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’
Hello, and welcome to my little crafty blog. I’m sharing a card I was asked to make for someone at work who is about to go on maternity leave. I thought the ‘Birds & Branches’ set from Stampin Up! was perfect for this, with the birds still having their eggs in the nest I started… Read More Hello baby
