Hello crafty friends. I’ve been busy today making a few masculine cards ready for friends with birthdays that are coming up, so thought I’d share one of them today. I’ve used the ‘clockwork aperture’ die from ClarityCrafts, which is so useful for men’s cards, with inspiration from Festive Friday (I picked up blue, masculine &… Read More birthday cogs
Welcome to my crafty blog. Today’s card is a one layer offering, inspired by the Facebook live Julie Hickey did yesterday (you can link through to it here). I don’t have the stamp set Julie used, so instead pulled out some of the small accent stamps from a few of her older sets – more… Read More masked circle
Hello there! I’m really getting back into my crafting routine now – today’s card features the ‘periwinkle & friends’ aperture die from ClarityCrafts, inspired by the challenges at AAA Cards, Atlantic Hearts and Happy Little Stampers You’ll know that I’m a stamper at heart, but there’s none to be seen on this card! I started… Read More pink birthday
Welcome to my crafty blog and a pretty spring pansy on today’s card. I’ve used Stampin’ Up!’s ‘pansy patch’ set (which has carried over into the new catalogue), inspired by the challenges at Inspired by, Festive Friday (I picked up yellow, black & enamel dots from their list) and Less is More I started with… Read More spring pansy
Hello crafty friends. I’m finally getting back into the swing of things after my holiday, and was doing a bit of catching up at my craft desk this afternoon. My April Craft Club goodies arrived from ClarityCrafts while I was away, so I’ve given the mandala stencil a first outing on today’s card, inspired by… Read More mandala stencil
Hello again! After my long break I’m back with a second card today, this time for the new recipe at As You See It Challenge, which I put together. Funnily enough, my starting point for this design was one of the last items I added to it – the die cut frame was sitting in… Read More As You See It Challenge 299 – shades of blue
Hello crafty friends! I’m finally back at my craft desk, after spending the last 2 months travelling with friends in Australia & New Zealand – we had such a brilliant trip, but it was time to come home to reality! After unpacking & doing all the washing, I managed to get some time at my… Read More D for Dragonfly
Welcome to my second card of the day, this time for the new challenge at As You See It. It’s a speed challenge this week and Jan has given us an ‘outdoors’ theme. For a speed challenge, the card must be made in less than 10 minutes – you can gather all your products, cardstock,… Read More As You See It outdoors speed challenge
Welcome to the new theme at Alphabet Challenge! This time it’s Z for Zodiac, for which the card should be inspired by one of the signs of the Zodiac. I went with Virgo, which had made me think of the ‘madonna window’ die from ClarityCrafts. I don’t know about you, but I always resolve to… Read More Z for Zodiac
Hello crafty friends. I’m back with another card using one of the new ‘floral delights’ sets from Clarity – this time the ‘bouquets and vases’. I picked up the image from the top left of Just Us Girls‘ moodboard and added in the spring flower colours from The Paper Players The first step was to… Read More bouquet for you
