Hello everyone. I’ve got a fun design to share with you today that I made yesterday on the brilliant Mask Masterclass with Barbara Gray – it’s still available to buy and I can thoroughly recommend it to get confident with using stamps and masking them for overlay techniques. Barbara is an absolute fount of tips… Read More Summer holidays
Hello crafty friends. I’ve got another look at the new Hopi Dancers collection today, this time with the Rain Caller from the Water trio. Don’t you think she just has the most elegant pose? My starting point was a piece of card that I mopped up Distress Inks onto, with a blend of ‘picked raspberry’… Read More Be unique, Hopi dancer
Allelulia, Christ is risen! It’s Easter morning and I’m just popping in with a quick post to share a celebratory card with you before heading off to church. I’ve made very few Easter cards this year – the last couple of months have been pretty full on, with a respiratory infection, new kitchen being fitted… Read More Easter sunrise
Hello crafty friends. I had some time to play this afternoon and was inspired by Jilly from Clarity’s post on Barbara Gray’s blog (Barb’s taking a break at the moment) showcasing their watercolour pads. It reminded me that I made some watercolour backgrounds a couple of years ago that have been languishing in my stash… Read More it’s your birthday today
Hello crafty friends. I’ve been busy this week catching up on crafting goodies from while I was away and found time to play with the September stamps from Clarity’s Craft Club – this is another of the fun triangle people drawn by Barbara, with her birthday balloon. I’ve based my card on the layout from… Read More Clarity Craft Club – birthday balloons
Hello crafty friends. Well, it’s time for our next theme at Alphabet Challenge and we’re not on to J for Jump – lots of fun to be had with this one! I dug back into my Clarity stash for a fab little set from Linda’s Children through the Seasons collection, although I don’t think the… Read More J for Jump at Alphabet Challenge
Hello everyone. I’m busy getting ready to head off to Kent tomorrow to spend a couple of days at the annual ClarityCrafts retreat on Monday & Tuesday. I decided that I really should sort out my project folder from last year, when we were busy making backgrounds – one year on, it’s definitely time to… Read More bright butterfly
Hello crafty friends. After all the recent new goodies I’ve been sharing, I’m back today with one of my all-time favourite Clarity images – Tina’s floral spray. This worked well for a few current challenges, starting with the beautiful colours from Sunday Stamps. We Love Stamping have got a floral theme and the regular florists… Read More best day floral spray
Hello crafty friends. I’m back with another take on the new Sketchy stamps from Clarity and. as Paris is the City of Love, it felt only right to do an engagement card for one of my samples, which also fits the ‘anything goes’ option at Simply Clean & Simple. I dug a scrap of an… Read More Love in Paris
hello crafty friends and welcome to this week’s Christmas card! I know the sun’s been shining outside, but it’s week 20 of 2025 and I’m keeping up with my personal challenge! This week’s offering, using Clarity’s nativity miniatures stamps is inspired by the nativity theme at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown and the K for Kraft… Read More Landscape nativity
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