Welcome to the new theme at Alphabet Challenge! This time it’s Z for Zodiac, for which the card should be inspired by one of the signs of the Zodiac. I went with Virgo, which had made me think of the ‘madonna window’ die from ClarityCrafts. I don’t know about you, but I always resolve to… Read More Z for Zodiac
Hello everyone and welcome to my weekly dip back into Clarity’s Craft Club. We’re now at December 2020, which brought me the ‘ivy leaves aperture’ die. As you can see, I’ve made two cards today picking up on two separate challenges. The first card takes the new theme of ‘white on white’ over at AAA… Read More Clarity Craft Club lookback – ivy leaves aperture
Welcome to Day 11 of my 12 Days of Clarity challenge – we’re nearly there! November’s Craft Club stamp was actually an autumn wreath, but I’ve turned it into a Christmas card just by using different colours. I started by stamping the wreath with WOW clear ink, then heat embossed it with superfine gold metallic… Read More 12 Days of Clarity 2022 – wreath
Hello crafty friends. We’re now at day 10 of my 12 Days of Clarity challenge, so today it’s the ‘peace on earth’ stamp from October’s Craft Club. I was inspired by the card on the project sheet designed by Jane Telford, so started with a square of kraft card and one of Clarity’s ‘Christmas wreaths’… Read More 12 Days of Clarity 2022 – peace on earth
Well here we are at Christmas Eve, so I thought we should have some stars shining brightly in the sky with the retired Stampin’ Up! ‘stars are shining’ set. I took the layout from Global Design Project and combined it with TGIF challenges‘ theme of ‘punches’. I mounted a square of the retired SU ‘gold… Read More Twinkle twinkle Christmas star
Welcome to my crafty blog and our next letter at Alphabet Challenge. We’re now on to S and Helen has chosen ‘snow’ as the theme – perfect for this time of year! CAS Colours & Sketches are celebrating their 500th challenge and have sent the task of making a seasonal card from any of the… Read More S for Snow at Alphabet Challenge
Hello crafty friends. I’m delighted to have been invited along as Guest Designer for the new challenge colours at Color Throwdown. It’s a beautiful palette of pink, ice blue and gold. I was inspired by the Christmas trees in the photo, so reach for Stampin’ Up!’s ‘spruced up’ set. The first step was to stamp… Read More Guest designer for Color Throwdown #723
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m still trying to get Christmas cards finished – I never seem to have enough despite trying to make them throughout the year! Today’s uses the retired ‘arrange a wreath’ set from Stampin’ Up!, inspired by the sketch at Inspire.Create and the photo at The Card Concept I started with… Read More Christmas wreaths
Welcome to my crafty blog and the next letter from Alphabet Challenge. We’ve now reached R and Veronika has chosen ‘reduce’ as the theme, i.e. make a CAS (clean and simple) card. You all know that’s completely in my happy place, so here’s another Christmas card using the ‘merriest moments’ set from Stampin’ Up! I’ve… Read More R for reduce (CAS) at Alphabet Challenge
Welcome to my crafty blog and a nice & simple Christmas card – perfect for batchmaking. I used one of the images from Stampin’ Up!’s ‘peace to you’ set, inspired by the layout at The Paper Players and the ‘outdoor’ theme at Less is More I started with a 5×5 square kraft card blank (adaping… Read More peace at Christmas
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