Hello crafty friends. I’m still working through sharing my demos from last Friday’s Clarity Social TV, so here’s the small monarch butterfly using the stamp and the die set (but without the stand). I’ve picked up the lovely tones from Color Hues on this one and incorporated the frame theme from Seize the Birthday My… Read More Small monarch butterfly
Hello crafty friends. I’ve got another of my samples from the recent launch of Clarity’s large SHAC people stamps and this time I went with a bit of paper piecing against an inky mop-up background. I’ve picked up the ‘summer vibes’ theme from Inspire.Create and the new ‘garden’ theme at Make My Monday to pull… Read More if I had a flower…
Hello crafty friends. Bit of a late post again today – I’ve had a great afternoon with my craft group making cards with teabags and I thought I’d share them with you too! I really enjoy this technique of stamping on dried teabags (I’ve posted it a couple of times before) – it’s a great… Read More teabag flowers
Hello friends! We’ve been enjoying the sunshine here today – it’s been beautifully warm and the birds have been singing away! I thought it appropriate to bring you another of my samples for the new Timestamp Creations collection produced by Clarity Crafts for Janice Phillips from her fabulou photography, featuring two of the images from… Read More three little birds
Hello fellow crafters! After looking back into the Clarity Crafts archive over the last few days, I’ve now got an early peek at some fantastic leafy stamps that Barbara is launching tomorrow on Clarity Social TV at 2pm. The detail in these stamps is just amazing and I’ve gone with just one of the 14… Read More art is what you make it
Hello friends and welcome to the first of my weekend posts! I had a bit of a lazy morning today, after the busyness of yesterday’s Clarity Social TV shows but am spending the afternoon with my baby grandson, so all’s well in my world. I’ve got another of my demos from yesterday to share with… Read More King of the Castle
Hello there – here I am with this week’s Christmas card (not bad considering it’s now April and I’ve kept going so far…!) I’ve gone back to Linda’s Home for Christmas set today for this fab tree, based loosely on the sketch from 52 Christmas Card Throwdown (I hope the team there don’t think my… Read More starry Christmas tree
Hello crafty friends. I’m just popping in today with another quick card from Barbara’s show on Sunday, as I’m currently staying at a sunny Butlins in Skegness up on the East Coast – we come each year to Spring Harvest, a big Christian festival on the site. I’ve noticed there are art sessions every afternoon,… Read More brilliant quote
Hello there! I’m late on parade today (it’s been very busy), but didn’t want to miss the chance to give you an early peek of these fabulous ‘Japanese floral tiles‘ stamps that are launching from Clarity Crafts tomorrow – Barbara will be on Clarity Social TV with them at 10am & 2pm. They play perfectly… Read More Japanese floral tile
Hello there. We’ve reached the middle of March and it’s time for our new theme at Sparkles Challenges and it’s all about Easter! The daffodils are now out in my garden so I reached for the stamp that’s in the ‘Wales Framer’ set, with the new ‘potted plants alphabet’ stamps working perfectly for an acrostic… Read More Easter at Sparkles Challenge
