Welcome to my crafty blog. Today I’m sharing a birthday card I made for a friend who’s a keen birdwatcher. I recently got this lovely ‘four little songbirds’ stamp from Crafty Individuals (CI-184), so used it to make this simple card. I started by stamping the songbirds in black onto a piece of Claritystamp’s ‘Amazonia’… Read More Happy bird-day
Welcome to my crafty blog. Today’s card is for my father-in-law, who will be 95 on Christmas Eve! (don’t worry, he won’t be reading this blog so no risk of spoilers!). His cards are always a bit tricky, as he doesn’t have any specific hobbies or interests, so I thought this stamp set from Claritystamp… Read More Christmas birthday wishes
Welcome to my crafty blog. Here’s a card I made using an offcut piece of the Claritystamp ‘Antarctica’ designer paper, and one of the ‘Tina’s summer layering squares’ stamps. I had a quick look at blue flowers online, as I’m hopeless at identifying most species (obviously I can spot a rose or a daffodil!). These… Read More Blue flowers
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. I’ve just got some new Christmas Robins stamps from Claritystamp, so had to get them out to play with! They are a fab set of scrolled designs, with outlines and infill stamps for the robins. I love robins at Christmas, and it got me thinking about why they have such… Read More Holly & robin
Welcome to my crafty blog. Christmas jumpers have become a big thing over the last few years since the 1980s, and I thought would make a great theme for a card I was asked to make for a 9 year old. There are loads of them in the shops every year (Christmas jumpers that is,… Read More Christmas jumper
Hello. Welcome to my little crafty blog. I’ve been trying not to listen to the news too much, but it is hopeful to see that the numbers of people in hospital with Covid-19 is coming down. That doesn’t make it any easier for those who are still ill, though, so today’s card has get well… Read More Chinese lantern for protection
Hello! welcome to my little crafty blog, and thanks for taking a look. Just a simple card this week, but I love the words in this Celtic blessing stamp from Claritystamp. The last few lines feel particularly appropriate in these difficult days of social distancing, shielding and isolation. Even so, we are lucky that there… Read More Until we meet again
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