Welcome to my crafty blog and a first outing for the second stamp in ClarityCrafts‘ ‘Twas the night before Christmas’ set (all originally drawn by Barbara Gray herself!). I thought of this when I saw the themes at Sparkles Christmas challenge, Global Design Project and Peace on Earth I started by stamping the image onto… Read More The stockings were hung…
WElcome to my crafty blog and my Sunday delve back into Clarity‘s Craft Club. Today it’s the ‘butterfly wave’ stencil (#93) from February 2022, which I thought would beautifully showcase the colours from Global Design Project. I do love teal shades (as you’d know if you’d ever been to my house!) so am also going… Read More Clarity craft club lookback – butterfly wave stencil
Welcome to my crafty blog and another look at one of the aperture stencils from ClarityCrafts recent collection – this time it’s the ‘snowflake’ one. I thought I’d share this with a few challenegs as well – Global Design Project are looking for patterns this week, Christmas Craft Creations want monochrome cards and this opbviously… Read More snowflake stencil
Welcome to my second post today, this time with the new colour challenge from As You See It. I thought this palette would work really well for a masculine card, with ClarityCrafts ‘clockwork’ aperture die and the sketch from Global Design Project I started with a piece of navy card, trimmed fit on a 5×7… Read More As You See It – clockwork colours
Hello crafty friends! Today’s card features another of the linocut stamps from ClarityCrafts, this time the ‘apple orchard’ set. It’s just perfect for autumnal cards, and I’ve incorporated colours from Color Dare (I picked up the two greens, orange and pink), the ‘outdoor’ theme from Global Design Project and the top row of ink blending,… Read More apple harvest
Hello there. Today’s card uses some of the latest Word Chain stamps from ClarityCrafts, together with their ‘birch trees’. I’ve pulled a few current challenges together in this design: the new theme of ‘outdoors’ at Global Design Project, the right hand column of square card, masculing & leaves from TicTacToe‘s grid, and the photo of… Read More Grandad’s trees
Welcome to my crafty blog and the new theme of K for Kitchen at Alphabet Challenge, which Melanie has chosen. For me, it was an obvious choice of ‘Linda’s Mum’s kitchen’ stamp set from ClarityCrafts, which I’ve had for a while and have to confess had not yet inked into action! I’ve taken a slightly… Read More K for kitchen
Somehow it’s Sunday again, so I’ve dipped back into Clarity’s Craft Club for the next in my Sunday sessions – today it’s the ‘hot air balloon aperture die’ (#139) from June 2022. I decided to go with the colours from Color Throwdown and the sketch from Global Design Project to make a bright child’s card.… Read More Clarity Craft Club lookback – hot air balloon die
Hello there! I’m back with a rather tempting display of cakes today – I do love celebrating with an afternoon tea! I’ve given ‘Linda’s piece of cake’ stamp a first inking today (it’s been tucked away in my stash for longer than it should have been!) inspired by the moodboard at Just Us Girls, the… Read More a piece of cake!
Hello there. I’m back with a fun and vibrant card today, using ‘Cherry’s funky happy birthday’ stamp set from ClarityCrafts which has been the WIGIG (When It’s Gone, It’s Gone!) offer at 60% off for the past week, ending at midnight tonight, so you’ve just got time to grab a last minute bargain! I picked… Read More funky birthday
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