floral rainbow

Welceom to my crafty blog and a rainbow of flowers courtesy of the ‘fresh florals’ stamps & dies by Julie Hickey Designs. I was inspired by one of Julie’s own cards, picking up the ‘rainbow’ theme from both Just Us Girls and Can You Handle The Pressure I started with a piece of watercolour card… Read More floral rainbow

floral swirl

Hello there. Well, after yesterday’s dip back into Clarity’s Craft Club I’ve come right up to date with their latest stencil from last month. I took the colours from Just Us Girls and the ‘along the edge’ theme from AAA Cards I started by attaching the stencil to a strip of white card with low… Read More floral swirl

sweet meadow

Hello crafty friends. I’ve been playing with the ‘sweet meadow’ stamp from Julie Hickey Designs today, using the colours from Color Throwdown – the image also fits with the inspiration photo! I’m also going to share it as a second offering for Happy Little Stampers‘ watercolour challenge (and there are a few wings in the… Read More sweet meadow

flowers & wings

Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve brought out the ‘framed florets’ set from Stampin’ Up!, which I haven’t used for a little while. The palette at Colour INKspiration immediately said ‘flowers’ to me and I took the layout from Freshly Made Sketches which I rotated. I’ve also picked up the embossing challenge from Can You… Read More flowers & wings

daisy floral friends

Hello crafty friends. Today’s card uses one of ClarityCrafts’ ‘floral friends’ three-way overlay stamp sets – the daisy. I decided it would work with the sketch from Atlantic Hearts and picked up the palette from Creative Colour challenges – maybe you woudn’t immediately think of flowers with these tones, but then you haven’t see the… Read More daisy floral friends

doodle circles

Welcome to my crafty blog and a very CAS card using the ‘buttercup doodles’ stamp set from Clarity Crafts’ KISS range. I stripped the design right back on this one (no ink blending or enamel dots in sight!) using the sketch from Global Design Project. I lifted the ‘circles’ theme from AAA cards and the… Read More doodle circles

healing thoughts

Welcome to my crafty blog and some pink marigolds (which are definitely a thing – I checked!) I’ve made a get well card using Stampin’ Up!’s ‘marigold moments’ set, inspired by the challenges at The Paper Players and Inspire.Create I started by stamping the marigolds onto a square of card that I’d trimmed to fit… Read More healing thoughts

Clarity Craft Club lookback – flower frame die

Hello crafty friends. Well, it’s Sunday again so time for another dip back into Clarity’s Craft Club. This week it’s the ‘flower frame’ from March 2021. I started with a 5×5 card blank and blended ‘broken china’ Distress Oxide onto the centre through Clarity’s clouds stencil. I added the flowers from the new ‘buttercup doodles’… Read More Clarity Craft Club lookback – flower frame die