It’s Good Friday today, a day of sombre reflection for Christians as we remember Jesus’ crucifixion, so it seemed appropriate to go with a thoughtful card using our new sketch at As You See It. I’ve gone back to one of the floral panel stamps from ClarityCrafts, pairing it with the palette from Color Hues… Read More always in my thoughts for As You See It
Hello there. I’m back with another look at the new ‘nested circles diamond & dots doodle frame-it panels’ dies from ClarityCrafts. I was inspired by various cards I’ve seen on social media using layered circle die cuts – this is a great way to use up offcuts of paper or card. I first cut three… Read More layered circles
Hello there! We’ve got our new challenge over at CAS Colours & Sketches! It’s time for a set of colours and Joanne has given us this lovely palette, which was perfect for ClarityCrafts‘ fab Botanicals two way overlay stamps – I went with the ‘poppy seed heads & honesty’ set for a triptych on my… Read More CAS Colours & Sketches 532 – colours
Hello crafty friends and welcome to day 7 of my 12 Days of Clarity, working back through last year’s Craft Club stamps. Today I’m sharing the ‘splats’ stamps from August – some more that I’ve decided to use as flowers, picking up the new colours from Color Hues I started with the three single splats and… Read More 12 Days of Clarity 2023 – August
Hello crafty friends and welcome to day 2 of my 12 Days of Clarity, today with the ‘it’s a wrap heart’ stamp from Clarity‘s Craft Club back in February (#196). It’s a beautiful image so didn’t need too much adding to it and I thought it would work perfectly for a wedding card. I decided to… Read More 12 Days of Clarity 2023 – heart
Hello again! Today’s card showcases the ‘christmas deer’ aperture round die, another goodie that’s currently in ClarityCrafts‘ Gray Friday sale. I thought it would work well with the red & gold scheme from Color Hues, together with the themes from Time Out and The Holly and Ivy, and the top row (family critters, die cut… Read More red deer
Welcome to my crafty blog and another look at one of the new bijou two-way overlay linocut stamps from ClarityCrafts – this time, the ‘midnight rose’ set. I’ve kept it very clean and simple on this one, first stamping the background image in ‘chipped sapphire’ Distress Oxide onto a 5×5 card blank. I then added… Read More bijou midnight rose
Hello crafty friends. Apologies for the late post today – I’ve been at meetings in London, followed by a debriefing session in the pub! Hopefully I can still type straight… I’ve pulled several challenges together on today’s card, using a couple of ClarityCrafts stamps sets. Inspire.Create want cards with a summer theme and the ‘red… Read More summer birthday
I’m delighted to have been invited along as guest designer for the new shades of teal and orange at Color Hues! For once, this card came together quite easily – definitely helped by the fact that I had a mop-up piece of card in my stash in exactly the colours I needed and that ClarityCrafts‘… Read More Guest Designer for Color Hues – teal & orange
Hello crafty friends! I’m back in my happy place today, with a bit of blending & stamping on this card using one of my all-time favourite stamp sets – ClarityCrafts’ ‘birdhouse garden’. I decided to work with the colours from Color Hues and the layout from Atlantic Hearts (the team there are always very forgiving… Read More birdhouse garden
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