Hello crafty friends. We’ve got our new theme at Addicted to Stamps & More starting today for ‘any occasion’ and it gave me the perfect excuse to share one of my designs from last Friday morning’s Clarity YouTube show, using the Block Print Elements stamps. These aren’t the sort of designs I’d usually gravitate towards… Read More Celebrate retro patterns at Addicted to Stamps & More #529
Hello crafty friends. We’ve got a new sketch to inspire you at CAS Colours & Sketches, featuring this great design of five shapes (they don’t have to be circles). I thought it was the perfect opportunity to break out my little Bird Row stamp, one of the free gift options this weekend in Clarity’s Autumn… Read More Bird Row for CAS Colours & Sketches #597
Hello crafty friends. I’ve got another look at the Bird Row aperture die today that’s a free gift option with orders over £60 in Clarity’s Autumn Sale, which ends at midnight tonight. This time, I simply cut it into some Antarctica Designer paper for a quick and easy card, I cut a piece of the… Read More birds in a row
Hello crafty friends. I’m back with another of the cards I demo’d on Friday’s YouTube show (you can watch it back here), this time using the Retro Bubbles stamps (well, one of them!). As with the triangles card that I blogged on Friday, you can easily make a great card with just one stamp and… Read More Retro bubbles
Hello again everyone! I couldn’t resist popping back again with a look at this weekend’s little temptation from Clarity, which I got to reveal on yesterday’s shows! As the Big Autumn Sale comes into the final weekend, all orders over £60 until midnight on Monday will get to choose one of three options (stamp, die… Read More blackbirds
Hello crafty friends. It’s Seasonal Saturday again with our latest challenge at 52 Christmas Card Thowdown to share with you. This week, it’s a technique challenge and Valentina has opted for a mini scene with shaped dies. I didn’t have any obvious shaped dies in my Clarity stash that would build a scene, so opted… Read More Joy to the World at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown 26-40
Hello again everyone. I’ve got a second card to share with you today – this is one of my demos from this afternoon’s Clarity TV show, using the fab Retro Triangles stamp set. It looks like a really busy set of images but, if you separate them out, each one works really well on it’s… Read More Retro triangles
Hello everyone and welcome to a very wet and windy Friday here in the UK! Not a great day for the birds trying to fly around, but I’ve got a very cute robin to share with you from the new Christmas Animals collection thanks to our new theme challenge of ‘feathers’ starting today at As… Read More Feathers at As You See It Challenge #384
Hello crafty friends. I’ve got a card made with more products that are in this week’s Big Autumn Sale over on the Clarity Crafts website – this time it’s the turn of the Bijou Branches, Twigs & Sprigs stamps. Now, those of you who’ve been following my little bloggy musings for a while will know… Read More Branches and sprigs
Hello everyone. I’m back with another look at the Big Blooms – Stripey Flowers stamp set that I used on yesterday’s card. This time I’ve gone with the large leafy flower from the set as my focal image, adding extra depth to the background with one of the Leafy Overlay Stencils. I cut one of… Read More Yellow birthday bloom
