Hello there! I’ve got an early peek at some new friends arriving tomorrow from ClarityCrafts – more of their poppets characters, this time sprites and pixies. So let me introduce Mandy, one of the sprites! Barbara will be showcasing Mandy and her friends tomorrow from 3pm to 5pm, but this time it will be online… Read More Poppet sprite – Mandy
Hello crafty friends. I’m back with another card using the new ‘Linda’s Floral’s’ collection from ClarityCrafts. I’d planned to demo this one using the ‘clematis’ set on yesterday’s shows, but time just ran away with me so here it is now. I’m also going to share it with The Flower Challenge – they’re looking for… Read More clematis birthday wishes
Hello crafty friends. We’ve got a new challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches – it’s always a sketch for the second one of the month and, as I’m still hosting, I got to design it! Although I drew it earlier this year, it’s worked perfectly for the candles stamps from ClarityCrafts‘ new ‘Christmas Elements’ collection.… Read More CAS Colours & Sketches 543 – a new sketch
Good morning crafty friends! I’m a bit late posting this card for the new Sparkles challenge, which went live at 9am (having been away on Clarity’s two day crafting retreat and busy prepping for TV this weekend before I left, I’ve got behind with my scheduling!) You can no doubt tell that this month’s theme… Read More Butterflies at Sparkles Challenge
Hi everyone! I’ve just had a fabulous couple of days at the annual ClarityCrafts summer retreat, picking up lots of tips and inspiration. I therefore thought it was only right to have got another of the background pieces from last year’s retreat used up at the weekend before I set off – I’ll have another… Read More all about the background!
Hello friends. I hope you’re not bored with this series of Christams cards, as I’ve got another one to share with you today from the weekend’s ClarityCrafts launch! Today it’s the ‘mistletoe swirls’ stamps and I’m back in my happy CAS place, just using the two little leaf images in the set. This works well… Read More mistletoe panel
Hello craft friends. I’ve got another wedding card to share with you today, using the ‘bijou dangles’ stamps and the lovely ‘doves heart’ stencil from ClarityCrafts. I’m sharing it with Just Us Girls for their stencil challenge and AAA Cards as I picked up their sketch (and I hope the team don’t think my image… Read More wedding doves
Hello again and welcome to another card featuring ClarityCraftsnew ‘just butterflies & bees’ stamp set – I hope you’re not getting too bored with them! I’ve gone back to the bees today, but this time paired them with the ‘summer tags & frames’ stamp set and one of the new infusions papers. It’s a slightly… Read More bee happy
Hello crafty friends. Here’s another look at one of the new Japanese floral two-way overlay stamps from ClarityCrafts – this time I’ve paired the ‘joy crescent’ with the butterflies from the Japanese ‘peace’ flowers set. I started by stamping the outline floral circle from onto half a 6×6 card blank using black Archival ink. I… Read More Floral sky
Well I’m back with a second card today as it’s time for our new challenge at As You See It. The fearsome speed challenge has come round again and it was my turn to choose the theme, so I went with ‘spring flowers’ to give everyone plenty of scope! My mum’s favourite flowers were daffodils,… Read More speedy spring flowers for As You See It
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