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14/04/2022
Simple instructions for drawing an Easter chick - great for last minute Easter cards!
How to draw an Easter chick in 6 easy steps Make your own cards, wall art, stickers and other decorations with this cute, easy-to-draw chick. Click on the links below to download a free instruction sheet: How to draw a cute chick in 6 easy s…
18/03/2022
DIY daffodil Mothers Day Card Daffodils are among the first spring blooms and, with their cheerful yellow flowers, are a symbol of positivity – perfect for celebrating the mothers in our lives. I made this card for my own…
10/03/2022
Pop-up personalised flowers card This cheerful pop-up card (FREE DOWNLOAD) is very easy to assemble and can be personalised with your own custom for any occasion – birthday, thank you, good luck, get well soon…. My Mum…
04/03/2022
Ceramic owls Going through my earlier pottery work, I found a family of stoneware owls hibernating in a box. Actually a lot of them have now flown the nest, so I decided to put the remaining few on my Etsy site…
18/02/2022
Popcorn pot – DIY movie night Make watching your home movie a big night in with this free DIY pop-corn pot from Crafty Cucumber. These cute pots are very easy and quick to make, simply: Print the 2 page templatepopcorn pot & #82…
11/02/2022
Free chocolate box download + great ideas for making your own chocolates
Chocolate box – tartan valentine As they say, chocolate makes the heart grown fonder, or is it ‘fondant’? So how about making your own box of chocolates for your valentine and personalising it with their initial. The f…
07/02/2022
Guinea pig Valentine’s cards Following on from my Cupid guinea pig Valentine’s day card, I found myself making a series of pig inspired cards. In the pack there are 16 designs with 4 different messages, optional hearts b…
03/02/2022
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Cute Cupid guinea pig Valentine’s card Inspired by our pet guinea pigs, Bumble Bee and Crumbleton, I decided to make a guinea pig themed Valentine’s day card this year. This card is available to purchase on my Etsy site, but if yo…
27/01/2022
Mixed media art For my birthday my aunt gave me a fabulous art kit, developed and produced by mixed media artist Rob Wilson. The kit contained all the materials and instructions required to produce a picture of ca…
15/10/2021
Time to make your Christmas gin Gin is still all the rage. Bars, pubs and shops are full of alluring bottles of exotic and enticing liqueurs, from baked apple and salted caramel to seaweed flavoured gins. I thought that this year…
25/06/2021
Puffin Artfelt Kit It was my sister’s birthday recently and I was rather pleased when I found a delightful chicken felt picture kit as part of her present (she keeps chickens). Browsing the kits available I sim…
04/06/2021
Relaxing in the garden – 3D father’s day card / desk buddy Created with GIMP This fun father’s day card is now available from the Crafty Cucumber Etsy shop. The card includes a self-assembly 3D model of your number 1 dad relaxing in the garden and en…
27/05/2021
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Personalised cracker gifts Due to covid restrictions we missed our festive family get together last year and so had a belated celebration last week. To get into the Christmas mood we got out the decorations, played our favor…
07/05/2021
MKMK – Milton Keynes Moo Kows Yes, there really are real concrete cows grazing in the new(-ish) city of Milton Keynes, England. They were created in 1978 by Liz Leyh and have amused residents and visitors ever since. Milton Key…