Welcome to my crafty blog and a simple die cut card using up an inky mop-up piece of card from my stash (that always makes me happy!) I reached for one of Clarity‘s fab ‘panoramic aperture quarterette’ dies – these are a quarter of the size of their regular dies (spot the clue in the… Read More keep it simple
I’m back again, this time with an early look at Barb’s ‘Clarity Classics’ show on Create & Craft TV tomorrow (Sunday), bringing back some of the early Clarity designs. This one features the ‘willow lady’ – I remember this from years back when I first discovered Clarity stamps! So I kept it simple on this one,… Read More willow lady
Hello crafty friends! I’ve got a busy day with design team cards and here’s my second offering, this time for Love to Craft where our theme (as always) is ‘anything goes’. I’ve had another play with the ‘star flowers’ stamp that ClarityCrafts released last week, this time with the larger A5 set and the Japanese… Read More inky star flowers
Welcome to my crafty blog and another look at the new quote stamps released yesterday from ClarityCrafts. I made this one using the ‘trees and their mantles’ stamp set and have picked up blue, green & frame from Festive Friday‘s inspo list – I thought this little tranquil scene was appropriate for World Mental Health… Read More This must be the place
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
I’ve got a coastal scene to share with you today using the new ‘seascape’ set from ClarityCrafts bijou two-way overlay linocut stamps. It’s been really hot again here in North East London and a trip to the coast would have been very welcome! I’m going to add this as a second contribution to Time Out‘s… Read More ray of sunshine
Hello there! It’s Suday again so I’ve delved back into my Craft Club back issues from ClarityCrafts – this time for the ‘butterfly box die’ (#44) from August 2022. I made the little boxes last Christmas (you can see that post here) and today decided to just use the little butterfly die from the set.… Read More Clarity craft club lookback – butterfly box die
Hello crafty friends. Apologies for the late post today – I’ve been at meetings in London, followed by a debriefing session in the pub! Hopefully I can still type straight… I’ve pulled several challenges together on today’s card, using a couple of ClarityCrafts stamps sets. Inspire.Create want cards with a summer theme and the ‘red… Read More summer birthday
Hello crafty friends. I’m back today with my design team card for the new theme of ‘tropical or beach’ for Sparkles challenge. This card contains something old and something new and is a bit of an arty departure for me – definitely not my usual CAS style! I spent two days last week at ClarityCrafts‘… Read More Sparkles challenge – tropical
Hello crafty friends! Today’s card features one of my older ClarityCrafts stamps – the kingfisher, which I bought way back when the stamps came ready mounted on the mounts! I really thought it ought to see the light of day again – and it’s part of the current Design of the Week offer at 30%… Read More kingfisher
Deborah's Crafty Blog 