Hello crafty friends. I’m back with our new challenge at Sparkles today, where we want to see cards for kids. I reached again for the Wee Pattern stencils (they are so useful!), adding in one of the Friends & Family Silhouettes stamps (this is the Dream & Wonder set). This little lad blowing bubbles made… Read More A kid’s card for Sparkles Challenge #202
Hello crafty friends. I’m dropping in with a design that I was demoing at last month’s Clarity Open Days down in Kent, inspired by a card made by my DT buddy Jane Telford. This simple layout combines the Dotted Blooms stamps with one of the Statement Sentiments and some lovely summery colours. So, here’s a… Read More Circle of blooms
Hello crafty friends. Just dropping in with a quick card that I made for a colleague who’s got a promotion and, seeing that Barbara is showcasing a new set of Bijou Drop Shadow sentiments this afternoon (check the show out here), I decided it was time I opened the packet on the larger A5 set… Read More Drop Shadow Congrats!
Hello everyone. I’ve got a look at another of the new wee stencils collections today, this time using several of the Patterns set to emboss a few small squares of card. So, having cut nine 3cm square piece of premium card, I attached them to a few of the patterned stencils, trying to get a… Read More Wee patterns
Hello everyone. It’s Seasonal Saturday in my little corner of the crafting world and our latest challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. I’m hosting the challenges this month and have gone with a non-traditional colour theme for this week. It gave me the perfect excuse to put one of the new Wee Floral Swirls stencils… Read More My colours for 52 Christmas Card Throwdown 26-26
Hello everyone. I’ve got some more new goodies to share with you today, together with our new F for Festivities theme at Alphabet Challenge. I put one of the new Wee Affirmation Stencils to use on my design team card – I can’t decide whether this couple are celebrating an engagement or getting ready to… Read More F for Festivities at Alphabet Challenge
Hello everyone. I’ve got a fun design to share with you today that I made yesterday on the brilliant Mask Masterclass with Barbara Gray – it’s still available to buy and I can thoroughly recommend it to get confident with using stamps and masking them for overlay techniques. Barbara is an absolute fount of tips… Read More Summer holidays
Hello crafty friends. I’m back with another card using the new Tree Canopy Scene stamps, this time on a stencilled background for our new Make Your Mark theme at Addicted to Stamps & More. In case you’re not sure, this theme focuses on anything that can make a mark like alcohol markers, coloured pencils, paint,… Read More Make your mark at Addicted to Stamps & More #521
Hello everyone. Well I’m firmly back in my usual CAS zone today after yesterday’s arty journey, with another look at the new Tree Canopy Scene stamps today, this time making use of Joanne’s sketch for our new challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches. I had to think about this one a bit, but then had… Read More Joanne’s sketch at CAS Colours & Sketches 589
Hello crafty friends. I’m back with another look at the Wee Tree Stencils that Clarity launched a week ago as one of their July Products of the Month (which means double loyalty points on your whole order when you add these to your basket). Now I got a whole lot more arty on this one… Read More Arty wee trees
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