Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve been meaning to get Clarity’s ‘chinese lantern spray’ stamp out for a while now and finally got round to it today, thanks to the inspiration from The Paper Players and The Card Concept. I know they’re not pumpkins, but they are orange! I started by stamping the background using… Read More grateful
Hello crafty friends. I’ve gone for stencilling on today’s card, using sponges and the ‘poppies’ stencil from Clarity Crafts. I picked up the colours from Just Add Ink, and I’ll also share it with Happy Little Stampers for their stencil challenge and Seize the Birthday (although I haven’t used their optional ‘topping’ of halloween colours)… Read More poppy stencil
Welcome to my crafty blog and my next dip back into Clarity’s craft club. I’ve now reached March 2020 and the ‘cup n saucer’ die set. I decided to just use the cup die for this card of friendship, inspired by the quote at Time Out and using the colours from Color Throwdown. I started… Read More Clarity craft club lookback – cup n saucer die
Hello there. Today’s card is another one on the road to Christmas, but this time I’ve gone for less traditional colours, using the palette from CAS Colours & Sketches. I love the look of this border stamp designed by Hazel Eaton for Julie Hickey Designs, which nicely picks up the ‘trees’ theme from Global Design… Read More Christmas border
Hello there and welcome to my second post of the day. This time it’s for the new challenge at As You See It and this one is a recipe! There are five elements to include in your card, which makes for a very interesting challenge and I’ve combined them with the layout from Freshly Made… Read More masculine recipe for As You See It challenge
Hello crafty friends. We’ve got a new theme at Alphabet Challenge and it was my turn to choose it this time! We’re up to the letter P and I opted for ‘precious’. I thought this worked from two angles on this card – the Christ child is so precious for Christians around the world and… Read More P for precious at Alphabet Challenge
Hello crafty friends. I’ve had another play today with the new ‘framed florets’ set from Stampin’ Up!, inspired by the challenges at Hand Stamped Sentiments and Colour INKspiration I started by cutting a couple of strips of ‘starry sky’ patterned paper, which I attached to a 6×6 card blank, and then added a die cut… Read More florets special day
Hello crafty friends. Today’s card uses the very handy ‘nothing’s better than…’ set from Stampin’ Up!, which I thought of as soon as I saw the inspo list for the current Festive Friday challenge. I’ve picked up cookies, circle & square card from the list, which worked really well with the sketch from Atlantic Hearts… Read More consume cookies…
Welcome to my crafty blog. It’s time for a new challenge over at Love to Craft and as always the theme is ‘anything goes’. I decided to go with some simple masking on a piece of Clarity’s glorious ‘Waimea Falls’ designer card. I ran a black Sharpie round the edge of the card to start… Read More morning deer for Love to Craft challenge
Hello crafty friends – here we are with my usual Sunday trip back into Clarity’s craft club. The die from February 2020 was this funky tulip, which I thought would work well with this week’s challenge from Just Add Ink. I’ve gone for silhouette and day from their ‘choose two’ theme. I’ve also picked up… Read More Clarity craft club lookback – funky tulip
