Hello everyone and welcome to Monday’s blog! I’ve just done a bit of simple die cutting for this card – Clarity’s leafy swirl aperture die is one of my favourite images and works so well with some of the bolder designer papers. I went with one of the Amazonia papers for this card, which reflected… Read More leafy swirl birthday
Hello everyone. I’m busy getting ready to head off to Kent tomorrow to spend a couple of days at the annual ClarityCrafts retreat on Monday & Tuesday. I decided that I really should sort out my project folder from last year, when we were busy making backgrounds – one year on, it’s definitely time to… Read More bright butterfly
Hello again. I’ve got a second card here to share with you, this time a variation on a demo from this afternoon’s 2pm Clarity Social TV and inspired by our new recipe challenge at As You See It, together with the ’embossing’ theme at Make My Monday and the new palette of white & gold… Read More Elegance recipe at As You See It Challenge
Hello crafty friends and welcome to our latest challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches where my good friend Joanne has given us a lovely sketch to play with. I dipped back into my stash for a couple of stamp sets from Clarity’s KISS (Keep It Simple Stamping) range – the Meadow Flowers and the Dandelion… Read More CAS Colours & Sketches 564 – Joanne’s sketch
Hello there. I’m back with card 2 for today, and am delighted that CAS on Friday invited me along as Guest Designer for their new Summer theme challenge. It’s a prime time of year for weddings, so that sorted the reason behind my card – and the sharp-eyed amongst you will have spotted that it’s… Read More Summer at CAS on Friday challenge
Hello crafty friends. Well the weekend’s nearly over, but there’s more excitement coming up tomorrow at on Clarity Social TV at 2pm when Barbara is launching some more new goodies – the fab little SHAC people stamps have been reconfigured into larger images! A couple of things have inspired this little card of mine –… Read More Celebrate!
Hello crafty friends. Having shared one of the newer stamps from Clarity‘s Craft Club yesterday, I’ve dug back into the archive today (otherwise known as my sister’s stash as I’m still staying with her…!) for this fab daisies image from just over a year ago. Sadly, it’s no longer available from Clarity as a back… Read More spring daisies
Hello friends! It’s the last week of March already, so I’ve been busy this afternoon prepping for my shows this Friday on Clarity Social TV – but more of that later in the week. I had great fun watching Clarity’s Barbara & Paul this afternoon (they’re hilarious together!) putting the ‘floral panel‘ stamps through their… Read More joy in the simple things
Hello again! I’m back with a second card, this time for our new theme at As You See It challenge, and Jane has given us ‘birds’. Lots of scope for this one and another excuse to play Clarity Crafts‘ landscape masks, although this time I’ve paired the ‘meadow’ ones with the ‘feathered friends miniatures‘ stamp… Read More For the birds at As You See It Challenge
Hello friends. I’ve got an older stamp to share with you from Clarity Crafts‘ extensive range (and their Members’ Half Price Sale is still going strong if you belong to one of their Craft Clubs!) This is the ‘garden heart‘ stamp, which has a lovely intricate design. I’ve made it into a wedding card, which… Read More garden heart
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