Hello everyone and welcome to my second Seasonal Saturday of 2026 with our new challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. Andreja’s given us a great palette to play with, which I thought was perfect for the Triangle Trees masks, together with a fab new set of Art Deco sentiments, which are Clarity’s Product of the… Read More Triangle trees for 52 Christmas Card Throwdown
Good morning everyone and welcome to the weekend! Some of you may recall that I set myself a challenge last year of making one Christmas card each week to get my stash built up ahead of time – well I pretty much managed it, other than in September when I was away travelling in Australia.… Read More snowman sketch for 52 Christmas Card Throwdown
Hello everyone – I’m back with a second offering today as my design team project for the new challenge at Love to Craft. I treated myself to Clarity’s 2026 Calendar, so it seemed only fitting to share my January page today as it’s the first of the month. This design is completely inspired by a… Read More January’s calendar for Love to Craft challenge
Hello everyone. It’s been a damp grey day here, so I thought I’d inject a bit of wintery atmosphere with the latest stamp from Clarity’s Craft Club the fab little ‘Let It Snowman’. I sat him in a chilly scene from the Landscapes by Barbara toppers set. The first step was to find a suitable… Read More Clarity Craft Club – December snowman
Hello crafty friends. I’ve been playing with another new Clarity product today – the Triangle Trees masks. These came out of one of Barbara’s SHAC (Safe, Happy & Creative) sessions when she was drawing them, and they make layering up the trees so easy. First, though, I needed to create a frame on a 6×6… Read More triangle trees
Hello crafty friends and welcome to the last CAS Colours & Sketches challenge of 2025. AS we do at this time every year, we’d like you to take any of the sketches or colours we’ve used during 2025 and make a seasonal card with it. I went with sketch #564 from back in July to… Read More seasonal sketch at CAS Colours & Sketches 575
Hello crafty friends and welcome to a rather late post today (it’s 11pm here in the UK!) There’s a reason for that – I’m delighted to have been invited to join the design team at Addicted to Stamps & More and their posts go out on an afternoon US timezone. So welcome to their last… Read More Joining Addicted to Stamps & More at Christmas!
Hello everyone. I’m kicking off the day with one of my demos from this morning’s show on Clarity Social TV with the fab new Sam’s Christmas Tree set of stamps, drawn by the brilliant Sam Crowe. They’ve worked perfectly with one of the Christmas Quote stamps for our new theme of Q for Quote at… Read More Q for Quote at Alphabet Challenge
Hello crafty friends. As well as getting lots of inspiration over the last two days at Clarity’s summer crafting retreat, I also came away with some new goodies (not surprise there!) including my own sets of these fab new personalised stamps, which Clarity have kindly gifted to the design team. There are two sets to… Read More personalised stamps?
Hi everyone. I’ve had a fab (but tiring) day at Clarity’s summer crafting retreat, with more fun to come tomorrow. There are no spoilers here, though, as the workshops are being repeated on Wednesday & Thursday so, instead, I’ve got another of the 2024 retreat backgrounds to share with you. This one was made by… Read More backdrop background
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