Hello there! I still had Claritystamp’s ‘Tina’s doodle flowers’ out on my desk, so decided to make use of the dragonflies from the set for today’s card, thanks to the inspiration photo at The Card Concept (I know it’s a butterfly, but dragonflies are close, aren’t they?) I took the layout from Freshly Made Sketches… Read More doodle dragonflies
Hello crafty friends. Today’s card uses a Claritystamp set that I’ve been meaning to get out again for some time – Tina’s doodle flowers. It’s got lots of little elements in it, and those birds are just so cute! I thought it would work well with the colours from the new challenge at Color Throwdown,… Read More happy birday!
Well it’s time for a new theme over at Sparkles Challenge and Dawn has opted for ‘mushrooms & fungi’, which feels very appropriate for autumn. I had to rack my brains for this one as I don’t have any stamps with mushrooms or toadstool, but then I remembered a couple of pieces of an old… Read More Sparkles challenge – mushrooms & fungi
Hello crafty friends and welcome to another card! I don’t very often used a coloured card base, but it’s good to push yourself from time to time, don’t you think? I’ve really challenged myself as well by picking up the colours from The Paper Players for this one – I generally struggle with combining 4… Read More fresh floral birthday
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve got a pot of pansies to share with you today inspired by the photo at Just Add Ink, which I’m also going to share at Can You Handle The Pressure and Happy Little Stampers The first step was to emboss a piece of SU’s ‘starry sky’ card using the… Read More autumn pansies
Well it’s Sunday (it comes round so quickly!), so I’ve gone back into Claritystamp’s Craft Club for the ‘trio of flowers’ set from August 2021 – it’s a really sweet little group of stamps. As I usually do, I started with a square of white card. I ran a piece of masking tape across the… Read More Claritystamp Craft Club lookback – trio of flowers
Hello crafty friends. I managed to get some time today for an online crafting session wiht my sister – we were both using the ‘to have and to hold’ stamp from last month’s Claritystamp Craft Club. As always we produced very different cards! I used the sketch from Atlantic Hearts for my layout on this… Read More wedding cake
Welcome to my crafty blog and a second post of the day! I made this card and scheduled this post a couple of days ago, and it feels that so much has changed in that short time with the death of HM The Queen yesterday. Despite that, I’m thrilled to have been invited to join… Read More speedy pumpkins!
Hello there. Well it’s a very sombre day here in the UK, following the death of HM Queen Elizabeth II. Thinsg feel a bit strange, while at the same time so much is just continuing and it’s time for a new theme over at Alphabet Challenge – we’ve reached L and Debbie has opted for… Read More L is for leaves
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m back in my happy place with another CAS card today, this time using the ‘forever fern’ set from Stampin’ Up! I’ve taken inspiration from a couple of blog challenges for this one. The new theme at AAA Cards is ‘no layers and sympathy’ and I also picked up the… Read More sympathy leaves
