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# Claire Brennan - Artist

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- [New Woodland Santa - cross stitch pattern](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/woodland-santa-creating-texture-with-tone-on-tone-colours/) - I used to have a blogger blog back when I made cards, and it was very simple and straightforward back in the day. This WordPress blog looks a little better but it's a bit of a handling because up until now I was only able to write posts on the desktop computer. Today I'm testing
- [New Cozy Late Night Bookshop cross stitch pattern](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/new-cozy-late-night-bookshop-cross-stitch-pattern/) - Yesterday I added my new cross stitch pattern to the store, I'm pretty chuffed with it. It's my interpretation of a real building and today I have some pics of that building to share - This is Books Upstairs in D'Olier Street Dublin. It is one of my favourite bookstores and that's me, upstairs in
- [Not a creature was stirring - new Christmas cross stitch chart](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/not-a-creature-was-stirring-new-christmas-cross-stitch-chart/) - Hello thready folk - It's been mustard here - I finally got a temporary job over Christmas, after spending the last year job hunting. So although it's only 4 hour shifts I'm out of the house 5 days a week for work as well as doing 4-5 hours worth of family taxi each day. It's
- [Nobody tells you how addicting Cross Stitch is](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/nobody-tells-you-how-addicting-cross-stitch-is/) - I have always loved the look of traditional sampler style cross stitch, it's been on my 'I'll get around to it" list for a long time, and now - it's time! I'm drawing up cross stitch designs like a demon and this is a recent one. I'm also stitching it, but obviously that'll take a
- [New Spooky Spindle cross stitch](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/new-spooky-spindle-cross-stitch/) - I once read an old Irish poem, A spinning Song, by John Francis O'Donnell. He was an Irish poet and journalist in the 1800's and you can read more about him here on this blog about Limerick Life. The line "Twinkle twinkle pretty spindle, let the white wool drift and dwindle…"stuck in my memory long
- [How about some Halloween Cross Stitch?](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/how-about-some-halloween-cross-stitch/) - I've just finished this Halloween themed cross stitch- super chuffed with it. I'm supposed to be making prints, and I will - but this turns out to be way more portable than ink and die cutting machines. It's all about portability at the moment for me as I get back into school run mode. I
- [Stencil Card Art Gallery](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/stencil-card-art-gallery/) - If you would like to read about these cards there are blog posts available here.
- [tap, tap...is this thing on?](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/tap-tap-is-this-thing-on/) - I've no problem talking to the void. I talk to myself all the time so it didn't really put me off when the folk in the house suggested that blogs were perhaps a little 'last season'. I just fancied having one again. I love Instagram but it's not the place it was, I'm not really
- [Santa in the Shadows, memories of Christmas](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/santa-in-the-shadows/) - I've been drawing book themed stickers that somehow took on a whole life of their own and turned into a whole front room - currently, it's Christmas and Santa is here. Can you spot him though? I spent hours on this today and my kid hates it, lol. I like I though. It stays. I
- [The Crown Bar, Belfast, in focus](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/irish-art/) - The Crown Bar, Belfast (above) is perhaps Ireland's most decorative bar, the interior is still the original Victorian design and it's beautifully maintained by
- [Clerke's of Skibbereen, authentic Ireland](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/clerkes-of-skibbereen-remembering-ireland/) - Clerke's of Skibbereen. We were staying in Castletownshend, because I wanted to see the family home of two of my favourite authors - Somerville and Ross. They wrote 'The Irish RM' amongst other gems and I read it at least once a year, for the wit. Unfortunately the big house was closed the entire time
- [The Long Hall, Dublin revisited](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/the-long-hall-dublin-in-watercolour/) - The Long Hall, Dublin. I painted this one for myself, I am a brick enthusiast, there's probably a name for that. I love that 'red brick' can have so many varia
- [Exclusive new clear photopolymer stamps](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/old-books-exclusive-new-clear-photopolymer-stamps-for-papercrafters/) - This is Old Books, and Old books additions - clear photopolymer stamp sets for papercrafters by Claire Brennan Design
- [Quick & easy 3D stamped book tags - How to](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/quick-and-easy-3d-stamped-book-tags-how-to/) - There are lots of things you can make with the Old Books stamps that I released recently, but a nice simple project are these little 3D stamped book tags. These are particularly great as gift tags, and I especially love them gilded with metallic embossing powders and strung up as Christmas tree ornaments or made
- [Here I go...again, new stamp store](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/here-i-go-again-new-stamp-store/) - Marking the day for posterity, today I have opened a new stamp store, once again! On the 21st May 2009 I launched my first ever stamp sets - two little gingerbread sets, that I still love! Here's what it looked like - back on my old blog - someday I will recover the password... Here
- [Introducing Mid Mod City new stamps](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/introducing-mid-mod-city-new-stamps/) - At last, it's time for some new stamps! Illustratively, I've been on a mid century modern kick for a while now and I kinda thought that might translate well into a stamp set. These are the new stamps that I've been waiting for, literally. Finally some of them are here and I can begin showing
- [Super cool new - Mid Mod Stencils](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/super-cool-new-mid-mod-stencils/) - I designed a whole bunch of stencils with a mid century modern feel - Mid Mod stencils, to co-ordinate with the mid Mod city stamps. You can see all of the new stencils already, here on the store. It was a project I sort of invented to occupy myself while waiting for samples of the
- [How to Mid Mod Christmas, in a hurry](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/how-to-mid-mod-christmas-in-a-hurry/) - Yes I'm a stamper, but yes I've taken a bit of a side-quest into stencilling recently and this card is the result of an idea that's been floating in my head since I made a bunch of geometric mid mod stencils for the store. This is my idea of Mid Mod Christmas, in a hurry.
