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Flower in gold

March 14, 2022March 13, 2022 Crafty Rat

It's hard deciding on a design for a card when you never get any feedback from someone for the cards you make them. My brother's other half is one of those people who doesn't feel the need to let anyone know if they like something. Apparently she was really chuffed with the Christmas present I… Continue reading Flower in gold

Tagged handmade cards, inspired by art2 Comments
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Black ice Valentine

February 14, 2022February 14, 2022 Crafty Rat

Amazingly I got this Valentine card made well in time and wasn't rushing around at the last minute trying to come up with an idea like I often am. Rather than do the usual Copic colouring, I decided to keep to a simple graphic design and use the opportunity to play with some techniques instead.… Continue reading Black ice Valentine

Tagged embossing, heat embossing, valentine1 Comment
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Thirty cats

February 7, 2022February 7, 2022 Crafty Rat

I set the bar high for making cards for my other half's niece when I made the kitty Christmas card, so I was having problems coming up with a good enough idea for her birthday card. Then I realised it was her thirtieth and I had to do something different. I had found some cute… Continue reading Thirty cats

Tagged birthday card, cat, Cricut Maker, critter, glitter1 Comment
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Christmas kitty

December 25, 2021December 25, 2021 Crafty Rat

The last Christmas card of the year and one of my favourites. One of my other half's nieces got a new kitty cat earlier this year and she has turned into a self-confessed crazy cat lady and absolutely adores Tommy. So, when I came across this digi stamp I just had to try and turn… Continue reading Christmas kitty

Tagged cat, Christmas card, colouring, Copic, critter2 Comments
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Winter solstice trees

December 22, 2021December 22, 2021 Crafty Rat

A card for a friend who doesn't do Christmas and who really appreciates the turning point that is the winter solstice. I too am glad that the shortest day has passed and, although it will take a while to be really noticeable, the light is returning. I tried to make a similar design to this… Continue reading Winter solstice trees

Tagged acrylic paint, solstice1 Comment
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Holly, mistletoe and a candy cane

December 21, 2021December 21, 2021 Crafty Rat

Why does everything that seems like a couple of years ago turn out to actually be four? The last two Covid years seem to take up no space at all in remembering when things happened. Anyway, four years ago I coloured a version of this digi stamp — it comes with three versions: one with… Continue reading Holly, mistletoe and a candy cane

Tagged Christmas card, colouring, Copic1 Comment
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Foiled Christmas trios

December 18, 2021December 15, 2021 Crafty Rat

Whenever I make anything there are the inevitable odds and ends that are left over and they tend to get unceremoniously dumped into a convenient box and forgotten about. Over time I had accumulated at least four such piles and I decided it was time to have a sort through. Nothing much got thrown out… Continue reading Foiled Christmas trios

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Glittery Christmas trees

December 15, 2021December 15, 2021 Crafty Rat

I never really got a lot of use out of my Brother Scan-n-Cut — it was always hard work trying to get a clean cut from it — in theory it should have been great, but in practice I just didn't get on with it. Then my other half bought me a Cricut Maker and… Continue reading Glittery Christmas trees

Tagged Christmas card, Cricut Maker, glitter1 Comment
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Bunny wrapped up warm

December 14, 2021December 14, 2021 Crafty Rat

Mice for my mum and bunnies for my sister-in-law — it's become traditional when it comes to card-making. Everyone else gets random subjects on their cards, but these two are very rarely altered; even when I gave mum a snowman card last year, I put a little mouse inside. This bunny is one of a… Continue reading Bunny wrapped up warm

Tagged Christmas card, colouring, Copic, critter1 Comment
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Powertex landscape cards

December 8, 2021December 8, 2021 Crafty Rat

I'd seen a few "small square on a card base" Christmas card designs go past on blogs and Pinterest, so that's where the basic layout for these came from. Other than that, I just wanted to create little wintery landscapes. To make it a bit different, I decided to use some Powertex. "Powertex is the… Continue reading Powertex landscape cards

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Christmouse carols

December 7, 2021December 6, 2021 Crafty Rat

The biggest problem I have when it comes to colouring digi stamps these days is deciding what to do for the background. Especially for images like this one which are crying out for a scene rather than a plain background. I used to be happy putting a bit of a shadow underneath, but then I… Continue reading Christmouse carols

Tagged Christmas card, colouring, Copic, critter3 Comments
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Spiced orange pomander

December 1, 2021November 29, 2021 Crafty Rat

Another Power Poppy digi stamp gets coloured for the first time. I could have just added a sentiment and created a simple Christmas card with it, but somewhere along the way I had the idea to turn it into a shaker card. I haven't made one of those for ages... checks... four years apparently. The… Continue reading Spiced orange pomander

Tagged Christmas card, colouring, Copic, shaker1 Comment
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Encaustic landscape III

November 29, 2021November 22, 2021 Crafty Rat

This is the third encaustic landscape I have made. The first one; I made that one for myself to try out my new iron and waxes (why start with the basics when you can try to create a finished piece first time). The second one; I made that for my brother's birthday and decided then… Continue reading Encaustic landscape III

Tagged encaustic, framed art, landscape, wax1 Comment
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Forest finds baubles

November 24, 2021November 18, 2021 Crafty Rat

Yes, it's another Power Poppy digi stamp — I love the quirky arrangement of the baubles and it's something a little different. I wasn't really thinking about the layout of a card when I coloured this (I was not making Christmas cards, I was just doing some relaxing colouring) so I had to do a… Continue reading Forest finds baubles

Tagged Christmas card, colouring, Copic1 Comment
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Violet bow

November 17, 2021November 16, 2021 Crafty Rat

Today is one of those days where I keep staring at the text editor and try to come up with another way of describing my card-making process, al the while my brain is sitting there resolutely refusing to come up with any relevant words. So, as this blog post is supposed to go up tomorrow… Continue reading Violet bow

Tagged Christmas card, colouring, Copic1 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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