I’ve another double act of cards this week, a pair of herby cards. These used the Herb Garden stamp set from Simply Cards & Papercraft 214, plus the cocktail glass stamp from Simply Cards & Papercraft 212. I did have an idea, when I first saw the Herb Garden set (it also has dies) of… Continue reading Card(s) of the Week: Eat, Drink and Be Rosemary
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Card(s) of the Week: The Owl and the Elephant
There are two cards this week, mainly because they're similar in style. When I made the black and white elephant card last month, I liked it so much I used one of the other stamps from the same Mindful Moments set from Creative Stamping 93 to make another such card. Well, two, because then I… Continue reading Card(s) of the Week: The Owl and the Elephant
Card of the Week: The Crafter’s Card
My card of this week is a more recent make, though with a stamp set I’ve had since Christmas and which I rushed out on Christmas Eve to find the magazine. It was also my first attempt at masking in general, and with a post-it in particular. The stamp set (Crafter’s Companion’s Crafting with Friends… Continue reading Card of the Week: The Crafter’s Card
Card of the Week: The Birthday Duck
Since the weekly craft seems to have turned into simply card-making, and since I’ve spent quite a lot of the last month making cards, I’ve decided to change this into a Card of the Week. There may still be the odd non-card craft project, but mostly it will be cards. Starting with this duck card.… Continue reading Card of the Week: The Birthday Duck
This Week in Crafts: The Autumn Squirrel
I was back to playing with the more autumnal stamps and colours this week, after the monochrome of last week’s elephant. This week, it’s a heat-embossed copper squirrel playing in the orange and red leaves of autumn. I did think about doing the squirrel in silver, since grey squirrels are more common than red ones,… Continue reading This Week in Crafts: The Autumn Squirrel
This Week in Crafts: Elegant Elephant
One of the advantages of switching back to birthday cards is getting to play with the stamps sets which arrived when I was coming to the end of the 20-21 Birthday Season and therefore didn’t have much need for them. But I really liked the sets, so I got them anyway. And then put them… Continue reading This Week in Crafts: Elegant Elephant
This Week in Crafts: Summer Butterflies
I can’t remember seeing many butterflies so far this year. Plenty of bees on the balcony, but not so many butterflies. Or in the park next door. There’s time for them to turn up, and perhaps they will, now the sun seems to have come out. In the meantime, at least I have plenty of… Continue reading This Week in Crafts: Summer Butterflies
On Card Making Plans
Just after Easter, I thought to crack on with Christmas cards. I was coming to the end, near enough, of my Birthday Season, with only a couple occurring in the summer months and I thought it would be an ideal time to get on with festive cards. Be prepared and organised. Such good intentions. Of… Continue reading On Card Making Plans
This Week In Crafts: Winter Scenes
One of my favourite stamp sets from last year’s festive magazines was the Stampendous Winter Stags set, from Creative Stamping 90. It was an ideal stamp and stencil set for quick, last minute cards, for the people you’d forgotten or because you were making cards up until the last posting day. I still love it,… Continue reading This Week In Crafts: Winter Scenes
This Week in Crafts: Early Christmas Designs
Having decided to make Christmas cards, I actually find the whole idea a bit exhausting. And, because of the sunshine and light evenings, I’m not feeling festive or inclined for snow. It’s being trickier than I thought it would be to make Christmas cards so far in advance. On the other hand, I have spent… Continue reading This Week in Crafts: Early Christmas Designs
