Good morning everyone! I hope your weekend is going well. I’m off to catch up with my sons and their families later this afternoon (and cuddle my little grandson), but first wanted to drop in with today’s card celebrating Clarity Crafts’ 34th birthday. Barbara Gray started her little business back in 1992 and it’s grown… Read More Happy 34th birthday, Clarity Crafts!
Hello crafty friends! I’m busy getting back into my crafting routine after my 5 week break and I’ve got another Christmas card for you today courtesy of our new theme at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown, where Majda has chosen hot foiling or heat embossing for this month’s technique. I opted to do something a little… Read More Heat embossing at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown 26-36
Hello everyone! I’m back after spending the last few weeks travelling in central Europe, and busy readjusting to normal life! Summer is now behind us (although it’s still quite warm here in the South East of England) and Jan has challenged us to look ahead to Christmas for our new theme at As You See… Read More Christmas at As You See It Challenge #382
Hello crafty friends. I told you the new Waymarker stamps were my new favourite and I’m back with another card to prove it! This one is also very appropriate, as I’m taking a break for the next few weeks – I’ll be at Clarity’s annual summer retreat for the next two days, then I’m heading… Read More This way to…
Hello again everyone! It’s been a busy couple of days on this little blog with new stamps and new challenges, so I’ve combined them together with another look at the new Waymarker stamps, teamed up with the hares from the Tree Canopy Scene stamps for our latest theme of ‘animals’ at Sparkles Challenge I started… Read More Party animals for Sparkles Challenge #203
Hello craft friends. Well, we may be coming through yet another week of soaring temperatures here, but that’s no reason to step away from my Seasonal Saturday cards! It’s our theme week at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown and Tracy has challenged us to make cards that don’t feature snow. I went straight to the new… Read More No snow at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown 26-31
Hello again everyone. We’ve got our next challenge for you at As You See It and it certainly can be a challenge as it’s our speed week, this time with the theme of ‘crafting’. Now you have to get your card made in 10 minutes or less for this challenge, so I reached for the… Read More Speedy crafting at As You See It Challenge#379
Hello everyone. We’ve got some more new stamps being featured on Clarity Social TV this morning and I think they are just brilliant! I had such fun playing with these Waymarker stamp sets – today’s card features the Feel Good stamps set on one of the Collage Landscape Prints (I haven’t used these much recently).… Read More Waymarker landscape
Hello crafty friends. It’s been another seriously hot day here in London – it reached 38C this afternoon, so the only sensible thing is to stay indoors and craft! I’ve got another card with the new SHAC Fishes to share with you today – these outline images put me in mind of the Christian Ichthus… Read More Ichthus
Hello crafty friends. I’ve got another look at the new SHAC Fish stamps today, this time using both the outline and infill sets on one of my inky backgrounds. You’ve got to feel a bit sorry for this poor fisherman, who’s missed the big catch right underneath him! Read on, and I’ll explain how this… Read More The one that got away…
