A scientist's crafty side
This is just a very quick post to share with you the AMAZING new dies I got from Leane Creatief 'Holly Leaves Pine Branches' and 'Pine cones 3D' that I've used to make my Christmas tags this year. I die cut the smaller of the two pine cones from brown card and inked through the… Continue reading Christmas tags 2017
Friday will be my mother's birthday and she isn't very 'computer savvy' so I feel safe posting this before her birthday. I stamped the IndigoBlu 'Sunflower' stamp on Neenah card with VersaFine 'Vintage Sepia' ink. I coloured it in with Spectrum Noir GB1, GB3, Ct1, CT4, TN8, EB4, EB6, JG1 and JG5. Using my Perfect… Continue reading Mum’s Birthday Card and present
I'm sure I've said it before, but my Step Dad has a Narrowboat so I regularly make him nautical-themed cards. Today is Father's Day here in the UK, so this is the card and matching tags I made for my Step Dad. I used a white textured A5 card base and attached a Kraft card… Continue reading Father’s Day Card and tags 2015
I just need to post this quickly before I run out the door for work. I made this tag for a colleague for her Easter Egg. I used the Memory Box 'Grassland Border' die for the bit of grass and the X-cut Easter Eggs die for the eggs - I think the card stock I… Continue reading Quick Easter Tag
Wow! Time has galloped past me! I've made several similar Thank you cards in different colour schemes so I can thank all the lovely people who gaive me presents for Christmas. I cut a square of coloured pearlescent card to 9cm x 9 cm, then put a strip of double-sided tape down the centre of… Continue reading 2014 Christmas Thank you
Just a quick post to show you some of the tags that I've made to go on presents this year. WARNING!! This post is very picture heavy!!! First up is the most common tag I've made - I used Kraft card and die cut the largest Waltzingmouse 'stitched tags', then stamped the 'Festive Foliage' holly… Continue reading Christmas tags
Happy World Card Making Day everyone!! Are you excited about getting inky fingers? Ha ha - my fingers are an attractive shade of 'Vintage Sepia'! I'm really excited today because I got my Stampin' UP! delivery this morning & the main bit I was looking forward to was the arrival of my curvy keepsake die!… Continue reading World Card Making Day 2014
Phew!!! I've done with my annual report - that was crazy! I had supervisors read through it to check it & they asked 'Where are all your 'the' 'were' 'was' words?' I don't know how I managed to but I left LOADS out!!!??Never mind, that's all done so now I can do some cardmaking!!!!I've always… Continue reading Birthday Fishes
The same friend who asked me to make him a Baptism card also did some cat sitting and watered my Mum's garden whilst I was in Gloucestershire at the BAPSH Championship, so I wanted to make him a quick thank you card. I already had an idea for a card that I had wanted to… Continue reading Thank you
I hope you've all had a nice weekend (despite the weather not being able to make up it's mind!!)? The challenge on Waltzingmouse Fanatics Challenge is 'Anything Goes', so I thought I would use my 'Festive Foliage' stamps & new dies 🙂 I bet other crafters don't have this problem, but I'm not very into… Continue reading WMFC#21 Anything Goes!
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