I decided that I needed to start building my ready made card stash as I seem to get caught out a lot and have to make a card in a hurry when I’m not really in the mood or very inspired. I checked out my Pinterest boards for simple designs and found one which I…… Continue reading 30 Minute Card
This birthday card is a special one, for Mr C’s grandma’s birthday. She is 94 this year, and I thought it was a good opportunity to try out my floral stamps from Papercraft Inspirations magazine. I chose the hydrangea, using a base card that I had created using my DIY Embossing mask. I stamped it using…… Continue reading Vintage Floral Card
If you are a regular follower you may have noticed that WIP Wednesday this week was missing. I’ve been on a serious mission as I needed the satisfaction of completing a project. Last weekend I measured my daughter’s chevron blanket and it was 78cm long, I was aiming for 1m so I knew if I…… Continue reading Finished Object Friday!
Welcome to Tutorial Tuesday. This week we are looking at squaring off a chevron blanket. I’ve seen some beautiful examples where the points have been made into a feature, embellished with pom poms etc. For this blanket, though, I wanted a rectangle so I can add a border. These instructions are based on a blanket…… Continue reading Tutorial Tuesday-Squaring off Crochet Chevrons
I’m reposting this as it is very relevant right now, I had a stage 2 and a stage 3 blanket last week and now I have a stage 3 and finally a stage 5! Yippee! Confused by the stages? Read on and find out what on earth I’m going on about! Having completed my second…… Continue reading The 5 Stages of Crocheting a Blanket
Another week and nearly another part of Bluebird’s Granny is complete. I’ve got 4 rows of Granny stitches to do to finish it, the hexagons worked up really quickly so it was the borders that took ages. Because this blanket is a yarn eater I seem to be really getting through the parchment coloured one so I…… Continue reading WIP Wednesday 18th January
Welcome to my second Tutorial Tuesday, this week’s is a papercrafting one. I subscribe to Papercraft Inspirations magazine, and this month the free gift was an embossing folder and heart shaped mask. I tried it out and was really impressed, but it also got me thinking. Since the mask is the thickness of a cutting…… Continue reading Tutorial Tuesday-DIY Embossing Mask
Our 5 year old has been asking a lot of questions lately, including “how do people stay on the Earth if it’s round”. Him and Mr C had a good chat and looked at some YouTube videos, but he still asked more. We are fortunate in that we live within a reasonable driving distance of…… Continue reading Exploring Isaac Newton’s Home
I do love a good challenge, and each year the card for my brother in law’s birthday gets me. After all the Christmas crafting I’m always totally unprepared (and distinctly lacking in creativity) when it comes to January birthdays. He is a computer programmer, and I’ve seen a few designs where you paper piece a…… Continue reading A Binary Birthday Card
It’s been a week jam packed with crochet (in between a sickness bug which wiped me out, cheers kids!) I’ve managed to complete Part 2 of Bluebird’s Granny, including the dreaded sewing in of ends. This was last Wednesday’s progress: By Friday it looked like this: And here it is today: The rows of patterned Granny…… Continue reading WIP Wednesday 11th January
