Hello there! I’ve got a very quick and simple card to share with you today, using the Stampin’ Up! ‘textures and frames’ set from last year’s Saleabration. I haven’t used it very much, but it came to mind when I saw the inspiration photo from Just Us Girls. I’ve also used the ‘one layer &… Read More a little note
Welcome to my crafty blog and another card for Mother’s Day – I’m on a bit of a roll now! I did an online class at the weekend with Hazel Eaton using the ‘fern foliage’ die set and co-ordinating stamps that she designed for Julie Hickey, and today’s card uses that set again (I really… Read More wonderful mum
Hello crafty friends. After the cool winter colours of yesterday’s post, I’ve taken a jump forward today to spring with one of the new ‘seasonal wreath’ stamp sets from Claritystamp. I’ve used the colours from the new challenge at CAS Colours and Sketches, together with the new layout from Freshly Made Sketches. I started with… Read More first bloom of spring
Hello crafty friends. Well I’m back in my comfort zone today with a return to stamping, after stretching myself with lots of die cutting over the last couple of weeks! Lots of the challenge blogs are back in business as well after the Christmas break and I’ve managed to combine two in this card. The… Read More back to stamping!
Hello crafty friends. I thought I’d better make a start on some thank you cards, now all the Christmas ones are sorted! I’ve picked up the colours from the current Color Throwdown challenge and used them with Julie Hickey’s ‘florals for you’ set. I started with an A6 card blank and blended some ‘picked raspberry’… Read More a floral thank you
Hello crafty friends. I’m back with another one of Julie Hickey’s stamps today – this time the half sunflower from her ‘be happy’ set. It’s such a great image and so easy to use. I’ve taken inspiration from a couple of challenges for this one – the colour palette is from Color Throwdown and the… Read More pink sunflower
Hello crafty friends. It’s time for our next theme at Alphabet Challenge – we’re up to R and Debbie has opted for cards and projects that are red. That’s such a great choice of colour for this time of year! I recently did a very CAS card using Julie Hickey’s ‘poinsettia’ stamp & die, so… Read More R is for red
Hello crafty friends – yes it’s another Christmas card today! I’m using Julie Hickey’s ‘poinsettia’ stamp & die set for the first time this year (hopefully not the last!) It struck me as perfect for the theme of ‘bright and bold’ at this week’s Inspire.Create challenge, as well as Addicted to CAS‘s request for cards… Read More bright & bold poinsettia
Hello crafty friends. No Christmas card today – it’s Sunday so I’ve dipped back into the Clarity Craft Club back issues for the dandelion stamp from September 2017. The Clarity team have shared some desperately sad news this weekend as Ani, one of their designers, has died after a very short illness. She was not… Read More Claritystamp craft club lookback – dandelion #131
Hello crafty friends – you might be surprised to see that I’m back with another Christmas card today! This time it’s Julie Hickey’s ‘holly jolly Christmas’ stamp, with the layout from Global Design Project and the colours from CAS Colours and Sketches I started by stamping the holly onto a piece of white card and… Read More Christmas holly
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