Hello there! It’s time for our new challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches and Rachel’s given us a palette of lovely soft tones. I haven’t played with Clarity‘s ‘butterfly wreath’ A6 set for some time so thought it was due an outing, not least thanks to the inspo list at Festive Friday (I went with… Read More CAS Colours & Sketches 534 – colours
Hello crafty friends! You may be wondering why I’ve got a row of houses and a travel sentiment – well, today’s the day I’m off to Brussels with my sister for her birthday trip! We’re staying near the Grand-Place and the ‘wee houses’ from ClarityCrafts really reminded of those beautiful buildings in Belgium. I went… Read More Travel gently…
Happy Easter everyone! I thought we should celebrate with a cross of flowers using the ‘blooming corner’ stamp set from ClarityCrafts. I’ve pulled a couple of challenges together for this one, taking the sketch from Global Design Project, and the centre row of spring colours, free & stencil from TicTacToe‘s grid One thing I’ve learned… Read More floral cross
Welcome to my crafty blog and another spring-time birthday card for a friend. Today I’ve gone with the ‘three blooms’ stencil from ClarityCrafts, taking inspiration from the sketch and colours at Inspired by plus the stencil theme at Just Us Girls I’ve used all three of the flowers on the stencil on this card, starting… Read More a birthday bloom
It’s Good Friday today, a day of sombre reflection for Christians as we remember Jesus’ crucifixion, so it seemed appropriate to go with a thoughtful card using our new sketch at As You See It. I’ve gone back to one of the floral panel stamps from ClarityCrafts, pairing it with the palette from Color Hues… Read More always in my thoughts for As You See It
Hello there! Welcome to my crafty blog and a new challenge over at Seize the Birthday – sadly, it’s my last with them as guest designer. I’ve had a blast and I’ll be back playing along from next month. Our ‘topping’ this time (you can opt for ‘anything goes’) is spring florals and I decided… Read More Seize the Birthday – spring floral
I hope you;re not feeling too confused that I’m sharing a Christmas card in the middle of Holy Week, but I’m still working to stay on top of my personal challenge of one each week! Today’s card takes ‘Jayne’s winter scene – church’ stamps from ClarityCrafts and I’m going to share it with the challenges… Read More Let the bells ring out at Christmas
Welcome to my crafty blog and a simple die cut card using up an inky mop-up piece of card from my stash (that always makes me happy!) I reached for one of Clarity‘s fab ‘panoramic aperture quarterette’ dies – these are a quarter of the size of their regular dies (spot the clue in the… Read More keep it simple
Welcome to Monday and another Easter card – this time using the fabulous ‘bunny ears’ stamp which is the latest offering from Clarity‘s Craft Club! I’ve paired them with the grass part of Clarity’s ‘deerscape’ mask, inspired by the palette at Color Throwdown and a slightly loose take on the layout at Freshly Made Sketches… Read More Easter bunny ears
Hello crafty friends and welcome to a long overdue installment in my trips back into Clarity‘s Craft Club – I haven’t shared one of these since the middle of January! Anyway, better late than never – today’s card features the ‘lace flower’ stencil #100. I’ve made another Easter card (two, in fact) with the ‘patterned… Read More Clarity Craft Club lookback – lace flower stencil
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