Hello crafty friends and welcome to this week’s Seasonal Saturday post, with our new sketch at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. I opted not to go down the obvious Christmas tree route, instead turning to the Father Christmas stamps from Linda’s Christmas Compendium. I haven’t used any of the inky mop-up backgrounds from my stash for… Read More Santa’s sketch at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown 26-09
Hello crafty friends. I’ve got our next challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches to share with you today and it’s a sketch from Nancy. I still had the new Art Deco Special Day Sentiments out on my desk, so it was another good excuse to play with them and my favourite clouds mask! I first… Read More January sketch #577 at CAS Colours & Sketches
Hello crafty friends. I’ve got a new Clarity character for you to meet today – here’s Celeste from the new Friends, Sisters & Angels collection. I was playing with her this afternoon while watching Barbara on Clarity Social TV showcasing the whole collection. The figures (Alice, Celeste & Evelyn) have got additional wings & haloes… Read More Celeste
Hello friends. I’m back with another of the sets in Clarity’s Barbara’s Big Blooms collection – this time I’ve gone with the A5 square Holly Leaves set. It’s a perfect Christmas set, drawn by Barbara, but I’ve put a contemporary twist on the images with a teal and silver colour combo. I cut a piece… Read More teal & silver holly
Hello friends. I’m glad it’s Friday and so the end of a very busy week – I’m planning to get a bit of downtime with the family over the weekend. First, though, I’ve got another car to share with you using one of the Bijou Woodland Art Block stamps – I used one of the… Read More a magical time
Hello crafty friends. I’ve been playing today with another of the goodies from September’s Clarity Craft Club – this time the stencil (#136 square framework). I said the other day that I need to make better use of my stencils stash, so this is a good start. It’s a great background and I built a… Read More Clarity Craft Club stencil #136 – square framework
Hello crafty friends. Well, it’s time for our next theme at Alphabet Challenge and we’re not on to J for Jump – lots of fun to be had with this one! I dug back into my Clarity stash for a fab little set from Linda’s Children through the Seasons collection, although I don’t think the… Read More J for Jump at Alphabet Challenge
Hello crafty friends. I’ve got another of my demos from yesterday morning’s Clarity Social TV show to share with you today, using another of the sets from Sam’s Shapes. This time I went for a bit of pattern building using both the stamps and stencils from the it’s a mixed bag set – where the… Read More it’s a mixed bag
Hello friends. I’ve dipped back into Clarity’s Craft Club today, heading to 2018 and this fabulous cherry cupcake stamp for a rather scrumptious birthday card. Once again, I’ve woven a few challenges into this one, starting with the red & white palette from Color Hues (neutrals are allowed) and the layout from Freshly Made Sketches.… Read More Let’s eat cake!
Hello friends and welcome to this week’s Christmas card! It’s another using Clarity’s winter build a wreath stamps – it was still on the top of my stamp pile, waiting to be put away after the Open Days at the end of last month! I hope you’re not bored with it yet… I managed to… Read More Christmas boughs
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