Sunday, November 8, 2026
A Season of Heartcrafted Giving Part 2: Joyful Layers with Little Festive Things
Sunday, November 1, 2026
Lavinia Scene Scapes Halloween Card
- Creative Fingers - Challenge #332 - Anything Goes
- Tic Tac Toe - TTTC#304 - I chose the RHS of the grid - Orange, Square Card and Stamped Silhouette
Monday, October 26, 2026
A Season of Heartcrafted Giving Part 1: Christmas Cards for Seniors
Welcome to the first in a special series of posts sharing a project that has been very close to my heart over the last few months. This spring, I set myself a quiet goal to create a collection of handmade greeting cards for the Homemade Cards for Seniors Card Drive. This project holds a deeply personal meaning for me, as it honours the living memory of my late Mum, who passed away in June last year at age 94, and whose own nursing home was brightened by this exact volunteer organisation. Crafting these has been a beautiful, restorative journey—completed entirely at my own gentle pace, using some of my absolute favourite independent brands of cardmaking supplies. Over the next few weeks, I’m looking forward to sharing these designs with you, beginning today with a few favourite layouts that brought me so much peace and creative joy to assemble.
So far, I have made 40 Christmas Cards and hope to make some more.
Both the sentiments are by Uniquely Creative from one of their cut-a-part sheets and were popped up on scraps of White Cardstock. I added tiny Red Molossi Rhinestones to the 2nd card. The cuff on the stocking was first diecut from White Cardstock then a second time from White Felt which I glued together. This made it easier to glue onto the top of the stocking as I was afraid some glue would ooze onto the acetate if I just glued on the felt.
This card also uses the O'Christmas Tree Designer Papers on the card base - and the papers underneath the tree are by Pebbles - Merry Little Christmas which was released in 2019. I thought the tree paper was a great match to the main image. I used some additional Green Shaker Elements from my stash.
Saturday, October 17, 2026
Cheery Lynn Designs Small Exotic Butterflies Bokeh Hello Card
Friday, October 9, 2026
Kaisercraft Flower Shoppe Swing (Flip Flop) Card
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
Lavinia Zemira Mixed Media Birthday Card
- Splitcoaststampers - Free for All Friday F4A866 - Squares. Make a square card or feature a square element
- Creative Artiste Mixed Media - #131 - Anything Mixed Media
- Creative Crafters - #104 - Anything Goes
- Loving what I have: I don't care if a product is old or retired—if it sparks joy, it's going on my desk.
- Finding inspiration at home: I get way more excited 'shopping my stash' these days than browsing new catalogues.
- Focusing on the process: Creativity for me is about the making, not the buying.




















