Crealies Modern Patchwork No. 3 dies.  Lovely to work with.  I used a Penny Black Blooming Blossoms stamp, coloured with Distress Inks and a waterbrush.  Once it was dry, I added some glossy accent glue to the shaded areas and sprinkled on clear Micro Beads.  My favourite style of card, clean and simple.

I made this card after watching a tutorial here Here, really quite effective and easy to do

I used Stampin up Fabulous Florets and a Sizzix die.  Next time I will try to place the die cut a little higher I think.

Right - after loads of fiddling, I've managed to bring some of my creations into a format I can display here and then move to Pinterest.  Why am I doing this?  Because I'd like my stuff to be identifiable, rather than 'uploaded by Pinner'.

Someone commented to me recently that card making is actually a very expensive hobby.  Which is true to some extent but there are many other hobbies which are astronomical, either because of training fees, equipment or travel costs.  Crafting can be done in a small way with minimal stuff and isn't dependent on the weather or space necessarily.  Definitely, no travel involved except to craft shops and inspiration can be found via other blogs, YouTube or Pinterest.  If I buy a die for a particular card I want to make for someone - that creation is very costly, but after that everything I make with the same die costs nothing! Yay.  It's the way I like to rationalise my purchases, and works for me.

So, back to uploading my creations -

Definitely not a good start to blogging

Well, what happened there?  Nothing, that's what.  Going to try again, persistence that's the word of the day.  If at first you don't succeed .......

Just stuff

I'm creating this blog for the sole purpose of documenting my little creations - better known sometimes as 'messing around' or 'playing'.  I'd like to be able to have a place to link my Pinterest 'crafty stuff' to so I can refer back to it.  Who knows, maybe someone will pin something and ask me a question about it through this blog.  That would be nice, but I won't hold my breath - I'm very guilty of failing to comment on things which have inspired me so ......