Hello crafty friends. It’s been another busy day demonstrating at Clarity Crafts’ Open Days – lots of interest in this Winter Wonderland stamp set which I combined with one of Barb’s Landscape backdrop prints to make a card of thanks for our new theme of ‘thank you’ at Sparkles Challenge. I’ve made several copies of… Read More thank you card at Sparkles Challenge
Hello friends. I hope you’re having a good weekend. I said the other day that I’m ramping up my Christmas card production and I’m back with a couple of quick cards that are perfect for batch making using a couple of the printed Pocket Poppets toppers from Clarity. I’ve used the pre-coloured ones on these… Read More quick Christmas cards
Hello crafty friends! I’m back in harness today after spending the last month with my closest friends on a journey across Australia! We had a fabulous time, but it’s now back to reality for me with a dose of jetlag and having to get my own meals! Back on the crafting bus, I’ve got a… Read More Tina’s flowers
Hello there. We’ve got a new challenge starting today at Sparkles and it’s right in my happy place – clean & simple! I needed to replenish my stash of new baby cards, so went with the ‘baby’ theme over at CAS on Friday and the lovely blue tones at Creative Colour with Clarity’s Adorable Baby… Read More Clean and Simple at Sparkles Challenge
Hello friends! Well, it’s Monday again but, on the upside, the sun is forecast to be shining here all week and it’s the Clarity Summer Half Price Members’ Sale! This is just one of the perks from being signed up to one (or more) of Clarity’s monthly Craft Clubs, in addition to a new &… Read More Clarity Craft Club leafy branch stencil
Hello friends. I’ve had a busy but fun day today, setting up ready to spend the next two days demonstrating at Clarity’s Open Days in Kent and catching up with my design team buddies. I thought I’d pop in and share one of the designs I’ll be demoing (if anyone wants to see it!) using… Read More Christmas swag
Hello friends and welcome to this week’s Christmas card! This time round I’ve used Pearl from the Christmas mini poppets – she’s just so sweet with her little basket of stars! As ever, I’ve managed to incorporate a few blog challenges into this one, starting with a slightly loose interpretation of the layout at Atlantic… Read More Christmas Pearl
Hello crafty friends. My goodies from the May Clarity Craft Club dropped through the door last week and I realised at that point that April’s stamp still hadn’t seen ink, so now was the time to rectify that! I’ve kept it CAS (clean & simple) on this one (you know it’s my favourite style!), picking… Read More Clarity Craft Club Spring floral round
Hello friends. I have to say Friday does seem to come round very quickly each week, but that’s OK as it means it’s nearly the weekend! Let’s focus on today’s cards first though – I’m starting the day with our new theme of C for Circle at Alphabet Challenge. I went for three circles on… Read More C for Circle at Alphabet Challenge
Hello friends! It’s a busy couple of days with blog challenge DT posts – after two cards to share yesterday, I’ve got another couple coming today! Here’s the first one for our new theme of B for Butterflies at Alphabet Challenge – don’t miss the fact that it’s plural, as we want to see at… Read More B for butterflies at Alphabet Challenge
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