Hello friends. It’s time for our next challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches and we’re back to colours this time round. Suzy’s given us a fab palette of autumn shades (although they’d work with floral and lots of other designs too). I decided to make an autumnal birthday card for my friend, Shirley using the… Read More CAS Colours & Sketches 571 – autumn colours
Hello crafty friends and welcome to what will be my last post for a few weeks, as I’m taking a bit of a break from crafting (don’t panic, I will be back!) This card is for a happy occasion, as I needed and engagement card and decided to make use of the new Triangle People… Read More celebration
Hello friends. It’s another hot weekend in London, so I’ve been staying indoors (another good excuse for crafting!) My poor potted plants are struggling in the heat, so I decided to create some healthier looking ones with Clarity’s stamp sets! I’ve combined the lovely palette from Creative Colour Challenges with a slightly stripped down interpretation… Read More pink potted plants
Hello crafty friends. Having shared one of the newer stamps from Clarity‘s Craft Club yesterday, I’ve dug back into the archive today (otherwise known as my sister’s stash as I’m still staying with her…!) for this fab daisies image from just over a year ago. Sadly, it’s no longer available from Clarity as a back… Read More spring daisies
Hello friends – I’m back today with our new sketch at CAS Colours & Sketches which runs for the next two weeks. I decided to use another of the SHAC floral panel sets today, this time the Scots pine – love these classic images. Both Inspire.Create challenges and AAA Birthday have got masculine themes at… Read More CAS Colours & Sketches 556 – a new sketch
Hello friends and welcome to Thursday’s peek at new stamps landing tomorrow from Clarity Crafts! Barbara will be on Clarity Social TV with a fab new little set of ‘plant pots’ stamps – just perfect for all sorts of occasions! I haven’t used a watercolour background for a while, but got inspired by the theme… Read More watercolour plant pots
Hello everyone! It’s been a beautiful weekend here on the edge of London – so nice to see the sunshine! I decided that the beautiful palette at Creative Colour challenges and the layout at Atlantic Hearts would combine perfectly for a card with a lovely spring feel and another outing for the new ‘Japanese flowers… Read More Japanese butterfly birthday
Hello everyone. I’m back in my happy CAS place today with some ‘mini makes’, creating gift tags using the fab new ‘Ani’s folk art sampler‘ stamp set from Clarity Crafts which Barbara is showcasing over on Clarity Social TV today. I’ve managed to pull a few challenges together into these little tags, taking the colours… Read More Ani’s folk art tags
Hello crafty friends! I thought I’d share another of Clarity Crafts‘s KISS collection of flowers stamps today, this time going with the ‘celebrate your day‘ A7 set. I thought the fab little floral image would repeat well on a card front for the sketch from Hand Stamped Sentiments together with the fab colours from Color… Read More flowers with love
Hello everyone – Sunday again and another cold day in the UK. Despite that, though, I saw a couple of bluetits in my garden this week – they may be an early sign of spring! That prompted me to get Clarity Crafts‘ ‘garden birds & cherry blossom‘ stamps out – I haven’t played with these… Read More trio of bluetits
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