Hello crafty friends. We’ve got a new challenge to inspire you at CAS Colours & Sketches – Nancy has given us a great sketch to play with. I opted to go with one of Clarity’s triangle people for the central shape, pulling in the colours from Color Dare for my DT card. Now you’ll recall… Read More CAS Colours & Sketches 570 – Nancy’s sketch
Hello crafty friends. I’ve got a busy DT day today, starting with our new theme at Alphabet Challenge, where Tee has given us G for Girlfriend. It was a great opportunity to get the Hippie Chicks back for another outing, this time with a little paper piecing and added inspiration from TicTacToe (CAS, summer colours… Read More G for Girlfriend at Alphabet Challenge
Hello crafty friends. I’ve got another of my samples from the recent launch of Clarity’s large SHAC people stamps and this time I went with a bit of paper piecing against an inky mop-up background. I’ve picked up the ‘summer vibes’ theme from Inspire.Create and the new ‘garden’ theme at Make My Monday to pull… Read More if I had a flower…
Hello friends. I’ve been trying to catch a bit of the sunshine today inbetween work meetings, but sat down to a bit of crafting earlier this evening while watching Clarity’s Paul Church on HobbyMaker TV with the fab floral frame dies. I went with the hapy birthday one on my card – and then realised… Read More floral birthday die
Welcome to Tuesday – the Easter break is over and normal life has resumed! I’ve put another die that I haven’t used for some time back into action today, Clarity’s funky foliage, using a bit of paper piecing to highlight the detail. I decided that the two tones from Color Dare would work to give… Read More funky foliage birthday
Hello friends. I’ve got another of ClarityCrafts‘ Fresh Cut Dies to share with you today, in honour of the Bonanza offer that’s running until midnight on Monday. I love this series of stained glass window dies – just perfect for Christmas cards, so I’m sharing this one with Peace on Earth and Merry Little Christmas… Read More Christmas star window
Hello again! I’m back with a second card using the fabulous ‘calligraphy girls’ stamps from ClarityCrafts, which Barbara also had on this afternoon’s shows – and they were very popular! I decided to go with a bit of paper piecing on this one, using the ‘hibiscus’ Infusions paper for a slightly different look. The first… Read More calligraphy friends
Welcome to my crafty blog and a look at the new ‘Abstract Layout 5’ die from ClarityCrafts that was released yesterday. It works in so many ways, but I’ve kept it very simple on this one, just using a rainbow of scrap paper pieces in the apertures. It nicely fits the challenges at AAA Colourful… Read More rainbow apertures
Hello there! Today’s card is a first play with the new ‘infusions’ collage papers from ClarityCrafts. They’re a lighter weight (80gsm) than their designer papers and designed specifically for use on collages, although I’ve gone with paper piecing my stamped image, combining two of the new sets – ‘hibiscus’ and ‘chamomile’. I started with a piece of… Read More infusions papers
Welcome to my crafty blog and a first outing for the second stamp in ClarityCrafts‘ ‘Twas the night before Christmas’ set (all originally drawn by Barbara Gray herself!). I thought of this when I saw the themes at Sparkles Christmas challenge, Global Design Project and Peace on Earth I started by stamping the image onto… Read More The stockings were hung…
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