Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m celebrating a milestone today – this little blog was only started 11 months ago and this is my 150th post! I started shortly after I retired from full time work, and planned to blog a couple of times a week. That gradually increased over the year, and I’ve now… Read More A centenary and a half!
Welcome to my crafty blog. Today’s card is all about the background – it’s made with a single stamp from the Claritystamp ‘wild flowers nature’ set. The colours were inspired by this week’s challenge over at CAS Colours and Sketches I started by inking up the A6 stamp from the set, using a make up… Read More It’s all in the background
Welcome to my crafty blog. I thought I ought to start making a few cards for Valentine’s Day as I usually get asked for some, so here’s my first offering. I’ve gone for a less traditional colour scheme, as these are my current favourite ink shades – I seem to be using them all the… Read More Hearts & Flowers
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m still busy working back through my craft stash, and today picked the flowers from Stampin’ Up! ‘Wonderful Romance’ set which was in the catalogue a couple of years ago. This bouquet is so useful and I’ve used it quite a few times since then. The card design is inspired… Read More Get well flowers
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m still holding out for the arrival of spring flowers (there’s a crocus peeping through in a pot on my windowsill), so today’s card is designed to bring some early colour. I’ve used background stamps a few times recently, so this week’s theme over at TGIF challenges was a good… Read More Spring Flowers
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve tried to go for a bit more of a spring look on today’s card – hoping that the brighter days and flowers are only just around the corner. Claritystamp’s ‘Tina’s Wild Flower Spray’ stamp completely fitted the bill! I started with the ‘Dots and Spots’ A5 texture background stamp,… Read More Sending love with a wild flower spray
Well I’m reaching the halfway point of this little challenge to use the all stamps from Claritystamp’s 2020 monthly new design club over the 12 days of Christmas. Just the one card today, as I was a bit late getting to my craft desk – but I did get out for a walk in the… Read More 12 Days of Clarity – day 6 June ‘gemstone flowers’ stamp
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. Today’s card uses the ‘friendship flower’ stamp set by Julie Hickey Designs – the colours were inspired by this week’s Color Throwdown challenge https://colorthrowdown.blogspot.com/ I started with a small square of smooth kraft card, and stamped the large flowers across the left hand side, using a clear ink. I then… Read More Friendship flower
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m sharing a card I’ve made for a friend’s birthday in a couple of weeks. I always find it tricky to make birthday cards near Christmas – I try to avoid winter scenes as they just look like amended Christmas cards, and flowers, etc, can look very summery. I went… Read More Beautiful friendship
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