Hello friends! I thought I’d share one of the cards from my first show yesterday, that got a bit rushed towards the end – this way, we can go through it at a steady pace. It uses the same set as Friday’s card, ClarityCrafts’ ‘festive topiary’, but this time I’ve stepped it up a bit… Read More mistletoe kisses
Good evening everyone! Bit of a late post today after being at the TV studios to launch the final set of Christmas stamps designed by Linda Williams for ClarityCrafts. They were really popular and the shows just flew by – I’ll share my other demos over the next few days but, for now, here’s that… Read More swirly Christmas tree
Hello again! I’ve been busy today getting ready for tomorrow’s TV shows – I’ll be on Create and Craft TV at 1pm & 4pm, launching a new collection of ClarityCrafts Christmas stamps designed by Linda Williams. Here’s one to whet your appetite using the ‘festive topiary’ set and a little pencil colouring, picking up the… Read More festive topiary
Hello friends! Well, here we are at Friday and the sun has finally returned to South East England – if only for a couple of days! Coincidentally, our new theme at As You See It challenge is to fill in the blank and share your favourite beach activity – to be honest, I’m not a… Read More Fill in the blank at the beach for AYSI
Hello crafty friends. I’ve seen a few cards in this style on social media and have been meaning to try it out for a while – the relaunch of ClarityCrafts companion papers gave me the perfect reason! I used papers from the Waimea Falls collection, taking three of the colours from Sunday Stamps‘ palette –… Read More birthday blocks
Hello there! I’ve got a rare card to share with you today – there’s absolutely no stamping on it! ClarityCrafts have revamped and relaunched their designer papers, so I decided to put a piece of the Amazonia set through it’s paces with the ‘leafy swirl’ die. The paper picks up the lovely tones from Hand… Read More Leafy swirl die
Hello everyone! July is rolling along very fast – we’re halfway through already and back with a new sketch challenge from CAS Colours & Sketches. I’ve taken the opportunity to bag another Christmas card, not least because ClarityCrafts have got their fab little penguin letterboxes collection as the current Alphabet of the Month offer. I… Read More CAS Colours & Sketches 541 – penguin sketch
Hello crafty friends. Well, I’ve really gone for it with a couple of ClarityCrafts stencils on this card for the our new masculine theme at Sparkles Challenge! Eileen Godwin on the Clarity design team does amazing things with stencils and I’ve taken a little inspiration from her blending techniques for this one, which I’m also… Read More one for the boys at Sparkles Challenge
Welcome to Sunday’s blog and a first run out for a new-to-me set of stamps (‘summer shades’) from ClarityCrafts, paired with their latest Craft Club stamps. I’ve pulled three current challenges together on this one, taking a lightly loose interpretation of the layout at Sketch Saturday (I hope the team can still see their sketch… Read More Follow the water…
Hello crafty friends. I’ve dropped back into my happy CAS style today, with a card of encouragement for a friend thanks to the ‘SHAC Vases & Foliage’ stamp set from ClarityCrafts. I took the colours from Color Throwdown and based the layout on the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches I started with one of the… Read More keep the faith
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