Welcome to my crafty blog. Today’s card is a one layer offering, inspired by the Facebook live Julie Hickey did yesterday (you can link through to it here). I don’t have the stamp set Julie used, so instead pulled out some of the small accent stamps from a few of her older sets – more… Read More masked circle
Welcome to my crafty blog and a simple sympathy card, using Stampin’ Up!’s ‘forever fern’ set and CASE’d from a design I saw on Pinterest. I was inspired by the ‘gilded leaves’ theme at Inspired by and the green & gold palette at Color Hues was perfect. I started by stamping the sentiment from ‘peaceful… Read More gilded leaves
It’s time for a new theme at Alphabet Challenge and the letter X (always a tricky one!) This time it’s XOXOXO or hugs & kisses – I’ve gone with a few of the smaller stamps from ClarityCrafts’ new KISS ‘just for you flowers’ set. I’m also sharing this with Festive Friday, having picked up three… Read More X for XOXOXO (hugs & kisses)
Hello crafty friends. Today’s dip back into Clarity’s craft club took me to the ‘bird in hand’ die from September 2020. This is another one that I haven’t used much, but it’s such a great image it really needs sharing a bit more. I decided to go with the sketch from Hand Stamped Sentiments for… Read More Clarity craft club lookback – bird in hand die
Hello crafty friends. Well this week’s dip back into Clarity’s craft club took me to the leafy aperture die from July 2020. I decided to do a bit of trimming on the die cut to create a frame – I first cut it into a square of SU’s ‘evening evergreen’ card and then used my… Read More Clarity craft club lookback – leafy aperture die
Welcome to my second post today and the new challenge at As You See It. It’s a speed challenge this time, so the card needs to be made in less than 10 minutes! My design team card looks a lot more complicated than it actually was… I opted to use one of the ‘bijou joy… Read More Speedy Christmas bauble for As You See It challenge
Hello crafty friends. Herre’s another Christmas card, this time using the ‘merriest moments’ set from Stampin’ Up! which have come out for the first time this year. I’ve taken the colours from the new challenge at Just Us Girls, together with ‘anything goes’ from Happy Little Stampers‘ Christmas challenge. I wanted the poinsettias to be… Read More poinsettia tidings
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve got the new ‘framed florets’ set from Stampin’ Up! out for another play today, this time using the sketch from Atlantic Hearts and the palette from Colour INKspiration I started with a 5×7 card blank and attached a strip of the ‘hues of happiness’ paper across the centre. I… Read More birthday florets
Hello crafty friends. After using brand new stamps in my last two posts, I’m back with some old favourites today from Clarity Crafts. I’ve picked up a couple of challenges for this card, using the sketch from Global Design Project and the ‘thankful’ theme from Time Out I started with an A6 card blank and… Read More thankful blackbird
Welcome to my crafty blog and my regular Sunday dip back into Clarity’s craft club. Today it’s the turn of the leafy triangle art block stamp from December 2021, which has now brought me right up to the current year – I’m going to have to think of something new for next Sunday! I’ve picked… Read More Clarity Craft Club lookback – leafy triangle
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