Welcome to my crafty blog. Well, I’ve had a fabulous day today at the Claritystamp Open Day down in Kent – my first major craft event since the arrival of Covid! So much inspiration from Barbar Gray & the Clarity design team (and maybe a bit of shopping as well…!) Of course, I had to… Read More woodland ivy
Welcome to my crafty blog and another clean & simple card. I do like this sentiment from Claritystamp’s ‘mini words of wisdom’ set, and used it to combine three current challenges. I’m back to playing along with Just Us Girls after my guest designer slot last month – their theme is ‘paintbrush’, but I don’t… Read More painted rainbow
Hello there and welcome to my weekly trip back into Claritystamp’s craft club. Now I’ve gone a bit against the grain today – we’ve had a weekend of fabulous Jubilee celebrations here in the UK, so here I am with a Christmas card! LOL! Well it’s only because this ‘holly and ivy’ stamp is the… Read More Claritystamp craft club lookback – holly and ivy
Hello crafty friends. I’ve been playing with my gel plate and alcohol inks today, using the latest stencil from Claritystamp’s Craft Club thanks to the inspiration from Barbara Gray on the project sheet. I’ve incoproporated three challenges into this card: Festive Friday are celebrating National Best Friends Day (it’s on June 8th, if you didn’t… Read More lovely friend
Welcome to my crafty blog, and a card using Claritystamp designer paper as the main focus. I love looking at abstract paper designs and seeing landscapes, etc, in them. I’ve managed to combine four challenges in this card – you can judge whether I’ve succeeded! I took the layout from CAS Colours and Sketches, with… Read More the best things in life…
Hello there. Well it’s Sunday once again, so I’ve dipped back into Claritystamp’s craft club – this week it’s August 2020 with the ‘let’s dance’ stamp. Now this is another one that I’ve struggled to use in the past. I decided to go with a kid’s birthday card using the layout from Freshly Made Sketches… Read More Claritystamp craft club lookback – let’s dance
Hello there. I’ve got a very blue card to share with you today, using the ‘funky foliage’ stamps from Claritystamp. Barara Gray has given the Clarity community a challenge – to create a square, blue piece of art, so here’s my little offering. I took further inspiration from the new sketch over at Atlantic Hearts… Read More it’s your day
Hello there. Well, it’s Sunday again so I’ve dipped back into Claritystamp’s Craft Club for this ‘iron horse’ stamp from July 2020. I’ve only used it a couple of times, so it’s definitely due another outing. I wanted to do something a bit different with it and thought the colours from CAS Colours and Sketches… Read More Claritystamp craft club lookback – iron horse
Hello there – it’s time for this week’s new challenge at Just Us Girls, so here’s my third offering as their guest designer for May. I have to say I struggled with this one a bit – these shades are a bit out of my comfort zone! I decided to go with Claritystamp’s ‘linocut teasels’… Read More teasels
Welcoem to my crafty blog. After yesterday’s lookiback in Clarity’s craft club, I’ve come right up to date again with the latest stamp from last month – the ‘lacy round’. I had such trouble getting this design to work – I either didn’t get the image to fully stamp, or I got ink splodges, etc,… Read More lacy round
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