedy & late!
Hello there! I needed a new baby congratulations card today for a friend who’s got a new granddaughter, so headed for the ‘adorable baby’ set from Claritystamp – love this little romper suit! I’ve based my design on this week’s Global Design Project, where the challenge is to CASE (copy and selectively edit) Krista’s card.… Read More new baby
Welcome to my crafty blog. Well I seem to be doing quite a bit of die cutting at the moment – today’s card features a bit more! I dug out my Stampin’ Up! ‘forever fern’ set, after being inspired by a post from a bloggy friend that used it. Somehow I’ve managed to combine four… Read More forever fern wreath
I thought I’d share a card today that I was asked to make for someone celebrating their 80th birthday. I’ve used Julie Hickey’s ‘beautiful blooms’ dies again but this time, rather than the small graphic daisies, I’ve gone for the larger flowers. I used the sketch from Global Design Project and the new 2022 Stampin’… Read More 80th birthday
Welcome to my crafty blog and the next letter in the Alphabet Challenge series. Today we’re on to D and my teammate Lynda has challenged us to used diecuts on our cards. I’ve gone for one of my favourite sets – ‘honey bee’ from Stampin’Up! (which is now retired) – my card features four die… Read More D is for die cuts
Welcome to my crafty blog and a bit of a milestone – it’s my 600th post today since I started this little blogging journey just over two years ago! Thanks for sticking with me! It seemed appropriate to share a new technique with you to celebrate – I’ve succumbed and joined the world of foiling!… Read More foiled flowers
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m firmly back in my CAS comfort zone today with this card, using the ‘art nouveau landscape’ stamp from Claritystamp. I’ve picked up a couple of challenges in designing this card – the colours palette is from Global Design Project together with the theme of ‘friendship’ from Addicted to CAS… Read More friendship
Hello crsafty friends. I’m back today with a card using the ‘friendly hello’ stamp set that I got in the last Stampin’ Up! Saleabration and so far hadn’t opened! I thought it would work well with the challenge from Inspire Create, who’ve asked us to CASE the card by Kate on their design team, together… Read More best birthday
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