Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve been catching up with an online class from last week with the brilliant Julie Hickey using some of her new stamps, and I adapted this card from one of her demonstrations. I’m always in awe of what she manages to come up with. I’ve used the colours from the… Read More birthday circles
Welcome to my craft blog. I decided to get my Claritystamp background stamps out today for another airing, after watching Barbara Gray earlier on selly telly. They’ve brought these stamps out in new shapes (which are now on my wish list) but I’ve gone with the large square one for this card. I also took… Read More ombre treescape
Welcome to my crafty blog. Sundays mean another installment in my lookback through Claritystamp’s new design club, and today I’m using #91, the pocket stamp from May 2014. I went back to Barbara Gray’s project sheet for a bit of inspiration with this one, but then stepped it up a bit further (back copies of… Read More Clarity new design club lookback – pocket #91
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m back in my comfortable place with today’s card and some stamping and ink blending, after yesterday’s adventure into vintage. I love this ‘butterfly tree’ from Claritystamp, and have used one of my new words stickers from them as well. The layout for today uses this week’s design at Freshly… Read More surround yourself with colour
Welcome to my crafty blog. Today’s card is a bit of a departure from my usual style, with the ‘chunky vintage car tag’ stamp from Crafty Individuals as the focal point. The starting point for this card was the current challenge of ‘very vintage’ over at TGIF, coupled with the sketch from As You See… Read More vintage
Welcome to my crafty blog. I bought some new stamps in the Claritystamp sale a couple of months ago and thought I really should give them an airing, so today’s card uses a couple of them. The background is done with the ‘harlequin’ stamp and the flower is from the ‘snowdrop doodle round’ set. I… Read More snowdrop thoughts
Welcome to my crafty blog. It’s Sunday, so time for the next in my series looking back through Claritystamp’s new design club – this time with #90, the round tree from April 2014. This is a great stamp and I’ve used it a few times over the years. It works well for creating backgrounds, as… Read More Clarity new design club lookback – round tree #90
Welcome to my crafty blog. Today’s card uses several stamps from Julie Hickey Designs, with the main feature being the daisy and leaves from her ‘fresh florals’ set. I thought it perfectly fitted the theme of ‘flower’ for the current challenge at Addicted to CAS. I started by blending Distress Oxides in ‘dried marigold’ and… Read More birthday daisy
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve got some sparkly seashells to share today (and a bit of alliteration too, it seems!) I’ve used the Stampin’ Up! ‘seaside seashells’ die and matching embossing folder, together with a sprinkling of WOW embossing powder, for this card. I took inspiration from a couple of challenges – Global Design… Read More by the sea
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve made this card for a friend who’s going through a difficult time at work, and I wanted something to cheer her up. I recently treated myself to some new stamps from Claritystamp, the ‘Holland and buttons’ set, which includes these lovely tulips. They immediately came to mind when I… Read More tulips for you
