Playing with paper.

I've been cardmaking for nearly 20 years and have gone through lots of different techniques. It took a long time to force myself to like stamping rather than thinking of it as a sometimes necessary evil but once I did that was it & almost all other forms fell by the wayside.

Sunday, 16 June 2013

Fiskars stamp press

Have had a fab day with a fair few of my buddies at the Sincerely Yours craft show in Taunton. Spent a few pennies and did a couple of mak...

Saturday, 4 May 2013

one layer sketch cards

Not sure why but when I saw the sketch I've used for this card I wanted to see if it would work as a one layer card using nothing but ...

take 2

Another take on a sketch using nowt but ink & rubber. Layout is from CAS(E) this Sketch and I've taken a bit of liberty with it....

take 3

This is the 3rd card made when I was playing about with sketches. Again playing using frayed burlap & walnut stain distress inks. P...

Tuesday, 12 February 2013

yay my mojo is back

It's a friends birthday next week and while showing hubby how to use copics I started colouring in this lil Whimsy fairy for her ...

Saturday, 4 August 2012

Picnic basket

This is the finished project that we're going to be making for the September playday. Made from 2 sheets of a4 card and a few sheets of ...

Thursday, 26 July 2012

another box

Last box with the doily die for a while, I cant face cleaning the bits from the floor lol. Hard to see from the photo but this box is 8...

Monday, 23 July 2012

splodgaway update

Not much in the way of oohs and ahhs I've found a new technique, or even that I've put it through its' paces yet :o( Ade's ...

bits and bobs

Yesterday was a rather quiet playday, half the usual suspects were either, poorly, knackered, on hols or working :o( The theme was xmas in J...

Saturday, 7 July 2012

on my travels just to test the splodeaway mat

OK I sort of fibbed a bit.... but I do go out of my way to test things for my crafting buddies. For Christmas I bought hubby a 2 day paint...

Tuesday, 22 May 2012

new stamp

I havent bought a new Tilda for a very long time but this one just jumped off the shelf screaming my name. Many a time I've had to co...

Friday, 18 May 2012

A few recent cards

This is a card I made for a good friends birthday. I wanted to play around with dies rather than using a stamped image as the focus. It...

Tuesday, 1 May 2012

May playday projects

The next playday is May 13th and we're making postit note/memo holders which are based on a project in the last Magnolia Tilda magazine....

Bday card for Dad

Not sure if anyone can rember the saga of Dad looking and reading last years birthday card around the wrong way or not... but I haven't ...

Fleeting visit from my mojo.

My mojo has paid me a very brief visit no doubt encouraged by the whip master known as last minute desperation lol. Not amused to find my ...

Saturday, 3 December 2011

Sir Tims Tags

Tim Holtz 12 tags of Christmas started a couple of days ago.. wooohooo. Time for me to make do, bodge, get inky and burn myself time ;o) Th...

Tuesday, 8 November 2011

New card on test.

Going back a couple of weeks I was asked to test some cardstock which Joanna Sheen was considering stocking. Now a lot of folk know I lik...

Friday, 28 October 2011

more dodgy photos lol

Well at least this one is around the right way even if the colours are as murky as the local "stream" This is a late edition to Su...

Thursday, 27 October 2011

3rd card in 2 days

I've got no idea why this one is posting sideways. It was taken the right way up, is the right way up on my pc then I upload it! Perha...

Anya bday card

Taking photos mid evening in winter is never a good idea but the weather has been foul here today and if I wait for decent light this one wo...

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