Hello friends. I’m back with another of the sets in Clarity’s Barbara’s Big Blooms collection – this time I’ve gone with the A5 square Holly Leaves set. It’s a perfect Christmas set, drawn by Barbara, but I’ve put a contemporary twist on the images with a teal and silver colour combo. I cut a piece… Read More teal & silver holly
Hello crafty friends. I’m in full-on sparkle mode today with this card using Clarity’s Art Nouveau Christmas stars stencil, thanks to a healthy dose of WOW embossing powder! I pulled out this stencil thanks to the prompts from Inkspirational and Just Us Girls – I do love the images in Clarity’s Art Nouveau collection of… Read More starry sparkles
Welcome to Friday and the first of two cards I’ve got to share with you today. This one is for our new theme at Alphabet Challenge, where Pamela has given us N for Night. Now, I said yesterday that you may be seeing a few more Christmas cards from me and I’m keeping my word… Read More N for Night at Alphabet Challenge
Hello friends. I’ve got another Christmas card to share with you today, once again using the new Christmas Build a Landscape stamps from ClarityCrafts, but this time pairing them with their Viaduct Collage die – with a bit of a twist! I wanted to create the effect of sand dunes for the wise men to… Read More Good tidings
Hello crafty friends. Barbara & Paul will be live on Clarity Social TV at 3pm (or you can watch on catch up) with this fab set of Christmas Build a Landscape stamps (and a few other new goodies too!) I’ve got another of my design team samples to share today, which will also be making… Read More Bethlehem star
Hello again. I’ve got a second card here to share with you, this time a variation on a demo from this afternoon’s 2pm Clarity Social TV and inspired by our new recipe challenge at As You See It, together with the ’embossing’ theme at Make My Monday and the new palette of white & gold… Read More Elegance recipe at As You See It Challenge
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. There’s another heatwave on the way for the UK this weekend, so I decided to channel cooler thoughts with this week’s Christmas card (although I don’t think these snowflakes would last very long outside!) It’s another very simple card using Clarity’s Christmas Corners stamp set and a bit of sparkly heat embossing. I… Read More snowflake corners
Hello friends. I’m back with a second look at the new French Lace stamps from Clarity, which were launched today as part of their 10 year anniversary celebrations of the introduction of Groovi parchment craft to their stable! I have tried parchment craft over the years (Groovi makes it so accessible) but I’m certainly a… Read More French lace panel
Hello friends! Well, it may be seriously hot outside, but I’m sticking to my ambition of making one Christmas card each week through the year, so here’s my latest offering using Clarity’s Bijou 12 Days of Christmas stamp set. Once again, I’ve managed to combine a few challenges to produce this card, starting with the… Read More 25th December
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