Hello crafty friends. I’ve had a lovely afternoon crafting online with my sister – we were both playing with our latest goodies from Claritystamp’s craft club last month. These two cards were made with the ‘thinking of you panels’ stamps – a great set to make borders & frames with. I’ve used the new colours… Read More read & dream
I’m back with a second card today, as we’ve also got a new theme over at Sparkles Monthly Challenges. Claudia is hosting and wants to see our shaker cards. Now you may not believe this, but I’ve never made a shaker card before (seen lots of them), so off I went to YouTube for a… Read More Sparkles shaker card
Welcome – it’s time for a new letter over at the Alphabet Challenge! We’re up to H and Veronika has opted for ‘holidays’ as our theme. Now this can mean different things – Christmas or a vacation. I’ve tried to combine both with this stamp from Claritystamp, which made me think of skiing holidays as… Read More H for holidays
Hello there. Just a quick card this evening using the sketch from Atlantic Hearts – I always like to have a supply of sympathy/thinking of you cards available, as I never usually feel like makig one when it’s needed. I started with a strip of the retired ‘forever greenery’ designer paper from Stampin’ Up! and… Read More thoughtful wreath
Welcome to my crafty blog. I needed a card for a friend who’s just had a baby girl, and was inspired by Just Us Girls‘ challenge of creating a rocker card – it seemed very appropriate. I’ve never made one of these before – there are loads of videos on YouTube and it’s very easy!… Read More baby rocker
Hello there. I needed a boy’s birthday card so turned to Julie Hickey’s star dies as the focus for the card. I took the layout from the sketch over at As You See It (swapping the circles for stars), together with the colours from Color Hues, adding in their optional theme of ‘stars & stripes’.… Read More stars & stripes
Welcome to my crafty blog and my Sunday dip back into Claritystamp’s Craft Club. I’m now up to March 2021, which was the ‘reeds & insects’ stamp set. I started by stamping the reeds onto a small square of card using ‘potting soil’ Archival ink. I added a sun using a small circle mask and… Read More Claritystamp craft club lookback – reeds & insects
Hello there. Bit of a sporty theme to today’s card. A friend asked me to make one for her son’s birthday – he’s a big fan of Formula 1 and follows the Mercedes team. I thought the sketch over at Just Add Ink would work well, together with the themes of ‘metallic’ from Seize the… Read More Formula 1 birthday
Welcome to my crafty blog and a first outing for the hot air balloon die from Claritystamp’s Craft Club last month. I thought it would work well with the layout from Atlantic Hearts and I added in the central column of outdoors, blue & water from TicTacToe‘s grid. I’m also going to share it with… Read More ballooning birthday
Hello crafty friends. Today’s card uses the ‘daisy blooms’ stamps from Julie Hickey Designs – I’ve gone for a coloured card base, which I don’t do very often, thanks to the new palette over at CAS Colours & Sketches. I’ve picked up the ‘green thumb’ theme from The Paper Players and ’emboss’ from Less is… Read More bloom
