I love surprises, don’t you? It gets increasingly difficult to think of something for my grandchildren who have reached adulthood. It was easy when they were little, the wonder of Santa and the Christmas season was all relatively new. As they grow older, so do their expectations and their tastes change too! Imagine my […]
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Christmas Countdown Series #12 of 12 Signs of Santa Money Wallet
Sadly we’ve come to the end of this year’s Christmas Countdown Series and in this last episode I have a money wallet for you. We all end up with gifts that perhaps aren’t to our taste, and giving cash as the main present makes my life so much easier. Consequently, I always like to make my […]
Have you heard of Roundpops?
Instead of the traditional candy cane stick, I found these roundpops (yes, that’s what they call them) but instead of being cane shaped, it’s just a round one! I thought they’d make nice stocking fillers, or even table favours or for children to give away as gifts to their friends/classmates and of course it […]
Christmas Countdown Series #11 of 12 – Spirited Snowmen Stocking Filler
Eek! I can’t believe this is the penultimate episode of my 12 week Countdown to Christmas Series! This week’s episode is on another stocking filler – the edible kind – everyone’s favourite, chocolate snowman! They’re great for craft fairs too – sized to fit the 40 g Lindt chocolate snowmen! Spirited Snowmen Clear-Mount Stamp Set […]
Last Call November Snowflakes Showcase
Going, going, GONE !!!! Just 2 days left to get your hands on these gorgeous snowflakes which also contains other useful elements like flowers and leaves. The largest snowflake can be used as a doily so this isn’t just for the winter season or christmas – you can use it all year round! In today’s […]
Christmas Countdown Series #10 of 12 – Candy Cane Stocking filler
I found these large candy canes which are approximately 7-1/4″ in length and 2-1/4″ in width at the crook end and it had been on my radar to use them as stocking fillers rather than hanging them on a tree. As I wanted the candy cane to stand out, I decided to make my own […]
First Frost Harvest
I challenged myself to make a “Thanksgiving” card using the First Frost stamp set. Do you think I’ve succeeded? This was inspired by something I’d seen made by my upline Amanda Fowler using the sprig punch and I thought I could adapt it with the Frosted Bouquet Framelits die. If you’d like to see how […]
Christmas Countdown #9 of 12 – Snow is Glistening Gift Packaging
Life wouldn’t be real if we didn’t confess to coming a cropper once in a while! There I was crafting merrily away feeling quite smug as I had the house to myself and all was quiet so I could forge ahead with some filming! Almost at the finishing line, I discovered that the items were […]