Hello crafty friends. I’ve been busy today making a few masculine cards ready for friends with birthdays that are coming up, so thought I’d share one of them today. I’ve used the ‘clockwork aperture’ die from ClarityCrafts, which is so useful for men’s cards, with inspiration from Festive Friday (I picked up blue, masculine &… Read More birthday cogs
Welcome to my crafty blog and a pretty spring pansy on today’s card. I’ve used Stampin’ Up!’s ‘pansy patch’ set (which has carried over into the new catalogue), inspired by the challenges at Inspired by, Festive Friday (I picked up yellow, black & enamel dots from their list) and Less is More I started with… Read More spring pansy
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m delighted to have been invited along as the Surprise Birthday Guest at Seize the Birthday‘s new challenge – this week the ‘extra topping’ is to make a ‘card for a child’, but you can just play along with the regular ‘anything goes’ theme if you prefer. I’ve gone with… Read More Seize the Birthday challenge – card for a child
Welcome to my weekly dip back into Clarity’s Craft Club with the ‘room with a view’ aperture die from January 2021. I went for a slightly more ambitious card than I usually make, picking up the palette from Creative Colour Challenges, with fancy fold, friendship statement and something shiny from the inspo list at Festive… Read More Clarity Craft Club lookback – room with a view die
Welcome to my crafty blog and another wonderful die cut from Clarity Crafts. This was actually the very first die they produced – Barbara Gray designed it for her wedding invitations! I’ve picked up a few things from Festive Friday‘s ‘wear red day’ inspiration list – red, square card & ribbon (I’m not sure if… Read More happily ever after
Welcome to my crafty blog. Today’s card stars the floral envelope from Julie Hickey’s ‘sent with love’ stamp set. I thought of it when I saw the inspo list at Festive Friday challenge – it’s not really a new year card, but I picked up red, gold & envelope from the list. I also took… Read More sending floral love
Hello crafty friends. I’m delighted to have been invited along as Guest Designer for the new challenge colours at Color Throwdown. It’s a beautiful palette of pink, ice blue and gold. I was inspired by the Christmas trees in the photo, so reach for Stampin’ Up!’s ‘spruced up’ set. The first step was to stamp… Read More Guest designer for Color Throwdown #723
Welcome to my crafty blog and a birthday card in Christmas colours! I’ve used Julie Hickey’s ‘sent with love’ stamp as the focal point for this, inspired by the current theme at Festive Friday and the colours from TGIF challenges I started with the background, embossing a square of white card with the retired ‘pinewood… Read More floral envelope
Hello crafty friends. Today’s card uses the very handy ‘nothing’s better than…’ set from Stampin’ Up!, which I thought of as soon as I saw the inspo list for the current Festive Friday challenge. I’ve picked up cookies, circle & square card from the list, which worked really well with the sketch from Atlantic Hearts… Read More consume cookies…
Hello there and welcome to my second post today, for the new challenge at As You See It . I do seem to be having a bit of a back & white theme today! I found this theme very difficult as I don’t ‘celebrate’ Halloween – I think there’s enough evil around in the world… Read More moonlight for As You See It challenge
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