Welcome to my crafty blog and another card with one of the new releases from Julie Hickey Designs – this time it’s the ‘fancy foliage’ stamp. I’ve taken the layout from the sketch at CAS Colours & Sketches, together with the new theme of ‘sympathy’ from Addicted to CAS I started with a piece of… Read More sympathy corner
Hello crafty friends. I’ve stepped away from black & white today, back to one of my favourite techniques of blending colours. I picked up the palette from CAS Colours & Sketches and paired it with the layout from Freshly Made Sketches I started with the outer part of a mask that I’d cut using a… Read More wonderful birthday
Hello crafty friends. Today’s card mainly uses the ‘hues of happiness’ paper from Stampin’ Up picking up on the colours from Color Hues and the layout from CAS Colours & Sketches. I’m also sharing it over at Happy Little Stampers for their ‘anything goes’ dies challenge. This was fairly quick to make, once I’d figured… Read More curvy birthday
Hello crafty friends and welcome to our next theme at Alphabet Challenge! This time it’s the letter N and Lynda has opted for ‘nature’. It’s a perfect theme for this time of the year, so I’ve gone for a wreath of leaves picking up the layout from Atlantic Hearts and the ‘autumn’ theme from Addicted… Read More Alphabet Challenge – N for Nature
Hello there – Monday again and heading into a busy week, but I managed to grab a bit of time for crafting this afternoon. I’ve used the retired ‘beautiful friendship’ set from Stampin’ Up!, which I thought would work for a slightly different take on CAS Colours & Sketches‘s layout. I’ve also used the colour… Read More purple blooms
Welcome to my crafty blog. A friend of mine asked me to make a birthday card for her daughter, and this is it! I’ve used several of Julie Hickey’s stamps for this one, and based it on a card I made last year, although I’ve stepped it up a bit. (You can check out the… Read More floral heart
Well it’s time for a new theme over at Sparkles Challenge and Dawn has opted for ‘mushrooms & fungi’, which feels very appropriate for autumn. I had to rack my brains for this one as I don’t have any stamps with mushrooms or toadstool, but then I remembered a couple of pieces of an old… Read More Sparkles challenge – mushrooms & fungi
Hello there. Well it’s a very sombre day here in the UK, following the death of HM Queen Elizabeth II. Thinsg feel a bit strange, while at the same time so much is just continuing and it’s time for a new theme over at Alphabet Challenge – we’ve reached L and Debbie has opted for… Read More L is for leaves
Hello there! Bit of a late post today – I’ve had a brilliant afternoon with friends at a gardening fair (and got myself a few bargains as well!) I grabbed a bit of time this evening to do a bit of crafting, though, using Stampin’ Up!’s ‘happiness abounds’ stamps & dies and the sketch &… Read More happiness abounds
Welcome to my crafty blog and a first outing for the new gnome stamps and dies from Claritystamp. I just love these little chaps! I’ve taken the layout from CAS Colours & Sketches‘ current sketch and gone for a less than traditional Christmas colour scheme using the palette from Color Throwdown. The ‘festive’ theme from… Read More festive gnomes
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