Hello crafty friends. I’m kicking off Friday with our new challenge at Alphabet – we’ve reached R and Billie has given us ‘ribbon’ as the theme. Now, you’ll know that I don’t usually add ribbon or other embellishments to my cards, so Clarity’s Bijou Ribbon Sentiments stamps came to my rescue! I also want to… Read More R for Ribbon at Alphabet Challenge
Hello friends and welcome to a dip back into the Clarity archives with Tina’s retro stars stamp set – having looked back in this little blog, I last used these stamps at the beginning of last year! Although I think that probably says more about the quantity of my stash than a commentary on this… Read More retro star frame
Hello there! I’ve got a quick & simple card to share with you today, using some more of the mop-up pieces from my rather large stash that I picked out when I was looking for yesterday’s background. The ‘bijou ribbon sentiment’ stamp set from Clarity Crafts was perfect for turning these pieces into clean &… Read More simple thank you
Hello friends. Well, true to my word, here’s a card with the stencil from last month’s Clarity Craft Club and I’m afraid it’s another Christmas card! It was the obvious theme, given the ‘dotted Christmas tree’ design on the stencil, but I’ve gone a bit more grungy on this one thanks to the colours at… Read More Craft Club dotted Christmas tree stencil
Hello crafty friends. Well it’s the weekend again and the sun is shining! There are a few sunflower related challenge themes out there so I’ve combined Double D, Triple B and Inspired by into today’s card using the ‘make art not war sunflower’ stamp set from ClarityCrafts. I started with a small square of stencil… Read More Sunflower day
Hello crafty friends. My new ‘leafy overlay stencils’ from ClarityCrafts arrived at the weekend, so they just had to come out for a first play! I’ve used all three stencils in the set, picking up texture & foliage from Just Add Ink, the tones from Color Hues and the autumn option from Stencil Fun with… Read More leafy overlay stencils
Well here we are at the last Monday in July – maybe I’m getting old, but this year just seems to be flying by! I’ve got a birthday card to share with you today using the ‘three blooms’ stencil from ClarityCrafts, and picking up the bright summer tones from Color Throwdown, the sketch from The… Read More three blooms
Hello again and welcome to another Monday! I’m back with another card using the same ‘winter’ set of ‘Linda’s bijou children’ stamps from ClarityCrafts as featured on yesterday’s creation. This time, though I’ve focused on the corner & border stamps from the bottom part of the set. I started by stamping the large poinsettia corner… Read More Merry Christmas frame
Welcome to my crafty blog and a new theme over at Alphabet Challenge – this time it’s the letter I and Dawn is looking for our icecream creations. Now you may be wondering what’s going on with this card? Well, I don’t have any icecream themed stamps or dies, so had to get a bit… Read More I for Icecream at Alphabet Challenge
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m still working on incorporating stencil effects in the backgrounds on my cards, as you can see from today’s offering. This one features the ‘trellis’ stencil from ClarityCrafts, together with the ‘butterfly wreath’ and ‘bijou ribbon sentiments’ stamp sets. I’ve brought three current challenges together on this card. I took… Read More butterfly birthday
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