52 Weeks of Crafting

My mission statement for this blog: Track the progress of my resolution to start a new craft project every week, create some sweet gifts and bolster my crafting street cred. This is the record of how it's going.

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Showing posts with label Brights. Show all posts

Friday, 28 September 2018

Project: Birthday card with all the skills

The trouble with one of your best friends being a card maker is that you really have to pull out all the stops for their birthday card e...

Thursday, 13 September 2018

Project: Ribbon card for MAWTT

This week at Moving Along with the Times we're doing a ribbon theme - and I freakin' love ribbon. I have SO MUCH of the stuff, i...

Tuesday, 4 September 2018

Project: A bright balloon challenge card

I like something a challenge that makes me think differently about my stash and the challenge at CAS(E) This Sketch made me think about ...

Friday, 6 July 2018

Project: Blended mini card set with modern sentiments

I love mini playdate challenges and Claire and I had too much fun talking this past weekend, it really inspired me to do some silly thing...

Sunday, 17 June 2018

Project: Blended texture paste star card

I loved the layout at CAS(E) This Sketch this week, I had so many ideas but ended up going with one of the simplest: I started wit...

Sunday, 13 May 2018

Project: A lovely Bridal Shower challenge entry

I decided to play along with some challenges this weekend to make a Bridal Shower card for one of my best friends. She's Beatle-mad...

Sunday, 22 April 2018

Project: Cheerful balloon birthday blog challenge

I've been crafting in the margins rather than making it a priority lately and it's made me a bit sad - I love to craft and love ...

Saturday, 31 March 2018

Project: A hoot of a little owl card for Sketch Saturday

This week it's the 5th Saturday at Sketch Saturday which means you can pick a sketch from 215-506 and go to town! I decided sketc...

Sunday, 4 March 2018

Project 464: A sweet 1st birthday card

My niece's birthday is coming up and I decided early on to make her an owl card. I have given her a lot of owl gifts and books and d...

Thursday, 1 March 2018

Project: A rainbow texture paste card for MAWTT

I absolutely LOVE our rainbow challenge at Moving Along with the Times this week. I decided to do something a bit artsy and I loved whe...

Tuesday, 23 January 2018

Project 458: A tic tac toe Bugaboo challenge

This weekend I was having so much fun with challenges I knew I had to play along with the Bugaboo Tic Tac Toe challenge . Claire had al...

Tuesday, 31 October 2017

Project 446: A technique-rich anniversary card

Claire and I always like to show off in our cards for each other and even simple-looking cards should feature some hidden complexities....

Thursday, 3 August 2017

Project: Things that fly at MAWTT

I have been making a lot of cards lately that involve birds, butterflies, hot air balloons, and I realised that I seem to be obsessed wit...

Sunday, 30 July 2017

Project 432: super CAS challenge

I saw a number of challenges that I thought would combine for a fun CAS card. I took the colours from Color Throwdown , the sketch fro...

Sunday, 23 July 2017

Project 430: A piñata sketch and color challenge

Claire recently bought me this fantastic little piñata set from Lawn Fawn and I was saving it for a birthday card for a colleague who...

Project 429: A fun little rainbow challenge

I saw the rainbow challenge at Retro Rubber this week and I really wanted to play along: I love rainbows - if colors follow the...

Saturday, 27 May 2017

Project: Sketch Saturday May 27th

Finally week as Guest DT at Sketch Saturday and I'm very sad this is the last of the posts. Happily the sketch was great to play wit...

Sunday, 9 April 2017

Project 409: A summery sketch challenge

I haven't had the time/mojo the last few weeks for crafting. Which is sad as it's one of my favourite ways to unwind and enjoy my...

Monday, 13 February 2017

Project 396: A starry pink birthday card

I saw the sketch at CAS(E) This Sketch this week and thought it would be fun to play along and make a birthday card for a girlfriend. S...

Wednesday, 14 December 2016

Project 383: First of several card gift sets

I am making a whole bunch of card sets as gifts for people. I should have started this process MUCH sooner but here we all are, crafting ...

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Craft buddy: Trying to keep the craft passion real, Martha-style. I'm going to try to start a new craft project every week for a year to see if the habit sticks.

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