Hello friends. I’ve just popped in quickly after a busy day in Kent setting up for the Clarity Christmas Open Days which start tomorrow, with another of the cards I’ll be demoing for anyone who decides to stop by my workstation! I’m putting a second new stamp set into action, in addition to the Winter… Read More Monarch of the glen
Hello everyone. I’ve got another of my samples with the new Christmas Build a Landscape stamps to share today – trying to get back onto my regular weekly Christmas card sharing routine after this weekend’s seasonal flurry! I’ve gone with a classic design based on the sketch from AAA Cards (with a couple of tweaks)… Read More snowy scene
Hello friends. I hope your weekend is going well – I’ll be tucked in front of the TV this afternoon for a couple of inspiring hours watching Barbara demonstrating these fabulous leafmasks (as well as the new stripes & plaid stencils). I couldn’t resist the maple leaf mask for a card evoking memories of my… Read More O Canada!
Hello crafty friends. Well, I’ve really gone for it with a couple of ClarityCrafts stencils on this card for the our new masculine theme at Sparkles Challenge! Eileen Godwin on the Clarity design team does amazing things with stencils and I’ve taken a little inspiration from her blending techniques for this one, which I’m also… Read More one for the boys at Sparkles Challenge
Hello friends. We’ve got a new letter over at Alphabet Challenge and it’s my turn to host, so Z for Zoology it is! I’ve got another card using the new ‘Scotland framer’ stamp set from ClarityCrafts and a starring role for the stag! The first step was to stamp the Scotland framer onto a 5×5… Read More Z for Zoology at Alphabet Challenge
Hello there! Today’s card features a stamp that’s been in my stash for a while and not previously seen any ink – the ‘holly leaf’ outline. I remembered it when I was looking through a few blog challenges that end over the next couple of days. Inspired by have got a helpful sketch and leaf… Read More leaf outline stamp
Hello crafty friends. Well, after a little detour over Christmas I’m back into my regular Sunday dip into back issues of Clarity’s Craft Club. Today it’s the ‘leafy stag’ die from October 2020. I started with the background and brayered ‘broken china’ & ‘chipped sapphire’ Distress Oxides onto the large ‘dots and spots’ grunge background… Read More Clarity Craft Club lookback – leafy stag die
Welcome to my crafty blog and the next installment in my weekly lookback through Claritystamp’s new design club. Today’s card uses the ‘deer heart’ stamp from December 2014 and takes us into the start of my third year as an NDC member. I used one of Barbara Gray’s cards on the project sheet as my… Read More Claritystamp new design club lookback – deer heart #98
It’s Sunday evening and I’m now sharing the card I’ve made with the ‘leafy stag die that was November’s New Design Club from Claritystamp. One of my friends was sharing photos of the deer in Richmond Park over New Year, which inspired this card of a wintry morning, although it’s not gone entirely according to… Read More 12 Dies of Clarity – day 10 October’s ‘leafy stag’ aperture die
Welcome to my crafty blog. This is the first time I’ve ever posted twice in one day, and I’m now sharing the second card I made from a single die cut. Just to recap from my earlier blog, I started by heat embossing a piece of white card using the ‘Provencal’ shade from WOW embossing… Read More Christmas stag (part 2)
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