Well here we are at the last Monday in July – maybe I’m getting old, but this year just seems to be flying by! I’ve got a birthday card to share with you today using the ‘three blooms’ stencil from ClarityCrafts, and picking up the bright summer tones from Color Throwdown, the sketch from The… Read More three blooms
Hello crafty friends and welcome to what will be my last post for a while – this little blog and I are taking a bit of a break for a few weeks. I thought I’d go out in style with another card using the new ‘bijou linocut’ stamps from ClarityCrafts, this time with the ‘teasels’… Read More bijou linocut teasels
Hello everyone! Well the sun is shining away here so I thought we should crack out some more flowers on today’s card, with another of the stamps from ClarityCrafts‘ new A4 sampler set, which fits nicely with the new ‘garden’ theme from Just Us Girls and ‘anything goes’ for Seize the Birthday I started with… Read More floral square
Hello everyone and welcome to Sunday! I’ve got another sample to share with you from yesterday’s shows, this time using the new ‘bijou birthday dangles’ stamp set from ClarityCrafts and a little inky play! It won’t be a great surprise to see that I’m going to share this with Seize the Birthday, but it’s also… Read More bijou birthday dangles
Hello again! Following on from yesterday’s card, today’s features the April stencil from ClarityCrafts – it’s a lovely meadow frame. I’m very late posting today as I’ve been busy with design team samples for Clarity’s TV shows next week, not helped by a viral infection which is making me feel rather rough! I’ve used the… Read More meadow frame stencil
Hello there! Welcome to my crafty blog and a new challenge over at Seize the Birthday – sadly, it’s my last with them as guest designer. I’ve had a blast and I’ll be back playing along from next month. Our ‘topping’ this time (you can opt for ‘anything goes’) is spring florals and I decided… Read More Seize the Birthday – spring floral
Welcome to my crafty blog and my guest designer offering for the next challenge at Seize the Birthday, where the ‘topping’ is to produce a coordinating tag & card. I thought the new ‘nested circle foliage doodle frame-it panel’ dies that ClarityCrafts launched this week would be ideal, especially for making the tag. I’m also… Read More Seize the Birthday – tag and card combo
Hello again. I’m delighted to be back with my second card as the ‘surprise party guest’ for Seize the Birthday – this time the task is to use red as the main colour on our cards. I took the opportunity of an early peek at the new ‘Just Flowers’ that ClarityCrafts are launching tomorrow (Barbara… Read More Seize the Birthday challenge – red
Hello everyone! I’m delighted to have been invited along as the ‘surprise party guest’ with Seize the Birthday for the next two months! I’m kicking off in style with the new optional theme of ‘splatter’ and sharing the birthday card I made for my son, using ClarityCrafts ‘splats and splodges’ stamp set. I wanted to put large… Read More Seize the Birthday challenge – splatter
Welcome to my crafty blog and another look at one of the new ‘Just Wings & Wheels’ stamps from ClarityCrafts. My father-in-law used to be a police motorcyclist, so I just had to use the motorbike on the card for his recent 98th birthday! The first step was to brush ‘walnut stain’ and ‘pumice stone’ Distress… Read More a biker birthday
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