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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 – let’s celebrate!

Hello crafty friends. If you read my blog last Sunday, you’ll know that I’ve reached 2022 in my journey back through Clarity’s craft club stamps, so I needed to think of something else to move on to. As it happens, I joined their monthly die club a few years ago so I’m going to work… Read More Clarity craft club lookback – let’s celebrate!

16th Oct 2022 deborahwheeler136 Comments

Sparkles challenge – owls

Hello crafty friends. Well we’ve got a new theme for the next month over at Sparkles Challenge and Zowie has chosen ‘owls’. I’ve gone for a kid’s card with the new ‘hoot hoot hooray’ set from Avery Elle – this little chap is just too cute! I’ve picked up the layout from Freshly Made Sketches… Read More Sparkles challenge – owls

15th Oct 202214th Oct 2022 deborahwheeler136 Comments

paper strips birthday

Welcome to my crafty blog. Today’s card uses up scraps of paper – always handy! I’ve CASE’d a card I saw by Heidi Collins on Instagram – the inspiration photo at Inspire.Create immediately made me think of it, so I decided to give it a go. I started with a square of white card and… Read More paper strips birthday

14th Oct 2022 deborahwheeler131 Comment

curvy birthday

Hello crafty friends. Today’s card mainly uses the ‘hues of happiness’ paper from Stampin’ Up picking up on the colours from Color Hues and the layout from CAS Colours & Sketches. I’m also sharing it over at Happy Little Stampers for their ‘anything goes’ dies challenge. This was fairly quick to make, once I’d figured… Read More curvy birthday

13th Oct 202212th Oct 2022 deborahwheeler134 Comments

blended leaves

Hello crafty friends. Today’s card uses Stampin’ Up!’s ‘forever fern’ set and I’ve once again blended ink onto the leafy stamp, although this time with ink pads rather thans water-based markers. I took inspiration for the layout from the current challenge at Global Design Project, which is to CASE the card designed by Madeleine. I… Read More blended leaves

12th Oct 202215th Oct 2022 deborahwheeler138 Comments

all good things take time

Hello there! I’m back with another card using the latest Craft Club goodies from Clarity – this time it’s the pocket watch and sentiment stamps. I thought the sentiment worked well for the current theme of encouragement from Time Out challenges and picked up the colour palette from Hand Stamped Sentiments as well. I was… Read More all good things take time

11th Oct 2022 deborahwheeler136 Comments

lace flower stencil

Hello crafty friends and welcome to the start of another week! I hope your Monday hasn’t been too miserable. I thought I’d brighten my day with the latest stencil from Clarity’s Craft Club – the lace flower. I decided to use it without any other embellishments for this birthday card, picking up the colours from… Read More lace flower stencil

10th Oct 2022 deborahwheeler136 Comments

Clarity Craft Club lookback – leafy triangle

Welcome to my crafty blog and my regular Sunday dip back into Clarity’s craft club. Today it’s the turn of the leafy triangle art block stamp from December 2021, which has now brought me right up to the current year – I’m going to have to think of something new for next Sunday! I’ve picked… Read More Clarity Craft Club lookback – leafy triangle

9th Oct 2022 deborahwheeler132 Comments

Christmas mistletoe

Hello crsfty friends. I finally got time to play with some of the latest foilable die cuts from Julie Hickey Designs for this Christmas card, picking up the colours from Color Throwdown and the layout from Freshly Made Sketches. I’m also going to share it with Happy Little Stampers, where their Christmas challenge theme is… Read More Christmas mistletoe

8th Oct 2022 deborahwheeler136 Comments

gnome alone – As You See It #285

Welcome to my crafty blog. We’ve got a new challenge over at As You See It and this time Heather’s chosen a lovely colour palette for us. I decided to keep it simple again, picking up the new theme from AAA Cards, which gave me a great excuse to get Clarity’s gnomes out again! I… Read More gnome alone – As You See It #285

7th Oct 20223rd Oct 2022 deborahwheeler138 Comments

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