Hello again! I’m still powering through Christmas cards – this one features the ‘twiggy bauble’, a new design from ClarityCrafts that’s been around for a couple of weeks. Barbara Gray drew it and is donating all the proceeds from it’s sales over the next few weeks to Children in Need (it launched on the night… Read More twiggy bauble
Welcome to my crafty blog and another Christmas card in non-traditional colours! This time it’s the holly wreath from ClarityCrafts ‘Christmas wreaths’ set, combining the colours from Color Dare, the CAS circle layout from Just Us Girls and the ‘deck the halls’ theme from Less is More. I stamped the holly wreath in ‘peacock feathers’… Read More teal wreath
Hello crafty friends! I’m still not done with Christmas cards, but decided to go with non-traditional colours on today’s ‘winter linocut – log cabin’ stamp set from ClarityCrafts, thanks to the colours at Inspire.Create, and picking up the moodboard from Peace on Earth The linocut stamp is a two-step image so I started with the… Read More peace & goodwill
Welcome to Sunday and an overdue dip back into Clarity’s Craft Club stencils – today it’s the ‘heart of hearts’ stencil (#95). I decided to go with the lovely colours from Global Design Project and the layout from Freshly Made Sketches to make a bright birthday card for Seize the Birthday I attached the stencil… Read More Clarity Craft Club lookback – heart of hearts stencil
Welcome to my crafty blog and a birthday card for a change! I’ve made good use of the ‘build-a-scene’ collection from ClarityCrafts with the ‘meadow flowers’ stamps and the masks, taking the palette from Creative Colour Challenges and the layout from Atlantic Hearts challenge. I’m also sharing it with Seize the Birthday – they’ve listed… Read More birthday scenes
Hello again! Today’s card showcases the ‘christmas deer’ aperture round die, another goodie that’s currently in ClarityCrafts‘ Gray Friday sale. I thought it would work well with the red & gold scheme from Color Hues, together with the themes from Time Out and The Holly and Ivy, and the top row (family critters, die cut… Read More red deer
Hello crafty friends! Today’s card features an older stamp set from ClarityCrafts that’s a great bargain in their current Gray Friday sale (Barbara Gray doesn’t do black, obviously!) I’ve only used a single stamp on this, the one from the top left corner of the set, picking up the colours from HandStampedSentiments, the leaves from… Read More a clever corner!
Welcome to my crafty blog and our mid-challenge reminder about the ‘add a hat’ theme for Christmas Craft Creations, where I’m guest designer this month. This time I’ve gone with ‘Jim’s Christmas jumper accessories’ from ClarityCrafts – I wonder how many woolly hats, scarves & gloves will be wrapped up this season! I picked up… Read More add another hat for Christmas Craft Creations
Hello crafty friends. It’s time for a new challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches and Nancy has a sketch for us. It immediately made me think of three trees, so I went back to the ‘winter wishes’ set from Linda’s Christmas Compendium by Clarity Crafts. I opted for the colours from the left hand column… Read More winter trees for CAS Colours & Sketches
Welcome crafty friends! Today’s card features a happy little gnome, who’s busy practising his lines for Christmas (I promise you he’s smiling under all that hair!) One of the things I love about ClarityCrafts is they way they easily mix and match – I’ve teamed him up the tree from ‘Linda’s Deep in the Forest’… Read More happy gnome!
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