The first of my small batches of Christmas cards this year, and the simplest. It's very rare that I make stamping the focal point of a card; most stamping is quickly followed by colouring... But I wanted designs that would be easy to reproduce and that wouldn't take hours to make. I am okay at… Continue reading Happy Christmas tree
In an effort to make Christmas card making as low stress as possible, I picked up the Winter Flurries Collection from Polkadoodles — four stamp sets, four stencils and a lovely pack of paper (some of which isn't overtly Christmassy). And that, along with a couple of dies that caught my eye, is all I'm… Continue reading Snowman and stars
I seem to be doing the "last minute inspiration" thing with cards at the moment. My card stash is large enough that I'm only making new ones if I don't have something suitable — this basically means that I am stuck making mostly masculine cards so far this year... This design gave me the opportunity… Continue reading Caped cuties
This card was the cornerstone of the unfinished projects. I made the base of this over a year ago and then stopped. The flowers were made, they just needed attaching but, for some reason — maybe I got distracted doing other things — I never finished it. I even had a post-it note by my… Continue reading Fabric flowers
Almost the middle of July (how?), so that means it's time to get the thinking cap on and come up with an idea for a birthday card for my other half. Three out of the last four years I have made something with a Mystery Science Theater 3000 theme — the silhouette, an interocitor, and… Continue reading Cake n’ Shake
That panic when you realise that it is the last Thursday in June and you need a pair of cards for twins whose birthday is on Monday and the cards have to be posted... I normally try and do something clever for their cards — link them in some way — but I was short… Continue reading Lacy flowers
I wanted to make something, but I didn't want to have to think about it too hard. I didn't want to have to contemplate colour blends or even basic palettes. So I reached for a handmade background from my stash — a nice mottled blue-green piece — and a flower stencil. Roses are red: grab… Continue reading Stencilled roses
I haven't made that many cards so far this year — I've been relying on my stash mostly — but it's now that time when I have to start again. There are quite a few men having birthdays in the next couple of months and, of course, there's Father's Day as well, and I just… Continue reading Stationery chameleon
I was going to skip the challenge over at Country View Crafts this month - humour is something I struggle with on cards. But then, at the last minute, I thought why not push myself and make something... I've had this stamp set for a while - I'd put it on my Amazon wish list… Continue reading Morning people
I nearly didn't make this card. I'm really not a fan of gnomes — I've only ever made one other card with gnomes on it and that was done with a particular person in mind — and I didn't want to make a card I am unlikely to use (my card stash is big enough… Continue reading Gnome wedding
Because I spent March mostly working on mixed media pieces, I didn't get around to making this until almost the last day of the month. And then my craft desk was still an absolute mess so I couldn't take the photos to go with the blog post and I ended up putting a quick photo… Continue reading Cat on a bookshelf
I don't make many Easter cards — just one for my mum and one for my other half's sister because she loves bunnies. For my mum, I decided to go down the floral route. Which means more Power Poppy flowers. And this time I treated myself to a new digi; Heart Abloom is a heart-shaped… Continue reading Easter flowers
The hungry hamster is another of those printed-out digis that have been in my to-colour pile for quite some time. When I'd finished colouring him, I fussy cut out his sunflower seeds to take the photo for Instagram, but then I started to worry that he would get separated from his seeds so, rather than… Continue reading Hungry hamster
And then you realise that there's a really good reason why the other Mother's Day card didn't get posted to the blog. Although you wrote up a load of other cards and scheduled them, you didn't actually get around to writing the post to go with this card. So, a couple of days late, here… Continue reading Flowers and mice
There's nothing like a young girl's birthday to give you an excuse to break out the cute images and pink Copics 🙂 Okay, so a pink dragon might be a bit cliched, but it was fun to colour! I decided to combine making this birthday card with the February IG Crafty Crew hard challenge, which… Continue reading Cupcake dragon
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