Saturday, 25 April 2026

Allsorts Challenge ~ Shaped/Anything but Square

Christine has chosen the theme for this fortnight's Allsorts Challenge and she would like to see your 'Shaped/Anything but Square' card.  You are also welcome to use the Anything Goes option.  I made a Star Border Card for my DT card.  
The papers are from The Works  The sentiment is was made with dies from The Stamp Market 'Hello' set.  The flower was made with Creative Expressions 'Daisy Blossoms' dies.

You can find the tutorial for this style of card HERE.


  There are two prizes from AALL and Create for the lucky winners.




Friday, 24 April 2026

Masculine Card

It was my hubby's birthday yesterday and this is the card I made for him.  Thankfully I made it a few weeks ago, before my little accident, otherwise he might have had a shop bought card! 😮I'm getting more proficient at typing with my left hand, although now the plaster cast is off and replaced with a splint and a wrist brace, I also have the use of my thumb and two fingers on my right hand.  I might even try a little crafting over the weekend.

I saw this style of card demonstrated on the Nifty Noodles Crafting Facebook page recently.  I altered the measurements to make a 7" x 7" card as it suited the die cut football better.  The patterned paper is from The Range.  The football is raised up on foam pads to add some dimension.  I didn't intend to put two small black pearls on the sentiment panel, but they are useful for covering a little smudge, aren't they. 😉


This is the back of the card with the blank panel, where a wrote the message.  I struggle at the moment to hold a pen in my right hand, so my writing looks like a five year old's, but it's even worse if I try to write with my left hand. đŸ¤Ŗ

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Thursday, 16 April 2026

Corner Pop-Up Card

Thank you for all the Get Well Wishes on my last post.  No chance of crafting one handed so I'm sharing a card I made for my great niece earlier this month.

The patterned paper was all snippets from a paper pad from The Range. The flowers were made from snippets too, using dies from the Jamie Rodgers 'Daisy Blossoms' set.   The sentiment is a stamp from the Stampin' Up 'Humming Along' set.

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Sunday, 12 April 2026

Not the weekend I'd planned!

I should be at a craft weekend with a group of crafters this weekend. I made these gift boxes containing caramel Easter Eggs to take with me to give to a few crafty friends. Thursday evening I somehow tripped over a kerb and nosedived onto the pavement. (No alcohol involved! đŸ¤Ŗ) After 5 1/2 hours in A & E Thursday night, my hand is in a plaster cast and my face looks like I've done several rounds with Mike Tyson! No crafting for a while as my right hand is out of action, so I ate the contents of one or two boxes to cheer myself up. 😋 xx
I used a Craft Addiction 'Cracker Die' I bought recently.  I watched a video showing how to use it to make boxes, but I adjusted the measurements to make it the right height for the Easter Eggs.  The patterned paper was from The Works.  I bought some inexpensive, mini clear hair bands to keep the boxes closed.

I just need to practise typing faster with just one hand as two fingers on my right hand are enclosed in the plaster cast.  It's times like this I wish I was left-handed! đŸ¤Ŗ

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