Hello crafty friends. Well I’m back after a fab few days away with friends at the New Wine Christian conference – we weren’t anywhere near the sea, so I thought I’d compensate with this card inspired by the theme at AAA Cards which also picks up the left hand diagonal of yellow, blue & water… Read More in the sea
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m delighted to have been invited to be guest designer for the new TicTacToe challenge launching today! I decided to take the top row of butterfly, die cuts & sentiment for my card, although looking at the grid again the diagonal from top left also fits (butterfly, free & floral).… Read More TicTacToe guest designer!
Welcome to my crafty blog, and a bit of a two-for-one today. I’ve taken the same design and made it in two colourways, which is a great way of getting extra mileage out of stamp sets. I’ve used the ‘wonderful world’ stamp set, which is part of Stampin’ Up!’s current Saleabration offer. I started with… Read More one design, two cards
Hello crafty friends. I’m sharing some delicious cocktails today that have headed off to my niece for her birthday, using Stampin’ Up!’s ‘nothing’s better than…’ set. I thought the colours from CAS Colours & Sketches were just right for this – these two could be a mint julep and strawberry daiquiri, don’t you think? I… Read More cocktails day
Hello crafty friends. I decieded to have another play with the fab ‘farming fun’ set from Newton’s Nook, thanks to the challenge theme of ‘kards for kids’ over at The Paper Players (Congrats on the 600th edition to the team!). These tractor & digger images are just fab! I’ve also used the layout from Atlantic… Read More digging your birthday!
Welcome to my crafty blog on a very hot evening here in the UK. You definitely need a hat on if you’re out in these temperatures, so I decided the photo over at Fusion was the perfect starting point. I’ve included the central row of birthday, flowers & sequins from TicTacToe‘s grid and the optional… Read More summer hat
Hello there. Just a quick card this evening using the sketch from Atlantic Hearts – I always like to have a supply of sympathy/thinking of you cards available, as I never usually feel like makig one when it’s needed. I started with a strip of the retired ‘forever greenery’ designer paper from Stampin’ Up! and… Read More thoughtful wreath
Welcome to my crafty blog and another card with summer strawberries (well, it is Wimbledon fortnight! It’s a further outing for the retired ‘sweet strawberry’ set from Stampin’ Up, this time using the sketch from Hand Stamped Sentiments and the ‘be kind’ theme from Time Out I trimmed a piece of the retired ‘berry delightful’… Read More so sweet
Hello crafty friends. I’ve had a great afternoon at a craft class with Marion Emberson from Sugar & Spice – you’ll be seeing evidence of that class over the coming days, I’m sure, but in the meantime I went back to Stampin’ Up!’s ‘pansy’ dies for today’s card. I’ve taken the sketch from Atlantic Hearts… Read More pansies
Hello crafty friends. It’s proving to be a busy old week and I didn’t manage to post a card yesterday for the first time this year! I’m back today, though, with a beach themed card using Stampin’ Up!’s ‘friends are like seashells’ collection. I thought of this as soon as I saw the inspiration photo… Read More seashell friends
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