Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m back with another Easter card – this time using the current ‘Gift of Hope’ set from Stampin’ Up! I really like this little church image, which is not hugely dissimilar to my own church building, and of course the Bible verse in the set is perfect. I took inspiration… Read More gift of hope
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve finally managed to get myself into gear and start making my Easter cards – am cutting it a bit fine as they’ll need to be posted next week! Stampin’ Up! has got some great sets for religious cards at Easter (I don’t do bunnies and eggs…), and today’s card… Read More He is risen!
Welcome to my crafty blog. This little blog is one year old this week – it’s gone so fast and I’ve learned so much! I decided to buy a little bloggy present, so have treated myself to some photoboards to give my cards a more professional look. You can see the first one in this… Read More happy birthday blog!
Welcome to my crafty bog. I can’t believe it’s Sunday again already but it is, so here’s my next offering from working back through the Claritystamp new design club. Bit of a bumper offering today – three cards from two NDC products! The October 2013 stamp was the rose, and the following month Clarity sent… Read More Clarity new design club lookback – rose stamp & heart rose stencil (#84 & #85)
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m now up to September 2013 in my weekly lookback through the Claritystamp new design club since I first joined at the end of 2012. This week it’s the turn of the ammonite stamp that was #83. I think I might have used this once when I first got it,… Read More Clarity new design club lookback – ammonite #83
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m now on to the Claritystamp New Design Club stamp from April 2013 in my Sunday series of lookbacks – the birdcage. I used this a few times when I first got it, but it’s not been out of my folder for some time now (glad to see it hadn’t… Read More Clarity new design club lookback – birdcage #78
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m still busy working back through my craft stash, and today picked the flowers from Stampin’ Up! ‘Wonderful Romance’ set which was in the catalogue a couple of years ago. This bouquet is so useful and I’ve used it quite a few times since then. The card design is inspired… Read More Get well flowers
Welcome to my crafty blog. I had a lovely afternoon playing with alcohol inks, stencils and a Gelli Press, making a load of background prints today inspired by the recent blog tutorial from Barbara Gray over at Claritystamp. You can check out the tutorial, which has step by step instructions here – http://www.barbaragrayblog.com/ I got… Read More Seeing the Positives and Negatives
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 had a bit of a break from making Christmas cards, and turned to a birthday card for today’s offering. I’ve used the ‘Be Happy’ stamps by Julie Hickey, inspired by the colours in this week’s Color Throwdown challenge (https://colorthrowdown.blogspot.com/) I started by stamping the large half sunflower and watercolouring… Read More It’s your day!
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