Welcome to my crafty blog and a card that I’m still in two minds about! I decided to use Clarity’s ‘Jayne’s winter scene – church’ for this card based on the sketch from TGIF challenges (which I rotated), picking up the top row from TicTacToe‘s grid. I started by creating an inky background. I’m really… Read More Christmas blessings
Welcome to my crafty blog and another Christmas card, this time using Julie Hickey Designs ‘Christmas foilables’ die cuts as the focus. I took the layout from the sketch at Atlantic Hearts, the colours from Color Hues and the right hand column of embellishment/no sentiment/shiny from TicTacToe I started with two of the die cuts,… Read More Christmas foilables
Hello there. I’m back with a second card today, moving from the old to the new with the latest stamp from Clarity’s craft club. I had a great afternoon online with my sister & my crafting buddy, all using the same stamp but creating different designs. This is my offering, inspired by a few of… Read More peace on earth globe
Welcome to my crafty blog and another Christmas card in non-traditional colours. I’ve used one of the papers from Stampin’ Up!’s new ‘fitting florets’ pack, picking up the layout from CAS Colours & Sketches, the ‘festive’ theme from Inspire.Create and the middle row of christmas tree/sparkle/star from TicTacToe‘s grid. I thought the blue & pink… Read More starry tree
Hello crafty friends – here we are with my usual Sunday trip back into Clarity’s craft club. The die from February 2020 was this funky tulip, which I thought would work well with this week’s challenge from Just Add Ink. I’ve gone for silhouette and day from their ‘choose two’ theme. I’ve also picked up… Read More Clarity craft club lookback – funky tulip
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’m delighted to have been invited to guest design with TicTacToe challenge again! As it happens, this week’s grid had the perfect ingredients for a card I was asked at make for a friend, so I was very happy to see the top row which I’ve incorprated into this offering.… Read More floral birthday wreath
Hello crafty friends. If you read my blog last Sunday, you’ll know that I’ve reached 2022 in my journey back through Clarity’s craft club stamps, so I needed to think of something else to move on to. As it happens, I joined their monthly die club a few years ago so I’m going to work… Read More Clarity craft club lookback – let’s celebrate!
Hello crafty friends. I’m delighted to be back with this card, as guest designer for the new grid over at TicTacToe challenge. I’ve gone with the middle row on this one – orange for my autumn (fall) ginko leaves, and adding pencil colouring as my free option. I took the colour scheme from the current… Read More autumn ginko for TicTacToe challenge
Hello there – I’m back with an autumn birthday card today using the leaf die from Julie HIckey’s ‘delightful daisy’ set. I thought they’d work well with the layout from Freshly Made Sketches, picking up the right hand column from TicTacToe‘s grid. I’m also sharing it with Can You Handle The Pressure – I’ve embossed… Read More autumn leaves
Hello there. I’ve got a very busy week with work commitments, but managed to grab a few minutes to get another Christmas card made ahead of the festive season. I’ve combined a couple of challenges with this one, taking the sketch from The Paper Players (which I’ve rotated) and the bottom row from TicTacToe‘s grid.… Read More Christmas berries
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