Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve been wondering how to follow my little ’12 Days of Clarity’ challenge with last year’s New Design Club stamps, and settled on the idea of starting at the beginning from when I first joined the Claritystamp club and work through all the back issues that I’ve got. I first… Read More Clarity Crafternoon – funky house NDC #74
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve been playing with one of the Claritystamp ‘floral frame’ dies – this is the ‘happy birthday’ one. I decided to do something a bit different with this card though, and didn’t use the frame, only the florals! I started by cutting an oval aperture into the front of a… Read More Florals without the frame
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. I’m back with another sympathy card today (replenishing my stock which is sadly depleted). I’ve gone for a very simple design, keeping it really stripped back, inspired by this week’s theme over at TGIF Challenges http://www.tgifchallenges.blogspot.com I’ve used the ‘Poppies’ unmounted clear stamp set from Claritystamp, and started by simply… Read More Simple sympathy
Today is the Feast of Epiphany in the Christian calendar, making the visitation of the Magi (or Wise Men) to Jesus and his parents in Bethlehem. They are described in the Gospel of St Matthew in the New Testament, although the Bible doesn’t say how many there were. The Eastern (Orthodox) churches have as many… Read More We Three Kings (or Wise Men)
Well here we are on the final day of my ’12 Days of Clarity’ challenge! Am feeling very chuffed that I made it right through – it seemed like a good idea to keep me occupied over the Christmas period (and stop me eating all the biscuits!) and I’ve really enjoyed it, but it has… Read More 12 Days of Clarity – day 12 December’s ‘winter’ stamp
Welcome to my crafty blog on day 11 of my ’12 Days of Clarity’ challenge. Today’s card uses the November ‘sing your song’ stamp from Claritystamp’s New Design Club. A friend had asked me to make her some new year cards to send to people she hadn’t managed to get Christmas cards for, and I… Read More 12 Days of Clarity – day 11 November’s ‘sing your song’ stamp
So it’s day 10 of my Clarity challenge and I’m making Christmas cards in January. I’ve never made any ahead of September before, and my sons are now very confused! However, as October’s New Design Club stamp was this ‘holly & ivy’ square, it was a bit of a no brainer ( and there are… Read More 12 Days of Clarity – day 10 October’s ‘holly & ivy’ stamp
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
Happy New year, one and all – welcome to 2021! I’m on day 8 of my ’12 Days of Clarity’ challenge and today used the August New Design Club stamp, ‘Let’s Dance’. It would make a great children’s card, but I did that yesterday so decided to turn it into a new year card instead.… Read More 12 Days of Clarity – day 8 August’s ‘Let’s Dance’ stamp
