Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve been busy making a card for a friend’s 10th wedding anniversary, which I discovered is traditionally marked with gifts made from tin. I didn’t have anything in my stash that represented tin, but thought I could get away with embossed hearts using WOW’s ‘metallic platinum’ powder (definitely an upgrade!)… Read More Happy ‘tin’ anniversary
Welcome to my crafty blog. Regular readers will notice I’ve got a new layout – I updated the blog theme now I’ve got a bit braver with editing my site – hope you like it! Speaking of themes, you may well have spotted the one for today’s card…? Snow it is! As it happens, two… Read More And then there was snow!
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m back with another card that can be used for someone going through difficult times, and there are sadly too many of them at present. I’ve used the hydrangea from Stampin Up!’s ‘Beautiful Friendship’ set, and went for a blue colour scheme. Hydrangeas come in a gorgeous range of lilacs,… Read More Our thoughts are with you
Welcome to my crafty blog. Just a quick post tonight, with another sympathy card (I’m needing to make too many of these at present). I turned to an old favourite – the Stampin Up! ‘Flourishing Phrases’ set which is now retired, and used the colours from this week’s Color Throwdown challenge (http://www.colorthrowdown.blogspot.com) I started by… Read More Sympathy spray
Well I’m reaching the halfway point of this little challenge to use the all stamps from Claritystamp’s 2020 monthly new design club over the 12 days of Christmas. Just the one card today, as I was a bit late getting to my craft desk – but I did get out for a walk in the… Read More 12 Days of Clarity – day 6 June ‘gemstone flowers’ stamp
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve now started making thank you cards, as I always need a number of them after Christmas (for which I’m very grateful!). There used to be a TV advert in the UK which I think was for Interflora, with the strapline ‘say it with flowers’ – so that’s what I’m… Read More say ‘thank you’ with flowers
Welcome to my crafty blog. Well, I spoke too soon! Although I had finished my Christmas cards (and they are now all in the post), I got a last minute commission for a card with snowflakes, so here it is. I’ve got a bit addicted to kraft and white cards, so I’m afraid I went… Read More Last snowflake?
Welcome to my crafty blog. Having thought I’d finished my Christmas cards, I had to produce a few more today, when I discovered that I can’t count and was several short in my stash! This card was inspired by the current challenge over at The Paper Players (http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/) using a technique from a recent class… Read More Snowflake blizzard!
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m sharing a card I’ve made for a friend’s birthday in a couple of weeks. I always find it tricky to make birthday cards near Christmas – I try to avoid winter scenes as they just look like amended Christmas cards, and flowers, etc, can look very summery. I went… Read More Beautiful friendship
Welcome to my crafty blog. Sadly I’ve had to make some more sympathy cards for friends who’ve lost family members in the last couple of weeks, and I turned to the ‘Forever Fern’ set from Stampin’ Up, which works for so many different occasions. The design has been inspired by two blog challenges this week… Read More In our thoughts
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