The first of the daffodil cards, made with Daffodil Dreams from Simply Cards & Papercraft 240. It also came with some pretty papers, such as the one I used here. It has some lovely big scene sorts of stamps. And daffodils are such lovely cheerful flowers. I started simple – I’ll probably continue simple, but… Continue reading The Birthday Daffodils
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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
Signs of Spring: Snowdrops
About this sort of time every year, I seem to make a seasonally appropriate card festooned with snowdrops. I like snowdrops and the way they grow in little clumps here and there. We’re currently waiting for our potted Polar Bear variety to bloom. We’ve probably got a bit of time to wait: as I recall… Continue reading Signs of Spring: Snowdrops
Winter Wonderland
Having not been particularly inspired by the festive magazines last year, or by the festive offerings of Hobbycraft, I’m going to be continuing to use the Stash. And trying not to repeat designs from previous years. It can be all too easy sometimes to just fall back on a tried and tested design, especially when… Continue reading Winter Wonderland
Green Hexagons
Not being the sort of person who sends cards for Hallowe’en (nor understands why you would), I’m ignoring it. Nor do I normally decorate with spiders’ webs – I spend the rest of the year taking a duster to them as it is! Instead, I’m continuing with building up the ordinary, every-day card stash. This… Continue reading Green Hexagons
The Snow Stag
One thing I don’t much like doing, as a card-maker, is making the same card multiple times. Variations, in different colours perhaps, sure, but not the same thing. I get bored, you see. I like simple cards, designs which are quick and easy and don’t require much concentration, but I do like them to be… Continue reading The Snow Stag
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: 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: 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
Fairy Cake Living 