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Category: greeting cards

greeting cards

Graphic happy birthday

April 17, 2023April 16, 2023 Sarah

Faced with making another masculine card, I went for the bright, shiny and graphic option; designing a card inspired by some chocolate.

Tagged birthday card, Cricut Maker, graphic1 Comment
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Painted peony

April 3, 2023March 26, 2023 Sarah

Proving that the success of the painted hellebore wasn't a one-off, I painted a peony for my mum.

Tagged acrylic gouache, flower, Mother's Day1 Comment
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Painted hellebore

March 27, 2023March 26, 2023 Sarah

I wanted a change from the usual Copic-coloured Power Poppy images for this Mother's Day, so I got out the acrylic gouache and gold leaf instead.

Tagged acrylic gouache, flower, Mother's Day, painting1 Comment
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Bride and groom hearts

March 13, 2023March 6, 2023 Sarah

I've only needed to make a handful of wedding cards over the years and so I don't have many suitable images in my stash, but I do have plenty of card and glitter.

Tagged die-cutting, glitter, wedding1 Comment
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Stained glass window

February 27, 2023February 23, 2023 Sarah

Inspired by the combination of one of the recipient's own photos and a technique I had seen using alcohol inks and tissue paper, I created this translucent stained glass window card.

Tagged no sentiment, Stained glass, texture paste1 Comment
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Simple Valentine heart

February 20, 2023February 18, 2023 Sarah

I rarely make minimalist "clean and simple" cards, but sometimes circumstances leave me with no alternative.

Tagged clean and simple, heart, valentine1 Comment
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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
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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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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
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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
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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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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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