Hello there! Today’s card features a stamp that’s been in my stash for a while and not previously seen any ink – the ‘holly leaf’ outline. I remembered it when I was looking through a few blog challenges that end over the next couple of days. Inspired by have got a helpful sketch and leaf… Read More leaf outline stamp
Welcome to my crafty blog and a birthday card for a football fan! I’ve used one of ClarityCrafts tag dies as the topper on this card (I really should use them more often, they make a nice change from a square or circle). I took inspiration for this card from the challenges at The Paper… Read More sporty birthday
Good evening! Bit of a late post today – I’ve been at a village fete with my son this afternoon, running a stall selling my cards and his art work. We made a few sales but also got to talk to people about what we each do, which is so enjoyable. And now on to… Read More four robins
Welcome to my crafty blog and another visit to the new ‘Merry Christmas’ aperture framer die from ClarityCrafts, which I’ve paired up with the ‘family of penguins’ stamp set – aren’t they just the cutest? This time, after die cutting the Merry Christmas framer into a piece of Indian Summer designer paper which I’d backed… Read More Merry Christmas penguins
Hello crafty friends! We’ve got a new challenge over at Sparkles challenges – this month Zowie has challenged us to use an Alice in Wonderland theme for our creations. Well this definitely was a bit of a poser for me, as I don’t have anything that immediately fits the bill but then I remembered the… Read More Sparkles challenge – Alice in Wonderland
Hello crafty friends. I’m back with another of ClarityCrafts new ‘Christmas sentiment aperture’ framer dies that are being launched today. This time, it’s the ‘Health Peace & Sweet Content’ die – I’ve picked up the current ColorDare challenge (the paper has melon tones in the centre, along with the reds & greens) and the sketch… Read More health, peace & sweet content
Welcome to my crafty blog and a sneak peek at one of the new Christmas Sentiments aperture framer dies that ClarityCrafts are releasing tomorrow. For this card, I’ve teamed the die with ‘Tina’s Robins – 2 way overlay Christmas Ornaments’ stamps. My first step was to cut the die into a 15cm (6×6) square of… Read More Merry Christmas circle die
Hello crafty friends! Today’s card features another of the linocut stamps from ClarityCrafts, this time the ‘apple orchard’ set. It’s just perfect for autumnal cards, and I’ve incorporated colours from Color Dare (I picked up the two greens, orange and pink), the ‘outdoor’ theme from Global Design Project and the top row of ink blending,… Read More apple harvest
Hello there. Today’s card uses some of the latest Word Chain stamps from ClarityCrafts, together with their ‘birch trees’. I’ve pulled a few current challenges together in this design: the new theme of ‘outdoors’ at Global Design Project, the right hand column of square card, masculing & leaves from TicTacToe‘s grid, and the photo of… Read More Grandad’s trees
Welcome to another dip back into Clarity‘s craft club – today it’s the ‘peace aperture’ die (#45) from September 2022. It’s such a lovely design and I decided to use the layout from Freshly Made Sketches to showcase it, together with the colours from CAS Colours & Sketches; I’m also going to share it with… Read More Clarity craft club lookback – peace aperture die
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