Hello crafty friends. I’m experiencing a bit of cognitive dissonance today because, although I committed to making a Christmas card every week at the beginning of this year, it feels rather bizarre to be sharing one on Easter Saturday! Anyway, here we are with our next challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown and it’s a… Read More April’s sketch at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown 26-13
Hello friends. I’ve been trying to catch a bit of the sunshine today inbetween work meetings, but sat down to a bit of crafting earlier this evening while watching Clarity’s Paul Church on HobbyMaker TV with the fab floral frame dies. I went with the hapy birthday one on my card – and then realised… Read More floral birthday die
Hello there, crafty friends, and welcome to a look at another of the goodies currently available in Clarity‘s bumper sale of their Craft Club back issues. Today, I’ve picked out the ‘thank you floral flourish’ aperture die, inspired by the challenge at TGIF. The great thing about the Craft Club issues is that you get… Read More Craft Club thank you floral flourish die
Hello crafty friends. Bit of a late post today – I’ve been out to supper with some of my oldest friends! Fortunately, this one is pretty simple to work through, just using one of the nested hexagon dies from ClarityCrafts and a few sheets of the Hibiscus infusions collage paper. You’ll notice that I’ve stepped… Read More hexagonal thanks
Hello crafty friends. I’ve got another sample using the new ‘woodland treescape overlay‘ stencils from ClarityCrafts today – and this time I actually did overlay them! This card is about as grungy as I get (it’s still essentially CAS, just lots of inky colour), picking up the tones from AAA Colourful‘s board, the layering theme… Read More trio of trees
Hello there. I’m back today with another take on the tree stamp from ClarityCrafts‘ new ‘Just Christmas silhouette framer’ set. This time I’ve taken a bit of a collage technique to piece together three separate stamped images to get thestripes on my card – read on for all the details. The first step was to… Read More triple Christmas trees
Hello friends. It’s the final day of ClarityCrafts‘ Fresh Cut Dies Bonanza weekend (ends at midnight tonight) and I couldn’t resist having a play with one of my all-time favourite dies – the ‘treescape’! I’ve got a ‘twofer’ to share, having used my die cut as a stencil as well! So, the first thing was… Read More 3D or not 3D…
Hello crafty friends. We’ve got a Fresh Cut Die Bonanza over on the ClarityCrafts webiste this weekend, with some brilliant bargains to be had (I may have already sneaked a cheeky little order in!) Dies don’t only have to be the focal image on a card and I’ve used a border strip here along with… Read More from our house to yours
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
Hello there! I’m really getting back into my crafting routine now – today’s card features the ‘periwinkle & friends’ aperture die from ClarityCrafts, inspired by the challenges at AAA Cards, Atlantic Hearts and Happy Little Stampers You’ll know that I’m a stamper at heart, but there’s none to be seen on this card! I started… Read More pink birthday
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