- [Mush Love - New Stamps for your gardening friends](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/mush-love-new-stamps-for-your-gardening-friends/) - Good things do indeed take time. These are the new stamps that I waited for weeks to arrive in sample form. Ironic that this set features this mushroom lady with her pet snail, don't you think? I have gone for a simple card to start this set off, featuring the main images from the set.
- [Instant art you can make with new layering stencils](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/instant-art-you-can-make-with-new-layering-stencils/) - Stencils are all the rage right now - that feels very 1920's to say, but I think it's true, everyone seems to like stencils, layering stencils in particular. I will admit that I might have been a little bit of a stencil snob until recently - in that I didn't really have much interest. My
- [May Release - new goodies are here!](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/may-release-new-goodies-are-here/) - The new goodies are here. See them all in store here. Today I'm releasing 3 new stamp sets and reloading stock of the layering stencils! There's been a lot of interest in the stencils and the first bunch sold out - thank you! I have more for the store today and I am making more
- [Make art easily, with Forest Path stencils](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/make-art-easily-with-forest-path-stencils/) - I was super excited for the last release, I had two super cute stamp sets and some stencils ready to go, I really thought the Mid-Mod-city-stamp team was going to take the win, wow, was I wrong. Turns out, folks love a stencil. This set of Forest Path Stencils completely stole the show. Serendipitously, these
- [Quick and easy folk art trees, with stencils](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/quick-and-easy-folk-art-trees-with-stencils/) - I've made a bunch of new stencils for the store recently (see here). This one is a bit of an obsession. It's called Folk Art Trees 1 because I'm planning more. Super simple, so simple that I made a ton of cards in one sitting, here's a few pics from the process of this card.
- [Make unique patriotic patterns with stencils](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/make-unique-patriotic-patterns-with-stencils/) - I've been layering my geometric stencils to get some cool patriotic patterns. I even went as far as creating another Youtube video. You can watch it here though, beware production values are infantile, but it saved me a heck tonne of typing. Brace yourself, Mozart was the only track that fit. The retro style of
- [Fancy a little printmaking? Try Collagraph with a cuttlebug.](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/fancy-a-little-printmaking-try-collagraph-with-a-cuttlebug/) - I think it's time to get back to my arty roots - since the whole business thing is a no - go I'm not feeling very stampy, but I am feeling printy. There is just something about printing that interests me. I remember getting a tiny art set as a kid, it was one of
- [Best card since the come-back!](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/best-card-since-the-come-back/) - Sometimes it's just nice to post a card - it's one of the things I miss about my old blogger blog - it's still there, but I cannot access it any longer. Back in the day I used to be able to just pop up a quick card post without having to fulfil a list
- [Cake, because you don't need a reason](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/cake-because-you-dont-need-a-reason/) - I've been creating border stencils recently and I liked to add an image to them, some shape besides borders, but something that kinda fits with the theme. I've had sawtooth borders with a halloween cat, checkerboard borders with a snowflake and as I was drawing a scalloped border, it was kinda giving me cake vibes,
- [Black Friday Sale and the end of another Era](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/black-friday-sale-and-the-end-of-another-era/) - Folks I can't believe that I'm doing this again, but I am having to close my Stamp company, again. Some folks might already know the story, but if you don't, here's whats happening: I've been trying to get my photopolymer stamp company going for about a year now. I've had really solid support from a
- [Christmas Tree Sleigh Ornament](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/christmas-tree-sleigh-ornament/) - I am making a batch of these later, but my tester turned out kinda cute, so I couldn't resist popping it up here. It's the sleigh from the new Sleigh Bells Ring set and I adore it. I've stamped it with Stampin' Up Real red ink for the sleigh carriage and Versamark Pinecone for the
- [New Stamps for Christmas](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/new-stamps-for-christmas/) - Welcome to our Christmas release for 2024. It's been quite the week, there's been much excitement in our house around the new goodies but we are also mindful that there's a lot happening out there in the world beyond stamping that hugely impacts folks. I really appreciate you taking time to pop over and look
- [The Jolly old Elf returns, but new](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/the-jolly-old-elf-returns-but-new/) - Continuing the samples for the upcoming release, Santa makes an appearance in one of the new sets "Santa is coming to town'. If you've just joined me, I'm gearing up for a release of 3 new stamp sets plus new stencils on Wednesday night next. I know a lot of my US friends have other
- [Introducing, Santa is coming to town](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/introducing-santa-is-coming-to-town/) - Santa is still coming to town, I hope. I kicked off our latest release yesterday in a small way, over on my Instagram. I know a lot of folks who are not feeling very crafty or Christmassy right now and I send my very best vibes and hugs to you. I gotta roll on ahead
- [And more new stamps...](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/and-more-new-stamps/) - Another sneak peek, I will have 3 new sets in total, each can be used independently, but more is more sometimes and so you can stack these sets together to get more mileage form your stamps! Can't wait to show you.
