Hello everyone – how are your final Christmas preparations going? I’ve been wrapping the last of the presents today and then I’m all set. I grabbed a bit of time to play with the latest stencil from Clarity’s Craft Club, which is a fab little Christmas cottage scene. I wanted to create a snowy scene… Read More Clarity Craft Club – Christmas cottage stencil
Hello crafty friends. I’m sharing a card & ATC (artist’s trading card) that I sent to my partner in this month’s Clarity ATC swap. The theme was ‘festive’ and ‘silver’ and I opted to put the November Craft Club stencil into use on both the ATC and card. Let me talk you through the process… Read More Craft Club stencil – foliage tree
Hello friends. I’m dropping in with a quick post today to share the card I made for my son, Nick and his new wife, Amani, who got married today! Clarity’s Open Alphabet masks were perfect for making a personalised card for them, in conjunction with the Summer Build a Wreath stamps, the palette from Creative… Read More for Nick & Amani
Hello again. I’m back with a second card – this one is a demo from this afternoon’s Clarity Social TV show, using the Peace Framer stamp set and inspired by our new layout at As You See It. At first glance, the sketch looks like it’s designed for layers of patterned paper, but I decided… Read More Peace at As You See It Challenge 362
Hello friends. I’m back with another of my demos from Friday’s Clarity Social TV shows using the new Linda’s Floral Rounds. This card was inspired by a masterpiece creation by my design team-mate Jane, using the Framework Squares stencil and both sets of stamps (the silhouette ones work as infills for the outline images, as… Read More holly squares
Hello friends and welcome to our new challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches! I’ve put together these lovely soft colours for summer and decided they would work well with the latest stencil from Clarity’s Crafts Club. I’m sharing my DT card with a couple of other challenegs as well – the club stencil makes it… Read More CAS Colours & Sketches 567 – August colours
Hello everyone! I’ve got another of my demo cards from Clarity’s Open Days to share with you (I am gradually working my way through the box of samples!). It’s another using the Elementree stamps, but this time with the abstract squares stencil This one works for a couple of current challenges, starting with the ‘frames’… Read More leafy frames
Hello friends. I’m back with another of my demos from yesterday’s Clarity Social TV – I was using this bird tree stencil on the 2pm show.I decided to go for a colourful rainbow of birds bursting out of the grey tree – a simple technique which works for the challenges at Just Us Girls and… Read More Colourful life
Hello friends and welcome to the first of my weekend posts! I had a bit of a lazy morning today, after the busyness of yesterday’s Clarity Social TV shows but am spending the afternoon with my baby grandson, so all’s well in my world. I’ve got another of my demos from yesterday to share with… Read More King of the Castle
Hello friends! It’s a sunny Sunday here, but I’m tucked into my craft room finishing a few things before I head off for a break with friends tomorrow, and getting ready to watch Barbara Gray on Clarity Social TV with some more new goodies! As well as the fun characters & layouts I shared yesterday,… Read More be unique
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