Hello everyone and welcome to the weekend! I’m off out with the family for a celebratory meal today, as it was my son’s partner’s birthday this week. She’s a cat lover (they have one black and a second white one), so Clarity’s Entwined Cats stamps were just perfect for her card, especially with one of… Read More entwined cats
Hello crafty friends! It’s Monday again already, but I’ve just spent a happy hour watching Barbara Gray on Clarity’s YouTube channel – she was putting the Elementree stamps through their paces. You may have noticed that they are some of my favourite stamps – the sets come individually, but also in a bundle with the… Read More Leafy BOW-WOB birthday
Hello crafty friends. I’m off to Kent this evening to be ready for the first day of Clarity’s summer retreat tomorrow, so have another of last year’s background creations to share with you today! We made this one with inks on a gelli plate, then laid a couple of pieces of the fab BOW-WOB paper… Read More a retreat background
Hello crafty friends! I’ve got a busy day today with two shows on Clarity Social TV – I’m kicking off at 10am with Sam’s Shapes stamps, so here’s a look at one of my demos using the ‘don’t be such a square‘ set (plus a little friend!) This first demo is also my design team… Read More H for home at Alphabet Challenge
Hello friends. It’s Monday again, but every day is a good one for cake, right? I’ve got a simple offering today using one of the images from Clarity’s Stay Calm Drink Tea stamp set and a perfect quote stamp from Set 7 (I love these wood black effect inages). Once again I’ve combined a few… Read More cake, cake, cake
Hello friends. Today’s card features the bird tree stamp from Clarity Crafts – I used the co-ordinating stencil a few weeks ago but hadn’t yet showcased the stamp. I do love these images of the tree transforming into a flock of birds and it was perfect for a little countryside scene. This is another card… Read More Live this life
Hello crafty friends. I’ve got another sample to share with you using Clarity’s Elementree leafy stamps, which picks up Ina’s card at Just Us Girls – although my interpretation is a bit more stripped back. So, I started by masking off the edges of a 5×5 card blank. I spread ‘dried marigold’ Distress Oxide onto… Read More brilliant leaf
Hello there and I hope you’re having a good weekend. I’ve dropped by with another of my samples from Friday’s Clarity Social TV shows, this time it’s the butterfly tree stamp, which comes with a matching stencil as well. Once again I’ve kept it simple, this time going for a blended panel using the colours… Read More One day…
Hello crafty friends! The sun is shining, I can hear the birds singing outside and it feels like spring is defiitely in the air! Having said that, I’ve gone for a more thoughtful feel on today’s card using the brilliant new ‘elementree’ stamps from Clarity Crafts.using the brilliant new ‘elementree‘ stamps from Clarity Crafts. Some… Read More time for reflection
Hello fellow crafters! After looking back into the Clarity Crafts archive over the last few days, I’ve now got an early peek at some fantastic leafy stamps that Barbara is launching tomorrow on Clarity Social TV at 2pm. The detail in these stamps is just amazing and I’ve gone with just one of the 14… Read More art is what you make it
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