Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve been struggling to work out how best to use the ‘hydrangea haven’ set from Stampin’ Up! and decided today was the day I’d get over it! I’d looked at a few cards online and thought it could work quite well with this week’s sketch layout over at The Paper… Read More hydrangea haven
Welcome to my crafty blog. I decided to have another play with Stampin’ Up!’s ‘a touch of ink’ set – I just love this little hummingbird. I picked up the colours from CAS Colours & Sketches, which are right in the middle of my favourite palette. The style was inspired by this week’s themes of… Read More hummingbird birthday
Welcome to my crafty blog. Today I’ve been playing with the ‘painted poppies’ set from Stampin’ Up! I do love poppies and I think they work well on sympathy cards, which is what I’ve done with this one. I’ve taken inspiration from a couple of this week’s challenges for the card: I’ve used the theme… Read More painted poppies
Welcome to my crafty blog. Today’s card really picks up the spring vibe – I think these flowers from Stampin’ Up!’s ‘A touch of ink’ set look like crocuses once they’re coloured yellow. I’ve managed to combine three blog challenges for today’s card – the layout is inspired by the sketch at The Paper Players,… Read More spring wishes
Welcome to my crafty blog. Well I’m now up to January 2014 in my journey back through Claritystamp’s new design club, with this forest of pine trees. I’ve actually used it on two cards , as I decided it would work really well with the new ‘riverside landscape & reflection’ masks, as well as on… Read More Clarity new design club lookback – pine trees #87
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve been playing with some more new goodies that the postman brought this week – the ‘riverside landscape & reflections’ masks from Claritystamp. Here’s my first offering with them – I just went for something simple to start with, but will be getting more adventurous over the weekend! This card… Read More masked trees
welcome to my crafty blog. I’m back with another card using the Stampin’ Up! ‘friends are like seashells’ stamp set. This is such a fun set to use – much more versatile than it appears at first glance. I’ve taken inspiration for this card from the current challenge layout over at CAS Colours & Sketches… Read More a collection of seashells
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m a bit late with today’s post – it’s been a pretty full on day, but I’m now finally sat down with a coffee to write this. I’ve used the new ‘Friends are like seashells’ stamps & dies from Stampin’ Up for today’s offering. I wasn’t really sure how best… Read More friends are like seashells…
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m back with some favourite florals again today, this time using ‘Tina’s wildflower spray’ from Claritystamp. There are several different floral sprays in this range, and they’re all lovely. I’ll be sharing this card over at a couple of this week’s blog challenges – the layout is from the design… Read More wildflower spray
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve definitely managed to move away from my recent palette of blues & pinks with this card, using the new ‘Delightful Daisy’ stamp and die set from Julie Hickey Designs. I did a brilliant Facebook class with Julie last Friday using this and her other new daisy stamps, but for… Read More Delightful daisy
