Hello crafty friends. I’ve still been playing with the new ‘Linda’s Christmas Compendium’ stamps released by ClarityCrafts and today it’s the turn of the ‘deep in the forest’ set. For this design I’ve CASE’d (copy and selectively edit) a card my friend Joanne James made a few years ago, and just used the small tree… Read More merry & bright Christmas
Hello again! Here’s another card using the ‘winter wishes’ set from ClarityCrafts‘ new ‘Linda’s Christmas Compendium’ – these lovely tall trees are in the same set as yesterday’s robins and I’ve used one of the ‘circle backdrop’ stamps for my background. I started with the smaller of the circle backdrop stamps and brayered ‘salvaged patina’… Read More let it snow
Welcome to the final one of my design team sample card for the new Art Nouveau collection stencils from ClarityCrafts. Today it’s the turn of the ‘Christmas Stars’ stencil – I’m going to share this one with the challenges at Happy Little Stampers and The Holly and Ivy (for obvious reasons!) I needed to make… Read More star stencil
Hello again – I’m back with more inspiration from ClarityCrafts‘ new SHAC Vases & Foliage stamp set and, as promised, this one is even more CAS than my previous offerings! I love those dark blue glazed pots you often find in garden centres, which gave me the idea for this vase. Once again, I started… Read More single vase
Welcome to my crafty blog and an early peek at the brand new SHAC ‘vase and foliage’ stamp & masks set that ClarityCrafts are launching tomorrow on Create & Craft TV (3pm and 7pm UK time). These really lend themselves to my favourite CAS style (more of that in the next couple of days), but… Read More SHAC vase group
Welcome to my second post today and another card with the brand new ‘Japanese flowers and butterflies’ stamps from ClarityCrafts, this ime using the ‘peace’ set. These are such beautiful designs and ideal for my favourite CAS (clean and simple) style. We’ve got a new challenge at As You See It and this time it’s… Read More As You See It colours challenge
Hello crafty friends. Barbara Gray is back on Create & Craft TV this afternoon with some more Claritystamp Christmas goodies, so I thought I’d share a card made using the Bijou Joy to the World Bauble stamp set. I’m going to share it as a second offering with both Christmas Craft Creations and Inkspirational challenges.… Read More bijou bauble – joy to the world
Hello again! As promised, I’m back with another of my design team cards using the new SHAC bauble stamps from ClarityCrafts – this one features the snowflakes from the ‘Merry Christmas’ set. This time I started by blending ink onto a 6×6 card blank, starting from the fold side. I used ‘chipped sapphire’ at the… Read More SHAC bauble – snowflake sky
Welcome to my crafty blog and a bit of an exciting day! It’s the launch of new sets of Christmas stamps from ClarityCrafts on Create & Craft TV and a first airing for my design team samples, so I thought I’d share one with you! I started with a piece of Clarity’s ‘Northern Lights’ designer… Read More SHAC bauble – Merry Christmas
A wintery card in June? Well, this is the time of year when all the crafters get seriously busy with their Christmas cards and there are lots of new release stamps coming through – the ClarityCrafts team with be on Create & Craft TV tomorrow with some brand new designs. Before then, I’ve picked up… Read More a winter scene
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