Hello there! It’s day 5 of my 12 Days of Clarity, so today I’ve used one of the ‘grunge shapes’ stamps from May’s Craft Club. I was inspired by Jane Telford’s card on the club project sheet (using the heart to make a flower) and picked up the colours from Global Design Project to give it a… Read More 12 Days of Clarity 2023 – May
Hello there and welcome to day 3 of my 2023 12 Days of Clarity lookback through my Clarity Craft Club stamps – at least that was the plan until I discovered that I couldn’t find 4 of them, which had arrived while I was away travelling this year, or shortly after! I’ve searched high & low,… Read More 12 Days of Clarity 2023 – March
Hello there! Just over a week to go – how are your Christmas preparations coming on? I feel a bit like I’m in one of those circus acts spinning lots of plates on poles (and some of them are getting a bit wobbly!!) Never mind, it will all be fine when the day arrives. I’ve started on my family… Read More Merry Christmas gnome
Hello crafty friends. It’s time for our next letter at Alphabet Challenge and Dawn has opted for S for Stars – I haven’t gone with the expected seasonal card for my DT offering, instead picking up the ‘star flowers’ from Clarity Crafts and giving them a suitable sky with the ‘starry burst’ stencil, adding in the… Read More starry star flowers at Alphabet Challenge
Hello again! Just a quick card today sharing some more of ClarityCrafts‘ adorable penguins – did you know they’ve got an Advent penguin hunt going on over at their website? There’s a new penguin hidden somewhere each day and a clue to help us find them. However you don’t have top look very hard for… Read More penguin trio
Hello crafty friends. Here I am with today’s card, which uses the same stamps (ClarityCrafts ‘winter tags & frames’) as yesterday’s but this time stepped up a bit further! This one fits the challenges at Inspire.Create and Peace on Earth, plus a second offering for The Paper Players I’m back to traditional colours today with… Read More pentagon frame wreath
Hello crafty friends. I’m back with the last challenge of the year from CAS Colours & Sketches and my final one as their guest designer. This time, the challenge is to choose any previous one from 2023 (they are all over on their blog) and make is a seasonal card. I decided to go with… Read More hanging frame for CAS Colours & Sketches
Welcome to my crafty blog and our next letter at Alphabet Challenge – we’re now on the letter R and Billie has chosen the very seasonal theme of Reindeer for this one. I opted for the final stamp in ClarityCrafts‘ ‘Twas the night before Christmas’ set – such a great image with Santa and his… Read More R for Reindeer at Alphabet Challenge
Welcome to my crafty blog and a birthday card for a change! I’ve made good use of the ‘build-a-scene’ collection from ClarityCrafts with the ‘meadow flowers’ stamps and the masks, taking the palette from Creative Colour Challenges and the layout from Atlantic Hearts challenge. I’m also sharing it with Seize the Birthday – they’ve listed… Read More birthday scenes
Hello crafty friends. It’s time for a new challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches and Nancy has a sketch for us. It immediately made me think of three trees, so I went back to the ‘winter wishes’ set from Linda’s Christmas Compendium by Clarity Crafts. I opted for the colours from the left hand column… Read More winter trees for CAS Colours & Sketches
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