Hello everyone – how are your final Christmas preparations going? I’ve been wrapping the last of the presents today and then I’m all set. I grabbed a bit of time to play with the latest stencil from Clarity’s Craft Club, which is a fab little Christmas cottage scene. I wanted to create a snowy scene… Read More Clarity Craft Club – Christmas cottage stencil
Hello everyone. It’s been a damp grey day here, so I thought I’d inject a bit of wintery atmosphere with the latest stamp from Clarity’s Craft Club the fab little ‘Let It Snowman’. I sat him in a chilly scene from the Landscapes by Barbara toppers set. The first step was to find a suitable… Read More Clarity Craft Club – December snowman
Hello crafty friends. I hope you’ve had a good weekend – I’ve been recovering from all yesterday’s excitement today! I made this card at the end of last week, when a friend & I caught up for an online session together. She’d got Jayne’s Floral Sampler out for some last minute cards and I realised… Read More sparkly poinsettia
Hello everyone. It’s the last weekend before Christmas and I’m a bit earlier posting today’s card – we’ve got a Christmas play at my church this evening, with final rehearsals this afternoon and I’m then having supper with a friend to watch the Strictly Come Dancing final. It’s all go! Anyway, the Bijou Art Nouveau… Read More art nouveau thank you
Hello friends. Another late evening post today – life is just so busy in this final run up to Christmas! Anyway, better late than never and I’m here with a card using the Bijou Art Nouveau Collection of stamps that Barbara was showcasing this morning over on Clarity’s YouTube channel. These images are just perfect… Read More holly art nouveau
Hello everyone. I’m back with another look at the new Mini Christmas Jumpers stamps, the sales of which are raising money for Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper event. Today I’ve gone with one of the silhouette images (which also work as infill stamps for the outlines), teaming it up with a piece of striped BOW-WOB… Read More another Christmas jumper
Hello crafty friends! Apologies for my absence yesterday – it was a long day at work followed by an evening out and I’d run out of steam by the time I got home! Anyway, I’m back in crafting action today with these fab new Mini Christmas Jumpers stamps – and the even better news is… Read More a mini Christmas jumper – for Save the Children
Hello crafty friends. I’m sharing a card & ATC (artist’s trading card) that I sent to my partner in this month’s Clarity ATC swap. The theme was ‘festive’ and ‘silver’ and I opted to put the November Craft Club stencil into use on both the ATC and card. Let me talk you through the process… Read More Craft Club stencil – foliage tree
Hello everyone – it’s Sunday evening and we’re headed for the last full week before the big day. Somehow I’ve wound up short of Christmas cards (I always forget to add my work colleagues into the overall numbers and just count up those to be posted!) so I whipped up a quick batch this afternoon… Read More Last minute Christmas cards!
Hello crafty friends. I’ve stripped it right back again on today’s card with one of Linda’s Christmas Floral Rounds stamps, and the beauty of these stamps is that they’re not only for Christmas – the lovely images work for other occasions too. Here’s a quick run through my process, starting with one of the 3.5″… Read More simply sending love
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