Hello friends! It’s a busy couple of days with blog challenge DT posts – after two cards to share yesterday, I’ve got another couple coming today! Here’s the first one for our new theme of B for Butterflies at Alphabet Challenge – don’t miss the fact that it’s plural, as we want to see at… Read More B for butterflies at Alphabet Challenge
Hello there! Lots of new stuff to share with you today – it’s the launch of the new ‘Japanese Flowers & Butterflies sampler’ set from ClarityCrafts, plus our new theme at Alphabet Challenge. We’ve now reached X in the current cycle and Dawn has given us XOXO (as in hugs & kisses). I had to… Read More X for XOXO (hugs & kisses) at Alphabet Challenge
Hello again! I’m back with a second card today, this time for our new challenge at As You See It. This time, Heather has challenged us to share our crafting resolutions for t he year ahead. Now, if you’ve been reading this little blog over the last few weeks, then you’ll already know that I’m… Read More my crafting resolution for As You See It challenge
Hello everyone. I’m really getting into the Christmas spirit this week, with several festive meals out – I started today with a delicious lunch with some of my closest friends. Anyway, to keep us in the seasonal mood, here’s another Christmas card, this time using the ‘floral delights – merry Christmas‘ stamp set from ClarityCrafts.… Read More Christmas floral delights
Hello crafty friends. I’ve got another look at ClarityCrafts ‘calligraphy girls’ stamps today – Barbara Gray will be showcasing them on CreateandCraft TV tomorrow afternoon. I’ve paired one of the girls with the BOW-WOB (black-on-white, white-on-black) papers, using a gel press to add colour to them and pull a print as well. I was inspired… Read More blue days!
Here we are at Wednesday again and I’ve got another Christmas card to share with you. This time I’ve used ClarityCrafts‘ ‘peace on earth’ stamp set, another one of their two-way overlay sets. I was inspired by the current challenge at The Card Concept, together with the ‘anything goes’ themes at Merry Little Christmas and… Read More peace bauble
Good morning and welcome to another set of fabulous new stamps from ClarityCrafts – the ‘festive rounds’ are launching on TV this afternoon. These are pairs of two-way overlay stamps – I went with the poinsettia ones for today’s card, linking in with the challenges at The Card Concept and Christmas Craft Creations I started… Read More poinsettia rounds
Welcome to my crafty blog and a card using the new ‘scots pine floral panel’ stamps from ClarityCrafts (another one I ‘invested’ in at their Open Day last weekend!) I’ve kept this one fairly simple again, picking up the challenges from The Card Concept and Seize the Birthday I started with a square of white… Read More scots pine birthday
Welcome to my regular Sunday trip into the back issues of Clarity’s Craft Club. Today it’s the turn of the ‘butterfly tangle’ die from July 2021. The ‘blue butterfly’ inspiration photo and colours at The Card Concept were perfect for today’s card, which I’m also going to share with Happy Little Stampers‘ ‘anything goes with… Read More Clarity Craft Club lookback – butterfly tangle die
Hello crafty friends. I’ve been playing with one of my favourite Clarity dies today – the ‘deerscape’. It’s great for masculine cards – I’d usually cut the die into black or dark brown card, but went with a kraft version this time inspired by the colours in The Card Concept‘s photo (the plants also made… Read More deerscape birthday
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