Craft and Connect

10/10/2025

Did you know that today is Mental Health Awareness Day? In honour of this, I’ve written a blog post about the mental health benefits of cardmaking (for us and the recipients!).

I’d love if you gave it a read & took some self-care time today to make a card, or send one to a friend who could use a kind gesture ❤️❤️❤️

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01/10/2025

October 10th is mental health awareness day, and we’ve decided to honour such an important topic by making it our challenge theme for October! Swipe ⬅️ for card project!

If you have ever struggled with mental health issues, or know someone that has/does, we’d love it if you could help us spread the word. Encourage your crafty friends to create a project to send to someone to show them support, to raise a smile, or otherwise to raise awareness of mental health issues.

To kick off this month’s challenge, I have created a card featuring Sadness from Inside Out (she’s part of the Core Memory stamp set from ) with a reminder that it’s ok not to be ok sometimes. But if you’re feeling “not ok” a lot of the time, or you don’t feel you can manage - please reach out to someone you trust, or to your doctor, and tell them. Don’t suffer in silence 💙

Full details of how I created the card, and all the challenge details, are over on today’s blog (you can find this on our website or linked up on our profile).

Direct link to submit challenge entries is also in our profile!

So, let’s go spread the word and get crafty to support mental health awareness!!

28/09/2025

There’s a couple of days left to enter our September Autumn challenge so I’m dropping in with a bit of last minute inspiration!

I used the Fall Friends stamp set from and coloured the characters with my

If you’d like to know which colours I used, comment AUTUMN and I’ll send you the list!

There’s a direct link in our profile to where you can enter the challenge - as always, can’t wait to see what you make!

04/09/2025

Hello, crafty friends!! I hope you’ve had a wonderful summer and are ready to jump into some autumn crafting! This month’s is Autumn themed, and we’ve created this mood board to inspire you!

For all the challenge rules, details on how to enter and for more inspiration, head over to today’s blog! There’s a 🔗 in the usual place ☺️.

Also, don’t forget that Halloween falls within Autumn, so you can enter your Halloween cards into this month’s challenge!

You have all month - the challenge is open until 5pm BST 30th September 2025 - and there’s a direct 🔗 in our profile to enter your projects. Submit as many as you like - the more projects you enter, the more chances you have to win!

Know someone that enjoys cardmaking / autumn / challenges? Share this post with them, and we’ll love you even more than we already do 🧡🤎♥️.

July’s challenge winner announced in the comments 👇👇👇

Happy crafting, friends!

05/07/2025

It feels a bit weird to be sharing Christmas cards while watching Wimbledon 🤭 but oh well, I’m embracing it 😂 here’s some inspiration for our July card making challenge, “Christmas in July”!

This card was inspired by one of the cards that made for our Winter Wishes retreat in November - swipe ⬅️ to see Amanda’s card! Although mine doesn’t light up like Amanda’s because I couldn’t find my EZ lights! 🤦🏻‍♀️

If you’d like to learn how Amanda created her card, as well as two other amazing light up cards, her class is one of six available as part of our retreat replay, which is now half price - there’s a link in our profile that will take you directly there!

For my card, I used the adorable Merry Mice stamp set from 🐭

I can’t wait to see all the festive cards that you create this month! And in the meantime, pass the strawberries…🍓🎾

23/06/2025

I’ll go first: “my craft room is full and my house has been built in a year so I’m going for a little more space in my room than my own room because it’s a lot more comfortable” 🤣🤣🤣

If you’ve been following my stories, you’ll know that I’ve had a tough week, so I thought I’d kick off this week with something a little lighthearted!

Drop yours in the comments below 👇

03/06/2025

🏳️‍🌈 LOVE IS LOVE 🏳️‍🌈

Show us your PRIDE this month, with your handmade cards! This month, our challenge graphic has had a rainbow makeover in line with our theme: Pride.

We want to see your handmade cards and other crafty projects that are inspired by Pride, love, rainbows, inclusion, diversity, and all of the other wonderful qualities that Pride encompasses.

You can enter the challenge using the link in our profile, and all the challenge rules are on our blog. The winner will receive a gift card and the opportunity to guest design for a future challenge!

So, go get crafty! Know a crafty friend who’d love to show their Pride, too? Tag them, or share this challenge!

And the winner of last month’s challenge? .by.michi !! Congratulations, Michelle, we’ll be in touch with you shortly ✨

20/05/2025

✨20 minute card challenge ✨

These are the cards I made during our Live on Sunday, in 20 minutes each.

The first card features a heat embossed background using powders, peeking out through a cover die by . The stork stamp set is also from Heffy Doodle and we did some quick alcohol marker colouring!

The second card uses a balloon layering stencil from and various inks also from C9. We created a quick shaker card using a cellophane bag filled with iridescent stars, and sealed at the back, before adding a die cut sentiment.

For the final card, we chopped up some patterned paper and added it to a white panel using foam tape, keeping a small margin around each square. We added a black mat layer and popped the whole thing onto an A6 card base, and finished with a die cut sentiment from and some clear sequins.

If you’d like any more details about the supplies used, drop me a comment below!

I hope this inspires you to enter our 20 minute challenge this month, and see what you can create in 20 minutes or less!!

Link to enter is in our Profile ☺️