Welcome to my crafty blog and something a little different today! My friends who know me will will be very surprised by this card, as they know I can’t bear fish (whether swimming around or lying on a plate!) This trio from ‘Sam’s bobbing around’ set by ClarityCrafts are rather fun though, and perfectly fitted… Read More looking fintastic!
Well it’s Sunday again, so I’ve dipped into my Clarity Craft Club back issues for the next die to use – this week it’s ‘Barbara’s floral round’ (#43) from July 2022. I’ve teamed it up with a couple of their ‘nested doodle frame-it’ dies and have got a few hopefully helpful tips on using these… Read More Clarity Craft Club lookback – floral round die
Hello there. I’ve just had a couple of inspiration filled days at ClarityCrafts‘ annual retreat, where I also did a little light shopping and treated myself to the ‘feathered friends miniatures’ stamp set. If you’re anything like me, then you’ll want to use new goodies as soon as they’re out of the shopping bag, so… Read More Canada geese
Well here we are at Sunday again, so I’ve delved back into ClarityCrafts Craft Club and today picked up ‘Jilly’s meadow frame’ aperture die from May 2022. As it happens, Clarity’s Jilly was demonstrating watercolour backgrounds at the Open Day last month, so it seemed appropriate to pick up that technique to complement her die… Read More Clarity Craft Club lookback – meadow frame die
Welcome to my crafty blog and another outing for ClarityCrafts’ ‘peace Japanese flowers & butterflies’ stamp set – I just love this image! I thought it would work well with the sketch from TGIF challenges and the palette from Creative Colour Challenges – I’ll also be sharing it with Happy Little Stampers for their watercolour… Read More more butterflies!
Welcome to my crafty blog and another dip back into Clarity’s Craft Club. This week it’s the turn of the ‘nested flower mandala’ die (#38) from March 2022, which I’ve teamed up with one of the ‘Cherry’s butterflies and moths’ stamps (currently on offer at 60% off!) I’ve gone with the gorgeous hot colours from… Read More Clarity Craft Club lookback – flower mandala die
A wintery card in June? Well, this is the time of year when all the crafters get seriously busy with their Christmas cards and there are lots of new release stamps coming through – the ClarityCrafts team with be on Create & Craft TV tomorrow with some brand new designs. Before then, I’ve picked up… Read More a winter scene
Hello there. I needed a card for a friend who’s about to have surgery, and remembered ClarityCrafts’ poppies stencil, which hasn’t seen any ink for some time! The Paper Players have got a clean & simple one-layer challenge this week (right up my street!), which I teamed with the lovely palette from Creative Colour Challenges.… Read More stencilled poppies
Hello crafty friends. We have a new theme for you at Alphabet Challenge and this time it was my turn to choose it. As we’ve reached F, I went for ‘flying’ – just incorporate anything that flies into your card. I’ve used the ‘brighten your day flowers’ stamps from ClarityCrafts‘ KISS (keep it simple stamping)… Read More F for flying at Alphabet Challenge
Hello there! Bit of a change in style for me today with a masculine card using one of the ‘grunge shapes’ stamps from Clarity’s May Craft Club. I’ve taken the colours from Creative Colour Challenges, the layout from Atlantic Hearts (I swapped the flowers for stars!) and the theme from The Paper Players I started… Read More grunge stars
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