Hello crafty friends. I’m late posting today – I’ve been busy working on samples for my Clarity shows next Friday (25th), but grabbed a few minutes, the ‘be still and listen‘ aperture die and a piece of Waimea Falls designer paper to make this pretty card. I’ve again managed to combine a few challenges for… Read More be still and listen
Hello crafty friends! We’ve got another set of new stamps and stencils from ClarityCrafts launching today – the ‘Japanese flowers & butterflies’ and circular decorative stencils, based on a design Barbara & the Clarity community orginally drew in the SHAC shack. If you don’t know about the SHAC (Safe, Happy & Creative), it’s an online… Read More Japanese butterfly round
Welcome to my Sunday blog and this week’s dip back into Clarity’s Craft Club. Today I’m showcasing the ‘just for you heart aperture’ die from February 2022 (#38), which makes a great ‘any occasion’ card and works so well with a piece of designer paper and a frame. I started with a piece of ‘Barb’s… Read More Clarity Craft Club lookback – just for you heart die
Hello there. Well, it’s Sunday again so I’ve dipped back into Clarity’s Craft Club for today’s card, this time to #33, the ‘happy birthday musical notes’ dies from September 2021. I took inspiration for today’s card from a couple of blog challenges. Just Add Ink have very helpfully got ‘music’ as their theme this week,… Read More Clarity craft club lookback – musical notes dies
I’m back with a second card today, as it’s time for a new theme at As You See It challenge and this one’s a bit special! It’s our 300th challenge and Heather C has invited us to head off on an adventure – and this time there are prizes to be won! I had to… Read More Adventure with As You See It challenge
Hello crafty friends and welcome to my Sunday trip back into Claritystamp’s Craft Club. This time it’s the turn of the ‘patterned circles’ die from May 2021. I thought it would work well with the sketch from Just Add Ink and incorporated the colour theme from Seize the Birthday, adding in grey as my third… Read More Clarity Craft Club lookback – patterned circles die
Welcome to my crafty blog and a spring card featuring a host of daffodils. I’ve had this paper from the retired Stampin’ Up! ‘daffodil afternoon’ set for some time and struggled to think how to use it. The solution is just to let the paper speak for itself, which I thought I could do with… Read More a host of daffodils
Welcome to my crafty blog and our new theme at Alphabet Challenge. This time it’s W and we want to see cards that feature water. I went with Stampin’ Up!’s ‘waves of inspiration’ set (although there’s no waves in evidence, I admit!), taking inspiration from the sketch at Atlantic Hearts. I used the sketch outline… Read More W for Water at Alphabet Challenge
Welcome to my crafty blog and another wonderful die cut from Clarity Crafts. This was actually the very first die they produced – Barbara Gray designed it for her wedding invitations! I’ve picked up a few things from Festive Friday‘s ‘wear red day’ inspiration list – red, square card & ribbon (I’m not sure if… Read More happily ever after
Happy New Year, crafty friends! We’re starting 2023 with a new challenge over at Love to Craft and as always the theme is ‘anything goes’. A friend asked me to make a birthday card for her daughter-in-law and I built the design around Clarity’s ‘happy birthday floral frame’ die. I started by cutting the die… Read More floral frame birthday
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