Welcome to my crafty blog and the final one of my DT samples for ClarityCrafts new ‘summer tags and frames’ stamp set. I’ve mixed a few techniques on this one while keeping it CAS and am sharing it with TicTacToe (taking the right hand column of green, patterned paper & die cut) and Simply Clean… Read More lily frame
Welcome to my crafty blog and our mid-challenge reminder about the ‘add a hat’ theme for Christmas Craft Creations, where I’m guest designer this month. This time I’ve gone with ‘Jim’s Christmas jumper accessories’ from ClarityCrafts – I wonder how many woolly hats, scarves & gloves will be wrapped up this season! I picked up… Read More add another hat for Christmas Craft Creations
Hello there! I’m back with another double offering today, this time using the same stamp from ClarityCrafts’ ‘gnomes billboards‘ set but with a different colour palette on each card. I’ve pulled several challenges together as inspiration for these, starting with the gnomes from Inspired by‘s photo. The first card uses the colours from The Paper… Read More two gnomes, two ways
Hello crafty friends. I’m busy trying to ahead with my own Christmas cards after all my recent design team samples for ClarityCrafts, so today have revisted the ‘SHAC bauble – merry Christmas’ stamp set released earlier this year. I took inspiration from the colours at Creative Colour, adding in the centre row of sparkle, holiday… Read More star bauble
It’s time for a new game board at Christmas Bingo Challenges – this time I’ve gone with column I and taken green, gold and square for my card using the wreath from the new ‘C is for Christmas’ stamp set from ClarityCrafts Just a quick recap on the challenge rules! Our theme is always anything… Read More corner wreath for Christmas BINGO challenge
Hello there. I’ve been playing with lots of new products recently so decided it was time to dig back into my stash and find a stamp set I hadn’t used for some time – meet the ‘ginkgo spray’! I pulled together a couple challenges for inspiration on this one, taking the left hand column on… Read More ginkgo spray
Hello there! Today’s card features a stamp that’s been in my stash for a while and not previously seen any ink – the ‘holly leaf’ outline. I remembered it when I was looking through a few blog challenges that end over the next couple of days. Inspired by have got a helpful sketch and leaf… Read More leaf outline stamp
Hello crafty friends! Today’s card features another of the linocut stamps from ClarityCrafts, this time the ‘apple orchard’ set. It’s just perfect for autumnal cards, and I’ve incorporated colours from Color Dare (I picked up the two greens, orange and pink), the ‘outdoor’ theme from Global Design Project and the top row of ink blending,… Read More apple harvest
Hello there. Today’s card uses some of the latest Word Chain stamps from ClarityCrafts, together with their ‘birch trees’. I’ve pulled a few current challenges together in this design: the new theme of ‘outdoors’ at Global Design Project, the right hand column of square card, masculing & leaves from TicTacToe‘s grid, and the photo of… Read More Grandad’s trees
Welcome to my crafty blog and another look at a couple of the new ClarityCrafts stamp sets launched last weekend – the KISS ‘Christmas wreaths’ stamps & ‘sentiment rounds’, which are a great set of semi-circular words. I started with card cut to fit a slimline (UK DL size) card and stamped the twiggy wreath… Read More swirly wreaths
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