The latest Craft Club stamps from ClarityCrafts dropped through my letterbox last Friday, so I treated myself to a quick play with it at the weekend! I thought it might work for the layout at Hand Stamped Sentiments, using the colours from Inspire.Create and the top row of flowers, green & embossing from The Paper… Read More craft club flowers
Hello there! I’m back with a rather tempting display of cakes today – I do love celebrating with an afternoon tea! I’ve given ‘Linda’s piece of cake’ stamp a first inking today (it’s been tucked away in my stash for longer than it should have been!) inspired by the moodboard at Just Us Girls, the… Read More a piece of cake!
Greetings crafty friends and welcome to Monday’s blog. I spent a fab couple of hours yesterday afternoon having an online crafting session with my sister – we were both playing with the latest Craft Club goodies from ClarityCrafts. I’d already christened the ‘garden bloom butterfly’ stamp last week, but it was a sunny afternoon so… Read More garden bloom butterfly
I’m back with another CAS card today featuring the ‘by the seaside’ background stamp from ClarityCrafts, inspired by the current challenges at The Paper Players, Hand Stamped Sentiments and Inspired by I started by creating a rectangular embossed frame on the front of a 6×6 card blank with one of Clarity’s embedders. I then lined… Read More beach scene
Hello there. I needed a card for a friend who’s about to have surgery, and remembered ClarityCrafts’ poppies stencil, which hasn’t seen any ink for some time! The Paper Players have got a clean & simple one-layer challenge this week (right up my street!), which I teamed with the lovely palette from Creative Colour Challenges.… Read More stencilled poppies
Welcome to my crafty blog and some more new goodies that I couldn’t resist at ClarityCrafts‘ Open Day on Saturday! The ‘flower framer’ stamp set is the star of the card, showcasing the colour palette from The Paper Players and the layout from Atlantic Hearts. I’ll also share it with Happy Little Stampers for their… Read More flower framer
Hello there! Bit of a change in style for me today with a masculine card using one of the ‘grunge shapes’ stamps from Clarity’s May Craft Club. I’ve taken the colours from Creative Colour Challenges, the layout from Atlantic Hearts (I swapped the flowers for stars!) and the theme from The Paper Players I started… Read More grunge stars
It’s time for a new theme at Alphabet Challenge where we’ve reached the letter E – Meg has challenged us to create easel cards. Now I normally go for flat front cards, rather than fancy folds, so had to get my thinking cap on for this one! I thought the sketch at The Paper Players… Read More E for easel card
Hello crafty friends. I’m finally getting back into the swing of things after my holiday, and was doing a bit of catching up at my craft desk this afternoon. My April Craft Club goodies arrived from ClarityCrafts while I was away, so I’ve given the mandala stencil a first outing on today’s card, inspired by… Read More mandala stencil
Hello crafty friends. I’m back with another card using one of the new ‘floral delights’ sets from Clarity – this time the ‘bouquets and vases’. I picked up the image from the top left of Just Us Girls‘ moodboard and added in the spring flower colours from The Paper Players The first step was to… Read More bouquet for you
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