I haven’t actually crocheted at all this month. There are occasional thoughts of coasters to go with the colourful tablecloths, but I haven’t made any. Yet. Probably there will be some at some point. Just not now. Instead, I’ve been playing with several bird stamps, and with the few Distress inks I have, to make… Continue reading This Week in Crafts: Ducks and Swallows
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This Week In Crafts: Clearly Besotted Snowdrops
It’s amazing what a difference the gradually lightening evenings makes on one’s mood. Especially when it becomes noticeably lighter, and I’m not having to draw the blinds at half four, but can leave it until I finish working. February is still very cold, and the weather isn’t usually anything to write home about, but the… Continue reading This Week In Crafts: Clearly Besotted Snowdrops
TWIC: Sloths and Macaws
With Christmas now behind us, and the decorations down, I’ve turned to this year’s birthdays. Partly because it’s good to have something cheery to think about, amidst all the gloom of Lockdown 3.0, and also because the first birthdays of the year for me are this week or next. I did actually get these cards… Continue reading TWIC: Sloths and Macaws
Last Minute Christmas Cards
If you’re anything like me, by now (this year at any rate), you’ll have organised your cards and gifts for posting. You might even have already posted them. And you’ll probably have discovered that the Christmas Card List was missing at least one person or family. Maybe even two. I thought my list was complete,… Continue reading Last Minute Christmas Cards
TWIC: Gnome Gift-Tags
In the ordinary way of things, I should have been cross-stitching this week, either the latest freebie or a bit more of my map. I’ve done neither, because of all the rush to make sure Christmas parcels are despatched in plenty of time to get to their various destinations. Instead, I’ve been making gift-tags with… Continue reading TWIC: Gnome Gift-Tags
TWIC: Cheerful Cards
It’s been very grey and dark of late. Very wrap up under a blanket and shut the world out sort of weather. Such is the way of winter. A few weeks ago, having seen the lovely stained-glass stamp set with a recent issue of Creative Stamping, I took the opportunity to also pick up a… Continue reading TWIC: Cheerful Cards
Ink Blended Backgrounds
Earlier this year, I tried ink-blending. I got myself the special blending tools for crafters – different varieties to see which was best for me – and failed to do very well. So I stopped. Turns out, I’m a bit heavy-handed with these things. But I kept finding tutorials and reading things, particularly about make-up… Continue reading Ink Blended Backgrounds
Giraffes and Ferns
Most of my efforts recently have been in the long list of Christmas cards, but every now and then, I get to do something a little different. Because people still have birthdays, even in pandemics, even in the run-up to the Great Festive Season. In my family, lots of us have birthdays in the run-up… Continue reading Giraffes and Ferns
TWIC: Bells and Boughs
I haven’t tested out all the stamps in this set, mostly because I actually started making cards with them. And with the bauble/bell die that came with it. Well I say making cards – so far I’ve made these two, but I really like the set, so I expect I’ll make more. And normally I… Continue reading TWIC: Bells and Boughs
Making Christmas Cards
I don’t normally send Christmas cards – not just the ones I don’t make, but bought cards either. Maybe the odd one or two, to those whom I won’t see over the Christmas period, but generally, not. But this year, I have a feeling they might come into their own, given that we’ll probably be… Continue reading Making Christmas Cards
