Happy New Year crafty friends and welcome to my first post of 2026 courtesy of our latest challenge at Christmas (or not) BINGO. I’m still on my journey back through Clarity’s 2025 Craft Club stamps as well, so used the flowers from last July for my card incorporating three of the prompts from Column I… Read More Clarity Craft Club 2025 lookback – July for Christmas (or not) BINGO
Hello crafty friends. I hope you had a lovely Christmas Day, however you spent it. I had a lovely afternoon with the family, including one of Santa’s elves who got very busy with the wrapping paper! Meanwhile, back in crafting land, I’ve decided to spend the next few days working back through my 2025 Craft… Read More Clarity Craft Club 2025 lookback – January
Hello everyone. It’s been a damp grey day here, so I thought I’d inject a bit of wintery atmosphere with the latest stamp from Clarity’s Craft Club the fab little ‘Let It Snowman’. I sat him in a chilly scene from the Landscapes by Barbara toppers set. The first step was to find a suitable… Read More Clarity Craft Club – December snowman
Hello crafty friends. I’ve got a new Clarity character for you to meet today – here’s Celeste from the new Friends, Sisters & Angels collection. I was playing with her this afternoon while watching Barbara on Clarity Social TV showcasing the whole collection. The figures (Alice, Celeste & Evelyn) have got additional wings & haloes… Read More Celeste
Hello crafty friends! I’m back in harness today after spending the last month with my closest friends on a journey across Australia! We had a fabulous time, but it’s now back to reality for me with a dose of jetlag and having to get my own meals! Back on the crafting bus, I’ve got a… Read More Tina’s flowers
Hello crafty friends! I’ve got a second Christmas card to share today after playing with Clarity’s hot foil kits and Christmas BOW-WOB papers yesterday, in anticipation of Paul Church’s show with these (and a new kit) at 2pm today on HobbyMaker TV. This card used the sketch from Sunday Stamps and the ‘Christmas in July’… Read More more foiling…
Hello friends. It’s Monday again, but every day is a good one for cake, right? I’ve got a simple offering today using one of the images from Clarity’s Stay Calm Drink Tea stamp set and a perfect quote stamp from Set 7 (I love these wood black effect inages). Once again I’ve combined a few… Read More cake, cake, cake
Hello friends. I’ve dipped back into Clarity’s Craft Club today, heading to 2018 and this fabulous cherry cupcake stamp for a rather scrumptious birthday card. Once again, I’ve woven a few challenges into this one, starting with the red & white palette from Color Hues (neutrals are allowed) and the layout from Freshly Made Sketches.… Read More Let’s eat cake!
Hello friends. I’ve got another of my demos from yesterday afternoon’s Clarity Social TV to share today, this time using Linda’s Floral Steps stamp set. These images really made me think of a little rustic French cottage and I decided to make a fancy fold card to make the most of the steps! I started… Read More floral steps
Hello friends. I’ve got a bit of a reflective card to share with you today for our new layout at CAS Colours & Sketches, as we said a sad farewell to our lovely disabled cat, Tom, last week. My card is pretty stripped back so I’m also sharing it with Simply Clean & Simple. As… Read More CAS Colours & Sketches 560 – four square
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