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
Welcome to my crafty blog! There’s a lot going on today, with the launch of some fabulous new additions to ClarityCrafts‘ Art Nouveau collection, plus I’m delighted to have been invited along as Guest Designer for the new sketch challenge at AAA cards. I’ve managed to combine both events with the new ‘bed of roses’… Read More bed of roses stencil
Hello crafty friends. I’m back with another of Clarity’s Art Nouveau collection – this time the brand-new tulip stencil that will be launching on tomorrow’s TV shows (it comes in a double set with the snowdrops stencil). I’ve picked up the sketch from Inspired by to showcase it on this card and I have to… Read More tulip stencil
I’m delighted to have been invited along as guest designer for the new shades of teal and orange at Color Hues! For once, this card came together quite easily – definitely helped by the fact that I had a mop-up piece of card in my stash in exactly the colours I needed and that ClarityCrafts‘… Read More Guest Designer for Color Hues – teal & orange
Hello crafty friends and welcome to another Monday! Can you believe it’s nearly August already? I’m hoping summer returns soon – after the hottest June on record in the UK, we’ve had a fairly grey and miserable July. So here’s a card with a brighter day to end this month, using the SHAC hot air… Read More birthday balloon trip
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