Good morning crafty friends! I’m a bit late posting this card for the new Sparkles challenge, which went live at 9am (having been away on Clarity’s two day crafting retreat and busy prepping for TV this weekend before I left, I’ve got behind with my scheduling!) You can no doubt tell that this month’s theme… Read More Butterflies at Sparkles Challenge
Hi everyone! I’ve just had a fabulous couple of days at the annual ClarityCrafts summer retreat, picking up lots of tips and inspiration. I therefore thought it was only right to have got another of the background pieces from last year’s retreat used up at the weekend before I set off – I’ll have another… Read More all about the background!
Hello there. I’m back with another take on the ‘playful sprite’ printed image from ClarityCrafts‘ Poppets collection – I do love this little pair! I’ve pulled in a couple more challenegs on this one, taking the colours from The Paper Players (with brown as my neutral) and Seize the Birthday‘s ‘cute critters’ theme. So I… Read More poppet birthday
Hello friends! It’s just been declared the hottest day of the year so far in the UK, which makes the beach seem really tempting! I’m about to get into the car instead and head off to Kent for the next two days for ClarityCrafts annual summer crafting retreat, but I’ll most definitely have my shades… Read More beach vibes
Hello crafty friends! Well it’s very hot here this weekend, so I’ve gone with a colourful summer sky on today’s card, featuring the colours from Just Add Ink and the sketch from Atlantic Hearts and using ClarityCrafts new ‘just woodland & birds’ stamps (which work perfectly for the theme at Addicted to Stamps) I’ve pulled… Read More it’s your special day
It’s the weekend and time to relax a little, so here’s a card encouraging you to do just that thanks to ClarityCrafts‘ ‘dippy toe lady A4 sampler’ set. I took the layout from Freshly Made Sketches (rotating it) and the tones from Color Hues, which both worked perfectly with these little square stamps. I worked… Read More and breathe…
Hello friends. Well, here we are at Friday again and we’ve got a new theme at Alphabet Challenge – it’s J this time and Caz has chosen Juvenile (children or babies). I thought it was about time I broke out one of ClarityCrafts ‘poppets’ images – I’ve had the printed sheets (they come in a… Read More J for Juvenile at Alphabet Challenge
Hello there! Exciting news today, as I’ve been invited along to the latest Color Throwdown challenge as theur guest designer! We’ve got a lovely palette of red, yellow & green to play with and I decided to go with a bunch of summery flowers thanks to ClarityCrafts ‘star flower spray’ stamp and stencil (not forgetting… Read More Guest designer at Color Throwdown 805
Welcome to the weekend! My new ‘just woodland and birds’ stamps arrived from ClarityCrafts during the week, so I got them out to play with! I decided to create a sunset using the palette from Color Throwdown and the layout from Sketch Saturday (which I flipped to the mirror image) I started with a 5×5… Read More woodland thoughts
Hello friends and welcome to a new challenge at As You See It! Heather has given us a great recipe to work with and I opted to feature one of my favourite ClarityCrafts stencils – the ‘treescape’. I went with the sketch from Atlantic Hearts and will also share it with Can You Handle The… Read More forest recipe for As You See It challenge 329
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