It’s always hard when asked to make more than one card for the same recipient to be sent from various family members. Here are three I made for just such an occasion. I tried to make them different in respect... Continue reading →

I am often inspired by the wonderful Jennifer McGuire who comes up with the most beautiful creative ways to use dies, inks, stencils and other other goodies us crafters have in our stashes. I save ideas in Pinterest. I used... Continue reading →

It’s hard to make family cards, as I mentioned in my last post, the closer the relative, the harder it is to come up with something new. I made this for my daughter’s birthday in December of last year. I... Continue reading →

I am one of four sisters, all of whom are crafters in one way or another. Three of us make cards and do various sewing, art and needle crafts whilst my youngest sister is an accomplished cake baker and decorator,... Continue reading →

It seems that people are sending less Christmas cards these days, hardly surprising considering the costs of postage. I do have some regulars who want Special hand made cards. My best friend usually scours Pinterest for ideas of what she... Continue reading →

If you read my last post you might remember my mentioning that I salvaged the fronts from some beautiful Christmas cards I received in 2021. I always make special cards for family members and I used the beautiful card fronts... Continue reading →

At Christmas 2021 I received some beautiful shop bought cards from friends and relatives and was a bit loath to throw them away after the holiday. Instead, I removed the card fronts in the hope that I could reuse/recycle them... Continue reading →

This post is carrying on from where the last one left off with batch making cards. I have a number of people on my Christmas card list who celebrate the true meaning of Christmas and to whom I try to... Continue reading →

I recently realised that although I’d updated the galleries with my Christmas cards I hadn’t actually highlighted them in a post so here goes. This is the first instalment of batch made cards. I have been batch making my Christmas... Continue reading →

This is a simple but elegant card, the design of which was specially requested. My friend’s daughter and son wanted a special card which included photographs for their mum’s Fiftieth birthday. The design is a copy on one I made... Continue reading →