Hello crafty friends and welcome to my second post today. This one has the new challenge at As You See It – it’s a bonus inspiration photo for the end of the year! Now my new Stampin’ Up! goodies have arrived ahead of the launch of the new mini catalogue in January and I went… Read More Inspiration photo at As You See It challenge
Welcome to my crafty blog and our next letter at Alphabet Challenge. We’re now on to S and Helen has chosen ‘snow’ as the theme – perfect for this time of year! CAS Colours & Sketches are celebrating their 500th challenge and have sent the task of making a seasonal card from any of the… Read More S for Snow at Alphabet Challenge
Hello there and welcome to our new challenge at Sparkles. Angela has chosen ‘gnome home for the holidays’ as our theme this month, so Clarity’s ‘letterbox gnomes’ got to come out and play one more time! I started with the holly stencil from Clarity’s ‘christmas rounds’ set and laid it over the front of a… Read More Sparkles challenge – gnome home for the holidays
Hello crafty friends. I’m delighted to have been invited along as Guest Designer for the new challenge colours at Color Throwdown. It’s a beautiful palette of pink, ice blue and gold. I was inspired by the Christmas trees in the photo, so reach for Stampin’ Up!’s ‘spruced up’ set. The first step was to stamp… Read More Guest designer for Color Throwdown #723
Welcome to my crafty blog and a card that I’m still in two minds about! I decided to use Clarity’s ‘Jayne’s winter scene – church’ for this card based on the sketch from TGIF challenges (which I rotated), picking up the top row from TicTacToe‘s grid. I started by creating an inky background. I’m really… Read More Christmas blessings
Hello crafty friends. I’ve been making more cards with Julie Hickey’s ‘sent with love’ envelope stamp, inspired by Phillipa Lewis’ recent online tutorial. I love the idea of stamping only part of the image – it makes stamps much more versatile. I’ve taken the colours from Just Add Ink and will also share it with… Read More birthday love and laughter
Hello there! Sunday again so I’ve been back to my Clarity craft club stash for the ‘hemlock aperture’ die from August 2020. I strated with a strip of white card and cut the hemlock die into it. I trimmed a piece of Clarity’s ‘Waimea Falls’ designer card to fit an A6 card black and glued… Read More Clarity craft club lookback – hemlock die
Hello crafty friends. I’ve stepped away from Christmas cards today and and sharing a birthday card with us, using the ‘funky happy birthday’ set from Clarity – I really like these doodled letters. I decided to keep it simple and let the design speak for itself, using the colours from CAS Colours & Sketches I… Read More doodle birthday
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m still trying to get Christmas cards finished – I never seem to have enough despite trying to make them throughout the year! Today’s uses the retired ‘arrange a wreath’ set from Stampin’ Up!, inspired by the sketch at Inspire.Create and the photo at The Card Concept I started with… Read More Christmas wreaths
Hello crafty friends. Bit of a change of theme on today’s card – I’ve got a few Jewish friends so needed some Hannukah cards to send them, as it begins on 18th December. I’ve used Stampin’ Up!’s ‘Eden’s Garden’ stamps, taking the colours from Color Throwdown and inspiration from the designer’s card at Global Design… Read More Happy Hanukkah!
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