- [Sleigh bells ring, are you listening? Sneak Peek!](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/sleigh-bells-ring-are-you-listening-sneak-peek/) - My friends tell me I absolutely suck at social media and they are right. I am not geared to perform, this much is true. I was the sort of kid that volunteered to paint scenery for the school play, so I didn't have to act - total behind the scenes person. I will offer to
- [New stamps are coming](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/new-stamps-are-coming/) - Most of my stock has arrived, I am knee deep in packaging and I look forward to releasing these on Friday hopefully, since Christmas edges ever closer, this release around - the goodies will be available while I show samples! I will have three new sets but be warned quantities are small, so if you
- [An authentic Victorian witch, with a new moon](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/the-essential-victorian-witch/) - I wouldn't call myself a collector, but I do like to pick up a vintage book now and again. Sometimes it's the appeal of a beautiful binding, sometimes I actually read them. Now and again though, I find a treasure - like this Victorian Witch engraving. The book she lives in came to me in
- [Winner of the Jolly Old Elf set is...](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/winner-of-the-jolly-old-elf-set-is/) - Chosen by random number generator - Kelly Schirmer! Congratulations Kelly, I will get the Elf set out to you asap! I wanted to thank everyone who took part in my giveaway It's harder than ever to be seen on social media and I am so grateful to everyone who shared the stampy stuff for me!
- [Folk art floral stencils, the quick way to card](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/folk-art-floral-stencils-the-quick-way-to-card/) - August kinda got away from me there. I spent quite a bit of August looking for a part time job, landed one only for it to pan out in a completely different direction than planned, so I had to abandon that. Back to paddling my own canoe for a while. I'd love to be at
- [Perfect pattern positioning on your cards, using a viewfinder](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/perfect-pattern-positioning-on-your-cards-using-a-viewfinder/) - There's a hamster in my brain that just spins the idea wheel all day long. Usually I'm not even done making a stencil before the idea for the next one is beginning to hog all the enthusiasm. I had Halloween stamps on the boil (due later this week) and fancied a stencil for making suitable
- [New stamps upcoming, Halloween 2024](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/new-stamps-upcoming-halloween-2024/) - So I have my mitts on a bunch of new stamps, a small bunch mind you, so anyone who is tickled better make note of the release date: New stamps will go live in the store on Wednesday September 11 at 8pm UK time There will be new stencils also and today's card features one
- [Get sharing for a chance to win vintage WMS](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/get-sharing-for-a-chance-to-win-vintage-wms/) - Briefly Interrupting my release samples to do a quick giveaway while I wait for better lighting conditions! Release is Wednesday evening! more samples in next post! So if you and I are old friends, you might recall this set, Jolly Old Elf - it's one of my favourites, and I have one pristine, unopened set
- [Free template for a witches hat card](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/free-template-for-a-witches-hat-card/) - I have new Halloween stamps in store - the release went live yesterday - the set is called Haunted Halloween and I thought the ornate circular stamp looked a bit like a buckle. Ideal for a buckle on a witches hat. I had some lovely burnt orange velvet ribbon and went for it. Quite chuffed
- [Haunted Halloween, new stamps today!](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/haunted-halloween-new-stamps-today/) - At 8.00PM Uk time the new goodies will be live in store! Introducing Haunted Halloween Haunted Halloween is a large stamp set 6 x 8 inches - Antique print block inspired but redrawn for stampers with Halloween hidden throughout the vines. Opportunities for stamping in plain colours or picking out details in multi colour -
- [New Stamps tomorrow, get Haunted](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/new-stamps-tomorrow-get-haunted/) - If you want to take part in our Giveaway, scroll to the post before this one! This post continues my samples for my upcoming stamp release - The new stamp set - Haunted goes live on my store tomorrow, with new stencils. Full details in this post. I was in a design group on FB
- [New stamps coming soon, Haunted](https://clairebrennandesign.co.uk/new-stamps-coming-soon-haunted/) - Two diminutive bookmarks this afternoon to continue my samples for my upcoming new stamps release at the store on Wednesday night, next. Both bookmarks are made with the same stamp. To me, nothing says Hallowe'en like black on black and I've been waiting to get my hands on the actual stamps to do my favourite

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