Welcome to my crafty blog and a card using a brand new set from Stampin’ Up! which goes on general sale next week, the ‘fitting florets’ collection. I’ve used the sketch from Atlantic Hearts challenge for my layout, together with TGIF‘s challenge not to use any black ink. I started with a 6×6 square card… Read More floret celebration
Hello crafty friends. After using brand new stamps in my last two posts, I’m back with some old favourites today from Clarity Crafts. I’ve picked up a couple of challenges for this card, using the sketch from Global Design Project and the ‘thankful’ theme from Time Out I started with an A6 card blank and… Read More thankful blackbird
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve been playing with some more of the new releases from Julie Hickey Designs – this time a couple of her new stencils. I’ve used the sketch from The Paper Players for my layout and am also sharing it with Less is More where their theme is stencils. I started… Read More a beautiful bloom
Hello crafty friends. I’m a bit late posting this evening (I’ve been out to dinner with a friend I haven’t seen for several years), but didn’t want to miss the opportunity to share this card that I’ve made with one of the brand new sets from Julie Hickey Designs that were only released on Friday!… Read More envelope of flowers
Welcome to my crafty blog and my regular Sunday dip back into Clarity’s craft club. This week it’s the turn of the hearts aperture die from January 2020 (#13). It’s an obvious design for a wedding or engagement card, so that’s what I went with. I started by cuttung the die into the centre of… Read More Clarity craft club lookback – hearts aperture die
Hello crafty friends. I’ve stepped away from black & white today, back to one of my favourite techniques of blending colours. I picked up the palette from CAS Colours & Sketches and paired it with the layout from Freshly Made Sketches I started with the outer part of a mask that I’d cut using a… Read More wonderful birthday
Hello there and welcome to my second post today, for the new challenge at As You See It . I do seem to be having a bit of a back & white theme today! I found this theme very difficult as I don’t ‘celebrate’ Halloween – I think there’s enough evil around in the world… Read More moonlight for As You See It challenge
Hello crafty friends. It’s time for a new theme over at Alphabet Challenge – we’re up to the letter O and Billie has opted for ‘outer space’! Now I don’t have any space themed supplies, but I remembered the ‘hearty crescent moon’ set from Clarity which I thought would fit the bill from a slightly… Read More Alphabet Challenge – o for outer space
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m delighted to have been invited to guest design with TicTacToe challenge again! As it happens, this week’s grid had the perfect ingredients for a card I was asked at make for a friend, so I was very happy to see the top row which I’ve incorprated into this offering.… Read More floral birthday wreath
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m back with another card using the ‘happiness abounds’ set from Stampi’ Up!, picking up the sketch from Atlantic Hearts challenge and the delicious palette from Global Design Project. I’ll also be sharing it with Happy Little Stampers as a second offering for their watercolour challenge. I started with a… Read More watercoloured happiness
