add another hat for Christmas Craft Creations

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

star bauble

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

apple harvest

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

Grandad’s trees

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