Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve got something a bit different to share with you today – I don’t normally leave my stamped images in black and white but I’ve used the challenge over at Global Design Project where this week’s project is to CASE (copy and selectively edit) the card designed by Emma. Part… Read More sending birthday wishes
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m still busy with Father’s Day cards, so I can get them off in good time to the little community shop that’s selling some of my creations. I’m quite pleased with today’s offering as it’s used up several pieces of scrap card, so has gladdened my thrifty crafter heart! I… Read More best day ever
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve been busy making cards today for friends who have their birthdays this weekend – I can’t believe I left it all to the last minute though! Thank goodness for Julie Hickey’s alphabet dies and birthday stamps, which work so well for both male and female cards. I’ve got two… Read More happy happy birthday
Welcome to my crafty blog. Here’s another card using Julie Hickey’s ‘sweet daisy’ stamp set – it’s such a pretty image. I was thinking about using again as my lawn has been absolutely full of daisies this month, thanks to all the rain we’ve had. My friend told me about ‘no mow May’ which has… Read More sweet daisy
Welcome to my crafty blog. Today’s card uses another one of the stamps from Julie Hickey’s gorgeous ‘floral foliage’ set. I love the double outline on these leaves, which makes them great for embossing. I took inspiration for the design from this week’s layout over at Freshly Made Sketches – I tried to push my… Read More you are amazing
Welcome to my crafty blog. Today;s card features one of the new ‘florals for you’ stamps by Julie Hickey. I love the clean lines of Julie’s stamps, and her recent online class gave me lots of ideas for using them. I’ve based this card on two current blog challenges – the layout from Freshly Made… Read More tulips – a favourite spring flower
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve been catching up with an online class from last week with the brilliant Julie Hickey using some of her new stamps, and I adapted this card from one of her demonstrations. I’m always in awe of what she manages to come up with. I’ve used the colours from the… Read More birthday circles
Welcome to my crafty blog. I decided we needed a bright and cheerful card today, as the weather here in London has not been great. This is another one of the new sets from Julie Hickey – ‘floral happiness’, and I thought it was perfect for this week’s photo inspiration challenge from Just Add Ink.… Read More floral happiness
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m back with a second post today, to share this card made with my brand new ‘floral foliage’ set from Julie Hickey Designs that’s only just been launched. I took inspiration for this card from a couple of current challenges – CAS Colours & Sketches have got a sketch this… Read More leafy diagonals
Welcome to my crafty blog. Today’s card uses several stamps from Julie Hickey Designs, with the main feature being the daisy and leaves from her ‘fresh florals’ set. I thought it perfectly fitted the theme of ‘flower’ for the current challenge at Addicted to CAS. I started by blending Distress Oxides in ‘dried marigold’ and… Read More birthday daisy
