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dudley, west midlands, United Kingdom
hi i'm Michelle, I am 39 years old. I'm married to matt, with 2 children. William 13 yrs old and Isobel aged 7. I started making cards in 2010 as a way to relax after suffering with postnatal depression. Unfortunately with working life and having our second child, Isobel. who has additional needs, my crafting got pushed to one side. Having recently renovated our new house I've been able to have my own crafty space again. I'm loving unboxing all my old supplies, and buying new of course. Its mainly card making I'm enjoying, but also had a little dabble in crochet and sewing over lockdown. I've decided to keep using my blog as a place to record all my makes, if only for myself. it was a real trip down memory lane when I found this again after 8 years!!! Of course id love to share my makes with others and learn from you all along the way.

Monday, 27 December 2021

Sewing project - pen roll






 Isobel is really into crafting this year. She wanted some posh pens of her own (she keeps borrowing mine), so I’ve made this to keep them safely in. 

Used some Disney princess fat quarters from Aldi, with a layer of wadding. Used felt for the letters, cut with the Gemini alphabet die. Also cut some little butterflies. 

Conie Fong Christmas


 Beautiful Conie Fong stamp.

Coloured with spectrum noir triblend brush markers, added a little white gel pen to highlight (need more practice with this)

Frame from Sara signature range

Poinsettia flowers cut with die and textured card stock, added sparkle pen. 

Saturday, 11 December 2021

Antique pink butterfly


 Love this pop out heart die from crafters companion. Creates a stunning card very easily. 

Flower forming



 Had my first try at flower foam forming. I think I’m going to need lots of practice 😊, but I’m determined to master it. 

Christmas decs



 Made these cute little Christmas tree decorations.

 Used pink felt, Gemini multimedia nesting heart dies. Spectrum noir metallic silver pen and sparkle pen. 

Wednesday, 1 December 2021

Dancing snowflakes


 Simple but beautiful Christmas card. 

CC dancing snowflakes edge-able die layered with acetate, pattern paper & centura Pearl. 

The little foil snowflake detail is from a card kit (makey bakey mice) that I’ve had in my Christmas crafts box for years. 

Get well soon



 Something really different for me. Not my usual colours and first time trying a z fold. Love it 😍 

Card base CC Kraft card

Pattern card from stash

Orange card - CC textured brights 

Hearts - nestable dies ? Brand

Flower - premade (flowers are my next thing to learn)

Foliage - CC filigree foliage 

Sentiments- CC Always in my thoughts stamp set