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Sharing my crafting journey in the world of handmade cards

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subtle poppies

Welcome to my crafty blog. Today’s card picks up a technique from Barbara Gray over on her blog, using these great new backdrop stamps from Clarity. You can find her detailed step by step here. I started with the larger of the square backdrop stamps and dabbed Distress Oxides onto it in ‘chipped sapphire’ and… Read More subtle poppies

16th Feb 202116th Feb 2021 deborahwheeler135 Comments

It’s all in the background

Welcome to my crafty blog. Today’s card is all about the background – it’s made with a single stamp from the Claritystamp ‘wild flowers nature’ set. The colours were inspired by this week’s challenge over at CAS Colours and Sketches I started by inking up the A6 stamp from the set, using a make up… Read More It’s all in the background

4th Feb 20214th Feb 2021 deborahwheeler136 Comments

Spring Flowers

Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m still holding out for the arrival of spring flowers (there’s a crocus peeping through in a pot on my windowsill), so today’s card is designed to bring some early colour. I’ve used background stamps a few times recently, so this week’s theme over at TGIF challenges was a good… Read More Spring Flowers

18th Jan 202118th Jan 2021 deborahwheeler132 Comments

Seeing the Positives and Negatives

Welcome to my crafty blog. I had a lovely afternoon playing with alcohol inks, stencils and a Gelli Press, making a load of background prints today inspired by the recent blog tutorial from Barbara Gray over at Claritystamp. You can check out the tutorial, which has step by step instructions here – http://www.barbaragrayblog.com/ I got… Read More Seeing the Positives and Negatives

16th Jan 2021 deborahwheeler132 Comments
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