Hello there. Well, it’s Sunday again so I’ve dipped back into Clarity’s Craft Club for today’s card, this time to #33, the ‘happy birthday musical notes’ dies from September 2021. I took inspiration for today’s card from a couple of blog challenges. Just Add Ink have very helpfully got ‘music’ as their theme this week,… Read More Clarity craft club lookback – musical notes dies
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m delighted to have been invited along as the Surprise Birthday Guest at Seize the Birthday‘s new challenge – this week the ‘extra topping’ is to make a ‘card for a child’, but you can just play along with the regular ‘anything goes’ theme if you prefer. I’ve gone with… Read More Seize the Birthday challenge – card for a child
Hello crafty friends and welcome to my Sunday trip back into Claritystamp’s Craft Club. This time it’s the turn of the ‘patterned circles’ die from May 2021. I thought it would work well with the sketch from Just Add Ink and incorporated the colour theme from Seize the Birthday, adding in grey as my third… Read More Clarity Craft Club lookback – patterned circles die
Hello crafty friends. I seem to be doing quite a bit of paper piecing into diecuts at the moment, so here’s another one, this time using Clarity’s ‘art nouveau tulips’ dies. I took the colours from Creative Colour Challenge and the ‘birthday’ theme from Time Out. Seize the Birthday have got a very interesting challenge,… Read More birthday tulips
Well it’s Sunday again, so I’ve dipped back into Clarity’s Craft Club, this time to the ‘holly birds aperture’ die from November 2020. We’ve also got our first challenge of 2023 at Sparkles – it was my turn to choose the theme and I’ve gone with ‘friendship’. I thought these two birds were perfect to… Read More Clarity Craft Club lookback – holly birds
Hello there crafty friends. We’ve got a new letter over at Alphabet Challenge today, and Melanie has chosen Quilt as the theme for Q. I got this ‘quilting’ die from A Pocket Full of Happiness a while ago, so it was the obvious choice for today’s card. I’ve used the colours from Global Design Project… Read More Q for Quilt at Alphabet Challenge
Hello crafty friends. I’ve gone for stencilling on today’s card, using sponges and the ‘poppies’ stencil from Clarity Crafts. I picked up the colours from Just Add Ink, and I’ll also share it with Happy Little Stampers for their stencil challenge and Seize the Birthday (although I haven’t used their optional ‘topping’ of halloween colours)… Read More poppy stencil
Hello crafty friends. Well we’ve got a new theme for the next month over at Sparkles Challenge and Zowie has chosen ‘owls’. I’ve gone for a kid’s card with the new ‘hoot hoot hooray’ set from Avery Elle – this little chap is just too cute! I’ve picked up the layout from Freshly Made Sketches… Read More Sparkles challenge – owls
Hello crafty friends and welcome to the start of another week! I hope your Monday hasn’t been too miserable. I thought I’d brighten my day with the latest stencil from Clarity’s Craft Club – the lace flower. I decided to use it without any other embellishments for this birthday card, picking up the colours from… Read More lace flower stencil
Hello crafty friends. It’s Sunday again, so here’s the next in my journey back through Claritystamp’s Craft Club, with the ‘birthday wreath’ from July 2021. I need to make a couple of anniversary cards for friends, so thought this would give me a good start – there are lots of little hearts tucked into the… Read More Claritystamp craft club lookback – birthday wreath
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