Hello crafty friends. We’ve got a new theme at Alphabet Challenge – we’ve now reached X and Caz has opted for Xtra Love Hearts on our cards. I remembered that I’d got the ‘nested square lace heart frames’ die set last year, which hadn’t yet seen action, so this was the perfect opportunity! I’m going… Read More X for Xtra Love Hearts at Alphabet Challenge
Hello again. I’m delighted to be back with my second card as the ‘surprise party guest’ for Seize the Birthday – this time the task is to use red as the main colour on our cards. I took the opportunity of an early peek at the new ‘Just Flowers’ that ClarityCrafts are launching tomorrow (Barbara… Read More Seize the Birthday challenge – red
Hello there and welcome to our new challenge at As You See It! Jane has given us a recipe to play with this time – you need to incorporate all five elements into your card. I’ve used ClarityCrafts ‘occasions sentiments’ as the focus on my card, along with the stripes stencil and nested square doodle frame-it panel… Read More As You See It challenge – recipe 317
Well, it’s Ash Wednesday signalling the start of Lent (40 days to Easter…!) and Valentine’s Day, so obviously I’ve made a Christmas card!! 🤣 I am trying now to stick to my ambition of making one Christams card each week and this makes two Wednesdays in a row… I’ve gone with the cute robins from ‘Linda’s… Read More Christmas robins
Hello crafty friends. Today’s card uses one of the new ‘doodleology’ postcards from ClarityCrafts – these co-ordinate with their existing collection of stamps & stencils. I’ve used the ‘square’ design postcard for this offering, cutting the card along one of the curves for my landscape. First, though, I created the sunrise on my card using the ‘sunshine’… Read More sunrise landscape
Welcome to Friday and our new theme at As You See It challenge, where Jan has asked us to share our latest craft purchases on our cards this time. Now I’m in the fortunate position of being on ClarityCrafts design team and get sent a selection of products to use each time there’s a new release,… Read More As You See It Challenge – I need a bigger craft room!
Welcome to my crafty blog and another look at one of the new ‘Just Wings & Wheels’ stamps from ClarityCrafts. My father-in-law used to be a police motorcyclist, so I just had to use the motorbike on the card for his recent 98th birthday! The first step was to brush ‘walnut stain’ and ‘pumice stone’ Distress… Read More a biker birthday
I’m changing it up today from the florals of the last week, with an early look at the new ‘Just wings and wheels’ stamp set coming from ClarityCrafts tomorrow. As soon as I saw this scooter in the set I was reminded of the groups of Mods we used to see in the Sixties, heading off… Read More A Vespa for a Mod
Welcome to my crafty blog and our new sketch at CAS Colours & Sketches, which I thought was perfect for the new ‘just because – floral panel’ stamp set from ClarityCrafts and picks up the floral theme from Just Add Ink and the CAS/Love from AAA Cards. I started with the diagonal box stripe stencil… Read More CAS Colours & Sketches 529 – floral heart
Hello crafty friends and welcome to another dip into the back issues of Clarity‘s stencil Craft Club – it’s been a few weeks since I last shared one of these! Today it’s #99 the ‘box work stencil’ which, I have to be honest, hadn’t seen any ink until now! I was inspired by Jilly Clifton’s design on… Read More Clarity Craft Club lookback – box work stencil
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