Hello crafty friends. I’ve been making more cards with Julie Hickey’s ‘sent with love’ envelope stamp, inspired by Phillipa Lewis’ recent online tutorial. I love the idea of stamping only part of the image – it makes stamps much more versatile. I’ve taken the colours from Just Add Ink and will also share it with… Read More birthday love and laughter
Welcome to my crafty blog and another last minute challenge offering. Just Add Ink‘s theme is to ‘choose two’ and it probably doesn’t need explaining that I went for deer & trees! I’m also linking it up with Time Out‘s ‘winter’ challenge I’ve used the Clarity ‘riverside landscape reflection’ masks, starting with a piece of… Read More wintery morning
Hello there. Well it’s Sunday again so I’ve dipped back into Clarity’s craft club, this time for the ‘just a little note’ die from June 2020. I thought I’d take a break from Christmas cards and make a start on a few thank you notes (yes, I am hoping for lots of lovely presents!) I… Read More Clarity craft club lookback – just a little note
Hello crafty friends. I’ve gone for stencilling on today’s card, using sponges and the ‘poppies’ stencil from Clarity Crafts. I picked up the colours from Just Add Ink, and I’ll also share it with Happy Little Stampers for their stencil challenge and Seize the Birthday (although I haven’t used their optional ‘topping’ of halloween colours)… Read More poppy stencil
Hello crafty friends – here we are with my usual Sunday trip back into Clarity’s craft club. The die from February 2020 was this funky tulip, which I thought would work well with this week’s challenge from Just Add Ink. I’ve gone for silhouette and day from their ‘choose two’ theme. I’ve also picked up… Read More Clarity craft club lookback – funky tulip
Hello crafty friends. I’m a bit late posting this evening (I’ve been out to dinner with a friend I haven’t seen for several years), but didn’t want to miss the opportunity to share this card that I’ve made with one of the brand new sets from Julie Hickey Designs that were only released on Friday!… Read More envelope of flowers
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’d planned to share this card yesterday, but ran out of hours in my day so here it is now! I thought of this ‘wildflower spray’ stamp from Clarity when I saw the inspiration photo from Just Add Ink and have teamed it with the sketch from TGIF challenges. I’ll… Read More field of flowers
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve gone for the lovely little tractor from Newton’s Nook as the focal point on this card, thanks to the new theme of ‘Farmer’s Day’ over at Festive Friday challenge. I’ve picked up gingham, green, die cut & tractor from their inspo list, used the colours from Just Add Ink… Read More little red tractor
Hello there. I’ve got a sympathy card to share with you today, using the ferns stencil & dies designed by Hazel Eaton for Julie Hickey Designs. I’ve actually used a technique I picked up from Hazel with the fern stencil as well, thanks to the current challenge at Just Add Ink (I’ve used foliage &… Read More sympathy ferns
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve got a pot of pansies to share with you today inspired by the photo at Just Add Ink, which I’m also going to share at Can You Handle The Pressure and Happy Little Stampers The first step was to emboss a piece of SU’s ‘starry sky’ card using the… Read More autumn pansies
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