I did make this Halloween card though:-
We have some family and friends birthdays coming up, and I'm nearly out of the stack of cards I made for Mum, so really need to get stuck in again.
Sunday, 27 October 2019
A Halloween card
Sorry I've been neglecting the blog, not done a lot of cardmaking lately.
I did make this Halloween card though:-
The recipient really likes it, she adores Halloween (does nothing for me!).
We have some family and friends birthdays coming up, and I'm nearly out of the stack of cards I made for Mum, so really need to get stuck in again.
I did make this Halloween card though:-
We have some family and friends birthdays coming up, and I'm nearly out of the stack of cards I made for Mum, so really need to get stuck in again.
Friday, 4 October 2019
More finger painting
An anniversary card for our friends:-
Finger painted again......oh it's such fun!
Our favourite garden centre has a crafting section, it's been all yarn and sewing stuff up till recently but they now have a fairly large papercraft section - all products from one particular company, most of which are quite expensive and I know I could certainly get cheaper elsewhere. However, they did have a small area of sale things, I picked up a pack of Halloween stickers for 64p, a quarter of the original price....why they were selling them off cheap in the run up to Halloween I have no idea, seems a bit odd to me. No matter, my gain!
Halloween doesn't hold any interest for me, but someone we know is absolutely mad on it, so I thought of her when I saw these stickers and will make her a Halloween card. Just an excuse to have a play around!
Finger painted again......oh it's such fun!
Our favourite garden centre has a crafting section, it's been all yarn and sewing stuff up till recently but they now have a fairly large papercraft section - all products from one particular company, most of which are quite expensive and I know I could certainly get cheaper elsewhere. However, they did have a small area of sale things, I picked up a pack of Halloween stickers for 64p, a quarter of the original price....why they were selling them off cheap in the run up to Halloween I have no idea, seems a bit odd to me. No matter, my gain!
Halloween doesn't hold any interest for me, but someone we know is absolutely mad on it, so I thought of her when I saw these stickers and will make her a Halloween card. Just an excuse to have a play around!
Tuesday, 1 October 2019
Finger painting!
I'm very pleased with my new craft room, it's working out well. Betty comes in there with me while I'm working and lies on the bed....I'd like to say she watches me with great interest, but in reality she just goes to sleep. I do have to make sure I don't drop anything on the floor, or at least pick it up straight away when I do....any stray bits of paper etc and she's straight off the bed and trying to eat whatever it is, she's such a scavenger.
Some large fun Christmas cards for friends and family:-
The last one I really enjoyed doing, it was such fun. I'd been idly googling for card ideas, as you do, and saw some finger painted cards, figures of people, birds and reindeer done with fingers, then details drawn on. Well, I'm not that artistic, but immediately thought of a wreath, I just used my ink pads as paint. Not done finger painting since I was a small child, it was great!
Having a break from crafting now, not feeling up to doing it at the moment.
The elderly neighbour came round this morning for me to give her a crochet lesson. Well, it was, erm, interesting.....she's never done crochet or knitting before and had no idea how to even hold the hook or yarn. I think we both had a headache by the time she left! But hopefully she's grasped the basics.....I just showed her how to do chains and then basic rows of doubles (single crochet for US readers). I suggested she get some practise holding the yarn with enough tension in it, working short rows of doubles and turning her work before we move on to trebles, as she was having enough difficulty with just that. She can do macramé and quilting, to be honest I think she might be better off sticking with those. I can't do either of those! Well, we all have talents in different areas.
Some large fun Christmas cards for friends and family:-
Having a break from crafting now, not feeling up to doing it at the moment.
The elderly neighbour came round this morning for me to give her a crochet lesson. Well, it was, erm, interesting.....she's never done crochet or knitting before and had no idea how to even hold the hook or yarn. I think we both had a headache by the time she left! But hopefully she's grasped the basics.....I just showed her how to do chains and then basic rows of doubles (single crochet for US readers). I suggested she get some practise holding the yarn with enough tension in it, working short rows of doubles and turning her work before we move on to trebles, as she was having enough difficulty with just that. She can do macramé and quilting, to be honest I think she might be better off sticking with those. I can't do either of those! Well, we all have talents in different areas.
Sunday, 22 September 2019
My new craft area
My new crafting area in the small spare bedroom:-
Some more Christmas cards:-
Tuesday, 17 September 2019
A craft room!
