Hello crafty friends and welcome to this week’s Seasonal Saturday post, with our new sketch at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. I opted not to go down the obvious Christmas tree route, instead turning to the Father Christmas stamps from Linda’s Christmas Compendium. I haven’t used any of the inky mop-up backgrounds from my stash for… Read More Santa’s sketch at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown 26-09
Hello everyone! It’s launch day today for the fab new Branches, Twigs & Sprigs stamps and I decided to build a wildflower meadow for our new W theme at Alphabet Challenge. I just used a few of the stamps from Set 1 for my delicate little blooms, aided by another of my Colour Cube cards… Read More W for Wildflowers at Alphabet Challenge
Hello crafty friends. We’ve got another new release from Clarity tomorrow with some rather fab Branches, Twigs and Sprigs stamps. They’re not on the Clarity website yet, so this is an early peek at Set 1, but I’ll add the details and link here once available. With sunny and warmer days having finally arrived in… Read More Serenity trees
Hello crafty friends. Welcome to Wednesday and a bonus Christmas card for you (it’s definitely not Seasonal Saturday!), thanks to our new challenge at Addicted to Stamps & More! I kept this one squarely in my happy CAS place with a one layer card, and still managed to combine two stamp sets for it, the… Read More Festive greetings at Addicted to Stamps #512
Hello crafty friends and welcome to our new challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches. Joanne’s given us a lovely palette of spring colours and I thought they would work beautifully with the new Dream Bird stamp set from Clarity. I’ve used both the outline and infill stamps on this card – such a easy way… Read More Dream bird in colour for CAS Colours & Sketches #580
Hello crafty friends. I’m back with another sample to show you featuring one of the new birds stamps sets from Clarity – today it’s the turn of the Song Bird. This is another one of their two-way overlay sets, with outline and infill stamps, both of which also work on their own – I’ve just… Read More Song bird in nature
Hello again. I’m back with a second post today, this time for our new challenge at Love to Craft which, as always, is ‘anything goes’. I’ve got the next page in my 2026 calendar to share with you, celebrating March with one of the fabulous new bird stamps and co-ordinating stencils that Barbara will be… Read More March calendar love bird for Love to Craft challenge
Good morning everyone and welcome to March! I’m kicking off the day with another of Clarity’s new Products of the Month – a pair of Floral Heart stencils and I’ve used the rose one on today’s card. It’s also time for our new challenge at Christmas (or not) BINGO, so we’ve got a fun new… Read More Heart of roses for Christmas (or not) BINGO challenge #18
Hello everyone and welcome to this week’s Seasonal Saturday. I dipped back into my stash for a set I haven’t used for some time, the Festive Rounds Poinsettia, ready for our latest challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. It’s our technique challenge this time round, and Andreja wants to see us using heat emboss resist… Read More Heat emboss resist at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown 26-08
Welcome to Friday! There’s lots going on today in the craft world, with the launch of the next Product of the Month (for March) from Clarity and our new theme at As You See It challenge. I decided to combine them together into one design team card for both events! The new Floral Hearts stamps… Read More Speedy Purple at As You See It Challenge #367
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