What crafty things do you do when you're not scrapping?

When I took a hiatus from scrapbooking I took up crocheting. Since I started scrapbooking again two years ago I haven’t done any other crafts but yesterday I bought yarn to make my sister a blanket for a retirement gift. She chose the pattern and yarn. I’m anxious to start. It’s made with bulky yarn and an N hook. It should work up quickly.

I have a lot of penpals, unless I'm sending a card that came with an envelope then all of their letters are sent in envelopes that I've made by hand. I often put together little goodies for them, for example the pals I was able to write to before Valentine's Day received little valentines like you'd give out in school, Valentine's Day related stickers, a bookmark that said "you have a pizza my heart," and some felt hearts. When there isn't a holiday being celebrated I'll send them flake stickers, washi samples, tea, whatever I have on hand that they may like! So in short happy mail is my other crafty hobby.

I card make, draw & bead

Watch the ball game.

Papercrafting is my one true hobby love.

So if not scrapping I am doing anything else related to paper. Including card making, stamping, coloring, shopping, and watching craft videos.

I can sew (have a machine) cross-stitch, and a few other crafty hobbies, but I don't do those.

Home decorating (reading,piano are those crafty? I guess not) so I guess just home decorating. I often decorate with scrapbooks and framed layouts
I have done a lot of different crafts and have tried to get back into them since I retired but couldn't get interested again.

That is absolutely beautiful!! You definitely need to hang that up!!

For me card making and scrapbooking has recently taken a back seat to all of the other crafting I've been doing... knitting, crocheting, sewing, cross stitching, home decorating, anything to do with heat transfer vinyl, and most recently I have entered the world of sublimation. Perhaps the easier question would have been, what crafting things don't you do! LOL

I volunteer once a week at an elementary school. They often ask me to do artistic(ish) things for them.

Other than that, I organize. Not crafty, but I organize crafty stuff.

Card making and loom knitting are my other crafts. My friend has gotten into diamond painting and I'm considering trying it.

How interesting! Do you have any pictures of your games?

I love messing around with gelli printing, glue books, vintage collages,and card making If my arthritis permits I enjoy crocheting and cross stitch.

Some examples of finished outer boxes and unfinished ones, on the left. I make three standard depths for my 'mini' box, so they all rack up nicely on the shelf. Face is ~4" x 5.5" / ~10.5 cm x 24 cm. Box bases are made from 1.5mm chipboard / mattboard in kraft, fronted with 199gsm white Staples cardstock for the interior. Exterior graphics are printed, varnished then wrapped around the box. Box bottoms are wrapped in linen textured cardstock with solid coloured core.


Here's an open box, for my mini Forbidden Island.  You can see the white interiors here, a magnetic Flood tracker, the cards (with blue linen backs) and the tiles.  The only non-handmade parts are the tiny wooden player pawns, which I order from a german game specialty store.


Forbidden Island spread out.  All the graphics are inkjet printed.  Tiles are mounted onto white mattboard.  The treasure tokens use several layers of mattboard to achieve a pleasing heft and thickness.

Dino Hunt Dice.  One of the first projects I did.  Was printed in B/W, then coloured with Copics.  Dice are specialty indented dice made specifically for applying stickers.  The raised edges keep them from getting wear when rolling.  The three circular objects are magnetic score trackers.  Blue one is sporting the first player marker, also magnetic. 

Deep Sea Adventure and Jaipur.  Jaipur is a hybrid - the cards are professionally printed / commerical, while I made the tokens and storage box.  Tokens are wood with inkjet printed sticker tops & backs, acrylic painted edges.  Deep Sea Adventure is a good example of a game that hasn't gotten its interior storage sorted out yet - just one big pile of mess!  I also need to print the rules booklet and get that in there.  (And yes, it's Beetles Yellow Submarine themed.)

Wow, Embri those are awesome! You do very nice work, thanks for sharing.

Started making wreaths.  Anna Griffin card kits.