Thank you Tania and Angie for your comments on my stamped trees. I am getting better at stamping, but still lots of practise needed. Angie, the snowman came about to cover up a mistake! When I first stamped the trees, part of that particular tree didn't come out, I didn't put enough pressure on that side, so there was a gap. I couldn't stamp back over it, I'd never get it lined up correctly, but then I thought oh hang on, I've got a snowman stamp that's just the right size to cover that up!
I've quickly discovered that mistakes can be rectified or disguised by covering them up with stamps or stickers, or simply turning the paper over and using the other side, or even making a feature of the mistake!
Crafting is on hold for a few days.....which will suit my poorly back anyhow! My work station up till now has been the landing, on a small desk....it has to be small to fit the space, but it's too small really, both the desk and the area. As I've acquired more stuff, I need more storage space, and the desktop is too small when I'm in full crafting mode and have lots of card bits and equipment spread out, have to put some on the floor which Betty takes a great deal of interest in, sniffing and standing on it (perhaps I could put ink on her pads for authentic paw prints on cards!).
After some deliberation, I decided I would use the small spare bedroom as a craft room. It still needs to have a single bed in, for visitors, which meant some rearranging and a bit of construction work for husband. He also had the bright idea of building a wooden surround for the back and side of my desk, to make the surface area bigger, there's just about enough space in that little room to do that. It also means the 3-tier wooden paper rack husband made me a few months back can sit on my desk without taking up so much room, and I can have a large shelf to hold supplies as well. Extending the surface area of my desk was a brilliant idea, saves the expense of buying a new bigger desk (he already had some nice wood) and I really like my little desk anyway. Hopefully, the room should be completed today.
I've quickly discovered that mistakes can be rectified or disguised by covering them up with stamps or stickers, or simply turning the paper over and using the other side, or even making a feature of the mistake!
Crafting is on hold for a few days.....which will suit my poorly back anyhow! My work station up till now has been the landing, on a small desk....it has to be small to fit the space, but it's too small really, both the desk and the area. As I've acquired more stuff, I need more storage space, and the desktop is too small when I'm in full crafting mode and have lots of card bits and equipment spread out, have to put some on the floor which Betty takes a great deal of interest in, sniffing and standing on it (perhaps I could put ink on her pads for authentic paw prints on cards!).
After some deliberation, I decided I would use the small spare bedroom as a craft room. It still needs to have a single bed in, for visitors, which meant some rearranging and a bit of construction work for husband. He also had the bright idea of building a wooden surround for the back and side of my desk, to make the surface area bigger, there's just about enough space in that little room to do that. It also means the 3-tier wooden paper rack husband made me a few months back can sit on my desk without taking up so much room, and I can have a large shelf to hold supplies as well. Extending the surface area of my desk was a brilliant idea, saves the expense of buying a new bigger desk (he already had some nice wood) and I really like my little desk anyway. Hopefully, the room should be completed today.
Sunday, 15 September 2019
Decorating the trees
I've had a lovely morning crafting. The Christmas trees I stamped the other day, I embellished and added to with more stamps and some colouring in with gel pens. Really pleased with the results....even if it felt a bit like being back at school!
They'll become four card toppers.
I made another layered Christmas card, using a mixture of papers and stickers:-
Think I've made 10 Christmas cards so far. They're interesting and fun to do because there's so much scope, only limited by imagination.
I made another layered Christmas card, using a mixture of papers and stickers:-
Saturday, 14 September 2019
Christmas trees
Some Christmas tree cards....I drew a simple fir tree, cut out a template and used it to cut out lots more trees in assorted Christmassy paper and card, mostly what Angie sent me.
The first card I used 4 layers on, it's nice but I think the 4 layers are wasted really, the bottom 2 layers aren't really visible. So I've stuck to just 2 layers in subsequent cards. I've stuck them on with a single strip of double sided tape down the middle, then raised the sides of each tree shape to give a 3D effect.
The 4 layer card
They're fun to do, I really like them.
The first card I used 4 layers on, it's nice but I think the 4 layers are wasted really, the bottom 2 layers aren't really visible. So I've stuck to just 2 layers in subsequent cards. I've stuck them on with a single strip of double sided tape down the middle, then raised the sides of each tree shape to give a 3D effect.
The 4 layer card
They're fun to do, I really like them.
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