Hello again. I’m busy getting back into the swing of crafting life – today we’ve got the new challenge from CAS Colours and Sketches and as it’s the first one of the month Suzy has given us this gorgeous palette to work with. I decided to use it in the background with ClarityCrafts ‘bubbles’ stencil,… Read More CAS Colours & Sketches 540 – colours
Hello and welcome into another dip back into Clarity‘s Craft Club archives, today featuring #97 ‘abstract pattern’ stencil which I’ve teamed up with one of the ‘Merry Little Christmas’ quote stamps and the ‘nativity miniatures’. I strated by gently brushing ‘chipped sapphire’ and ‘specked egg’ Distress Oxides through the stencil onto the centre of a… Read More Clarity Craft Club lookback – abstract stencil
Hello crafty friends. I’m back after a short break yesterday – life has got seriously busy as we start to run up to Christmas! I spent the day out yesterday meeting various friends so no time for crafting let alone blogging! Today’s card features the November stamp from Clarity‘s Craft Club – ‘wrapped in lace’… Read More golden gift
Hello crafty friends. I’m back with the last challenge of the year from CAS Colours & Sketches and my final one as their guest designer. This time, the challenge is to choose any previous one from 2023 (they are all over on their blog) and make is a seasonal card. I decided to go with… Read More hanging frame for CAS Colours & Sketches
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m delighted to have been invited along as the Surprise Birthday Guest at Seize the Birthday‘s new challenge – this week the ‘extra topping’ is to make a ‘card for a child’, but you can just play along with the regular ‘anything goes’ theme if you prefer. I’ve gone with… Read More Seize the Birthday challenge – card for a child
Hello there. It’s time for a new theme over at Sparkles Monthly Challenges and this time it’s men only – we want to see your masculine cards! I’ve gone with some brand new stamps for this card – I picked them up at the IndigoBlu Open Day on Saturday, which I went to with my… Read More Sparkles challenge – men only!
Well here we are at Friday again and already over halfway through January already! I broke out a new set of stamps today that only dropped through my letterbox yesterday! I was delighted to win one of the prizes at CAS Colours & Sketches‘ 500th blog challenge – a stamp set of my choice from… Read More purrfect day
Hello crafty friends. Well we’ve got a new theme for the next month over at Sparkles Challenge and Zowie has chosen ‘owls’. I’ve gone for a kid’s card with the new ‘hoot hoot hooray’ set from Avery Elle – this little chap is just too cute! I’ve picked up the layout from Freshly Made Sketches… Read More Sparkles challenge – owls
Hello crafty friends. Today’s card uses Stampin’ Up!’s ‘forever fern’ set and I’ve once again blended ink onto the leafy stamp, although this time with ink pads rather thans water-based markers. I took inspiration for the layout from the current challenge at Global Design Project, which is to CASE the card designed by Madeleine. I… Read More blended leaves
Hello again! A second card today – this one is for a friend to send her 3 year old grandson who’s a big fan of construction vehicles! I got a new set of stamps & dies for this one, ‘farming fun’ by Newton’s Nook, which are just brilliant. I took the layout from CAS Colours… Read More birthday digger
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