Hello crafty friends and welcome to our new challenge at Alphabet Challenge – Meg has chosen ‘yesteryears’ as we’ve reached Y, so anything retro or vintage. I’ve gone with retro back to the 60s & 70s thanks to ClarityCrafts ‘Doodleology rectangle – elements’ stamp set, which I recently invested in. The palette from Color Dare… Read More Y for Yesteryears at Alphabet Challenge
Hello crafty friends. Today’s the day when ClarityCrafts release their first new stamps of 2024 -this card (one of my design team samples) uses one of the ‘retro candles’ set designed by Tina Cox. These are perfect for all ages and styles, as well as the challenges at The Paper Players and AAA Birthday It won’t… Read More block of candles
Hello crafty friends. I’ve got a busy blogging day today, starting off with the exciting news that I’m Guest Designer for the new challenge at AAA Birthday! The new challenge is to use a large sentiment on your card – the ‘feel good two-way overlay’ stamps from ClarityCrafts were ideal, together with the new ‘star… Read More birthday joy for AAA Birthday challenge
WElcome to my crafty blog and my Sunday delve back into Clarity‘s Craft Club. Today it’s the ‘butterfly wave’ stencil (#93) from February 2022, which I thought would beautifully showcase the colours from Global Design Project. I do love teal shades (as you’d know if you’d ever been to my house!) so am also going… Read More Clarity craft club lookback – butterfly wave stencil
Hello crafty friends – here I am with another dip back into Clarity’s Craft Club, having now reached #92 the ‘grungy heart stencil’ from January 2022. A friend wanted a birthday card for her granddaughter and I decided to go with the delicious colours at Seize the Birthday and am also going to share it… Read More Clarity Craft Club lookback – grungy heart stencil
Well it’s Sunday again, so I’ve dipped into my Clarity Craft Club back issues for the next die to use – this week it’s ‘Barbara’s floral round’ (#43) from July 2022. I’ve teamed it up with a couple of their ‘nested doodle frame-it’ dies and have got a few hopefully helpful tips on using these… Read More Clarity Craft Club lookback – floral round die
Good morning all and welcome to our new theme of J for Jungle Animals at Alphabet Challenge! This is a fun theme chosen by Lynda, but it challenged me to start with until I remembered the chimps stamp from ClarityCrafts Craft Club back in 2018 (#138). I took further inspiration from the ‘world photography day’… Read More J for Jungle Animals at Alphabet Challenge
Welcome to my crafty blog and an airing for some new stamps in my stash. This gorgeous butterfly stamp arrived recently from ClarityCrafts as part of my June Craft Club goodies, and ‘TIna’s floral swirl’ were a recent design of the week so I decided to invest in them! The beautiful palette from Color Throwdown… Read More garden butterfly
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