Hello crafty friends. Here’s another look at one of the new Japanese floral two-way overlay stamps from ClarityCrafts – this time I’ve paired the ‘joy crescent’ with the butterflies from the Japanese ‘peace’ flowers set. I started by stamping the outline floral circle from onto half a 6×6 card blank using black Archival ink. I… Read More Floral sky
Hello crafty friends. The gorgeous new ‘Japanese florals 2 way overlay’ stamps from ClarityCrafts are launching today (6pm & 9pm on Create & Craft TV) and I’ve taken advantage of the ‘happiness panel’ for our new sketch at CAS Colours &Sketches. The first step was to stamp the panel outline into a strip of white… Read More CAS Colours & Sketches 535 – sketch
Welcome to our new theme at Sparkles challenges and an appropriate choice for spring of the old saying ‘April showers bring May flowers’. Well it’s been pretty wet this month so far, so let’s hope it rings true! I went with one of ClarityCrafts brand-new ‘Japanese florals 2-way overlay’ stamp sets for this one, to… Read More Sparkles challenge – April showers bring May flowers
Life seems to be going by at speed and here we are again with our next challenge at As You See It and Heather C has given us this lovely soft spring palette. I decided they would work perfectly with the new geisha stamps from ClarityCrafts – had you spotted the lanterns in the bottom… Read More happiness lanterns for As You See It
Welcome to my crafty blog and another of the floral sprays stamps from ClarityCrafts, this time the ‘ginkgo leaves’. It’s another beautifully detailed image with infill stamps, although this time I went with watercolouring the image. But first, I took half a 5×5 card blank (my new favourite way to make my toppers) and created… Read More ginkgo leaves
Hello there! I’m back with another of my DT samples from Sunday’s ClarityCrafts TV shows, this time showcasing the lovely ‘chinese lanterns’ (or physalis) spray. They’re great two-step stamps, that have both the outline and then little infill ones to add the colours (there’s numbering on the coversheet so you can match them up exactly)… Read More physalis spray
Welcome to my crafty blog! I’ve gone for another take on the new geisha stamps from ClarityCrafts, this time pairing it with one of the ‘enso’ stamps. Enso is a sacred symbol from Zen Buddhism; it means ‘circle’ and is traditionally drawn with a single brushstroke as a meditative practice in letting go of the… Read More sunset geisha
Hello crafty friends. Today’s card is another of my samples from Barbara’s TV shows yesterday, this time using one of my all-time favourite stamps, the A6 ‘Tina’s floral spray’ set. I went with the spotlight technique, taking inspiration from the photo at AAA Colourful; I’m also going to share it with Just Add Ink as… Read More floral spotlight
Welcome to another look at the new Japanese geisha stamp set from ClarityCrafts and a contrast in style to yesterday’s card, thanks to one of the Infusions papers. I must admit, I intially thought the waterhouse was a teahouse, so was going to make witty comments about the suitability of the designer paper, but never… Read More Geishas at the waterhouse
Hello there! There’s an exciting launch of some brand new stamps from ClarityCrafts on TV tomorrow, when Barbara will be showcasing these fab new Japanese Geisha stamps that were originally drawn as part of the SHAC Facebook sessions. I took half a 6×6 card blank to use as my topper, stamped the geisha onto it… Read More Geisha
