Welcome to my crafty blog. I finally got round to using the March stamps from the Claritystamp craft club – my sister, my craft buddy & I have organised a monthly ‘Clarity crafternoon’ online so we encourage each other to use our stamps, and I love how we can produce such different outcomes from the… Read More reeds & insects
Welcome to my crafty blog. Today’s card uses one of my all-time favourite stamps, ‘Tina’s floral spray’ from Claritystamp. It’s become my go-to image for lots of occasions – I think I use it at least once a month. I’ve used the colours from the new challenge at Color Throwdown and the layout from Global… Read More birthday celebrations
Welcome to my crafty blog. Today’s card uses the little stamp set from Claritystamp’s February Craft Club. My sister and my craft buddy are both club members as well, so we now get together online at the beginning of each month to craft with the latest club stamps. I love how we can each have… Read More enjoy your day
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve got another spring theme today – I’ve decided it’s definitely on the way! No apple blossom in my garden yet, but I’ve seen a couple of blue tits in the last week (or maybe it was the same one twice…) I’ve gone with a couple of blog challenges for… Read More blue tits and blossom
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m giving some more new stamps an airing today – these arrived in a happy parcel from Claritystamp this week, following their club members sale. This ‘funky houses’ stamp set is just so cute – I think they look like pixie houses! I also really like picture building and these… Read More pixie houses
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve just got the brand new daisies stamp sets from Julie Hickey Designs, and couldn’t wait to have a play with them. This is the ‘sweet daisies’ set – I love how fresh these images are. I’ve taken the colour scheme from this week’s challenge over at Fab Friday –… Read More Sweet daisies
Welcome to my crafty blog. Here’s another card using a stamp I’ve had in my stash for a few years – it’s part of the ‘funky foliage’ set from Claritystamp. I love the design, which has echoes of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The layout was inspired by this week’s sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches –… Read More Funky foliage
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m still holding out for the arrival of spring flowers (there’s a crocus peeping through in a pot on my windowsill), so today’s card is designed to bring some early colour. I’ve used background stamps a few times recently, so this week’s theme over at TGIF challenges was a good… Read More Spring Flowers
Welcome to my crafty blog – here’s a card I made today to send to a friend. I’m a Trustee of Epilepsy Society, a national charity (you can find out more about them here – http://www.epilepsysociety.org.uk), and Chris has just finished his term as a trustee. He’s been a real advocate for people who live… Read More Never forget
Welcome to my crafty blog where I’m now on day 9 of my ’12 Days of Clarity’ challenge, using the ‘gothic key’ stamp from Claritystamp’s September New Design Club. Yet another one that hadn’t been out of it’s packet until today. I needed to make another new home card, and took the inspiration from Dee… Read More 12 Days of Clarity – day 9 September’s ‘gothic key’ stamp
