Hello there. I’m late posting this evening, but I’ve just been running out of energy in this heat! I seriously don’t know how the tennis players at Queens are coping – or maybe I’m just getting old! Anyway, I opted for some summery colours for a simple butterfly card today, using one of Clarity’s Just… Read More silhouette frame butterfly
Hello everyone. Well, in honour of the heatwave here I’ve brought one of Clarity’s Hippie Chicks out to play – she’s suitably dressed in her crop top and shades! I used the layout from Freshly Made Sketches to show her off (although I moved the sentiment, having not checked properly before I stamped it!) This… Read More hippie chick
Hello friends! Well, it may be seriously hot outside, but I’m sticking to my ambition of making one Christmas card each week through the year, so here’s my latest offering using Clarity’s Bijou 12 Days of Christmas stamp set. Once again, I’ve managed to combine a few challenges to produce this card, starting with the… Read More 25th December
Hello friends and welcome to this week’s Christmas card! It’s another using Clarity’s winter build a wreath stamps – it was still on the top of my stamp pile, waiting to be put away after the Open Days at the end of last month! I hope you’re not bored with it yet… I managed to… Read More Christmas boughs
Hello crafty friends. It’s less than two weeks now until Father’s Day, so I thought I’d better crack on with sharing another of my creations using Clarity’s sport frame stamp set – this time with a cricketer ready for the English summer season. Helpfully, Festive Friday have got Father’s Day as their theme this time… Read More Fathers day cricket
Hello friends. I’ve had a busy but fun day today, setting up ready to spend the next two days demonstrating at Clarity’s Open Days in Kent and catching up with my design team buddies. I thought I’d pop in and share one of the designs I’ll be demoing (if anyone wants to see it!) using… Read More Christmas swag
Hello friends and welcome to this week’s Christmas card! This time round I’ve used Pearl from the Christmas mini poppets – she’s just so sweet with her little basket of stars! As ever, I’ve managed to incorporate a few blog challenges into this one, starting with a slightly loose interpretation of the layout at Atlantic… Read More Christmas Pearl
hello crafty friends and welcome to this week’s Christmas card! I know the sun’s been shining outside, but it’s week 20 of 2025 and I’m keeping up with my personal challenge! This week’s offering, using Clarity’s nativity miniatures stamps is inspired by the nativity theme at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown and the K for Kraft… Read More Landscape nativity
Hello everyone. It’s a big weekend of football here in the UK, with the men’s FA Cup final yesterday and the women’s one today. That prompted me to start working on Father’s Day cards ready for next month – this first card uses the wee sports folk stamps from Clarity, plus their BOW-WOB (black-on-white, white-on-black)… Read More Father’s Day football
Hello friends. I’ve been trying to catch a bit of the sunshine today inbetween work meetings, but sat down to a bit of crafting earlier this evening while watching Clarity’s Paul Church on HobbyMaker TV with the fab floral frame dies. I went with the hapy birthday one on my card – and then realised… Read More floral birthday die
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