Hello crafty friends. So here we are on day 7 of my ’12 Dies of Clarity’ with the ‘butterfly tangle’ die from July’s Craft Club. I have actually used this one before, so thought I’d re-share the link to that post as well as creating a new card. Here’s the one I made earlier, back… Read More 12 Dies of Clarity day 7 – butterfly tangle
Hello crafty friends. It’s day 5 of my 12 Dies of Clarity challenge so today I have the ‘patterned circles’ die from May’s Clarity Craft Club. I really liked this when it arrived, but have to confess I hadn’t used it so far (how many crafters say that…?!). I was only going to make one… Read More 12 dies of Clarity day 5 – patterned circles
Hello crafty friends. Welcome to day 4 of my 12 Dies of Clarity personal challenge, and today it’s the turn of the ‘frilly embellishments’ dies designed by Linda Williams. These would obviously work well with parchment, but I’ve used them with cardstock to make sentiment toppers for my cards. For the first card, I attached… Read More 12 Dies of Clarity day 4 – frilly embellishments
Hello crafty friends. I’ve been playing with a new stamp and die set from Stampin’ Up! – ‘Eden’s Garden’. I recently did an online class with Joanne James using this set – it’s really beautiful. This card picks up the sketch from Global Design Project with the colours from Colour INKspiration I started with a… Read More a birthday bouquet
Hello crafty friends. I’m back with another card using Julie Hickey’s ‘fresh florals’ stamp set – these are definitely a favourite of mine! This creation has been inspired by the current grid over at TicTacToe challenge – I’ve gone down the left hand column with heart, birthday & gold. I started by die cutting a… Read More wonderful day
Hello crafty friends. Who doesn’t love a cup of hot chocolate? I decided to christen my ‘nothing’s better than’ stamp set from Stampin’ Up!, picking up the themes from the challenges at Inspired by and Inkspirational I attached a piece of brown polka dot paper form my stash to the front of an A6 card… Read More hot chocolate!
Hello crafty friends. Unusually today I don’t have a card to share with you, instead I’ve made a gift wallet that one of my sons will be receiving with a nice surprise inside. It’s really easy to make and I was prompted to think of it by the current challenge at Just Add Ink. I… Read More Christmas gift wallet
Hello crafty friends. Bit of a late post today – I’ve had a lovely evening out with friends at a local garden owned by the Royal Horticultural Society that was all lit up for Christmas. It was so beautiful, despite the cold. It’s been a busy day all round, as I also joined an online… Read More fresh floral happy
Hello crafty friends and welcome to my second post of the day – I’m catching up with myself! These little cats are part of the latest November set from Claritystamp’s die Craft Club, and I love them – you can just see the energy and intent in their outlines. They are obviously perfect (should that… Read More Christmas wishes!
Hello crafty friends. I’m still on Christmas cards and have a nice quick one to share today, inspired by a couple of challenges. The theme over at Inspired by is ‘winter beauty’ and I drew on their photo and sketch for the design of this card, together with The Paper Players‘s theme of ‘winter wonderland’… Read More winter beauty
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