Hi everyone! I’ve just had a fabulous couple of days at the annual ClarityCrafts summer retreat, picking up lots of tips and inspiration. I therefore thought it was only right to have got another of the background pieces from last year’s retreat used up at the weekend before I set off – I’ll have another… Read More all about the background!
Hello there! I’m back today with another of my all-time favourite ClarityCraftsstamps – ‘Tina’s floral spray’, which I’ve paired with one of the new ‘celebrations’ sentiments. I decided to put an alternative take on the sketch at Hand Stamped Sentiments, turning it into a one layer card with the colours from Inspire.Create and the birthday… Read More one layer floral spray
Hello again! I’m back with a second card using the fabulous ‘calligraphy girls’ stamps from ClarityCrafts, which Barbara also had on this afternoon’s shows – and they were very popular! I decided to go with a bit of paper piecing on this one, using the ‘hibiscus’ Infusions paper for a slightly different look. The first… Read More calligraphy friends
Hello everyone and welcome to Sunday! I’ve got another sample to share with you from yesterday’s shows, this time using the new ‘bijou birthday dangles’ stamp set from ClarityCrafts and a little inky play! It won’t be a great surprise to see that I’m going to share this with Seize the Birthday, but it’s also… Read More bijou birthday dangles
It’s time for our next theme at Sparkles Challenges and this time we’ve got ‘hearts and flowers’ to entice you! I didn’t have to think too hard about going with ‘Jazz’s just because – floral panels’ stamp set with this lovely heart of flowers. It also picks up the ‘all about love’ theme from Inspire.Create and the… Read More Sparkles challenge – hearts & flowers
Hello crafty friends. Here I am with today’s card, which uses the same stamps (ClarityCrafts ‘winter tags & frames’) as yesterday’s but this time stepped up a bit further! This one fits the challenges at Inspire.Create and Peace on Earth, plus a second offering for The Paper Players I’m back to traditional colours today with… Read More pentagon frame wreath
Hello crafty friends! I’m still not done with Christmas cards, but decided to go with non-traditional colours on today’s ‘winter linocut – log cabin’ stamp set from ClarityCrafts, thanks to the colours at Inspire.Create, and picking up the moodboard from Peace on Earth The linocut stamp is a two-step image so I started with the… Read More peace & goodwill
Welcome to my crafty blog and the new challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches, where I’m guest designer for the next few months. This time round we have a sketch for you, using a slimline (UK DL size) card. I’ve gone with these funky trees from ClarityCrafts which I think are now retired, taking the… Read More funky trees for CAS Colours & Sketches
Hello crafty friends! Today’s card is a bit of a mixture of styles – you all know I’m a CAS (clean & simple) girl at heart, so even when I try and do something more grungy it still ends up in a CAS style, which is exactly what I’m offering today! I’ve used a few… Read More CAS grunge!
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
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