Cape Craft Crazy

A simple Christmas card using this older Sizzix die and embossing folder.  I used a white Stampin Up  ink pad  to highlight the embossing ...

It was a bit of a mission to get my hands on this die as I could not find it anywhere in the UK and ended getting it from the US.  I u...

For table settings on Christmas day I made felt cutlery holders using a MFT die, Christmas Stocking. I bought the red and white starry fel...

I love the Penny Black stamp Flambeau and used it this time with the Misti.  Using a variety of markers, mostly Distress, I stamped the im...

This time I used the whole die for the ornament.  I cut the fox out of felt and used the templates I had made previously to hand cut the b...

I had this adorable mouse already coloured in and cut out in my Christmas stash.  I know it is from an old Peachy Keen set but not sure wh...

The felt shape is an old retired MFT Die-namics Stax die.  I had the Penny Black Jolly Follies image already cut out from last Christmas s...

When I was first told the theme for the Christmas Tree Festival was British wildlife I knew I did not have too many dies that would work. ...

Whilst looking through my craft drawers I found my stash of silicone moulds and this butterfly one amongst them.  I used Stampin Up Clay w...

I just love how this ornament turned out.  The mouse is so cute ! For the background I die cut 2 x Spellbinders Scalloped Circles out of...

This old Cuttlebug Christmas tree die is perfect to cut out of felt.  I glued the tree onto a Spellbinders Circle cut out of white felt an...

Not a great photo, sorry.  I cut 3 strips in each colour and mounted a punched duck and butterfly and an Impression Obsession rabbit di...

I thought hearts made for a good Christmas ornament shape.  This is a Spellbinders die and I used Cottage Cutz Winter Owl for the topping....

Many of the dies I dug out for the Christmas Tree festival decorations are old but it is certainly fun to be using them again.  For this o...

When I was looking through my die stash I nearly forgot about all the old Cuttlebug dies I have.  I found this tortoise, added a Christmas...

Continuing on the theme of British wildlife for the charity Christmas tree festival I dug out my Sizzix Fox #2 die and used the head only ...

After volunteering to make Christmas ornaments for a local charity Christmas Tree Festival I started to go through my stash to see just wh...

DH needed a birthday card for a fellow golfer and retired vet so I thought I would give this stamp another go.  I have previously stru...

I usually struggle when cutting out fiddly or alphabet dies.  I am not a fan of using glue to stick them down as have often seen the glue...

 DH commissioned this card for a golfing buddy who has not been well.  I have a few golfing images but thought this one would be better su...

This pack of cards was made for a gift.  The die is a Marianne D one -  Bird with Small Branch.  I made up the card container around t...

Even though I have been gone a long time from this blog, I have been making a few projects.  We moved home again at the end of Januar...

Giving a bottle of wine as a gift is popular these days and this Tonic Studio die just finishes the gift off beautifully.  Add a tag or ot...

A beautiful hand painted Christmas card made by my husband for me.  No stamps involved, just a picture traced (via a light box) onto wat...

Apologies for the poor quality photo - I cannot seem to find a decent light to photograph with. This is a plain and simple card using Pe...

I do love this Cottage Cutz die and with doing so many of them this year I can get a number done in a production line quite quickly.   The...

This was a time consuming Cottage Cutz die to put together but I made a few at the same time so it did make it a little easier.  The backg...

A very quick and easy card to do - Cottage Cutz dies to the rescue again !  The sentiment was one I found in my stash and the background p...

Apologies for the shadow on the card but photographing in miserable rainy weather is not my strong point.  I prefer to rely on natural lig...

This is an image I stamped and cut out last year so it was easy to colour and pop onto a background. The stamp is from the set by Peachy...