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 crafty friends. I’m finally getting back into the swing of things after my holiday, and was doing a bit of catching up at my craft desk this afternoon. My April Craft Club goodies arrived from ClarityCrafts while I was away, so I’ve given the mandala stencil a first outing on today’s card, inspired by… Read More mandala stencil
Welcome to my crafty blog. It’s still too cold here in the UK for butterflies to be making an appearance, so I’ve settled for the ones designed by Hazel Eaton for Julie Hickey Designs instead. I’ve sat them on the ‘circle medley’ stamp to reflect the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches and picked up two… Read More butterflies two ways
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
Hello there and welcome to my Sunday dip back into Clarity’s Craft Club, this time to the ‘frilly embellishment’ dies from April 2021. I thought the panel die would work for the layout at Freshly Made Sketches and added the colours from Color Throwdown in the little scene. I started with a piece of card… Read More Clarity Craft Club lookback – frilly embellishment die
Hello crafty friends. I’m back with another card using ‘Hazel’s butterfly’ from Julie Hickey Designs, this time teamed with the ‘circles medley’ stamp. I decided to go with the colour palette from Color Throwdown and the layout from Freshly Made Sketches I started by stamping the circles in ‘watering can’ Archival ink across the top… Read More butterfly gold
Welcome to my crafty blog and a get well card using Clarity’s design of the week – the treescape. I’ve got the die in this design, but today went with the three-way overlay stamp set, inspired by the challenges at Freshly Made Sketches and Color Hues I started with a piece of card trimmed to… Read More Treescape
Hello there! We’ve got a new letter over at Alphabet Challenge – it’s now V and Debbie has opted for ‘vellum’ (parchment) as our theme, so my challenge as to decide how to incorporate it into my design. I thought it would work really well for the fabulous new dragonfly stamps designed by Hazel Eaton… Read More V for vellum
Welcome to my crafty blog. Barbara Gray showcased Clarity’s ‘townhouse’ products the other day, so I thought it was time my die came out for an airing (plus I needed a ‘new home’ card!). I took the lovely colour palette from Creative Colour Challenges and teamed it with the layout at Freshly Made Sketches, adding… Read More happy home
hello crafty friends. Here we are at the start of another week and I’ve got a last minute submission to a couple of challenge blogs, using the ‘beautifully happy’ stamp set that’s in the current Stampin’ Up! Saleabration. I’ve take the colours from Color Throwdown, the layout from Freshly Made Sketches and a scattering of… Read More beautifully happy hearts
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