Welcome to my crafty blog. Well, I’ve had a fabulous day today at the Claritystamp Open Day down in Kent – my first major craft event since the arrival of Covid! So much inspiration from Barbar Gray & the Clarity design team (and maybe a bit of shopping as well…!) Of course, I had to… Read More woodland ivy
I thought I’d share a card today that I was asked to make for someone celebrating their 80th birthday. I’ve used Julie Hickey’s ‘beautiful blooms’ dies again but this time, rather than the small graphic daisies, I’ve gone for the larger flowers. I used the sketch from Global Design Project and the new 2022 Stampin’… Read More 80th birthday
Hello crafty friends. Another Father’s Day card today, this one commissioned by a friend for their train loving dad. I’ve only got one stamp with a train on it (obvious shopping need there!), which is CI-404 from Crafty Individuals. I haven’t used it in ages (how often do I say that…?!), so it defintitely needed… Read More Dad’s train
Welcome to my crafty blog and another clean & simple card. I do like this sentiment from Claritystamp’s ‘mini words of wisdom’ set, and used it to combine three current challenges. I’m back to playing along with Just Us Girls after my guest designer slot last month – their theme is ‘paintbrush’, but I don’t… Read More painted rainbow
Welcome to my crafty blog and another Father’s Day card. Stampin’ Up!’s ‘whiskey business’ set is so useful for masculine cards. I’ve picked up four challenges for this creation: the colours are from TGIF, the drink theme from The Paper Players and As You See It (both of whom have ‘beverage’ in their challenge), and… Read More straight up
Hello crafty friends. I’m back with more of the new dies from Julie Hickey Designs – this time it’s the turn of the ‘lovely leaves’. I thought they’d work well (with a slight twist) for the current sketch from Freshly Made Sketches and the lovely pastel colours from Color Throwdown. It’s a bit of a… Read More lovely leaves
Hello there and welcome to my weekly trip back into Claritystamp’s craft club. Now I’ve gone a bit against the grain today – we’ve had a weekend of fabulous Jubilee celebrations here in the UK, so here I am with a Christmas card! LOL! Well it’s only because this ‘holly and ivy’ stamp is the… Read More Claritystamp craft club lookback – holly and ivy
Welcoem to my crafty blog and a first play with some of the new ‘beautiful blooms’ dies from Julie Hickey Designs. These graphic flowers remind me of the Mary Quant logo from the 1960s. I went with the combined sketch and colours challenge from CAS Colours and Sketches, as well as the left hand column… Read More beautiful blooms
Hello there. It’s time for a new letter at the Alphabet Challenge – we’re now on to E and Billie has chosen ’emboss’. You can opt for wet (heat) or dry embossing – I’ve gone with dry for this masculine card and also picked up the top row on The Paper Players‘ Tic-Tac-Toe grid. This… Read More E for emboss
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve gone a bit patriotic today with red, white & blue as it’s the first day of the long weekend of celebrations for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee here in the UK. Strawberries are a quintessential British summer fruit as well, and lots of people are having street parties over the… Read More strawberry picnic
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