Hello everyone – here we are at Seasonal Saturday once again! This week I’ve got a very simple little card to share with you thanks to the colours Tracy has given us at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown and a first outing for one of the wonderful new Wee Christmas Friends & Family Silhouette stamps, sat… Read More Colours for a robin at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown 26-30
Hello everyone and welcome to our new theme of H for Horticulture (the science of creating gardens) at Alphabet Challenge. There’s lots of potential with this one and I decided to feature the fab In The Garden word stamp from Timestamp Creations – I picked it up a couple of months ago and this is… Read More H for horticulture at Alphabet Challenge
Hello crafty friends. I’ve got a simple card today using one of the Friends & Family Silhouette – Life & Love stamps to share with you, although it certainly doesn’t reflect the weather here in the South East of England where there’s been distinct lack of rain for weeks now! I do love this image… Read More Life & Love stamps
Hello crafty friends. It’s time for our ‘birthdays’ challenge at Addicted to Stamps & More, so obviously we want to see your cards celebrating those special days. I opted for another of the Posy stamps, this time using the Bijou Dog Rose set – these stamps are a two-way overlay set so you get the… Read More Birthday posy at Addicted to Stamps & More #523
Hello everyone! The weeks seem to be going by so fast and it’s time for our next challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches, where Suzy has given us a new layout to play with. I’ve been meaning to make use of the Fabric Strip toppers & tags which I picked up at June’s Open Days… Read More August’s sketch for CAS Colours & Sketches #591
Hello everyone. Well this heat shows no signs of abating and we’ve apparently just had the driest July on record with virtually no rain in the South of England, so the only pretty flowers to be seen are here on this card thanks to one of the Dotted Blooms stamp sets and a Statement Sentiment.… Read More Garden of blooms
Hello crafty friends. I was busy sharing this week’s Christmas card yesterday, so here I am today with my August calendar page. I took the opportunity to get the Poppy Posy A5 stamp set out of it’s packaging along with the stencil from the collection to create some soft summer flowers. The first step was… Read More August’s calendar
Hello crafty friends and welcome to August with this week’s Seasonal Saturday card. Tracy has given us a sketch to play with at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown and it prompted me to find another use for the Tree Canopy Scene stamps with a little ink blending for the panel strip. I first cut a piece… Read More August’s sketch at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown 26-29
Hello there and welcome to another hot and sunny day in the South East of England! We’ve got the perfect theme for this year of serial heatwaves in our new challenge at As You See It as I’d opted for ‘summer days’ when we set these at the start of the year. It gave me… Read More Summer days at As You See It Challenge #378
Hello crafty friends. Following on from yesterday’s card with the stamps from July’s Clarity Craft Club, I’m back today with the July stencil to complete the package! This abstract ribbons design makes such a useful background for lots of images – I’ve gone with the Branches, Twigs & Sprigs stamps to build some leafy trees… Read More Clarity Craft Club stencil #146 abstract ribbons
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