Hello crafty friends. We’ve got a new theme at Alphabet Challenge – we’ve now reached X and Caz has opted for Xtra Love Hearts on our cards. I remembered that I’d got the ‘nested square lace heart frames’ die set last year, which hadn’t yet seen action, so this was the perfect opportunity! I’m going… Read More X for Xtra Love Hearts at Alphabet Challenge
Hello crafty friends. I managed to find a bit of time to dip back into Clarity‘s craft club and have now started on my stencils, after coming to the end of the dies last week. I only joined the stencil club at the end of 2021, so am starting with #91, the ‘floral decoration’. I… Read More Clarity craft club lookback – floral decoration stencil
Hello crafty friends! We’ve got a new challenge over at Sparkles challenges – this month Zowie has challenged us to use an Alice in Wonderland theme for our creations. Well this definitely was a bit of a poser for me, as I don’t have anything that immediately fits the bill but then I remembered the… Read More Sparkles challenge – Alice in Wonderland
Welcome to my crafty blog! There’s a lot going on today, with the launch of some fabulous new additions to ClarityCrafts‘ Art Nouveau collection, plus I’m delighted to have been invited along as Guest Designer for the new sketch challenge at AAA cards. I’ve managed to combine both events with the new ‘bed of roses’… Read More bed of roses stencil
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 there! I need to replenish my supplies of new baby cards, so have done a two-for-one today using ClarityCrafts’ ‘adorable baby’ stamp set. I love this washing line stamp with all the baby clothes, which I thought would work for the sketch over at Atlantic Hearts challenge. I picked up the watercolour challenge from… Read More adorable baby
Welcome to my crafty blog and a nice and simple stencilled background today. I needed a card for a colleague who’s just got a new job so decided to use ClarityCraft’s bubbles burst stencil and the colours from their new place’s logo for a quick card. I picked up the colourful circles theme from Inspired… Read More a burst of bubbles!
Hello there! I’m back with a second post today for our new challenge at As You See It. We’ve got a recipe for you this time, created by Heather – you need to include all the elements in your card. I’ve also included the elements on the right hand diagonal from TicTacToe‘s new grid –… Read More As You See It recipe challenge with beautiful blooms
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m delighted to have been invited to be guest designer for the new TicTacToe challenge launching today! I decided to take the top row of butterfly, die cuts & sentiment for my card, although looking at the grid again the diagonal from top left also fits (butterfly, free & floral).… Read More TicTacToe guest designer!
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve been playing wiht another stamp I picked up at Clarity’s OPen Day earlier this month – the small floral spray. I’ve already got this in the A5 size, and those of you who’ve been on this journey wiht me for a while will know that it’s one of my… Read More floral spray congrats
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