Welcome to my crafty blog and the new theme of U for Under Something at Alphabet Challenge, which Melanie has challenged us with. Having spent far too long rummaging through my stash looking for inspiration, I settled on one of the ‘wee folk’ stamps from ClarityCrafts – she’s walking under the trees with her dog. The colours… Read More U for Under Something at Alphabet Challenge
Hello again! It’s day 9 of my 12 Days of Clarity, so here’s a card using the ‘sunflower panel’ stamps from ClarityCrafts‘ September Craft Club. I’ve combined the sketch from Global Design Project with the new colours from Color Throwdown on this one. The first step was to cut a piece of stencil card to fit a… Read More 12 Days of Clarity 2023 – September
Hello crafty friends. It’s time for a new theme at Alphabet Challenge and Lynda has chosen T for Texture. I’ve picked up another of the Clarity Craft Club stencils (this one is from April) and the colours from Creative Colour Challenges. I started by attaching the stencil to a small square of card, so that the design… Read More T for Texture at Alphabet Challenge
Hello there and welcome to day 3 of my 2023 12 Days of Clarity lookback through my Clarity Craft Club stamps – at least that was the plan until I discovered that I couldn’t find 4 of them, which had arrived while I was away travelling this year, or shortly after! I’ve searched high & low,… Read More 12 Days of Clarity 2023 – March
Hello crafty friends and welcome to day 2 of my 12 Days of Clarity, today with the ‘it’s a wrap heart’ stamp from Clarity‘s Craft Club back in February (#196). It’s a beautiful image so didn’t need too much adding to it and I thought it would work perfectly for a wedding card. I decided to… Read More 12 Days of Clarity 2023 – heart
Hello everyone! I hope you had a lovely Christmas Day, however you celebrate it. Once again, I’ve decided to work through this year’s Clarity Craft Club stamps over the 12 days of Christmas, starting here with #195 the ‘love is all you need border’ set from January. I’m still feeling festive, so decided to use one of the… Read More 12 Days of Clarity 2023 – love is all you need border
Hello crafty friends! Well, it’s finally Christmas Eve and as it’s Sunday I’ve dipped back into Clarity‘s Craft Club for the next stencil in my series – although it’s a floral pattern one it felt right to turn it to a Christmas theme with the colours from Just Add Ink, which also picks up the challenge… Read More Clarity craft club lookback – flower confetti stencil
Hello and welcome into another dip back into Clarity‘s Craft Club archives, today featuring #97 ‘abstract pattern’ stencil which I’ve teamed up with one of the ‘Merry Little Christmas’ quote stamps and the ‘nativity miniatures’. I strated by gently brushing ‘chipped sapphire’ and ‘specked egg’ Distress Oxides through the stencil onto the centre of a… Read More Clarity Craft Club lookback – abstract stencil
Hello crafty friends. I’ve got another quick card to share with you today, using up a piece I found in my stash box from when I’d been playing with one of the older Clarity club stencils! Unsurprisingly, I’m sharing it with Happy Little Stampers and Stencil Fun, and a second offering for Sparkles Christmas challenge of animals… Read More Christmas deer
Hello crafty friends and welcome to another installment of what is now becoming an occasional series of dips back into Clarity‘s Craft Club. This time I’ve pulled out the ‘twirls’ stencil (#96) and made a group of thank you cards with the colours from Color Dare, which I’ll also share with Stencil Fun. I started… Read More Clarity Craft Club lookback – twirls stencil
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