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Sharing my crafting journey in the world of handmade cards – now a Design Team member for ClarityCrafts

Author: deborahwheeler13

I recently retired from full time work as a senior nurse, so now have time to indulge my love of crafting. I've been making cards for about 10 years - always learning and always enjoying the journey

Clarity Craft Club lookback – grungy heart stencil

Hello crafty friends – here I am with another dip back into Clarity’s Craft Club, having now reached #92 the ‘grungy heart stencil’ from January 2022. A friend wanted a birthday card for her granddaughter and I decided to go with the delicious colours at Seize the Birthday and am also going to share it… Read More Clarity Craft Club lookback – grungy heart stencil

22nd Oct 202322nd Oct 2023 deborahwheeler139 Comments

moonlit Santa

Hello there! I’m back with another of the new ‘Linda’s Christmas Compendium’ sets from ClarityCrafts – it won’t surprise you to find out that this set is called ‘Father Christmas’ and I’m going to share it as another offering at The Holly & Ivy challenge. Santa’s bright colours against the neutral background also fit the… Read More moonlit Santa

21st Oct 202322nd Oct 2023 deborahwheeler1312 Comments

As You See It challenge – use vellum

Hello crafty friends! Our new theme at As You See It challenge is to use vellum on your projects. Well, I don’t use vellum or parchment very often, but when I do I’m usually stamping or heat embossing on it and the latest Christmas stamps from ClarityCrafts were ideal. The first step was to tear… Read More As You See It challenge – use vellum

20th Oct 202320th Oct 2023 deborahwheeler1318 Comments

O for Owl at Alphabet Challenge

Hello crafty friends and welcome to our new theme at Alphabet Challenge – we’ve now reached O and Meg has opted for ‘owl’. ClarityCrafts ‘feathered friends’ stamp set had the perfect solution with this trio of owls, which I paired with one of the ‘Christmas rounds’ stencils which means I can also share this at… Read More O for Owl at Alphabet Challenge

20th Oct 202320th Oct 2023 deborahwheeler1316 Comments

hearts come home

Hello crafty friends. The third part of ClarityCrafts ‘Linda’s Christmas Compendium’ stamps are launching today on Create & Craft TV and I am in love with the ‘home for Christmas’ set. This little doggy is just so adorable – he reminded me of Toby, my friend’s little Westie! I’m going to share this one with… Read More hearts come home

19th Oct 202318th Oct 2023 deborahwheeler136 Comments

Christmas compendium wreath

Hello crafty friends. I’m here with an early look at one of the new stamps launching tomorrow as part of ‘Linda’s Christmas Compendium – set 3’ from ClarityCrafts – it won’t surprise you to know that these stamps are called ‘C is for Christmas’! I also didn’t have to think too hard about sharing this… Read More Christmas compendium wreath

18th Oct 2023 deborahwheeler1313 Comments

funky trees for CAS Colours & Sketches

Welcome to my crafty blog and the new challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches, where I’m guest designer for the next few months. This time round we have a sketch for you, using a slimline (UK DL size) card. I’ve gone with these funky trees from ClarityCrafts which I think are now retired, taking the… Read More funky trees for CAS Colours & Sketches

17th Oct 202316th Oct 2023 deborahwheeler1330 Comments

ginkgo spray

Hello there. I’ve been playing with lots of new products recently so decided it was time to dig back into my stash and find a stamp set I hadn’t used for some time – meet the ‘ginkgo spray’! I pulled together a couple challenges for inspiration on this one, taking the left hand column on… Read More ginkgo spray

16th Oct 202317th Oct 2023 deborahwheeler1314 Comments

Clarity craft club lookback – floral decoration stencil

Hello crafty friends. I managed to find a bit of time to dip back into Clarity‘s craft club and have now started on my stencils, after coming to the end of the dies last week. I only joined the stencil club at the end of 2021, so am starting with #91, the ‘floral decoration’. I… Read More Clarity craft club lookback – floral decoration stencil

15th Oct 2023 deborahwheeler1310 Comments

sunflower panel

Hello crafty friends. Today, I’m having a first play with the latest stamp from ClarityCrafts Craft Club – this month it’s a sunflower panel image. I thought it would work for the layout at Freshly Made Sketches together with the colours from Hand Stamped Sentiments. So my first step was to stamp the sunflower panel… Read More sunflower panel

14th Oct 202313th Oct 2023 deborahwheeler1311 Comments

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