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
Tag: card-making
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
Beginning Christmas Cards
Part of the plan with my card lists was that then I would divide it up and make cards each month, especially Christmas cards, so there wasn’t a mad rush for a deadline. I don’t really like working right up to a deadline, not in the general way of things. Far too stressful. Things don’t… Continue reading Beginning Christmas Cards
Be a Unicorn
Having sat down and made a list of birthdays and Christmas-card recipients, I started my making with the closest of the birthdays. Sensible, right? Begin at the beginning and then keep going. In order to keep me going, I’ve decided to share my progress with both lists, so there’ll be a few more card-y posts… Continue reading Be a Unicorn
TWIC: Ships and Anemones
In the last nine or so months since I took up paper-crafting, I have gathered a reasonable collection of stamp sets, mostly with matching dies or embossing folders. The majority have come from my monthly Simply Cards & Papercraft (SCP) magazine, although occasionally I pick up one of the others (because I particularly like the… Continue reading TWIC: Ships and Anemones
The Crafter’s Calendar
Every year, I promise myself that I will, this year, manage to make all my Christmas cards well in advance, and not leave them until the last possible minute. Every year, I fail. And then cut the list of people who get a handmade card because I haven’t time to make them all. But this… Continue reading The Crafter’s Calendar
TWIC: A Simple Card
I’ve thought occasionally about writing about projects, but I’m not sure. Mostly, this is because I don’t want to be making things purely to turn into Projects. I’d rather bring things that I’ve made for a reason. So, I shall continue to post about experiments and practice attempts, as well as occasional Projects, because whatever… Continue reading TWIC: A Simple Card
