Hello there! We’ve got a new theme at Alphabet Challenge and it’s B for Birds, which gave me the perfect excuse to use the ‘woodland birds’ stencil and showcase one of the new ‘bijou word dangles’ stamps I’ll be launching for ClarityCrafts on Create & Craft TV tomorrow! So I started with half a 6×6… Read More B for Birds at Alphabet Challenge
Hello again! Following on from yesterday’s card, today’s features the April stencil from ClarityCrafts – it’s a lovely meadow frame. I’m very late posting today as I’ve been busy with design team samples for Clarity’s TV shows next week, not helped by a viral infection which is making me feel rather rough! I’ve used the… Read More meadow frame stencil
Welcome to my crafty blog and another of the floral sprays stamps from ClarityCrafts, this time the ‘ginkgo leaves’. It’s another beautifully detailed image with infill stamps, although this time I went with watercolouring the image. But first, I took half a 5×5 card blank (my new favourite way to make my toppers) and created… Read More ginkgo leaves
Welcome to my crafty blog! I’ve been on a fab trip to Brussels & Bruges with my sister for the past few days – we’ve had a brilliant time but,sadly, that little adventure finishes today and we’ll be on the Eurostar back to London. Appropriately enough, our new theme at Alphabet Challenge is A for… Read More A for Adventure at Alphabet Challenge
‘… so good they named it twice’ as they say in the song! I’ve realised that I hadn’t shared the last of my samples from the March TV shows, so here it is – better late than never! I used the ‘New York City’ 7×7 stencil for this one, so I’m also going to share… Read More New York New York…
Welcome to my crafty blog and another spring-time birthday card for a friend. Today I’ve gone with the ‘three blooms’ stencil from ClarityCrafts, taking inspiration from the sketch and colours at Inspired by plus the stencil theme at Just Us Girls I’ve used all three of the flowers on the stencil on this card, starting… Read More a birthday bloom
Hello crafty friends and welcome to a long overdue installment in my trips back into Clarity‘s Craft Club – I haven’t shared one of these since the middle of January! Anyway, better late than never – today’s card features the ‘lace flower’ stencil #100. I’ve made another Easter card (two, in fact) with the ‘patterned… Read More Clarity Craft Club lookback – lace flower stencil
Hello crafty friends! It’s time for our new challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches and Joanne has gifted us a great sketch – perfect for a mix of British flowers combining the daffodils from ClarityCrafts‘ new Wales framer set, the thistle from the Scotland framer and the rose from Just Flowers (can’t believe such a… Read More CAS Colours & Sketches 533 – sketch
Hello there. It’s Mother’s Day here in the UK, so I’m sharing one of my favourite stamp images for all the mums out there who do such an amazing job for their families! I love ‘Tina’s floral spray’ from ClarityCrafts, and I kept this one with a soft feel using the palette from Color Throwdown… Read More with love
Welcome to my little blog and a masculine card using the ‘Gents A5’ stamp set that ClarityCrafts released last month. I’ve taken a bit of a loose interpretation of the layout at Global Design Project for this one. I started by stamping the sailing ship, the sentiment and two seagulls in black Archival ink onto… Read More gone sailing
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