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Claire Brennan Design Blog

Claire Brennan Design Blog

I make stencils and stamps for cardmakers and papercrafters, come see

Featured / March 9, 2024

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…

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Featured / February 24, 2024

Quick & easy 3D stamped book tags – How to

3D stamped book tags made of cardstock in coral and purple

There are lots of things you can make with the Old Books stamps that I released recently, but a nice simple project are…

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Featured / February 24, 2024

Exclusive new clear photopolymer stamps

This is Old Books, and Old books additions – two stamp sets I have designed. These are clear photopolymer stamps for papercrafters, cardmakers…

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Featured / February 24, 2024

The Long Hall, Dublin revisited

A really, seriously pretty frontage beckons you into this illustration of The Long Hall, Dublin at 51 South Great George’s Street. I doubt…

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Featured / February 24, 2024

Clerke’s of Skibbereen, authentic Ireland

Clerke’s of Skibbereen. We were staying in Castletownshend, because I wanted to see the family home of two of my favourite authors –…

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Featured / October 20, 2023

The Crown Bar, Belfast, in focus

One of the other things I like to do is paint, and here is my watercolour painting The Crown Bar, Belfast. I have…

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Featured / October 14, 2023

Santa in the Shadows, memories of Christmas

Christmas scene illustration featuring retro style tree and furniture

I’ve been drawing book themed stickers that somehow took on a whole life of their own and turned into a whole front room…

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Featured / October 12, 2023

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…

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I'm Claire and this is where I gather all my creative efforts. I have trouble sticking to any sort of theme, so be prepared for all sorts. Feel free to use my templates and how-tos for your own personal projects. Permission is not granted for commercial use.

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  • a photograph of an art print featuring a cottage and trees, it's a night time scene, the printing plate used to make it sits on its right.

    Fancy a little printmaking? Try Collagraph with a cuttlebug.

    May 12, 2025
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    November 19, 2024
  • paper Christmas ornament in the shape of a sleigh hangs from a bough of pine. The sleigh is red and covered in glitter

    Christmas Tree Sleigh Ornament

    November 19, 2024
  • New Stamps for Christmas

    November 13, 2024
  • Handmade Christmas card featuring simple line art santa with retro style Christmas tree

    The Jolly old Elf returns, but new

    November 12, 2024

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