Hello everyone. I’m still in major Christmas card production mode, so here’s another one for you using our new colours at CAS Colours & Sketches (which I chose!). I decided to try them out on the Holly Build a Bauble stamps, having discovered that there is a variety of holly (ilex aquifolium) that has yellow… Read More Holly bauble for CAS Colours & Sketches #598
Hello everyone. I would normally say ‘welcome to Seasonal Saturday’, but I’ve been sharing Christmas cards with you all week, so that feels a bit unnecessary! Anyway, it’s time for our new challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown, where Gill has given us a great sketch to play with. I reached again for one of… Read More November’s sketch at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown 26-41
Hello crafty friends. I’ve switched away from the Christmas Animals Sampler stamps today back to one of the original full size sets with the Christmas Animals – Elk stamps (I think he’s a moose, although they are called elk in Europe!!) I was absolutely delighted to be a winner in a previous Male Room challenge… Read More Guest designer for The Male Room’s animals challenge
Hello crafty friends and welcome to another look at the new Christmas Animals sampler stamps. Today it’s the turn of these cheeky little robins on another of my Clarity design team cards – I lined up three of the stamps to form a panel on my card and then just added a little pencil colouring… Read More Christmas sampler robins
Hello everyone. I’ve got a look at a few more of the characters from the new Christmas Animals sampler stamp set on today’s card, this time showcasing the hare, the goose and the moose. I just love the expressions on their faces! I started by stamping the three squares onto offcuts of premium card and… Read More Christmas animals!
Hello crafty friends. We’ve got a new sketch to inspire you at CAS Colours & Sketches, featuring this great design of five shapes (they don’t have to be circles). I thought it was the perfect opportunity to break out my little Bird Row stamp, one of the free gift options this weekend in Clarity’s Autumn… Read More Bird Row for CAS Colours & Sketches #597
Hello again everyone. I’ve got a second card to share with you today – this is one of my demos from this afternoon’s Clarity TV show, using the fab Retro Triangles stamp set. It looks like a really busy set of images but, if you separate them out, each one works really well on it’s… Read More Retro triangles
Hello everyone and welcome to a very wet and windy Friday here in the UK! Not a great day for the birds trying to fly around, but I’ve got a very cute robin to share with you from the new Christmas Animals collection thanks to our new theme challenge of ‘feathers’ starting today at As… Read More Feathers at As You See It Challenge #384
Hello crafty friends and welcome to Seasonal Saturday. We’ve got a theme challenge this week at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown and Valentina wants to see Christmas mailboxes (postboxes for us Brits!) on our cards. I remembered this fab little image from Linda’s Children Through the Seasons – Winter – she fits the bill perfectly! I… Read More Christmas mailbox at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown 26-39
Hello crafty friends. It’s nearly the weekend, and I’m switching away from the recent autumnal colours for something a bit fresher thanks to our M for Motivation new theme at Alphabet Challenge. I reached for the Feel Good Sentiments for my card, pairing it with the SHAC Bouquet stamps for a card of encouragement. Having… Read More M for Motivation at Alphabet Challenge
