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
Hello there crafty friends! I’ve got exciting news, as I’ve been invited along as guest designer with one of my favourite challenges CAS Colours & Sketches for the next three months. I’m really looking forward to being part of the team and my first offering is in my happy place with a colour challenge. I’ve… Read More Guest designer at CAS Colours & Sketches
Hello crafty friends! Today’s card features another of the linocut stamps from ClarityCrafts, this time the ‘apple orchard’ set. It’s just perfect for autumnal cards, and I’ve incorporated colours from Color Dare (I picked up the two greens, orange and pink), the ‘outdoor’ theme from Global Design Project and the top row of ink blending,… Read More apple harvest
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
Welcome to my crafty blog and another look at one of the new bijou two-way overlay linocut stamps from ClarityCrafts – this time, the ‘midnight rose’ set. I’ve kept it very clean and simple on this one, first stamping the background image in ‘chipped sapphire’ Distress Oxide onto a 5×5 card blank. I then added… Read More bijou midnight rose
Hello again! What a fantastic weekend for http://www.ClarityCrafts.com celebrating their 30th birthday in business! This fabulous sampler set of bijou block print stamps was made from Barbara’s linocut designs and are just perfect for Clarity’s bijou cards & envelopes. I used several of them to make a set of little notecards. The block print stamps… Read More bijou notecards
Hello crafty friends and welcome to the final day of ClarityCrafts 30th birthday weekend celebrations. This afternoon, Barbara is launching a beautiful ‘bijou two-way overlay linocut’ selection of stamps, with some previous and some new designs, all in the smaller ‘bijou’ format. I’ve opted for the ‘daisy’ stamps for this card – it’s such a… Read More bijou daisy linocut
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 there. I’m back with another spring card today, which I’ve realised essentially uses the same colours as yesterday – does that make me consistent or predictable?! This one has a bit of a different look though, thanks to the ‘linocut daisy’ stamp from ClarityCrafts. I’ve picked up the ‘spring time’ theme from Inspire.Create with… Read More linocut daisies
Hello there. Today’s card picks up a couple of challenges that feature favourite things. TGIF‘s new theme is exactly that, and I’ve just got time to get this card entered into Inkspirational‘s ‘favourite monochrome’ challenge as well. My friends won’t be surprised to see that this card features shades of teal! I’ve used 3 Distress… Read More a card of favourites
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