Happy Sunday everyone! It’s my birthday today and it promises to be a good one. I plan to spend it playing in my craft room while listening to my favourite music. Meanwhile hubby will spoil me by making dinner, and hopefully loading up the dishwasher. To celebrate making it through another year I’m going to send everyone who orders through my online store today a special gift. Perhaps I can tempt you with this simple Sunday project; a panel for a brown bag created using the Cottage Rose Stamp ... VIEW POST
Gray For Elegance
My regular readers will know that I love to get more from my crafting budget. Whether that’s by organising and actually using my scraps, or by combining stamp sets in new ways. Today my project uses minimal supplies with a simple gray colour palette. However for the bookmark base I chose one of the Tailor Made Tags Dies and extended it using a simple technique. It’s another great way to get maximum value from products you already have… or perhaps make investing in a particular set of dies more ... VIEW POST
Cottage Rose Relaxation
It may only be Tuesday but it’s already been a long week. The end of the month is always hectic for me, and May has been particularly manic. It definitely feels like my to-do list is beating me. Still, I take comfort in the fact that I only have a few more tasks to conquer before I can start the new month afresh. Meanwhile I’ll de-stress with a little crafting. So armed with the Cottage Rose Stamp Set, Cottage Flowers Dies and coordinating Abigail Rose paper I set to work. LOTS OF ... VIEW POST
Simple Cottage Flowers
Well the weekend flew by once again but at least the rain held off. Hubby took advantage of the good weather and did a little mowing under the washing line and around the shed and veggie patch. The dandelion lawn still needs a good cut, though we’ll hold off until the apple blossoms are fully out. That way the bees won’t go hungry. I love walking among our apple trees when they are in full bloom. The scent is always amazing and the pretty pink flowers inspired today’s quick project. THREE ... VIEW POST
Cottage Rose Got Inky
Well I had a busy morning yesterday with household chores punctuated by phone calls and Zoom meetings. However the timings worked out exactly as I’d hoped. Within minutes of finishing my final Zoom call I was greeted by Tim the delivery driver carrying my latest order from Stampin’ Up! Inside was a small selection of products from the new annual catalogue and I was eager to play. Of course like a child in a toy store I didn’t know what to grab first, so I began simply with Cottage ... VIEW POST