Sometimes, when you need to make a specific sort of card, you don’t actually have the most suitable stamps or sentiments to hand. There are two ways out of this sort of predicament: a trip to a craft shop (or online); or a bodge from the stamps in your stash. Despite the fairly large notice… Continue reading Card of the Week: Newborn Mouse Card
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Card of the Week: The Skiing Snowman
In the midst of this week’s heatwave, in trying to find a way to cool down, I couldn’t resist the skiing snowman from the Creative Stamping 100 set from Crafter’s Companion. Also, the thought of snow helped. I didn’t use this stamp – or many from this quarter of the set – last year, partly… Continue reading Card of the Week: The Skiing Snowman
Card of the Week: The Christmas Family
I had planned for a card using the circles cut from last week’s wreath (plus a couple of others), with a set of circular stamps from the Crafter’s Companion stamp set from Creative Stamping 100. But the Peace one didn’t stamp properly. Or rather, it did, but then the ink filled the word, so it… Continue reading Card of the Week: The Christmas Family
Card of the Week: Christmas Wreath
I first started making cards during autumn, when all the festive sets were beginning to come out in the magazines. One of the first sets I picked up had a wreath embossing folder, stamps, and I think a build-yourself-a-robin die set. I can’t find that die-set though, so I might have imagined it. I didn’t… Continue reading Card of the Week: Christmas Wreath
Card of the Week: Candy-Cane Christmas
After last week’s mouse, I’ve gone back to Christmas cards for a while. I did some adding up and I’ve more of them to make than I do birthday cards for the rest of this year, so I thought I’d better get a move on. Especially since I was doing so well a few weeks… Continue reading Card of the Week: Candy-Cane Christmas
Card of the Week: Christmas Nap
One of the things I like about these House Mouse stamps is that they don’t require much inspiration. Just some colouring and maybe a colourful backing paper. Very useful for those days when there are too many possibilities and you don’t know what to do. Stamp, colour, stick, done. Of course, then you have to… Continue reading Card of the Week: Christmas Nap
Card of the Week: Hexagons
Sometimes, you have to make a card for someone a little bit tricky. Generally men, though not always. Usually because the more flowery stamps and sentiments which seem so common just aren’t right. In such instances, simplicity is very much key. I know, complicated cards aren’t what I’m known for. I like ones I can… Continue reading Card of the Week: Hexagons
Card of the Week: Dolphins
I thought this week I’d take a break from Christmas cards. Not because I have run out of inspiration or motivation, but because the sunshine made me think of other things, especially the seaside and holidays. So I had a rummage and pulled out the Beneath the Waves stamp set and embossing folder by Stampendous,… Continue reading Card of the Week: Dolphins
Card of the Week: White Christmas
I seem to be on a roll with making Christmas cards at the moment. (Famous last words: I’ll probably run out of inspiration or motivation now and give up until the end of November.) Or perhaps it’s just that I seem to have collected quite a few festive embossing folders, despite not being able to… Continue reading Card of the Week: White Christmas
Card of the Week: The Red Christmas Card
It does make a difference, knowing what you’re doing, to how long it takes to make a card. After spending several days on last week’s Green Christmas Card, the red version took me barely any time at all. And I actually finished it (mostly; I’m sure there are finishing touches, like gems, I will add… Continue reading Card of the Week: The Red Christmas Card
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