Hello crafty friends – I hope you’ve all had a lovely Christmas! For the last couple of years I’ve spent the 12 Days of Christmas working back through the latest stamps from Clarity’s Craft Club, so welcome to the 2022 installment of my 12 Days of Clarity. I’ve started back in January 2022 with the… Read More 12 Days of Clarity 2022 – snowdrop
Hello crafty friends. Some more new goodies to share today, with a sneak peek at the ‘marigold moments’ set from Stampin’ Up! that will be available in the new mini catalogue next month. The flwoers are a two step stamp and it’s the most gorgeous image. I’ve taken a fairly loose interpretation of the current… Read More marigold thanks
Hello crafty friends. I’m trying to make some time over Christmas to play with some of the new goodies I’ve had over the last couple of months and not had time to try out. I’ve gone with one of the new ‘build a scene’ masks from Clarity as the basis of this card, taking the… Read More build-a-scene masks
Hello crafty friends and welcome to my second post today. This one has the new challenge at As You See It – it’s a bonus inspiration photo for the end of the year! Now my new Stampin’ Up! goodies have arrived ahead of the launch of the new mini catalogue in January and I went… Read More Inspiration photo at As You See It challenge
Hello crafty friends. I’ve been making more cards with Julie Hickey’s ‘sent with love’ envelope stamp, inspired by Phillipa Lewis’ recent online tutorial. I love the idea of stamping only part of the image – it makes stamps much more versatile. I’ve taken the colours from Just Add Ink and will also share it with… Read More birthday love and laughter
Hello crafty friends. Today’s card is inspired by some designs by Philippa Lewis, who’s part of Julie Hickey’s design team – she had a great online class this morning, although I couldn’t craft along and need to find time to catch up wiht the latter part of the session. Anyway, I decided to do some… Read More sent with love
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
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve got the new ‘framed florets’ set from Stampin’ Up! out for another play today, this time using the sketch from Atlantic Hearts and the palette from Colour INKspiration I started with a 5×7 card blank and attached a strip of the ‘hues of happiness’ paper across the centre. I… Read More birthday florets
Hello crafty friends. I’ve gone for stencilling on today’s card, using sponges and the ‘poppies’ stencil from Clarity Crafts. I picked up the colours from Just Add Ink, and I’ll also share it with Happy Little Stampers for their stencil challenge and Seize the Birthday (although I haven’t used their optional ‘topping’ of halloween colours)… Read More poppy stencil
Hello crafty friends. I’ve had another play today with the new ‘framed florets’ set from Stampin’ Up!, inspired by the challenges at Hand Stamped Sentiments and Colour INKspiration I started by cutting a couple of strips of ‘starry sky’ patterned paper, which I attached to a 6×6 card blank, and then added a die cut… Read More florets special day
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