Hello crafty friends. Well, I’m back in my comfort zone with the next in my dip back into Claritystamp’s Craft Club, after last week’s chimps! These calla lilies are so pretty and will work for weddings, birthdays – lots of occasions. This card is for a friend who is about to have surgery for cancer… Read More Claritystamp craft club lookback – calla lily #139
Hello crafty friends. After the cool winter colours of yesterday’s post, I’ve taken a jump forward today to spring with one of the new ‘seasonal wreath’ stamp sets from Claritystamp. I’ve used the colours from the new challenge at CAS Colours and Sketches, together with the new layout from Freshly Made Sketches. I started with… Read More first bloom of spring
Hello crafty friends. Just a very quick post tonight after a long day of meetings and another one in a while! Here’s a card using Claritystamp’s ‘primrose’ three way overlay stamp set, that I thought worked well for the new challenges at Color Throwdown and Freshly Made Sketches I started with a piece of card… Read More spring primroses
Hello crafty friends. Bit of a late post today – I’ve had a lovely evening out with friends at a local garden owned by the Royal Horticultural Society that was all lit up for Christmas. It was so beautiful, despite the cold. It’s been a busy day all round, as I also joined an online… Read More fresh floral happy
Hello crafty friends. It’s time for my weekly dip back into the Claritystamp new design club archive, and it’s a very timely one with the ‘candles’ stamp from November 2017. I was inspired watching Barbara Gray on The Craft Store TV channel this afternoon, so thought I’d team it up with one of their mixed… Read More Claritystamp new design club lookback – candles #133
Welcome to my crafty blog. Today’s Christmas card uses the stockings stamp set, one of Claritystamp’s ‘Christmas rounds’. I’ve gone for a slightly less traditional colour scheme on this card with the grey, but I rather like it. I took inspiration from three current challenges – the photo over at Just Add Ink, the layout… Read More Christmas stockings
Hello crafty friends and welcome to another Christmas card! It must be that time of year…! I’ve used another one of Claritystamp’s stained glass windows, but this time the small stamp rather than the larger die. I’ve had this one for quite a long time – it always feels good when I use older stamps… Read More star window
Hello crafty friends. Today’s card is a masculine one, using Claritystamp’s ‘deerscape’ aperture die. I love the way this cuts the scene into the card – I’ve got the matching stamp as well (I am a stamper at heart) but this die gives such a brilliant sharp outline. I’ve taken inspiration for this one from… Read More amazing day
Hello crafty friends – I’m back with another card using the beautiful ‘all about the girls’ set designed by Hazel Eaton for Julie Hickey Designs (I did tell you there would be more of these!) Today’s card uses the layout from Freshly Made Sketches and the colour palette from Color Throwdown. I started by cutting… Read More happy birthday circles
Welcome to my crafty blag and a quick Christmas card using Stampin’ Up!’s new ‘stars are shining’ set. I decided to go for a bit less of a traditional colour scheme with the palette from the new challenge at Color Throwdown, which I teamed with the layout from Freshly Made Sketches I started by stamping… Read More Christmas baubles
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