Cherry On Top Blog Award

A big thank you to Maria for this lovely blog award. It is very much appreciated and has made my day.

This award is linked to a few rules:

1) Thank the person who gave you the award.

2) Put the award on your blog.

3) List 3 things about yourself.

4) Post a picture you love.

5) Tag 5 other people for the award.

1) and 2) are done.

3) I just cannot bypass an Ian Rankin book. /

I can fully understand Maria's phobia about shower curtains. I do not like them, either - especially when they are a bit older and are getting grubby ... /

I prefer tea to coffee any time although cappuccino gets a thumbs up.

4) I took this photo at Stirling Castle - one of those historic and magnificent places in Scotland. I love it there, and we have been monitoring all the work that has been going on there over the last couple of years (including the weaving of some great tapestries).

5) I am passing on the award to these 5 talented crafters:

Betty

Nicki

Louise (pinkpuppy)

Mei

Anne

Books, Books, Books, ...

Not many things manage to drag me away from my craft stash - but the Edinburgh Book Festival is definitely one of them. I just love this annual spectacle, which is so much calmer and quieter than other festival locations, and can be found there each and every year.

Over the last days I visited some great events and stocked up on some new reading material. Yes, I admit it, quite a few promising books. But as reading is educational, it cannot be such a sin. I just hope my OH sees it the same way when he gets sight of my growing collection of books ....

And now I have got a few days without festival events, so crafting time is on the agenda.

Christmas Stamps with Cats and a Dog

Part of the Little Claire Christmas range are also the cute stamps 'We Three Cats' and 'Warmest Wishes'. These stamps are so cute and put a smile on my face when I was working with them.

I hope you like the projects, which I created with these stamps.

Do You Like Polar Bears?

Today I would like to share with you two projects that I created with the new Little Claire stamp 'Star of Wonder'. The stamp is part of their new Christmas range.

The two polar bears are just adorable, and I am sure that I will use the image for many of my Christmas cards.





The stamp is now available on the Little Claire website.

Dovecraft Christmas Fancy

Trimcraft have brought out a number of lovely Christmas products.

Here are two projects that I have created with the Christmas Fancy collection. I really like the fresh and modern colours. And it is so nice to be able to make Christmas cards in a number of completely different styles.





Lists of all products used and step-by-step instructions for both cards are again in my Trimcraft gallery.

I Need Some Cupcakes ...

I have created two more projects using the Dovecraft Piece of Cake collection for Trimcraft. These yummy items have really become my 'feel good' and 'pick me up' products.

Product listings and full step-by-step instructions can be found in my Trimcraft gallery.

I hope you like the cards.

Ready for another teaser?

Here is another teaser from the new Little Claire Christmas stamp range:



It was so much fun to work with the cute snowman and dog stamp. And as not the entire image needs to be coloured in, it is very useful for effective yet relatively quick Christmas cards.