Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve been playing with Claritystamp’s masks again today – they are fantastic for building scenes. Today’s card uses the ‘deerscape’ mask, along with the mountains from the new ‘riverside landscape & reflection’ set – and only 3 ink colours (I do love a bit of blending!) The three colours are… Read More deerscape
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m back with my Sunday lookback through the Claritystamp new design club since I first joined, and I’m now onto the start of my second year of membership with the ‘robin’ stamp from December 2013. This month saw another change in the club with the launch of full colour printed… Read More Clarity new design club lookback – robin (#86)
Welcome to my crafty blog. No 1 son moved into his new flat earlier this week, so I’ve been making a few cards for family members to send him – this one is for his grandparents to send. It’s OK, there’s no risk of a spoiler as he doesn’t read my blog! I love this… Read More through the square window…
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve just got the brand new daisies stamp sets from Julie Hickey Designs, and couldn’t wait to have a play with them. This is the ‘sweet daisies’ set – I love how fresh these images are. I’ve taken the colour scheme from this week’s challenge over at Fab Friday –… Read More Sweet daisies
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve now started making thank you cards, as I always need a number of them after Christmas (for which I’m very grateful!). There used to be a TV advert in the UK which I think was for Interflora, with the strapline ‘say it with flowers’ – so that’s what I’m… Read More say ‘thank you’ with flowers
Welcome to my crafty blog. Sadly I’ve had to make some more sympathy cards for friends who’ve lost family members in the last couple of weeks, and I turned to the ‘Forever Fern’ set from Stampin’ Up, which works for so many different occasions. The design has been inspired by two blog challenges this week… Read More In our thoughts
Welcome to my crafty blog. Two of my friends are about to start new jobs, and I remembered this sentiment stamp from Claritystamp’s New Design Club (several years ago), which said exactly the right thing. Things are not always exactly what they seem though (spoiler alert!) – I looked up this quote from Gandhi and… Read More Be the change you want to see in the world
Welcome to my crafty blog. Today’s card is one I made for my brother-in-law’s birthday – he’s got a white Vespa scooter, and I remembered I’d got one in this old set of stamps from Kanban buried in my stash. I’ve also used the current challenge from Fab Friday for the design (http://fabfridaystampinchallenge.blogspot.com/) I started… Read More Vespa dreams
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve got a couple of friends who are about to start new jobs, so the image and sentiment in this stamp set (‘flutterby’ from Claritystamp) seemed entirely appropriate. I love the colours in this designer paper from Claritystamp as well, especially as today has been the hottest day of the… Read More Seize the day
Hello and welcome to my crafty blog. I’m sharing a card I’ve made for a friend who’s just set the date for their wedding, so lots of congratulations are winging their way. I was inspired by the colours in the current Fab Friday blog challenge http://fabfridaystampinchallenge.blogspot.com/ They’re not what I would usually choose but love… Read More Bouquet of congratulations
