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
Tag: festive cards
The Gold Stag
As with last week’s card, I started this one with the background paper. Partly this is because I’m a bit tired of staring at stamp sets which don’t change (though I have a new festive set arriving shortly which may help with the general disinclination malaise). In the end, though, I didn’t do any stamping… Continue reading The Gold Stag
A Relaxing Cup of Cocoa
It’s been a little while since I last used a House Mouse stamp. Which is a shame, because they do make for very easy and cute cards. Just stamp and colour. Of course, the trouble now is to find a suitable sentiment which isn’t the “I’m dreaming of a white (and red striped) Christmas” one.… Continue reading A Relaxing Cup of Cocoa
Believe in the Magic
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
Deck the Halls
Having dug out the festive paper-packs from several years ago, it seemed a good idea to have a look at all the dies and stamps from around the same time. It’s very easy, in the first flush of a new hobby and when confronted with the after-Christmas sales, to get a bit carried away with… Continue reading Deck the Halls
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: 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
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
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