Hello crafty friends. A nice and simple card todayusing a few retired Stampin’ Up! products and my new deckled rectangle dies. I took the layout from Freshly Made Sketches, although I’m too late posting this to submit it to them. Never mind, I’ve also picked up the ‘wings’ theme from Just Add Ink , and… Read More butterfly thanks
Hello crafty friends. After using brand new stamps in my last two posts, I’m back with some old favourites today from Clarity Crafts. I’ve picked up a couple of challenges for this card, using the sketch from Global Design Project and the ‘thankful’ theme from Time Out I started with an A6 card blank and… Read More thankful blackbird
Hello there. I had a spare couple of hours this afternoon, so caught up with some design team cards for later in the week, together with a few others I needed to finish. I made this one using the retired ‘on the horizon’ paper & dies from Stampin’ Up!, picking up the sketch from AAA… Read More wheely thankful!
Welcome to my crafty blog. Well, I’ve had a fabulous day today at the Claritystamp Open Day down in Kent – my first major craft event since the arrival of Covid! So much inspiration from Barbar Gray & the Clarity design team (and maybe a bit of shopping as well…!) Of course, I had to… Read More woodland ivy
Hello there! I’ve got a very quick and simple card to share with you today, using the Stampin’ Up! ‘textures and frames’ set from last year’s Saleabration. I haven’t used it very much, but it came to mind when I saw the inspiration photo from Just Us Girls. I’ve also used the ‘one layer &… Read More a little note
Hello crafty friends and welcome to the last day of my Christmas journey back through Claritystamp’s 2021 die Craft Club. Today it’s the ‘abstract snowflake’ from December, which arrived just before Christmas (so I don’t feel I have to apologise for not having used it before now!) It’s larger than the usual club dies, but… Read More 12 Dies of Clarity day 12 – abstract snowflake
Hello crafty friends. Welcome to day 4 of my 12 Dies of Clarity personal challenge, and today it’s the turn of the ‘frilly embellishments’ dies designed by Linda Williams. These would obviously work well with parchment, but I’ve used them with cardstock to make sentiment toppers for my cards. For the first card, I attached… Read More 12 Dies of Clarity day 4 – frilly embellishments
Hello crafty friends. I thought I’d better make a start on some thank you cards, now all the Christmas ones are sorted! I’ve picked up the colours from the current Color Throwdown challenge and used them with Julie Hickey’s ‘florals for you’ set. I started with an A6 card blank and blended some ‘picked raspberry’… Read More a floral thank you
Hello crafty friends. Well my resolution to share today’s card earlier in the evening has failed miserably! Never mind, it’s the thought that counts as they say, so here’s a thank you card I’ve made using Stampin’ Up!’s ‘art gallery’ set and ‘expressions in ink’ paper. The current challenge at Festive Friday picks up World… Read More just a thank you
Welcome to my crafty blog. Today’s card uses a set from the current Stampin’ Up! annual catalogue that I haven’t used for a few months – the ‘birds and branches’. I think these little birds are so sweet, and they work for lots of different occasions. I’m getting back into the swing of combining blog… Read More two bluebirds
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