Hello everyone. I’m sharing some green toned inspiration this evening, to tempt you in to the last few hours of Barbara’s Birthday sale (20% off all Clarity products), which ends at midnight tonight! I’ve had the fabulous Trees and Their Mantles set for some time and don’t use it nearly often enough – what’s great… Read More Trees are green…
Hello crafty friends. Our new theme at Sparkles Challenge starts today and, appropriately enough, it’s ‘spring time’! I opted for a tree filled with blossom using the new Branches, Twigs & Sprigs stamps, inspired by the flower filled ones around us here. Taking a 5×5 card blank, I first used a square embedder and a… Read More Springtime at Sparkles Challenge
Good morning everyone and welcome to another Seasonal Saturday! My Christmas card making through the year is going very well, definitely helped by the fact that I joined the design team at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown! This week we’ve got a colour challenge for you, with a lovely combination of blue and white – perfect… Read More Blue & White at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown 26-10
Hello crafty friends. Bit of a late post today – we’re in something of a state of chaos here at home, as it’s been the first day of my new kitchen being fitted, so the old one has been completely stripped out and the electrics sorted today. Hopefully it will be done by the end… Read More Dragonfly circles
Hello crafty friends and welcome to our new challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches. Joanne’s given us a lovely palette of spring colours and I thought they would work beautifully with the new Dream Bird stamp set from Clarity. I’ve used both the outline and infill stamps on this card – such a easy way… Read More Dream bird in colour for CAS Colours & Sketches #580
Welcome to Friday! There’s lots going on today in the craft world, with the launch of the next Product of the Month (for March) from Clarity and our new theme at As You See It challenge. I decided to combine them together into one design team card for both events! The new Floral Hearts stamps… Read More Speedy Purple at As You See It Challenge #367
Hello crafty friends. I’ve got the final one of my demo’s from last Friday’s Clarity Social TV shows to share with you today – a quick and easy one using the Feathered Friends Miniatures stamps and one of the Dawn & Dusk Landscape toppers. I decided to go for an evening look on this card,… Read More Kingfisher at dusk
Hello everyone. I’ve got another sample to share with you today from the new Floral Elements collection, this time with Set 2 and some pencil colouring to meet our new challenge of ‘Make Your Mark’ at Addicted to Stamps & More. I’ve once again taken one of the new sample layouts that come with the… Read More Make Your Mark at Addicted to Stamps 511
Hello crafty friends. Well, it’s yet another wet and grey day in the UK , so I thought I’d brighten things up at one of the new Floral Elements stamp sets from Clarity. They’ve stepped these up a bit and there are now a set of sample layout cards with each set, to give you… Read More Floral elements thank you
Hello crafty friends. We’ve got a new theme for you at Alphabet Challenge – today we’ve reached the letter U and we want to see Uplifting thoughts on your cards. I took the opportunity to play a bit more with the new Fabric Strip Card and doing something different with a bargello technique, which I’ve… Read More U for Uplifting at Alphabet Challenge
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