Hello there and welcome to our next challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches – Nancy has give us this great palette to work with, which I thought would be ideal for a Valentine’s themed card using the ‘love grunge elements‘ stamps from Clarity Crafts. I’ve managed to combine a few other challenges into this one… Read More CAS Colours & Sketches #553 – colours
Hello everyone – Sunday again and another cold day in the UK. Despite that, though, I saw a couple of bluetits in my garden this week – they may be an early sign of spring! That prompted me to get Clarity Crafts‘ ‘garden birds & cherry blossom‘ stamps out – I haven’t played with these… Read More trio of bluetits
Hello there. I’ve got a rather joyful card to share with you today, which I made for my new grandson who arrived last Saturday! I couldn’t resist using the fab little teddy from Clarity‘s Craft Club a few years ago (he’s #141) together with a few of my favourite Clarity products – the latest ‘autumn… Read More Xander’s bear
Hello everyone! I’m delighted to have been invited along as guest designer for the new challenge at Time Out, where we have this fabulous quote from Van Gogh for inspiration. I’ve used the ‘SHAC autumn & winter mandala rings’ stamps from ClarityCrafts to create this little autumnal scene, picking up the moodboard from Hand Stamped… Read More Guest Designer at Time Out – autumn
Hello crafty friends and welcome to Monday! It’s still quite warm here in London, but I think autumn is definitely heading our way soon… I’m back with another offering using the new ‘panoramic’ three-way overlay stamps and an inky mop-up background from my stash. Just Us Girls have challenged us to CASE (copy and selectvely… Read More fancy a chat?
Hello friends. I’ve got a bit of a look back to the ‘bijou linocut’ stamps from ClarityCrafts that were launched earlier this year. I love this poppies set – in fact all the stamps in the collection are produced from original linocuts by Barbara Gray (she’s so talented!) I’ve picked up a few challenge themes… Read More poppy remember
Hello friends! Well, here we are at Friday and the sun has finally returned to South East England – if only for a couple of days! Coincidentally, our new theme at As You See It challenge is to fill in the blank and share your favourite beach activity – to be honest, I’m not a… Read More Fill in the blank at the beach for AYSI
Hello crafty friends. We’ve got a new theme over at Alphabet Challenge for you – we’ve reached H and Helen has opted for Holiday. It can be summer or Christmas – I’ve got out of synch with my Christmas cards since being away, so this gave me a good reason to get another one in… Read More H for Holiday at Alphabet Challenge
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
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