Hello crafty friends. I’ve got a lot of September birthdays to make cards for so I took a break from the Christmas cards today to make a start. I’ve used the sketch from The Paper Players, and added in the optional twist from Can You Handle The Pressure to put the sentiment as the focus.… Read More birthday leaves
Hello there. I’m on a bit of a roll with Christmas cards this weekend – I batch made a load more this afternoon but took time to play with the poinsettia stamp & die from Julie Hickey Designs as well. I’ve used three current challenges to create the design for this card. The layout takes… Read More Christmas poinsettia
Welcome to my crafty blog and a first outing for the new gnome stamps and dies from Claritystamp. I just love these little chaps! I’ve taken the layout from CAS Colours & Sketches‘ current sketch and gone for a less than traditional Christmas colour scheme using the palette from Color Throwdown. The ‘festive’ theme from… Read More festive gnomes
Hello crafty friends. It’s time for a new challenge over at Sparkles blog, where Caz has gone with ‘at the beach’ as this month’s theme. I’ve CASE’d a card I spotted on Pinterest, using Stampin’ Up!’s ‘friends are like seashells’ set. I started by masking off a border around a piece of white card, then… Read More at the beach
Welcome to my crafty blog. Another quick post today – I’m about to head off to Kent for the two day Claritystamp retreat. So excited, as it’s been cancelled for the last two years thanks to Covid. It will be brilliant to catch up with crafting friends again. I thought it only appropriate to use… Read More floral diecut for you
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!
Hello crafty friends. I’m sharing some delicious cocktails today that have headed off to my niece for her birthday, using Stampin’ Up!’s ‘nothing’s better than…’ set. I thought the colours from CAS Colours & Sketches were just right for this – these two could be a mint julep and strawberry daiquiri, don’t you think? I… Read More cocktails day
Welcome to my crafty blog. Today’s card uses the ‘lovely leaves’ dies from Julie Hickey Designs with a bit of ink blending. I’ve picked up the challenge from Global Design Project, which is to CASE (copy and selectively edit) the card designed by Susan, and added in the colours from Just Us Girls I started… Read More thoughtful leaves
Hello crafty friends. I decieded to have another play with the fab ‘farming fun’ set from Newton’s Nook, thanks to the challenge theme of ‘kards for kids’ over at The Paper Players (Congrats on the 600th edition to the team!). These tractor & digger images are just fab! I’ve also used the layout from Atlantic… Read More digging your birthday!
Welcome to my crafty blog on a very hot evening here in the UK. You definitely need a hat on if you’re out in these temperatures, so I decided the photo over at Fusion was the perfect starting point. I’ve included the central row of birthday, flowers & sequins from TicTacToe‘s grid and the optional… Read More summer hat
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