Huh. Been a while. Didn’t mean for that to happen. I was all set to get back to my pre-baby schedule, for card-making and writing, when life threw a spanner in the works. Well, it threw a cold, miserable sort of March in the way. Normally, March is when I’m beginning to feel optimistic again… Continue reading A Time for Plans and Projects
Tag: crafting
Deck the Halls
I nearly chose the gnomes again. But, instead, March gets the Scenic Christmas stamp and stencil set from Simply Cards & Papercraft 223 and which I’ve barely used since I got it. Although it doesn’t have many sentiment stamps, so I shall allow myself to pilfer other sets for those if needed. Like with this… Continue reading Deck the Halls
Notes From My Office: March 2023
I saw a bit more of my office during February. Hopefully I’ve now managed to work it out so that this will continue through March. I do hope so, as there have been several magazines recently with stamps, dies and an embossing folder which sparked lots of ideas. In particular, a set of one of… Continue reading Notes From My Office: March 2023
‘Tis the Season
I went back to the Polkadoodles’ Christmas Gnomes set from Creative Stamping 102 this week. Partly, this is because I haven’t really tidied my craft desk – the bin was removed to another room and has yet to be replaced! – so the stamp set was still sitting where I’d left it after last week’s… Continue reading ‘Tis the Season
The Birthday Macaw
Tiny would cause crafting problems if I liked to make complicated cards. As it is, the only problem caused is one of timing, and being able to snatch the time to plan a card and then to create it. Hence the lack of card posts of late. Or any sort of crafting posts, really. There… Continue reading The Birthday Macaw
Notes From My Office: February 2023
Ah, the end of January! Such a long and dreary month, though it has been comforting to see the afternoons remaining light for longer. A reminder that the winter won’t last forever, even if that’s how January makes it feel. Although the last few days of sunshine have helped with that. This last week or… Continue reading Notes From My Office: February 2023
Sleigh Bells Ring
I haven’t been much in my craft room for the last month or so. I’m not sure how often I’ll get in over the next few. Probably sporadic crafting for the foreseeable. However, with the arrival of a baby-sling (the Koala Cuddle Band; takes babies from 2-9kg/4lb7oz to 19lb13oz) which is suitable for my lighter-than-average… Continue reading Sleigh Bells Ring
The Receiving Blanket
Back in September, shortly after the first ante-natal class mentioned the importance of baby blankets being knitted or crocheted (the open-weave is best for helping babies to regulate their temperature), I set to work on a granny square blanket. It has since changed from being a granny square to being a granny rectangle. Partly, this… Continue reading The Receiving Blanket
Black and Gold Christmas
I don’t have many “stand-alone” dies: most of them belong to matching stamps and stamp-sets. But several of my festive dies don’t, and as such I’ve tended to overlook them. Like this not-quite-square die. I can’t remember where it came from, but it’s been in my stash for several years (and, I suspect, a cheap… Continue reading Black and Gold Christmas
Dew Drop Sleigh
Having rediscovered the Dew Drop Dash, I wondered how it would work for a Christmas card. I also wondered about using VersaMagic Dew Drops rather than the Memento ones of my previous Dew Drop cards. Of course, with the VersaMagic, I’m a bit limited with colours as I have far fewer of those. I have… Continue reading Dew Drop Sleigh
Fairy Cake Living 