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Metallic cogs

March 31, 2021March 24, 2021 Crafty Rat

It's my younger nephew's 17th birthday and, short of inspiration, I turned to my collection of things that have caught my eye while reading blogs or Twitter. Nothing specific leapt out at me, though there was a technique that used inked-up embossing folders to create a simple card and that reminded me that I haven't… Continue reading Metallic cogs

Tagged alcohol ink, birthday card, embossing, masculine2 Comments
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Mother’s Day

March 17, 2021March 15, 2021 Crafty Rat

I kept it really simple for Mother's Day this year. There wasn't anything suitable in my stash, but I wasn't in the right mood to create two cards from scratch. (And my craft room was a bit of a disaster area which isn't at all helpful for the creative muse.) So I used my little… Continue reading Mother’s Day

Tagged flowers, Mother's Day, printed photo1 Comment
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Orange poppy

February 12, 2021February 7, 2021 Crafty Rat

This is the first card I've made this year. I should have done another early in January but I had neither the energy nor the inspiration — I shall have to make her a random "just because" card at some point to make up for missing her birthday. I still have quite a stack of… Continue reading Orange poppy

Tagged birthday card, colouring, Copic, flowers, Power Poppy1 Comment
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Christmas bunny

December 21, 2020December 18, 2020 Crafty Rat

This Christmas bunny is just right for the last of the individual cards I needed to make for those relatives who really appreciate them. The sky background is the first lesson in the Starlight Starbright class from Sandy Allnock over on Art Classes. It's a really simple one, but anyone who uses with Copic markers… Continue reading Christmas bunny

Tagged bunny, Christmas card, colouring, Copic3 Comments
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Striped joy

December 18, 2020December 17, 2020 Crafty Rat

My only real plan when I started making these cards was that I wanted to make some striped panels to use as the base. I have a box of card scraps and the smaller bits get cut into randomly sized strips to use on things like this. I quickly decided that I didn't want a… Continue reading Striped joy

Tagged batch, Christmas card2 Comments
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Alcohol ink Merry Christmas

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 Crafty Rat

This is the basic design I planned to use when I was thinking about making this batch of cards, but it is not the technique I was hoping to experiment with. I had thought that I would use the Alcohol Lift Ink pad that has been lurking in my stash for ages along with the… Continue reading Alcohol ink Merry Christmas

Tagged alcohol ink, batch, Christmas card6 Comments
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Let it snow snowflakes

December 16, 2020December 13, 2020 Crafty Rat

Another simple, small batch of Christmas cards. I'm not sure how many more cards I'll make this year — I have a couple more ideas that I definitely want to have a go at, but I'm also super aware of time passing and also that Royal Mail deliveries have been getting a bit sluggish since… Continue reading Let it snow snowflakes

Tagged batch, Christmas card, snowflake, stamping1 Comment
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Stamped Christmas tree

December 15, 2020December 16, 2020 Crafty Rat

This little batch of cards was inspired by Julie Fei-Fan Balzer's Hand-stamped Trees. Over the years I have carved a handful of small stamps; I gathered them up and selected a few that felt like the patterns would work together. Rather than use tape, I cut out a simple triangle stencil for the tree shape… Continue reading Stamped Christmas tree

Tagged batch, Christmas card, stamping1 Comment
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Silver snowflakes on purple

December 10, 2020December 4, 2020 Crafty Rat

After making the set with the gold snowflakes on red, I pondered making a more contemporary set with silver snowflakes on purple — I quickly decided that it would be a nice alternative and would give me another much-needed small batch of cards — and so I did. It's very rare that I repeat designs,… Continue reading Silver snowflakes on purple

Tagged batch, Christmas card, snowflake3 Comments
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Dragon on bauble

December 9, 2020December 8, 2020 Crafty Rat

I did think about turning this little dragon into a pendulum card — I'd seen a card by Jennifer McGuire and this digi seemed like a good candidate for the technique. I do like to try out different card styles every now and again, but when it came to colouring him, I changed my mind… Continue reading Dragon on bauble

Tagged Christmas card, colouring, Copic, dragon1 Comment

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Hi, my name is Sarah and I live in London, UK with my very techy other half and our pet rats. When I’m not looking after them, my days are spent getting crafty and trying to remember to blog about it.

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