Hello there! I’m back with a peek at one of the new stencils that Barbara Gray will be demonstrating on Create & Craft TV tomorrow – the snowflakes from the ‘festive rounds’ collection. I’ve paired it with the ‘deerscape’ mask to create a Christmas sky, which reflects the layout at Freshly Made Sketches I started… Read More deer & snowflake sky
Twas the night before Christmas stamp set from ClarityCrafts drawn by Barbara and based on the poem by Clement Clark Moore Great Lakes designer paper, mounted on black and onto 6×6 card blank stamped first image with the opening lines onto small square of stencil card and coloured with Pergaliners. Added shadow with grey polychromos… Read More L for literature at Alphabet Challenge
Welcome to my crafty blog and a second outing for the fabulous new ‘penguin billboards’ and alphabet stamps from ClarityCrafts that are being launched today as part of their 30th birthday weelend – they’re just so cute! I couldn’t resist a bit of a pun with this card for our new challenge at Love to… Read More have an ice day
Hello again! Here’s another card using the ‘winter wishes’ set from ClarityCrafts‘ new ‘Linda’s Christmas Compendium’ – these lovely tall trees are in the same set as yesterday’s robins and I’ve used one of the ‘circle backdrop’ stamps for my background. I started with the smaller of the circle backdrop stamps and brayered ‘salvaged patina’… Read More let it snow
Hello there. It might seem odd that I’m sharing another Christmas card today, in the middle of July, but ’tis the season when crafters start to produce their cards! Add to that the new theme of ‘Christmas in July’ over at Sparkles Challenge and this is the result, which I’m also going to share with… Read More Sparkles challenge – Christmas in July
Hello crafty friends. Barbara Gray is back on Create & Craft TV this afternoon with some more Claritystamp Christmas goodies, so I thought I’d share a card made using the Bijou Joy to the World Bauble stamp set. I’m going to share it as a second offering with both Christmas Craft Creations and Inkspirational challenges.… Read More bijou bauble – joy to the world
Hello again! As promised, I’m back with another of my design team cards using the new SHAC bauble stamps from ClarityCrafts – this one features the snowflakes from the ‘Merry Christmas’ set. This time I started by blending ink onto a 6×6 card blank, starting from the fold side. I used ‘chipped sapphire’ at the… Read More SHAC bauble – snowflake sky
Welcome to my crafty blog and our next letter at Alphabet Challenge. We’re now on to S and Helen has chosen ‘snow’ as the theme – perfect for this time of year! CAS Colours & Sketches are celebrating their 500th challenge and have sent the task of making a seasonal card from any of the… Read More S for Snow at Alphabet Challenge
Hello there. Today’s card is another one on the road to Christmas, but this time I’ve gone for less traditional colours, using the palette from CAS Colours & Sketches. I love the look of this border stamp designed by Hazel Eaton for Julie Hickey Designs, which nicely picks up the ‘trees’ theme from Global Design… Read More Christmas border
Hello crafty friends. Well I’m trying to keep up with my ambition to make a few Christmas cards each month, so it’s not such a rush in the autumn. I’m probably not making as much progress with that as I’d hoped, so today’s card takes me one step further. I’ve used Claritystamp’s ‘nativity miniatures’ stamp… Read More snowflake peace
