Hello crafty friends. I’m sharing a card & ATC (artist’s trading card) that I sent to my partner in this month’s Clarity ATC swap. The theme was ‘festive’ and ‘silver’ and I opted to put the November Craft Club stencil into use on both the ATC and card. Let me talk you through the process… Read More Craft Club stencil – foliage tree
Hello crafty friends. I haven’t had any of Clarity’s bijou bauble stamps out so far this season, so figured it was time to rectify that, inspired by Barbara’s demos with them on HobbyMaker TV this afternoon. This card uses the ‘joy to the world’ bauble from the set, together with one of the lattice doodle… Read More bijou Christmas bauble
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
Hello crafty friends. I’ve got another new challenge to share with you today – this time it’s our next theme of ‘autumn leaves & pumpkins’ at Sparkles Challenges. Well, I knew exactly where I was going with my DT card for this one, and that was straight back to Clarity’s Autumn Build a Wreath stamp… Read More autumn leaves & pumpkins at Sparkles Challenge
Hello crafty friends and welcome to what will be my last post for a few weeks, as I’m taking a bit of a break from crafting (don’t panic, I will be back!) This card is for a happy occasion, as I needed and engagement card and decided to make use of the new Triangle People… Read More celebration
Hello crafty friends. It’s all getting a bit busy here this week with various work and crafting commitments, but I found a bit of time this afternoon to make a couple of cards using Clarity’s nested circle letterbox doodle frame-it panel dies. I was looking at my stash while watching Paul showcasing the whole collection… Read More rainbow circles
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. I’m back with another of my samples from Friday’s Clarity Social TV shows – today it’s a couple of sets from Linda’s Coffee Quartet – Coffee & Friends and Visit, Sit, Stay, Drink. That’s one of the great things about these stamp sets – they mix and match so well. Staring with a… Read More all the coffees
Hello friends. I’ve had a busy but fun day today, setting up ready to spend the next two days demonstrating at Clarity’s Open Days in Kent and catching up with my design team buddies. I thought I’d pop in and share one of the designs I’ll be demoing (if anyone wants to see it!) using… Read More Christmas swag
Hello crafty friends. I’m busy gearing up for Clarity Social TV tomorrow (Friday) at 10am & 2pm, so thought I’d share a peek of one of the stamp sets I’ll be showcasing. This lovely little bouquet butterfly is part of the kaleidoscope of butterflies stamp & die collection and is fantastic for summery birthday cards.… Read More Bouquet butterfly
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