Hello crafty friends. Here’s another look at one of the new Japanese floral two-way overlay stamps from ClarityCrafts – this time I’ve paired the ‘joy crescent’ with the butterflies from the Japanese ‘peace’ flowers set. I started by stamping the outline floral circle from onto half a 6×6 card blank using black Archival ink. I… Read More Floral sky
Hello everyone! I finally found a bit of time to play with the latest craft club stamp from ClarityCrafts which arrived just before I went off on my trip to Belgium. It’s a really useful large sentiment stamp that I thought would work with the layout from Freshly Made Sketches and the tones from Color… Read More happy birthday sentiment
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 my crafty blog! I’ve gone for another take on the new geisha stamps from ClarityCrafts, this time pairing it with one of the ‘enso’ stamps. Enso is a sacred symbol from Zen Buddhism; it means ‘circle’ and is traditionally drawn with a single brushstroke as a meditative practice in letting go of the… Read More sunset geisha
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
Welcome to my crafty blog! I’ve been on a fab trip to Brussels & Bruges with my sister for the past few days – we’ve had a brilliant time but,sadly, that little adventure finishes today and we’ll be on the Eurostar back to London. Appropriately enough, our new theme at Alphabet Challenge is A for… Read More A for Adventure at Alphabet Challenge
Hello crafty friends! You may be wondering why I’ve got a row of houses and a travel sentiment – well, today’s the day I’m off to Brussels with my sister for her birthday trip! We’re staying near the Grand-Place and the ‘wee houses’ from ClarityCrafts really reminded of those beautiful buildings in Belgium. I went… Read More Travel gently…
Hello there! Welcome to my crafty blog and a new challenge over at Seize the Birthday – sadly, it’s my last with them as guest designer. I’ve had a blast and I’ll be back playing along from next month. Our ‘topping’ this time (you can opt for ‘anything goes’) is spring florals and I decided… Read More Seize the Birthday – spring floral
Welcome to Monday and another Easter card – this time using the fabulous ‘bunny ears’ stamp which is the latest offering from Clarity‘s Craft Club! I’ve paired them with the grass part of Clarity’s ‘deerscape’ mask, inspired by the palette at Color Throwdown and a slightly loose take on the layout at Freshly Made Sketches… Read More Easter bunny ears
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