Hello everyone – Sunday again and another cold day in the UK. Despite that, though, I saw a couple of bluetits in my garden this week – they may be an early sign of spring! That prompted me to get Clarity Crafts‘ ‘garden birds & cherry blossom‘ stamps out – I haven’t played with these… Read More trio of bluetits
Hello crafty friends! Apologies for my absence yesterday – My very busy week culminated in a very busy Saturday and something had to give… (and it wasn’t going to be dinner with my friends!) Anyway, here I am back in action with another Christmas card, this time using the ‘bijou 12 Days of Christmas‘ stamps… Read More 12 days of Christmas
Hello crafty friends and welcome to Monday! It’s a busy, busy week for me now we’re really running up to Christmas with lots of work commitments but I’m determined to still find time for a bit of crafting….! I’ve gone with a thank you card today (hoping I’ll need lots of these when all my… Read More thankful bamboo
Hello friends. I’m a bit late with today’s post as I’ve spent the afternoon working on secret stuff for next Sunday’s ClarityCrafts shows on YouTube & Facebook. Still better late than never, so here’s a look at one of the ‘build-a-scene’ stamps that Barbara will be showcasing online tomorrow at 2pm. This set is the… Read More grateful flowers
Hello crafty friends. Having shared a card using the ‘birch trees’ stamps from ClarityCrafts yesterday, I’m back today with the partner ‘bamboo’ set. You can get both of these on a ‘buy one, get one free’ offer this week – check it out here. The palette at this week’s Color Throwdown was just perfect for… Read More bamboo serenity
Hello there and welcome to Sunday’s blog. I decided it was time I played with the ‘gingerbread house’ that is the October stamp from Clarity‘s Craft Club. It’s so cute and just perfect for a Christmas card (which is approaching fast…!) I took the layout from Atlantic Hearts and the palette from Color Throwdown to… Read More Clarity Craft Club gingerbread house
Hello again. I’m back to showcase some more bargains in this weekend’s Celebration of Crafting sale over at ClarityCrafts! You’ll have noticed over the last few weeks that I do love the Poppets stamps, so now meet Pearl, one of the mini Christmas Poppets, who’s happily sitting in a snowglobe. I thought the tones from… Read More poppet snowglobe
Hello there! I’m still playing with the new Sprite & Pixie Poppets from ClarityCrafts now that the whole collection has dropped through my letterbox (there are 6 sprites & 6 pixies), so it’s the turn of Meg and her froggy friend to make their appearance today. I’ve combined the colours from Color Throwdown and the… Read More sprite poppet – Meg
Hello crafty friends. After yesterday’s sunflower, I’ve stepped firmly into cooler days today with this card as my DT offering for our new autumn theme at Sparkles Challenges using ClarityCrafts‘ ‘SHAC leafy framer’ stamps. The colours at Color Throwdown were just perfect for this and I used one of the ‘quote’ stamps to pick up… Read More Autumn at Sparkles Challenge
Hello everyone – I hope your weekend is going well. I’ve got a bit of a throwback with today’s card, as I’m using up another of the watercolour backgrounds we created at ClarityCrafts‘ summer retreat last year. As usual, I failed to write the colours on the back of this piece but, having compared it… Read More watercolour background
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