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Category: greeting cards

greeting cards

Bride and groom hearts

Mar 13, 2023Mar 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

Feb 27, 2023Feb 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 paste2 Comments
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Simple Valentine heart

Feb 20, 2023Feb 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

Feb 6, 2023Feb 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

Jan 30, 2023Jan 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 sentiment5 Comments
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Postbox bunny

Jan 23, 2023Jan 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

Dec 26, 2022Dec 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

Dec 23, 2022Dec 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

Dec 21, 2022Dec 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

Dec 19, 2022Aug 20, 2023 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 stitch, stitched1 Comment
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Cross stitch snowman

Dec 16, 2022Aug 20, 2023 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, snowman, stitched1 Comment
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Christmas star v2

Dec 14, 2022Dec 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

Dec 12, 2022Dec 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

Dec 9, 2022Aug 20, 2023 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 me, stitched2 Comments
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Foil cut-out block Christmas tree

Dec 7, 2022Dec 4, 2022 Sarah

Another attempt at foiled cards. The distressed look wasn't what I was aiming for but I worked with it and ended up with two more cards for the Christmas card stash.

Tagged Christmas card, Cricut Maker, design by me1 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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