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Stamping / November 13, 2024

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…

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Stamping / November 12, 2024

The Jolly old Elf returns, but new

Handmade Christmas card featuring simple line art santa with retro style Christmas tree

Continuing the samples for the upcoming release, Santa makes an appearance in one of the new sets “Santa is coming to town’. If…

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Sneak peek / November 10, 2024

Introducing, Santa is coming to town

colourful greetings card featuring a retro style city scene with orange christmas tree and large blue word 'santa'

Santa is still coming to town, I hope. I kicked off our latest release yesterday in a small way, over on my Instagram.…

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FREEBIES / September 9, 2024

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…

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Stencils / August 1, 2024

Best card since the come-back!

pink and red Christmas card featuring a folk art stylered and pink Christmas tree with white snow dots. card sits on a pale wooden tree trunk slice

Sometimes it’s just nice to post a card – it’s one of the things I miss about my old blogger blog – it’s…

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Stencils / July 30, 2024

How to Mid Mod Christmas, in a hurry

White Christmas card with abstract triangular Christmas tree shape, made of small geometric shapes, in pink and blue tones, on the front of a christmas card. The tipmost shape, and some of hte others is a shiny gold colour. The card rests on a neutral wooden background

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…

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Stamping / 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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Stamping / 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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Stamping / 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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Illustration / 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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Hi there, I'm Claire. Welcome to my blog, I live in Ireland and I'm currently cross stitching - I'm designing new patterns for my little Etsy store. Previously I ran a stamp store called Waltzingmouse Stamps - what are you up to these days? I love to find other crafters so if you blog, leave me a comment with your blog addy, I will pop over next time I'm wandering the web! You can read more about me here.

Latest Posts

  • A bron frame surrounds a piece of black cloth on which is cross stitched a poem and three white ghost shapes.

    New Spooky Spindle cross stitch

    October 11, 2025
  • halloween cross stitch sampler featuring a haunted mansion and spooky pumpkins and clouds, witch is flying in the sky while moon watches.

    Nobody tells you how addicting Cross Stitch is

    October 9, 2025
  • Halloween themed cross stitch on black and white threads on tan coloured aida fabric

    How about some Halloween Cross Stitch?

    September 12, 2025
  • Stencil Card Art Gallery

    August 10, 2025
  • 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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Comments

  1. Tara on Fancy a little printmaking? Try Collagraph with a cuttlebug.May 13, 2025

    Utterly fascinating! I really don't have time to play but I'm book marking this for when I do. It looks…

  2. Kate on Black Friday Sale and the end of another EraFebruary 7, 2025

    O Claire, you really are my favourite stamp designer ever! You are such an incredible artist and I am blessed…

  3. Joanne on Black Friday Sale and the end of another EraDecember 3, 2024

    Oh Claire, I’m so sorry to read this. The whole Brexit situation is an infernal mess and the copyright infringement…

  4. admin on Black Friday Sale and the end of another EraNovember 28, 2024

    Its impossible, the conditions are impossible for micro business unless you are doing something local like baking or hairdressing, my…

  5. admin on Black Friday Sale and the end of another EraNovember 28, 2024

    Och it's a bummer for sure, but I'm a solutions person at heart, I'm sure there will be some other…

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