It’s time for a new theme at Alphabet Challenge where we’ve reached the letter E – Meg has challenged us to create easel cards. Now I normally go for flat front cards, rather than fancy folds, so had to get my thinking cap on for this one! I thought the sketch at The Paper Players… Read More E for easel card
Hello crafty friends. Today’s card uses a ClarityCrafts stamp set that’s been in my stash for a few months and only now seen the light of day! (is it just me…?!) I thought the trio of vases from ‘Enjoy Today Flowers’ would work well with the current double sketch & colours challenge at CAS Colours… Read More Enjoy today
Hello everyone! Exciting news to share with you today – I’ve joined the ClarityCrafts Design Team! I was thrilled (and a bit stunned) to be invited to be part of the team by Barbara Gray – she’s been a key inspiration on my crafting journey and was the person who first taught me how to… Read More I’m celebrating…
Hello again and welcome to my crafty blog. Today’s card uses one of my favourite techniques – masking & blending inks, together with ClarityCrafts’ ‘trees and their mantles’ stamps. I picked up the colours from Just Add Ink and the ‘silhouette’ theme from Just Us Girls I started with a square of white card that… Read More today well lived…
Hello there! I’m back with a very clean & simple card today, using one of the ‘floral frames’ stamps from Julie HIckey Designs. I’ve pulled three challenges together for this one – the layout is from Inspire.Create and the colours from Color Throwdown, together with the overall theme from Less is More The first step… Read More daisy frames
So Im well and truly back in the flow now, following my holiday, so I’ve restarted working back through my Clarity Craft Club supplies picking up where I left off in March. Today’s card features Linda Williams’ love aperture die (#32) from August 2021 I started with the background, having cut a piece of white… Read More Clarity Craft Club lookback – love aperture die
I’m back with another masculine card today, this time using the now-retired ‘tech support’ set from Stampin’ Up! I adapted this design from a card I saw on Pinterest, adding in inspiration from Color Hues and Happy Little Stampers. I started by blending ‘ripe persimmon’ Distress Oxide onto a piece of white card, keeping it… Read More age not found…
Hello crafty friends. I’ve been busy today making a few masculine cards ready for friends with birthdays that are coming up, so thought I’d share one of them today. I’ve used the ‘clockwork aperture’ die from ClarityCrafts, which is so useful for men’s cards, with inspiration from Festive Friday (I picked up blue, masculine &… Read More birthday cogs
Welcome to my crafty blog. Today’s card is a one layer offering, inspired by the Facebook live Julie Hickey did yesterday (you can link through to it here). I don’t have the stamp set Julie used, so instead pulled out some of the small accent stamps from a few of her older sets – more… Read More masked circle
Hello there! I’m really getting back into my crafting routine now – today’s card features the ‘periwinkle & friends’ aperture die from ClarityCrafts, inspired by the challenges at AAA Cards, Atlantic Hearts and Happy Little Stampers You’ll know that I’m a stamper at heart, but there’s none to be seen on this card! I started… Read More pink birthday
