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
Hello again. I’m delighted to be back with my second card as the ‘surprise party guest’ for Seize the Birthday – this time the task is to use red as the main colour on our cards. I took the opportunity of an early peek at the new ‘Just Flowers’ that ClarityCrafts are launching tomorrow (Barbara… Read More Seize the Birthday challenge – red
Hello there! Today’s card is a first play with the new ‘infusions’ collage papers from ClarityCrafts. They’re a lighter weight (80gsm) than their designer papers and designed specifically for use on collages, although I’ve gone with paper piecing my stamped image, combining two of the new sets – ‘hibiscus’ and ‘chamomile’. I started with a piece of… Read More infusions papers
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