Hello and welcome. There's another fun challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown this week - paper piecing. This is such a great technique to make more of your stamps, adding pattern and texture to your project and gives a different look to colouring with inks or pencils. It's also a fab way of using up… Continue reading Paper piecing with Julie Nutting paper doll – Rita
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Pergamano poppets Christmas fairy
Hello and welcome to my little crafting corner. This week, the lovely Andreja has set us a wonderful challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown to use fairies on our cards. I looked through my stamp library and realised I'd not used this pretty little Christmas fairy stamp before. Her name is Pru, one of the… Continue reading Pergamano poppets Christmas fairy
Multi-layered Christmas card
Hello and happy New Year! Christmas may be over but it's never too early to start making those special cards for next Christmas. It's a sketch challenge this week at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown, and I was so inspired by the very talented Shayne Eddie's cards on Pinterest that I had to have a go… Continue reading Multi-layered Christmas card
Tim Holtz snowflake with brads and eyelets
Hello and welcome For my final challenge for December at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown, I chose something that we all seem to have in our stash but rarely use - brads and eyelets. I always love them when I see them online or in a catalogue, but tend to hoard them and not use them… Continue reading Tim Holtz snowflake with brads and eyelets
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