Life seems to be going by at speed and here we are again with our next challenge at As You See It and Heather C has given us this lovely soft spring palette. I decided they would work perfectly with the new geisha stamps from ClarityCrafts – had you spotted the lanterns in the bottom… Read More happiness lanterns for As You See It
Welcome to another look at the new Japanese geisha stamp set from ClarityCrafts and a contrast in style to yesterday’s card, thanks to one of the Infusions papers. I must admit, I intially thought the waterhouse was a teahouse, so was going to make witty comments about the suitability of the designer paper, but never… Read More Geishas at the waterhouse
Hello there! There’s an exciting launch of some brand new stamps from ClarityCrafts on TV tomorrow, when Barbara will be showcasing these fab new Japanese Geisha stamps that were originally drawn as part of the SHAC Facebook sessions. I took half a 6×6 card blank to use as my topper, stamped the geisha onto it… Read More Geisha
Hello crafty friends. Here’s the last of my DT samples using the new ‘Abstract layout 5’ die from ClarityCrafts, this time using one of my favourite designer papers. I’m going to share it with Just Add Ink as I really thought it picked up the feel of their new moodboard. I started by cutting the… Read More serenity window
Hello crafty friends. This may not seem like an obvious card for New Year’s Eve, but it’s day 6 of my 12 Days of Clarity and I’ve reached the ‘garden bloom butterfly’ stamp from their June Craft Club. I decided to take the layout from Atlantic Hearts, rotating it so it sat along the bottom of the… Read More 12 Days of Clarity 2023 – June
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 ‘bamboo’ stamp set from ClarityCrafts, this time for our latest challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches. It’s the fifth Tuesday of the month, so this time we have a double challenge using colours and a sketch. This is a really interesting sketch, not the… Read More bamboo life for CAS Colours & Sketches
Hello crafty friends. We’ve got more new goodies from ClarityCrafts today and this card features the fab ‘bamboo two-way overlay’ stamp set. I wanted to keep it pretty simple (no surprise there!) to reflect the ‘zen’ quality in the stamp I’ve used again today from the small ‘Japanese sentiments’ set. I started with a square… Read More bamboo spotlight
Hello crafty friends and welcome to an early look at some more new goodies from ClarityCrafts that are launching tomorrow. The ‘star flower’ image, drawn by Barbara Gray, is really lovely and some of us were lucky enough to get our hands on an early release of it at Clarity’s summer retreat in August. I… Read More Zen star flowers
I’m back with the last of my design team samples for the new Japanese Flowers and Butterflies collection from ClarityCrafts, that was launched on Wednesday. They absolutely flew off the shelves during the TV shows, which was no surprise to me as they’re so lovely! I’ve combined the butterfly and symbol from the ‘love’ set… Read More Japanese butterfly love
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