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Author: Sarah

Crafting, watching, reading, thinking, writing, refining, caring.
greeting cards

Walking the dog

February 6, 2023February 5, 2023 Sarah

When I'm short on inspiration for a card I pick a technique or style I've been wanting to try and start from there.

Tagged birthday card, Distress, graphic, ink blending2 Comments
greeting cards

Kitty close-up

January 30, 2023January 23, 2023 Sarah

January may not be my most creative time of year, but I had an idea and this kitty close-up is the result.

Tagged cat, coloured pencils, design by me, fineliner, no sentiment2 Comments
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Postbox bunny

January 23, 2023January 22, 2023 Sarah

I have been known to participate in "Christmas in July" before, but I'm pretty sure this is the first time I've made a Christmas card in January.

Tagged bunny, Christmas card, colouring, Copic2 Comments
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A few blog updates

January 16, 2023January 16, 2023 Sarah

I haven't done much in the way of creative endeavours so far this year, but I have managed to focus and update a few things on the blog.

Tagged blogging4 Comments
rambling on

Ahead in 2023

January 1, 2023December 28, 2022 Sarah

Happy New Year! Writing the round-up for 2022 naturally set my mind thinking about what I'm going to do this year.

Tagged blogging, round-up4 Comments
rambling on

2022 round-up

December 30, 2022December 28, 2022 Sarah

A quick round-up of what went on in the blog this last year, including reaching a milestone in the last couple of weeks.

Tagged round-up3 Comments
other people's art

OPA: small red robot

December 28, 2022December 28, 2022 Sarah

It's been a while since I last bought a piece of someone else's art, but as soon as I saw this little robot I just had to get him for my other half for Christmas.

Tagged ceramic, other people's art1 Comment
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Penguin with trees

December 26, 2022December 26, 2022 Sarah

It turns out that the dragon card for my mum wasn't actually the last Christmas card that I had to make this year, there was one more left to do.

Tagged Christmas card, colouring, Copic1 Comment
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Dragon and Christmas star

December 23, 2022December 18, 2022 Sarah

The last Christmas card of 2022 is an individual card for my mum. I'd run out of cute rodents so I coloured up this cute dragon with a wooden Christmas star instead.

Tagged Christmas card, Copic, dragon1 Comment
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Snowflakes

December 21, 2022December 18, 2022 Sarah

My final set of Christmas cards this year. A foiling failure forced me to adapt and it ended up being my favourite set as well.

Tagged Christmas card, heat embossing, snowflake2 Comments
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Cross-stitch candle

December 19, 2022December 15, 2022 Sarah

While I was thinking about the design for my next set of Christmas cards, I used the last of the cross stitch die cuts and stitched a traditional Christmas candle.

Tagged Christmas card, cross stitch1 Comment
greeting cards

Cross stitch snowman

December 16, 2022December 15, 2022 Sarah

I enjoyed making the last cross stitch card and so I decided to take a break from all the cutting and gluing and stitch a snowman.

Tagged Christmas card, cross stitch, snowman1 Comment
greeting cards

Christmas star v2

December 14, 2022December 14, 2022 Sarah

In the spirit of cutting down on waste, I used the leftover cut-out pieces from the last set of cards to make some more.

Tagged Christmas card, Cricut Maker1 Comment
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Christmas star

December 12, 2022December 13, 2022 Sarah

I was pondering designs for another set of Christmas cards and settled on the idea of a star on a stained-glass-style background. Once I'd created the design, the cards came together quickly.

Tagged Christmas card, Cricut Maker, design by me1 Comment
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Cross stitch Christmas tree

December 9, 2022December 4, 2022 Sarah

I fancied a bit of a change from making the block Christmas tree cards — though I do have a plan for one other set using that basic design — so I dug through my stash of dies and found my, as yet unused, little cross stitch die.

Tagged Christmas card, cross stitch, design by me2 Comments

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Hi, my name is Sarah and I live in London, UK with my very techy other half. When I’ve got the energy, my days are spent getting crafty and trying to remember to blog about it.

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