Hello crafty friends. We’ve got a new theme over at Alphabet Challenge for you – we’ve reached H and Helen has opted for Holiday. It can be summer or Christmas – I’ve got out of synch with my Christmas cards since being away, so this gave me a good reason to get another one in… Read More H for Holiday at Alphabet Challenge
Hello cratfy friends. It’s only just over a month to go to this year’s ClarityCrafts summer retreats, so I thought I’d better use up some more of the backgrounds we made last year – I’ve got half a folder of them still! I do love ‘Barbara’s star flower spray’ stamp set too (this one is… Read More star flower spray
Hello friends. Well I’m firmly back in my favourite CAS place with today’s card using ClarityCrafts ‘SHAC Peace – Japanese flowers & butterflies’ stamp set, which ash become one of my favourite sets too! Lots of inspiration for this one, with the colours from Color Hues and the summer themes from Addicted to CAS and… Read More butterfly kisses
Hello there. I’m back with another silhouette stamp set from ClarityCrafts, this time it’s ‘meadowdance’. I just love the joy in these dancing children – they’re ready for the school holidays, methinks! I was inspired for this one by the theme over at The Paper Players – the stamps definitely say ‘summer fun’ to me!… Read More summer fun
Hello there! I decided it was time ClarityCrafts ‘butterfly tree’ stamp came out to play again, having watched Barbara put it through it’s paces on TV yesterday. For my card, I picked up the colours from Just Us Girls with the right-hand diagonal of butterfly, yellow & border from TicTacToe‘s grid. Sketch Saturday is a… Read More butterfly tree
Hello everyone. I’m looking forward to Barbara’s Clarity shows on CreateandCraft TV this afternoon, with lots of lovely goodies! I’ve got a couple more here to share with you – the woodland aperture & birds die set and the letterbox alphabet. I started by cutting the leafy aperture die from a piece of white card,… Read More woodland aperture
Hello crafty friends. I’ve got another look at ClarityCrafts ‘calligraphy girls’ stamps today – Barbara Gray will be showcasing them on CreateandCraft TV tomorrow afternoon. I’ve paired one of the girls with the BOW-WOB (black-on-white, white-on-black) papers, using a gel press to add colour to them and pull a print as well. I was inspired… Read More blue days!
Welcome to Friday’s blog – nearly time for the weekend! Before we get there, though, we’ve got a new challenge for you over at As You See It and it’s a colour palette that I’ve chosen for you! And I just had to use the ‘town’ three-way overlay stamp set from ClarityCrafts, given the inspiration… Read More colourful houses at As You See It
Hello friends. I’ve had a busy day and evening today, so decided to just pull out some of my stash and have a bit of a play! I’m a fan of the ‘love birds’ aperture die from ClarityCrafts (it works for lots of occasions) and I simply paired it up with a piece of the… Read More love birds
Hello crafty friends. I’ve gone all American a day early today, with a card for one of my US friends who lives over here. This is another quick and easy card, just using a ClarityCrafts stencil, brushes and inks and I’ve used several challenges to inspire the final design! Festive Friday are celebrating 4th July… Read More happy 4th July
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