Hello crafty friends. My new ‘leafy overlay stencils’ from ClarityCrafts arrived at the weekend, so they just had to come out for a first play! I’ve used all three stencils in the set, picking up texture & foliage from Just Add Ink, the tones from Color Hues and the autumn option from Stencil Fun with… Read More leafy overlay stencils
Hello everyone! I’m still playing with the new ‘panoramic’ three-way overlay stamps from ClarityCrafts, this time making a card for a friend over in New Zealand. I know it’s spring over there now, but I thought the colours from Just Us Girls were beautiful, even though they look a little autumnal (it’s the thought that… Read More birthday tree
Hello everyone – I hope your weekend is going well. I’ve got a bit of a throwback with today’s card, as I’m using up another of the watercolour backgrounds we created at ClarityCrafts‘ summer retreat last year. As usual, I failed to write the colours on the back of this piece but, having compared it… Read More watercolour background
Hello again! I’m back with a second card as the celebrations have started for ClarityCrafts 31st birthday weekend! Barbara & Paul are on Create & Craft TV with several shows through until Sunday afternoon, bringing us fab new products and a few older favourites! I’ve used the flowers from the ‘special day sentiments’ set (it… Read More happy birthday Clarity!
Hello there! Friday seems to come round very quickly and we’ve got another new theme to challenge you at As You See It – it’s the dreaded speed stamping! We ask you to make a card in under 10 minutes, this time on the theme of fruit. I was struggling with this one, as I… Read More Fast fruit at As You See It challenge
Hello there! I have a CAS card to share with you today, using the ‘bijou birthday dangles’ stamp from ClarityCrafts and a bit of colour blending. I’ve taken the tones from the current Color Hues palette, with the ‘sentiment only’ theme from CAS on Friday and the ‘blended’ challenge at Addicted to CAS I started… Read More blended birthday
Hello crafty friends. I’ve got a quick notecard to share with you today, using the ‘just flowers’ stamps and ‘thick & thin stripes’ stencil from ClarityCrafts. I’ve pulled a few challenges into this one, with the sketch from Atlantic Hearts, a selection of the colours from Color Dare and the inspiration photo from Just Add… Read More floral love
Welcome to Friday and a new letter over at Alphabet Challenge! It’s my turn to choose this week and, as it’s now K, I went with kittens and cats (sneaky, eh?) It gave me another excuse to use one of my all-time favourite ClarityCrafts stamp sets – the ‘birdhouse garden’. I just love this hopeful… Read More K for kittens & cats at Alphabet Challenge
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!
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