Hello crafty friends. I’m back with the last of my samples for ClarityCrafts Botanicals two-way overlay stamps, this time showcasing the Casablanca Lilies. I started with one of my favourite square embedders to create a frame on a 6×6 card blank. I then brayered ‘broken china’ & ‘lucky clover’ Distress Oxides onto the small square… Read More casablanca lilies
Hello there. It’s Friday again and time for a new challenge at As You See It. It’s a colour theme this time, which was perfect for one of the new ‘floral panel’ stamp sets from ClarityCrafts that will be launching tomorrow (more of that in a minute…) I started by sponging ‘scattered straw’ Distress Ink around the… Read More As You See It challenge – floral heart colours
Hello craft friends! I’m back with another outing for Percy Penguin – he’s well wrapped up against the cold now the temperatures have really dropped here in the UK! He’ll be out and about on the ClarityCrafts website over the coming weeks, together with his friends & family from the colony as Clarity’s annual advent… Read More merry little penguin Christmas
Welcome to my crafty blog and our mid-challenge reminder about the ‘add a hat’ theme for Christmas Craft Creations, where I’m guest designer this month. This time I’ve gone with ‘Jim’s Christmas jumper accessories’ from ClarityCrafts – I wonder how many woolly hats, scarves & gloves will be wrapped up this season! I picked up… Read More add another hat for Christmas Craft Creations
Good morning crafty friends. I’m back with another card using the new ‘away in a manger’ stamps from ClarityCrafts, this time featuring the ones that didn’t appear on yesterday’s card. I’ve picked up the new theme of Clean & Simple (you know it’s my favourite style!) from Inkspirational, together with their optional twist of ‘inspired… Read More Away in a manger
Hello crafty friends. I’m back with a second card today (this is becoming a regular occurrence!) courtesy of our new theme of ‘at the beach’ at As You See It challenge. Despite the fact that I’d picked this one back at the beginning of the year, I was struggling for inspiration until I remembered ClarityCrafts… Read More As You See It challenge – at the beach
Hello again! Here’s another card using the ‘winter wishes’ set from ClarityCrafts‘ new ‘Linda’s Christmas Compendium’ – these lovely tall trees are in the same set as yesterday’s robins and I’ve used one of the ‘circle backdrop’ stamps for my background. I started with the smaller of the circle backdrop stamps and brayered ‘salvaged patina’… Read More let it snow
I’m back with another CAS card today featuring the ‘by the seaside’ background stamp from ClarityCrafts, inspired by the current challenges at The Paper Players, Hand Stamped Sentiments and Inspired by I started by creating a rectangular embossed frame on the front of a 6×6 card blank with one of Clarity’s embedders. I then lined… Read More beach scene
Welcome to my craft blog and our new theme at Sparkles challenges. I’m in my happy place with this one, as Helen has chose CAS (clean and simple) for this month. It gave me a good reason to play with my new little set of ‘celebrate your day flowers’ by Tina Cox for Clarity’s KISS… Read More Sparkles challenge – CAS
Welcome to my crafty blog. Barbara Gray showcased Clarity’s ‘townhouse’ products the other day, so I thought it was time my die came out for an airing (plus I needed a ‘new home’ card!). I took the lovely colour palette from Creative Colour Challenges and teamed it with the layout at Freshly Made Sketches, adding… Read More happy home
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