http://rycrafty.com I knit, I stamp, I colour, I craft. I bake. I make. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:00:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I realised that I should at least have a couple St. Patrick's Day cards at the craft fair this Saturday (Whitehorn Community Hall, 9am-5pm, if you're in the Calgary area!), so I whipped these up: I bought the shamrock ribbon, and rhinestone shamrocks at Michaels. I just grabbed all my green ... http://rycrafty.com/2010/03/12/st-patricks-day/ Yet another challenge card - I find a few restrictions can really inspire my crafting - a couple rules are good! This challenge was a 'recipe' from Magnolia Down Under: you had to use 3 papers, 3 flowers, 2 buttons, and 1 bow. I decided to count the flowers in ... http://rycrafty.com/2010/03/11/teal-tilda/ I bought a new stamp set yesterday, this lemon set from Flourishes. I've been eyeing all their sets online, and find a few at a scrapbook store in town (Scrapbook Pantry). I think I want all their stamps now! The designs are beautiful, I especially love all the botanicals. I ... http://rycrafty.com/2010/03/10/lemon-y-goodness/ Quixotic Cards had a challenge to use leaves somewhere in your creation. I was very excited, because when I was reorganizing all my craft stuff, I found a package of gorgeous iron-on leaves that I bought at Michaels when I worked there. I worked at Michaels in university! That package ... http://rycrafty.com/2010/03/09/kicking-up-leaves/ Simon Says Stamp wants to see 'Girly' or Mother's Day cards, so I decided to pull out some very old photocopies and make this card: The blouses are an interesting story. My mum is a big fan of the local antiques auction, and one night she bought a painting. I can't ... http://rycrafty.com/2010/03/08/whats-more-girly-than-corsets/ I've been on a bit of a Local King kick lately - this build-a-sheep set is from there as well. I stamped the sheep heads directly on to my card base, trying to make a bit of a pattern out of them. Then I stamped a sheep outline on to the ... http://rycrafty.com/2010/03/07/sheep-puns-mandatory-for-knitters/ This post features one of my very favourite stamp sets from Local King Rubber Stamps. It's the one that caught my eye in their booth originally, and it's one of the (very very) many sets I bought from them. Googley-eyed fish! The set is actually called 'Puffy Eye Goldfish'. I was inspired ... http://rycrafty.com/2010/03/06/googly-fishies/ I try not to save every tiny little thing that comes in to the house for 'just in case', but I do save somethings. Sometimes I even use them! Can you pick it out in this card? I suppose you'd only notice if you've bought Magnolia stamps, because the eggs on ... http://rycrafty.com/2010/03/05/tildas-easter-egg-hunt/ Well, I did and I didn't do what I came to do at this Knitting Olympics. I was glued to the TV for every possible minute of the games. Sunday I had to work, and thank goodness for overtime! If the hockey had ended when it was supposed to, it would ... http://rycrafty.com/2010/03/04/knitting-olympics/ Spring is coming, and I am very excited. And yes, I know there will be more snow between now and, well, June, but stuff has been melting for the past few weeks, and I love it. That's why I was so happy to see a 'Farewell Winter' challenge over at ... http://rycrafty.com/2010/03/03/spring-the-season-of-cute/