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Sharing my crafting journey in the world of handmade cards – now a Design Team member for ClarityCrafts

Author: deborahwheeler13

I recently retired from full time work as a senior nurse, so now have time to indulge my love of crafting. I've been making cards for about 10 years - always learning and always enjoying the journey

a retreat background

Hello crafty friends. I’m off to Kent this evening to be ready for the first day of Clarity’s summer retreat tomorrow, so have another of last year’s background creations to share with you today! We made this one with inks on a gelli plate, then laid a couple of pieces of the fab BOW-WOB paper… Read More a retreat background

17th Aug 2025 deborahwheeler1313 Comments

bright butterfly

Hello everyone. I’m busy getting ready to head off to Kent tomorrow to spend a couple of days at the annual ClarityCrafts retreat on Monday & Tuesday. I decided that I really should sort out my project folder from last year, when we were busy making backgrounds – one year on, it’s definitely time to… Read More bright butterfly

16th Aug 2025 deborahwheeler1316 Comments

Clean and Simple at Sparkles Challenge

Hello there. We’ve got a new challenge starting today at Sparkles and it’s right in my happy place – clean & simple! I needed to replenish my stash of new baby cards, so went with the ‘baby’ theme over at CAS on Friday and the lovely blue tones at Creative Colour with Clarity’s Adorable Baby… Read More Clean and Simple at Sparkles Challenge

15th Aug 202515th Aug 2025 deborahwheeler1310 Comments

best day floral spray

Hello crafty friends. After all the recent new goodies I’ve been sharing, I’m back today with one of my all-time favourite Clarity images – Tina’s floral spray. This worked well for a few current challenges, starting with the beautiful colours from Sunday Stamps. We Love Stamping have got a floral theme and the regular florists… Read More best day floral spray

14th Aug 202514th Aug 2025 deborahwheeler1317 Comments

London Christmas

Hello friends and welcome to Wednesday’s blog. I’m back in my weekly Christmas card routine (for now) with a final look at a sample I made with the new Sketchy stamp set, this time adding in the Winter Build a Wreath stamps (yes, I know I said I’d put all these away…!!) I’ve added in… Read More London Christmas

13th Aug 202513th Aug 2025 deborahwheeler138 Comments

blue Liberty

Hello crafty friends. I’m still working though my samples from Clarity’s new Sketchy stamps launched last Friday – I just love the variety of looks you can get with these landmark images. I’ve kept it very CAS today on a watercoloured notecard, picking up the shades of blue theme from Color Dare My starting point… Read More blue Liberty

12th Aug 202512th Aug 2025 deborahwheeler1312 Comments

Love in Paris

Hello crafty friends. I’m back with another take on the new Sketchy stamps from Clarity and. as Paris is the City of Love, it felt only right to do an engagement card for one of my samples, which also fits the ‘anything goes’ option at Simply Clean & Simple. I dug a scrap of an… Read More Love in Paris

11th Aug 202511th Aug 2025 deborahwheeler139 Comments

Sketchy London

Hello crafty friends. Well, I missed sharing this card yesterday – we had such a busy day moving my son’s girlfriend out of her shared accommodation and it wasn’t until I sat down at 10pm that I remembered I hadn’t posted this (and by that time I’d run out of steam!) Anyway here it is… Read More Sketchy London

10th Aug 2025 deborahwheeler1311 Comments

picnics at As You See It challenge

Hello again and welcome to a second post for today. This time I’ve got our new challenge at As You See It to introduce you to – Heather has given us the perfect summer theme of ‘picnics’! I just had to reach for the Lemon Tree set from Linda’s In The Garden collection which has… Read More picnics at As You See It challenge

8th Aug 20258th Aug 2025 deborahwheeler1315 Comments

I for ink blending at Alphabet Challenge

Hello crafty friends. I’ve got a couple of posts to share with you today and this first one kicks off our new theme of ink blending at Alphabet Challenge with a New York morning view using the new Sketchy stamps from Clarity that Barbara is launching live at 10am this morning on Clarity Social TV.… Read More I for ink blending at Alphabet Challenge

8th Aug 20257th Aug 2025 deborahwheeler1318 Comments

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