Hello crafty friends. My blue tit stamps from Clarity’s ‘garden birds’ set are making their annual appearance as it’s spring, and here they are busy on their bird feeder. I thought of these as soon as I saw the inspiration photo over at Just Us Girls, which I’ve paired with the sketch from Just Add… Read More bird feeder
Hello crafty friends and welcome to my Sunday dip back into Claritystamp’s Craft Club. This ‘ornate frame’ stamp is from October 2018, and I decided to use it to create a little scene with some of the ‘garden’ stamp set. I started with a square of white card and stamped the frame in the centre… Read More Claritystamp craft club lookback – ornate frame
Welcome to my crafty blog and another die cut from Claritystamp. I’ve gone for paper piecing with this one, rather than ink blending – I love the way you can get such a different look with these aperture dies just by varying the technique. This card was inspired by the challenge photo at Fusion, and… Read More colourful birds
Hello crafty friends. I’m back with another wedding card today, this time using Claritystamp’s ‘the happy couple’ die. I’ve stepped it up a bit, thanks to the inspiration list from Festive Friday – I’ve picked up birds, trees, green and blue on the card. I started with a couple of pieces of Clarity’s designer paper… Read More the happy couple
Hello crafty friends. Bit of a change today – I need to make some more wedding cards, so thought it best to make a start. I’ve used this ‘dove heart’ stencil from Claritystamp quite a few times – it’s a perfect image for wedding, anniversary or engagement cards. I’ve taken the colours from the photo… Read More wedding day blessings
Welcome to my crafty blog and a card inspired by the current theme of ‘brave’ at Time Out challenges. I’ve teamed the ‘happy birday’ set from Claritystamp with the ‘brave and strong’ sentiment from Visible Image (and used another background from my stash in the process!) I started with a stamped background I found in… Read More be brave
Welcome to my crafty blog. Here’s the next installment in my lookback through the Claritystamp new design club and today it’s #80, the lovebirds from June 2013. I’ve realised that this is the second day in a row that I’ve pencil coloured birds – clearly Barbara Gray has had a bigger impact on me than… Read More Clarity new design club lookback – lovebirds #80
Welcome to my crafty blog. Today’s card was inspired by the upcoming RSPB ‘Big Garden Birdwatch’ which is happening in the UK next weekend. It’s an annual survey where we’re asked to spend an hour counting the birds we see in our garden. There’s a very helpful online pack you can get for it on… Read More Be still and listen…
My second blog of the day, this time with the November die from the Claritystamp New Design Club. These holly birds are so lovely cut in gold card, that I stripped the design right back from what I had originally planned. Clearly, I started by cutting the die into a piece of gold satin effect… Read More 12 Dies of Clarity – day 11 November’s ‘holly birds’ aperture die
Here we are on day 4 of my personal ’12 Days of Clarity’ challenge, to use all the 2020 Claritystamp New Design Club stamps. April’s was a ‘marvellous macaw’, and another that hadn’t yet seen the light of day on my craft table! I have to say, now I’ve used it I really like it… Read More 12 Days of Clarity – day 4 April ‘marvellous macaw’
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