This really is the weekend that keeps on giving! Today sees the launch of another new set of stamps in ClarityCrafts‘ KISS range – ‘Build a Bauble’, and I’ve given the mistletoe patterned bauble the starring role on my card. I started by inking the bauble background stamp around the edge with ‘paradise teal’ Archival… Read More mistletoe bauble
Hello there and welcome to my second post today, this time showcasing the delightful ‘Penguin letterbox’ & alphabet stamps that ClarityCrafts are releasing today. I am in love with these excited penguin chicks! They were an obvious choice for my DT card for the new Christmas Bingo challenge. If you’ve not played along with us… Read More joyful penguins
Hello there! ClarityCrafts are celebrating their 30th anniversary this weekend and the celebrations are kicking off tomorrow (Friday) with the launch of the adorable penguin stamps and dies collection. I’ve got an early peek of one of the ‘penguin billboard’ stamps for you today – I just love these images! The first step was to… Read More penguin Christmas joy
Hello crafty friends. I’m back with a second card today (this is becoming a regular occurrence!) courtesy of our new theme of ‘at the beach’ at As You See It challenge. Despite the fact that I’d picked this one back at the beginning of the year, I was struggling for inspiration until I remembered ClarityCrafts… Read More As You See It challenge – at the beach
Hello crafty friends. I’ve still been playing with the new ‘Linda’s Christmas Compendium’ stamps released by ClarityCrafts and today it’s the turn of the ‘deep in the forest’ set. For this design I’ve CASE’d (copy and selectively edit) a card my friend Joanne James made a few years ago, and just used the small tree… Read More merry & bright Christmas
Hello again! I’m back with a second card featuring one of the new Rectangle Aperture A5 stencils that ClarityCrafts have launched today. These stencils are made from thin plastic, so it’s easy to get very detailed images from them. I decided to combine the stencil with some masking for my layout, and used a die… Read More floral birthday blessings
Welcome to my crafty blog and a first look at some of the new Rectangle Aperture A5 stencils and Word Chain stamps that ClarityCrafts are launching today. For this first card, I masked off the centre of the stencil on a piece of white card that I’d cut to fit a 5×7 card blank. I… Read More floral anniversary
Hello there. I’ve just had a couple of inspiration filled days at ClarityCrafts‘ annual retreat, where I also did a little light shopping and treated myself to the ‘feathered friends miniatures’ stamp set. If you’re anything like me, then you’ll want to use new goodies as soon as they’re out of the shopping bag, so… Read More Canada geese
Welcome to my second post today with the new challenge at As You See It. Joanne has given us a great recipe board this time – for these challenges you need to incorporate all the elements in your card. I decided to go with ClarityCrafts‘ ‘treescape’ die (one of my favourite images) and their Antarctica… Read More As You See It thank you recipe challenge
Hello crafty friends! Today’s card features one of my older ClarityCrafts stamps – the kingfisher, which I bought way back when the stamps came ready mounted on the mounts! I really thought it ought to see the light of day again – and it’s part of the current Design of the Week offer at 30%… Read More kingfisher
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