Hello crafty friends – I’m back after being missing for a couple of days. Today’s card uses the summer set from ClarityCrafts‘ ‘Linda’s bijou children through the seasons’. It does seem odd to be sharing this in the freezing UK temperatures, and I’m not sure I’d want to be up in a hot air balloon just at… Read More go with the flow
Hello crafty friends and welcome to another dip into the back issues of Clarity‘s stencil Craft Club – it’s been a few weeks since I last shared one of these! Today it’s #99 the ‘box work stencil’ which, I have to be honest, hadn’t seen any ink until now! I was inspired by Jilly Clifton’s design on… Read More Clarity Craft Club lookback – box work stencil
Hello crafty friends and welcome to day 11 of my 12 Days of Clarity, working back through their Craft Club from last year. We’re nearly there – today I’ve got the ‘wrapped up in lace’ stamp from November to share with you, taking inspiration from the moodboard at Inkspirational ( although I’ve used kraft card rather… Read More 12 Days of Clarity 2023 – November
Hello crafty friends and welcome to day 2 of my 12 Days of Clarity, today with the ‘it’s a wrap heart’ stamp from Clarity‘s Craft Club back in February (#196). It’s a beautiful image so didn’t need too much adding to it and I thought it would work perfectly for a wedding card. I decided to… Read More 12 Days of Clarity 2023 – heart
Hello crafty friends. There’s another collection of new goodies coming from ClarityCrafts tomorrow – seasonal tags and frames. I’m still in a Christmas crafting mood, so here’s an early peek at one of my design team cards using the winter set. This card ties a few challenges together – the colours from TGIF challenges, the… Read More merry & bright frame
Welcome to my crafty blog and our mid-challenge reminder about the ‘add a hat’ theme for Christmas Craft Creations, where I’m guest designer this month. This time I’ve gone with ‘Jim’s Christmas jumper accessories’ from ClarityCrafts – I wonder how many woolly hats, scarves & gloves will be wrapped up this season! I picked up… Read More add another hat for Christmas Craft Creations
Hello crafty friends. A nice and simple one layer card today using the ‘scots pine’ stamp set from ClarityCrafts, inspired by the photo boards at Hand Stamped Sentiments and Inkspirational both of which feature pine cones. I also picked up the ‘thanks’ theme from The Paper Players and Simply Clean & Simple I started by… Read More pine thanks
Hello there! I’m back with another of the new ‘Linda’s Christmas Compendium’ sets from ClarityCrafts – it won’t surprise you to find out that this set is called ‘Father Christmas’ and I’m going to share it as another offering at The Holly & Ivy challenge. Santa’s bright colours against the neutral background also fit the… Read More moonlit Santa
Good morning crafty friends. I’m back with another card using the new ‘away in a manger’ stamps from ClarityCrafts, this time featuring the ones that didn’t appear on yesterday’s card. I’ve picked up the new theme of Clean & Simple (you know it’s my favourite style!) from Inkspirational, together with their optional twist of ‘inspired… Read More Away in a manger
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
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