Welcome to my crafty blog and an announcement – I’ve been invited to join the design team for the Alphabet Challenge Blog! Huge thanks to Caz and the team for selecting me to join, and for the lovely warm welcome I’ve had. Today’s card is my first contribution for the Alphabet team for the new… Read More D is for dragon – and a design team!
Welcome to my crafty blog, and a card with a stamp set I’ve only used once so far since getting it – ‘hydrangea haven’ from Stampin’ Up! This seems to be one of those sets that I really like the look of and then struggle to put into practice – does anyone else ever have… Read More the world is better because of you
Welcome to my crafty blog and a very excited post. Today’s card is the first I’ve ever been asked to contribute to a blog challenge as a guest member of a design team!! I was absolutely thrilled to be the featured guest stamper chosen last week by the Color Throwdown team, and so this card… Read More tranquility – and a guest DT slot!
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m sharing a quick and easy card today – always helpful to have one of these up your sleeve for when you’re in a hurry. The focal point of this card is one of the new stencils from WOW – this is the confetti circle, and I thought it was… Read More always look on the bright side of life
Welcome to my crafty blog. I got busy with a spot of die cutting for this card – I don’t often use lots of die cuts (basically I’m too impatient!) but was inspired by a recent online class with Joanne James (aka The Crafty Owl). I used the Stampin’ Up ‘forever fern’ stamps and matching… Read More give thanks
Welcome to my crafty blog. It’s time for another Sunday share from the Claritystamp new design club, and today it’s the ‘celtic knot’ from August 2014. I haven’t used this very much over the years, but it would be great for making a frame on a card, although I’ve just gone for a centre highlight… Read More Claritystamp new design club lookback – celtic knot #94
Welcome to my crafty blog. Today;s card features one of the new ‘florals for you’ stamps by Julie Hickey. I love the clean lines of Julie’s stamps, and her recent online class gave me lots of ideas for using them. I’ve based this card on two current blog challenges – the layout from Freshly Made… Read More tulips – a favourite spring flower
Welcome to my crafty blog. The weather’s been miserable here for the last couple of days, so I thought I’d start looking ahead to summer and lovely bowls of strawberries & raspberries. I got Stampin’ Up!’s ‘sweet strawberry’ set earlier this year, together with the ‘berry blessings’ stamps in the Sale-a-bration and thought they deserved… Read More wishing you the berry best
Welcome to my crafty blog. It’s Father’s Day next month (on 20th June), so I’ve started getting some cards made ready for sale. I’ve gone with Stampin’ Up!’s retired ‘glass half full’ set for this one – I think it works really well for masculine cards (although quite a few ladies I know are partial… Read More Father’s Day glass of wine
Welcome to my crafty blog. It’s International Nurses’ Day today, as 12th May was Florence Nightingale’s birthday, and there have been lots of celebrations and events to mark the contribution nurses make in hospitals and healthcare organisations across the UK. The annual service at Westminster Cathedral has taken place today, after being postponed last year,… Read More International Nurses’ Day
