Hello there and welcome to another crafty blog. I’ve gone back to Claritystamp’s ‘riverside landscape’ masks for this card, which picks up the themes at Time Out and Festive Friday. You may not immediately think of an outdoor scene for ‘happiness is… a warm puppy’, but I’ve decided this is a beautiful warm summer’s evening… Read More puppy happiness
Welcome to my crafty blog and my weekly dip back into Claritystamp’s craft club. Today I’ve used the ‘abstract texture’ stamp from January 2020 for the landscape on this card. I started with a 5×7 card blank and laid the ‘hills’ mask across it, before repeat stamping the ‘abstract texture’ across the bottom of the… Read More Claritystamp craft club lookback – abstract texture
Hello crafty friends! I’ve been playing again with the sunflowers from Claritystamp – it’s a great little set and the Clarity team are donating 50% of the proceeds from their sale to the British Red Cross in aid of Ukraine. I’ve used the inspiration card over at Global Design Project for this one, picking up… Read More sunflower pattern
Hello crafty friends. My blue tit stamps from Clarity’s ‘garden birds’ set are making their annual appearance as it’s spring, and here they are busy on their bird feeder. I thought of these as soon as I saw the inspiration photo over at Just Us Girls, which I’ve paired with the sketch from Just Add… Read More bird feeder
Hello crafty friends, and welcome to my Sunday dip back into Claritystamp’s monthly craft club. I mentioned last week that I took a break from the club at the end of 2018, but rejoined a year later just before I retired from full time work, so here we are with the ‘hare fox & badger’… Read More Claritystamp craft club lookback – hare, fox & badger #158
Hello crafty friends. It’s time for another letter at the Alphabet Challenge – we’re up to Z and Caz has challenged us to use ‘zigzags’ on our creations. I’ve got a few patterned stencils from Claritystamp that I don’t really use very much, and remembered this chevron design that I thought would be perfect. I… Read More Z is for zigzags
Hello there. I deiceded to ahve another play wiht Claritystamp’s ‘birthday dangles’ set, this time using it on one of my inky backgrounds, thanks to the inspo list from Festive Friday for World Party Day (no, I didn’t know either!) I’ve picked up balloons, celebratory statement and hat from the list, together with the colours… Read More birthday dangles
Hello crafty friends. Today’s card uses a Claritystamp set that I’ve not had out for ages – the ‘make a wish’ three way overlay stamps. I thought of these when I saw the challenge of ‘simple stamping’ over at TGIF – apart from the backing of designer card, there is only stamping on this one.… Read More make a wish
Hello crafty friends. Well, it’s Sunday so time for another lookback into Claritystamp’s monthly craft club, and this time it’s to December 2018 for the ‘cuckoo clock’ (and cuckoo!). This is the end of a chapter really – I’d broken my shoulder a few months earlier and so hadn’t been doing much crafting. I’d got… Read More Claritystamp craft club lookback – cuckoo clock
Welcome to my crafty blog and another card made from die cuts, this time with added paper piecing. These little felines on Claritystamp’s ‘cats on a comfy chair’ die just have such attitude – I love the one in the corner peeping in! They are so like our two cats, Tom & Benji, who are… Read More comfy cats
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