Hello crafty friends and welcome to October! There’s definitely a slight autumnal chill in the mornings now, although we’ve still got relatively warm and sunny days. I’m on the case with this month’s calendar page, putting the leaf stamps from the September Craft Club into action with some seasonal colours. I first cut a piece… Read More Falling leaves on October’s calendar
Hello crafty friends. I’ve got another Christmas card to share with you today, using the August Clarity Craft Club stamps for our new theme at Addicted to Stamps & More. I love this little bell jar shaped background and I can see it working for lots of occasions, but for today I’m sticking with Christmas!… Read More A Christmas Scene for Addicted to Stamps & More #527
Hello everyone and welcome to my little blog. I’m back in the swing of my various design team commitments now, and we’ve got a fab layout for you at CAS Colours & Sketches. Rachel’s given us a group of three circles, but you can use any shape you want (and they don’t all have to… Read More Circles sketch at CAS Colours & Sketches #595
Hello everyone. I’ve had a busy day today with a cleaning company in the house – the whole place was rewired whilst I was away, so I came home to a lovely layer of dust everywhere and on everything. I brought in the professionals to sort it from top to bottom (definitely a good investment!),… Read More September’s calendar page
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
