Hello friends. Well, having broken open the packaging for the new landscapes backdrop prints with Monday’s card and the little tag topper, I’ve stepped it up today by using one of the larger 7×7 prints and both the Build a Landscape stamp sets! Now, before you start thinking these cards must be absolutely enormous, I… Read More more landscapes!
Hello crafty friends. Well, I hope you’re not bored with the new ‘Japanese flowers & butterflies sampler‘ stamp set from Clarity Crafts yet, as I’ve got another card to share with you today (although I have now put them away for a little while…!) This one just uses the infill stamps from the ‘peace’ group,… Read More more Japanese butterflies
Hello friends. Another late post today – we’ve had a fab Sunday family day out with the grandson, who’s now 7 weeks old! Anyway, having shared the February stamp from Clarity‘s Craft club with you yesterday, I’ve got this month’s stencil today, which is a lovely coriander leaves design. I’ve followed the technique by my… Read More Clarity Craft Club – coriander leaves stencil
Hello everyone. I’ve got a bit of a poignant card to share today, that’s gone to my vicar whose father passed away earlier this week. I opted to use Clarity‘s ‘floral delights – thinking of you’ stamp set for this one, inspired by the sketch at TGIF Challenges and the tones from Color Dare, with… Read More floral delights – thinking of you
Hello friends. Apologies for my absence yesterday – life is very full-on at the moment! Anyway, here I am with a birthday card today, as I’m trying to get ahead for a couple of friends with birthdays in early January. I’m showcasing another of ClarityCrafts‘ brilliant alphabet sets (the word chain alphabet) as their sale… Read More word chain birthday
Here I am back with another of the new Sprite Poppets stamps from ClarityCrafts – it’s Mandy, who you’ve met before, but this time she’s mini sized! Thankfully she’s still perched on her toadstool, which makes her perfect for our new theme of ‘toadstools or mushrooms’ at Sparkles Challenges and she’s also off to make… Read More Toadstools at Sparkles Challenge
Hello there! I’ve had another day trying to use up bits of my stash and dug this piece of background out of my folder from last year’s ClarityCrafts retreat – we spent a happy hour walking a brayer with acrylic paint across pieces of paper. I do love the A6 ‘star flower’ stamp set as… Read More star flower birthday
Welcome to our new theme at Sparkles challenges and an appropriate choice for spring of the old saying ‘April showers bring May flowers’. Well it’s been pretty wet this month so far, so let’s hope it rings true! I went with one of ClarityCrafts brand-new ‘Japanese florals 2-way overlay’ stamp sets for this one, to… Read More Sparkles challenge – April showers bring May flowers
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
Welcome to my little blog and a masculine card using the ‘Gents A5’ stamp set that ClarityCrafts released last month. I’ve taken a bit of a loose interpretation of the layout at Global Design Project for this one. I started by stamping the sailing ship, the sentiment and two seagulls in black Archival ink onto… Read More gone sailing
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