Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m thrilled to say this is my first design team card for the Love to Craft challenge blog, hosted by my bloggy friend Leslie! The challenge runs for 6 weeks until August 15th and the theme is ‘anything goes’, so you’ve got plenty of time to plan what you’ll share… Read More twisted ribbon card
Welcome to my crafty blog and our next letter at the Alphabet Challenge. We’re on to G and Melanie has challenged us to ‘giggle’ with a humorous card. The ‘senility prayer’ (a bit of a different take on the well known serenity prayer) always makes me smile – this is a stamp from Clarity that… Read More G for giggle
Hello crafty friends. It’s proving to be a busy old week and I didn’t manage to post a card yesterday for the first time this year! I’m back today, though, with a beach themed card using Stampin’ Up!’s ‘friends are like seashells’ collection. I thought of this as soon as I saw the inspiration photo… Read More seashell friends
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve been playing wiht another stamp I picked up at Clarity’s OPen Day earlier this month – the small floral spray. I’ve already got this in the A5 size, and those of you who’ve been on this journey wiht me for a while will know that it’s one of my… Read More floral spray congrats
Hello crafty friends. It’s been a busy work day today, so I thought I’d grab a bit of downtime this evening and make a quick card using As You See It‘s speed challenge. So this card took less than 10 minutes to make. I’ve also picked up the colours from Global Design Project and the… Read More speedy & late!
Well it’s Sunday again so here I am with the next in my series working back through Claritystamp’s Craft Club stamps. Today it’s the ‘with love mandala’ set from January 2021 and I’ve also included the bonus set that was included at the beginning of the year – they work so well together. I started… Read More Claritystamp craft club lookback – mandala
Hello there and welcome to another card using the ‘linocut daisy’ from Claritystamp – I hope you’re not getting bored of these! This time the focus is on the background, which I’ve made using the cling film technique, thanks to a weekend challenge from my crafty friend Annie over on her Facebook group. Haven’t done… Read More take time
Hello crafty friends. I’m back with another card using one of Claritystamp’s linocut stamps (‘daisy’) after watching Barbara Gray on selly telly this morning. I’ve just used one of the stamp pair this time – more of that in a minute. I thought the colours from Color Throwdown would be ideal for this image, and… Read More dear friend
Welcome to my crafty blog. I need a few more cards for weddings and anniversaries that are coming up, so thought I’d better make a start! I’ve been mulling on the current theme of ‘tropical’ from Time Out and remembered the ‘touch of ink’ set from Stampin’ Up!’s Saleabration last year, which has a humming… Read More together
Hello crafty friends, and welcome to another card featuring die cuts – it does seem to be becoming a bit of theme for me! I’ve gone back to the ‘friendship flower’ dies from Julie Hickey Designs for this card, inspired by a few of this week’s challenges. The layout picks up the new sketch from… Read More summer flowers
