Welcome to my crafty blog. It’s a bank holiday in the UK today, and for once the sun is shining brightly (most Brits will tell you it usually rains on a bank holiday!) My crafting buddy came round for lunch today and it was so lovely to be able to sit outside and eat. We… Read More balloon flight
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m now up to October 2014 and the ‘live laugh love’ sentiment stamp in my journey back through Claritystamp’s new design club. This is a great sentiment for engagement or wedding cards, or just to send someone an uplifting message. IT’s a bit more of a grungy style than I… Read More Claritystamp new design club lookback – live laugh love #95
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve been busy making cards today for friends who have their birthdays this weekend – I can’t believe I left it all to the last minute though! Thank goodness for Julie Hickey’s alphabet dies and birthday stamps, which work so well for both male and female cards. I’ve got two… Read More happy happy birthday
Welcome to my crafty blog and another Father’s Day card! My son has already bagged this one, as his dad a is fanatical amateur cricketer. It’s a bit of a mixture of products, but sometimes that can give you the best of all worlds! I started with the ‘cover drive’ die from Tattered Lace (that’s… Read More a cricket-mad dad
Welcome to my crafty blog. I made today’s card thinking about all those who are getting ready to graduate from university and moving on to new things. It uses a couple of stamp sets from Claritystamp – ‘dream’ from the feel good words sets, and one of the butterflies drawn by Cherry Green. I’ve combined… Read More dream big
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m back with a couple more Father’s Day cards – I’m definitely on a roll with this! This first one uses a retired Stampin’ Up! set – ‘Sky’s the Limit’, which was one of the first SU sets I bought. I’ve hung onto it as it’s so useful for masculine… Read More you send me soaring
Welcome to my crafty blog. Here’s another card using Julie Hickey’s ‘sweet daisy’ stamp set – it’s such a pretty image. I was thinking about using again as my lawn has been absolutely full of daisies this month, thanks to all the rain we’ve had. My friend told me about ‘no mow May’ which has… Read More sweet daisy
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve been making a few more Father’s Day cards, which I’ll be sharing over the next few days, starting with this one using Stampin’ Up’s ‘Whiskey Business’ set. I bought this last year as it was perfect for a card I was asked to make, and it’s been carried over… Read More it’s a whiskey business!
Welcome to my crafty blog. It’s Sunday and so time for the next in my lookback series through the Claritystamp new design club. Today it’s the flower stem from September 2014, and I’ve used it in a card with the colours from this week’s Just Add Ink challenge and the sketch & photo from Inspired… Read More Claritystamp new design club lookback – flower stem #95
Welcome to my crafty blog. Today’s card uses another one of the stamps from Julie Hickey’s gorgeous ‘floral foliage’ set. I love the double outline on these leaves, which makes them great for embossing. I took inspiration for the design from this week’s layout over at Freshly Made Sketches – I tried to push my… Read More you are amazing
