One thing I’ve started doing to help me use more of my stamps and dies is to pull one set out and stare at it until inspiration strikes. Sometimes this doesn’t take very long; sometimes it takes ages, and I need to use bits from another set as well. The set I used for this… Continue reading Believe in the Magic
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The Dove of Peace
Last Christmas, one of the die and stamp sets I picked up was an RSPB dove set, Peace on Earth. Naturally, I didn’t get around to using it. Not then, anyway. I tried the dove die-set at Easter when I was failing to make Easter cards. I didn’t get very far with it, partly because… Continue reading The Dove of Peace
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: 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
(Incomplete) Card of the Week: The Green Christmas Card
I gave myself a challenge this week. Well, it became two, in the end, and I haven’t quite managed to complete the card yet but I think I know how it will end. Firstly, I was trying to use one of the harder embossing folders. At least for unimaginative me. And then it became a… Continue reading (Incomplete) Card of the Week: The Green Christmas Card
Card of the Week: Christmas Robin
Now that I’m out of the birthday-season, I can make my usual, annual, attempt at starting Christmas cards early. Since I only have a few birthday or special-occasion cards to make between now and September, I try to use the time to prevent having to rush festive cards while also keeping up with the birthdays.… Continue reading Card of the Week: Christmas Robin
Cards of the Week: Season’s Squeakings and Cocoa Dreams
In these dark winter days of gloom, it’s good to have a little light relief. Something to brighten the spirit, even if it’s grey outside and the papers are full of doom. When it comes to cheery cards, naturally I turn to House Mouse stamps from Stampendous, but I also have a few cute Margaret… Continue reading Cards of the Week: Season’s Squeakings and Cocoa Dreams
Cards of the Week: Stags and Trees
There are yet more cards to be made from the Crafter’s Companion set of the last few weeks, but I have also made some with last year’s sets. The stencil and stamp set I used for these came from Creative Stamping 90: the Stampendous Winter Stag set. It came just in time last year for… Continue reading Cards of the Week: Stags and Trees
Card of the Week: Sparkle All the Way
Following from last week’s Peace on Earth card, using the Crafter’s Companion Nature’s Garden Nativity stamp set, this week’s card uses stamps from the Crafter’s Companion Enchanted Christmas stamp set. Like I said last time: a good stamp set. It covers all bases, from religious to cute (there’s a quarter with snowmen and penguins, which… Continue reading Card of the Week: Sparkle All the Way
Card of the Week: Peace on Earth
So far this year, I’ve only bolstered my festive stamps by a couple of kits. Partly because I still love the ones I collected last year, and partly because of the variety provided by the Crafter’s Companion double set which came with Creative Stamping 100. I was particularly pleased for the religious-themed quarter of stamps,… Continue reading Card of the Week: Peace on Earth
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