I know: Fridays are for festive cards, not birthday cards. However, in my defence, the musical note die came with (not as part of, admittedly) the musical stamp and embossing folder from Simply Cards and Papercraft 236. So sort of festive. The paper was discovered in a pack from a previous magazine, though I've no… Continue reading A Musical Birthday
Banoffee Granola Flapjack
It’s been a while since I last shared a recipe. I haven’t baked much in the last year – or since I was back to working full time after furlough – and most of the (few) cakes made recently have been of the cheat’s variety: packet-mixes. Don’t get me wrong, very handy for a quick,… Continue reading Banoffee Granola Flapjack
The Gold Stag
As with last week’s card, I started this one with the background paper. Partly this is because I’m a bit tired of staring at stamp sets which don’t change (though I have a new festive set arriving shortly which may help with the general disinclination malaise). In the end, though, I didn’t do any stamping… Continue reading The Gold Stag
The Receiving Blanket
Back in September, shortly after the first ante-natal class mentioned the importance of baby blankets being knitted or crocheted (the open-weave is best for helping babies to regulate their temperature), I set to work on a granny square blanket. It has since changed from being a granny square to being a granny rectangle. Partly, this… Continue reading The Receiving Blanket
The Spiral Effect
It can be easy, sometimes, to fall into a downward spiral of lack of inspiration and restlessness. Sometimes it’s the weather outside (too hot, too rainy, too whatever); sometimes it’s just because there’s nothing new in the craft room and you’ve run out of ideas for what you have; sometimes it’s just a disinclination you… Continue reading The Spiral Effect
Ring-a-Ding Ding!
Last week, with the bauble die, I had thought to layer it on a background with more Christmas boughs and decorations. Largely because I have collected lots of paper-packs over the years and don’t often use them. So now I try to take every opportunity to try. I cut a piece of paper to size… Continue reading Ring-a-Ding Ding!
Notes From My Office: November 2022
With the end of October came the removal of the two-screen desktop and the return of half my crafting desk to crafting. I’m still reorganising my crafting supplies and deciding how best to use the space that is now available to me. Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Shortly, I shall get M to lift my… Continue reading Notes From My Office: November 2022
Green Hexagons
Not being the sort of person who sends cards for Hallowe’en (nor understands why you would), I’m ignoring it. Nor do I normally decorate with spiders’ webs – I spend the rest of the year taking a duster to them as it is! Instead, I’m continuing with building up the ordinary, every-day card stash. This… Continue reading Green Hexagons
Black and Gold Christmas
I don’t have many “stand-alone” dies: most of them belong to matching stamps and stamp-sets. But several of my festive dies don’t, and as such I’ve tended to overlook them. Like this not-quite-square die. I can’t remember where it came from, but it’s been in my stash for several years (and, I suspect, a cheap… Continue reading Black and Gold Christmas
Nature Notes: The Bluster of Autumn
Although the leaves I can see from my office-window are mostly still green, they are beginning to turn orange and yellow at the edges, and the garden below is beginning to disappear beneath fallen leaves. The weather is wetter – a welcome relief after the dry summer – but the temperatures are still fairly mild.… Continue reading Nature Notes: The Bluster of Autumn
Life Ever Crafting 