Hello there. We’re back with our first challenge of 2024 at Sparkles and it’s my turn to host! As we’re still in early(ish) January, I thought it would be fun to start off with ‘new beginnings’ – it works for so many occasions: New Year, new baby, weddings, new craft stash, etc. I’ve gone with the new plant… Read More Sparkles Challenge – new beginnings
Well, that’s Christmas finished for another year and here’s my final card from Clarity‘s 2023 Craft Club – the ‘New Year Round’ set. I felt it warranted some lovely heat embossing, so picked up the colours from TGIF challenges together with the ‘new’ theme from Time Out. I started by heat embossing the large stamp with… Read More 12 Days of Clarity 2023 – December
Hello crafty friends. I’m feeling very pleased with myself today having used up another piece from my stash box! This image with ClarityCrafts ‘three way treescape’ stamp set has been sat waiting to be used since early July, when I joined the Clarity community for A Moment of Clarity with Barbara Gray. I remember thinking at the time… Read More sparkly trees
Welcome to my crafty blog and our next letter at Alphabet Challenge – we’re now on the letter R and Billie has chosen the very seasonal theme of Reindeer for this one. I opted for the final stamp in ClarityCrafts‘ ‘Twas the night before Christmas’ set – such a great image with Santa and his… Read More R for Reindeer at Alphabet Challenge
Hello again! Today’s card showcases the ‘christmas deer’ aperture round die, another goodie that’s currently in ClarityCrafts‘ Gray Friday sale. I thought it would work well with the red & gold scheme from Color Hues, together with the themes from Time Out and The Holly and Ivy, and the top row (family critters, die cut… Read More red deer
Hello crafty friends. Today’s card features another of the new floral aperture framer dies from ClarityCrafts, this time the ‘snowdrops’ one which I decided would pair up nicely with the ‘SHAC snowdrop’ stamp set. I cut a square of Waimea Falls designer paper & edged it with a black Sharpie & a ruler (it’s easiest… Read More snowdrops floral die
Hello there! I finally got round to playing with the stencil from Clarity‘s September Craft Club, inspired by the photo and colours at AAA Cards and a final offering for the gratitude theme of the quote at Time Out Nothing too complicated on this one today! I simply laid the stencil across the corner of… Read More swirl round stencil
Hello crafty friends! I’ve got a busy day with design team cards and here’s my second offering, this time for Love to Craft where our theme (as always) is ‘anything goes’. I’ve had another play with the ‘star flowers’ stamp that ClarityCrafts released last week, this time with the larger A5 set and the Japanese… Read More inky star flowers
Welcome to my crafty blog. Today’s card features the ‘birch trees two way overlay’ stamp set from ClarityCrafts with just a simple scene that I felt reflected the verse. I thought it also picked up the essence of the quote at Time Out and it fits with Happy Little Stampers stencil challenge and Just Us… Read More birch trees
Welcome to my crafty blog. Today’s card is a bit of a departure for me as I’ve used a digital image on it, but a friend wanted a birthday card making and I didn’t have a suitable stamp or die! What I have done, though, is utilised one of my favourite ClarityCrafts stencils – the… Read More vintage car
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