My eldest daughter celebrated her birthday this January. She’s had an amazing year becoming a first time mum, and making my hubby and I first time Grandparents. I always try to make my family cards that bit more special. I... Continue reading →

My friend asked me to make a birthday card for her to send to her son who is a dog groomer. I was excited to see Sam Calcott’s new Fabulous flip cards but didn’t have the dies. I did a... Continue reading →

My youngest daughter is an amazing baker, not by trade, she does it for pleasure. Her best makes are cakes, pastries and tray bakes. They are always really delicious. She makes celebration cakes for all the family when it’s their... Continue reading →

My daughter’s partner enjoys lots of sports so when it came to making his birthday card this time I incorporated two of his favourites, namely golf and cycling, I then added an aeroplane as a nod to his job. I... Continue reading →

Inspired by the wonderful Sam Calcott’s ‘Pop Up Bouquet’ here’s another pop up card, this time I put the pop up mechanism on the front of the card. I made my own version of the mechanism using a score board... Continue reading →

Regular visitors may have seen something very similar to this before, Pop up cards are always very popular. My friend asked me to remake a card she ordered a couple of years ago, that one featured rose wine. This time... Continue reading →

A sister’s birthday is always a special reason to celebrate. This particular Sister is my eldest sister who shares my love of all things papercraft. So when it comes to her birthday card I always try to go the extra... Continue reading →

I had a request recently, to make two cards for the same recipient who was celebrating his 30th birthday, one to be sent from his doting mum and the other to be sent from her best friend. I was asked... Continue reading →

Our Goddaughter celebrated her 40th birthday and so that called for an extra special card. I spoke to her dad who told me she was a massive fan of Take That, all things pink and prosecco. I saw a wonderful... Continue reading →

I was playing around making backgrounds using a technique I saw online. It involved smooshing distress oxide inks onto photograph paper. After a fab fun session I ended up with very inky fingers and lots of backgrounds. A few of... Continue reading →