Hello crafty friends. It’s Sunday again, so here’s the next in my journey back through Claritystamp’s Craft Club, with the ‘birthday wreath’ from July 2021. I need to make a couple of anniversary cards for friends, so thought this would give me a good start – there are lots of little hearts tucked into the… Read More Claritystamp craft club lookback – birthday wreath
Hello crafty friends. Well I’m back after another short break away and thought I ought to make use of the ‘wheelbarrow’ from last month’s Claritystamp Craft Club, not least because this month’s is due to drop through my letterbox any day now! The first step was to stamp the image in black onto a square… Read More leafy wheelbarrow
Welcome to my crafty blog and the new theme over at the Alphabet Challenge. We’re now on to J and Caz has gone with ‘juvenile’, which means relating to young people. I need some more new baby cards, so thought that would fit the bill. I do love this Noah’s Ark image from the retired… Read More J for Juvenile
Hello there. Today’s card picks up a couple of challenges that feature favourite things. TGIF‘s new theme is exactly that, and I’ve just got time to get this card entered into Inkspirational‘s ‘favourite monochrome’ challenge as well. My friends won’t be surprised to see that this card features shades of teal! I’ve used 3 Distress… Read More a card of favourites
So it’s Sunday again and the next in my series travelling back through Claritystamp’s craft club. Today it’s the ‘hummingbird & blossom’ set from February 2021. I decided to go with the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches and the lovely colours from Color Throwdown. I also incorporated Inkspirational‘s theme of ‘precious’ – more about that… Read More Claritystamp craft club lookback – hummingbird & blossom
Hello there. Well I’m back in my CAS comfort zone today, with another card using Julie Hickey’s ‘daisy blooms’ stamp. There’s a bit of a twist with this card as well, which is not obvious at first glance! Inkspirational have challenged us to use something free or gifted on our cards – I’ve used the… Read More red & aqua blooms
Hello there. It’s a little while since I used one of the aperture dies from Claritystamp, and I thought that one of the panoramic scenes (this is the ‘one tree’) was ideal for the current theme of ‘bark’ over at Inkspirational. I’ve had a second go with the colour palette from Color Hues as well.… Read More panoramic tree
Welcome to my crafty blog – today I’ve got a CAS card to share with you using one of the ‘floral frames’ stamps by Julie Hickey. I haven’t used these stamps for a while, but they came straight to mind when I saw the theme of ‘small and few’ over at AAA cards. I’ve coloured… Read More floral frame
Welcome to my crafty blog and a plethora of flowers today, thanks to Julie Hickey’s ‘daisy buttons’ and ‘floral buttons’ stamp sets. I’ve used the colours from Color Throwdown and the layout from Freshly Made Sketches for this card, teamed with the theme of ‘watercolouring’ from Inkspirational. I started by brushing ‘stormy sky’ Distress Oxide… Read More special day
Hello crafty friends. Today’s card uses the ‘sweet daisies’ stamp set from Julie Hickey Designs, together with a little trick with a banner die! I picked up the challenge photo over at Inkspirational, and paired it with the colours from Color Hues I started with a square of white card and stamped the daisies onto… Read More pink daisies
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