Forgotten Stamps

 We all have those forgotten stamps, that have been unused and un-inked for years, don't we?

So I dug out a couple of old stamp sets from Inkadinkado that date from 2008 & 2009 to use again

Despite being 15 years old, they still stamped nice and crisp images.

Another Woodware Stamp

 I also  recently bought this bubble bloom stamp with the 'get well soon' sentiments - always a useful addition to the stock. Filled in the circles with a selection of card candy and Nuvo drops again.

I've also made a couple of  garden bird themed birthday cards,  I'm still using up the watercolour wings topper pack that I bought back in 2019. 

Die Cutting

This weekend I've been using my Big Shot and doing lots of die cutting - this cute mouse and toadstool is from Creative Expressions and is from their paper cuts Edger range

I've made several variations of this cats climbing over grid - but this is the first time I have used a yellow scheme

It's difficult to make Get Well Cards for men, who don't really want flowers or cute animals! I thought this simple card would fit the bill for a builder friend who hurt himself recently.

Cards Galore!

Getting into the swing of stash busting now and trying to be more inventive with different designs to use up old stuff

The charity card pile is now getting bigger and I have plenty in stock for my own use.

However, I have just bought a job lot of 500 5 x 7" white card blanks from eBay at a great price - they should keep me going for a while!

Creative Stamping Magazine Issue 67

I am a big fan of Creative Stamping Magazine because of their great freebie stamps and this months issue is a cracker! A wide range of  fab vintage images.

Couldn't wait to get started and felt so inspired by them!

Made a few non birthday cards for a change

And this is work in progress with brushos  and gilding wax for the backgrounds

Vanessa Arbuthnott

Octopode castle ATC

I was lucky enough to win a paper stack designed by Vanessa Arbuthnott today. I guess it was a giveaway from one of  cardmaking magazines, but there was no note in the envelope.


I haven't come across her before, but the papers are lovely!


The pad has 6 different designs in blue tones and, of course, I couldn't wait to have a play with them. I think my favourite was the ATC with the Octopode castle stamp, it seem to go so well with the paper.