Hello crafty friends and welcome to Monday! I was inspired to play with the SHAC floral panel roses stamps today while watching Barbara put them through their paces on Clarity Social TV this afternoon. They come with a great A4 oval aperture stencil, which is ideal for creating focal images – so that’s exactly what… Read More SHAC floral panel roses
Hello there. We’ve reached the middle of March and it’s time for our new theme at Sparkles Challenges and it’s all about Easter! The daffodils are now out in my garden so I reached for the stamp that’s in the ‘Wales Framer’ set, with the new ‘potted plants alphabet’ stamps working perfectly for an acrostic… Read More Easter at Sparkles Challenge
Hello crafty friends. I’m sitting firmly in my happy CAS space with today’s card using the fab little Swiss Cheese plant (otherwise known as a monstera) from set 1 of Clarity‘s brand new ‘potted plants‘ stamps. Now, as you know, it’s Japan month over at Clarity and I was trying to think how I could… Read More ‘Japanese tricolor’ monstera plant
Welcome to Tuesday and our new challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches and Nancy has given us a delicious palette to play with! I’ve kept it petite on this one, just using a couple of the stamps from Clarity’s ‘mini hobbies – corners & flourishes‘ set; these are such pretty little floral sprays and my… Read More CAS Colours & Sketches 555 – spring colours
Hello everyone. My word, the two shows on Clarity Social TV yesterday just flew past and, as happens to me every time, I didn’t manage to get through all the demos I’d prepped! Here’s the second card from my 10am show, which I ran through quickly and is also here as my design team card… Read More gardening for Love to Craft challenge
Hello crafty friends. I’m busy getting ready for tomorrow’s shows on Clarity Social TV (10am & 2pm), so thought I’d tempt you in with one of the stamp sets I’ll be featuring – the thank you framer set. These stamps are perfect for creating little scenes inside the large O (and you know I love… Read More thank you framer
Welcome to this week’s Christmas card, this time featuring one of the stamps from Clarity Crafts ‘twas the night sampler‘ A4 set, which has miniatures of the individual stamps Barbara drew to illustrate the Clement Clark Moore poem. I’ve taken the layout for this one from the sketch at The Paper Players, together with the… Read More Twas the night bauble
Hello everyone. We’re getting towards the end of the month, so it’s time I shared the February Craft Club stamp from Clarity Crafts with you – it’s a fun little caravan drawn by the very talented Linda Williams. I decided that the colours on Inkspirational‘s moodboard would be ideal, and based my layout on the… Read More Clarity Craft Club – caravan stamp
Hello again! I’m back with a second card, this time for our new theme at As You See It challenge, and Jane has given us ‘birds’. Lots of scope for this one and another excuse to play Clarity Crafts‘ landscape masks, although this time I’ve paired the ‘meadow’ ones with the ‘feathered friends miniatures‘ stamp… Read More For the birds at As You See It Challenge
Hello friends. I’ve got a bright spring-like card for you today, using the ‘KISS Brighten Your Day Flowers’ from Clarity Crafts – I must admit I’m ready for the seasons to change after the recent cold spell (we’re promised warmer weather by the weekend…) I managed to incorporate several challenges into this one starting with… Read More KISS birthday flowers
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