With Christmas now behind us, and the decorations down, I’ve turned to this year’s birthdays. Partly because it’s good to have something cheery to think about, amidst all the gloom of Lockdown 3.0, and also because the first birthdays of the year for me are this week or next. I did actually get these cards… Continue reading TWIC: Sloths and Macaws
Tag: Papercraft
Last Minute Christmas Cards
If you’re anything like me, by now (this year at any rate), you’ll have organised your cards and gifts for posting. You might even have already posted them. And you’ll probably have discovered that the Christmas Card List was missing at least one person or family. Maybe even two. I thought my list was complete,… Continue reading Last Minute Christmas Cards
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
TWIC: Making Desk Tidies
At the beginning of October, I spent a weekend rearranging my office/craft room. Naturally, this involved pulling all of my supplies out of their then-homes and reorganising them. As always with this sort of thing, still a work in progress. But, as part of the reorganisation, I made a few desk tidies. I was originally… Continue reading TWIC: Making Desk Tidies
The Dew Drop Dash Background
As with all crafts, I like simple things. I craft to empty my brain and I don’t want anything too complicated, or that requires too much thought about it. There are times and places for complicated, though, and no doubt as I practise different techniques, I’ll start to make more complicated ones. But in falling… Continue reading The Dew Drop Dash Background
Crafting Supplies: Washi Tape
For some reason, the crafter’s curse most likely, I have a collection of washi tapes. I like the patterns and the colours and the idea of them, but usually only use them for a pretty seal across the back of an envelope. Actually, normally I do nothing much at all with them, because they’re normally… Continue reading Crafting Supplies: Washi Tape
TWIC: Autumn
Autumn is my favourite season. For lots of reasons: it’s my birthday season; the colours are wonderful, all those reds and golds and oranges; it’s cool enough to snuggle under the many blankets that live on the sofa; it’s no longer hayfever season so M isn’t sneezing or wheezing all the time. This stamp set… Continue reading TWIC: Autumn
