Hello friends – I’m back with this week’s Christmas card offering and this time I’ve gone for non-traditional colours, although I have used a seasonal stamp from Tina’s Christmas Angels elements set. I was inspired by the sketch from my bloggy friend Catherine, aka InkyFingeredCat, who’s running a ‘Christmas in July’ challenge all month, as… Read More purple poinsettia
Hello crafty friends. It’s all getting a bit busy here this week with various work and crafting commitments, but I found a bit of time this afternoon to make a couple of cards using Clarity’s nested circle letterbox doodle frame-it panel dies. I was looking at my stash while watching Paul showcasing the whole collection… Read More rainbow circles
Hello there. Gosh, Sunday does seem to come round quickly each week and I’ve popped in a with a quick post to share this tag I made, inspired initially by the mid-month challenge over on Clarity’s Mini Makes & ATCs Facebook page and picking up the ‘pretty flowers’ theme at Allsorts Challenge The requirements for… Read More celebrations tag
Hello crafty friends! I make no apologies as I’m back yet again with Clarity’s Summer Build a Wreath stamps, this time with a birthday card. I blame Just Us Girls as their moodboard immediately made me reach for this set again, together with the ‘summer birthday’ theme at AAA Birthday and a final offering for… Read More summer birthday wreath
Hello friends. I’ve been working on demos today for my Clarity Social TV shows next Friday, but grabbed a few minutes to play again with one of Clarity’s new Hot Foil Kits, this time the silver one. I was watching Paul’s shows today and he reminded me that any of the products printed by Clarity… Read More foiled poppet
Hello crafty friends. I’m back in my comfort zone today with another look at the Summer Build a Wreath stamps! I was asked to make a wedding card for a colleague at one of the charities I work with – she’d been talking about how they are having their small reception in her grandmother’s garden… Read More wedding wreath
Hello crafty friends! I’ve got a second Christmas card to share today after playing with Clarity’s hot foil kits and Christmas BOW-WOB papers yesterday, in anticipation of Paul Church’s show with these (and a new kit) at 2pm today on HobbyMaker TV. This card used the sketch from Sunday Stamps and the ‘Christmas in July’… Read More more foiling…
Hello again! I’m back with a second card to give you a heads up that Paul Church will be on HobbyMaker TV tomorrow with a new set of Clarity’s Hot Foils and the Christmas BOW-WOB (black-on-white, white-on-black) collage papers. I decided to spend a bit of time this afternoon foiling some of my BOW-WOB papers… Read More foiled Christmas trees
Hello friends. It’s Monday again, but every day is a good one for cake, right? I’ve got a simple offering today using one of the images from Clarity’s Stay Calm Drink Tea stamp set and a perfect quote stamp from Set 7 (I love these wood black effect inages). Once again I’ve combined a few… Read More cake, cake, cake
Hello friends. It’s another hot weekend in London, so I’ve been staying indoors (another good excuse for crafting!) My poor potted plants are struggling in the heat, so I decided to create some healthier looking ones with Clarity’s stamp sets! I’ve combined the lovely palette from Creative Colour Challenges with a slightly stripped down interpretation… Read More pink potted plants
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