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 crafty friends! I’m still not done with Christmas cards, but decided to go with non-traditional colours on today’s ‘winter linocut – log cabin’ stamp set from ClarityCrafts, thanks to the colours at Inspire.Create, and picking up the moodboard from Peace on Earth The linocut stamp is a two-step image so I started with the… Read More peace & goodwill
Welcome to my crafty blog and the new challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches, where I’m guest designer for the next few months. This time round we have a sketch for you, using a slimline (UK DL size) card. I’ve gone with these funky trees from ClarityCrafts which I think are now retired, taking the… Read More funky trees for CAS Colours & Sketches
Hello there. I’m back today with another of my DT samples for ClarityCrafts new ‘festive rounds’ collection – this time its’ the turn of the ‘pine trees’. I’m going to share this one with Peace on Earth and Happy Little Stampers for their Christmas (although I didn’t take the option of using a stencil on… Read More pine tree festive rounds
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. I’m back with another of ClarityCrafts new ‘Christmas sentiment aperture’ framer dies that are being launched today. This time, it’s the ‘Health Peace & Sweet Content’ die – I’ve picked up the current ColorDare challenge (the paper has melon tones in the centre, along with the reds & greens) and the sketch… Read More health, peace & sweet content
Hello there! ClarityCrafts are celebrating their 30th anniversary this weekend and the celebrations are kicking off tomorrow (Friday) with the launch of the adorable penguin stamps and dies collection. I’ve got an early peek of one of the ‘penguin billboard’ stamps for you today – I just love these images! The first step was to… Read More penguin Christmas joy
Hello crafty friends. I’ve still been playing with the new ‘Linda’s Christmas Compendium’ stamps released by ClarityCrafts and today it’s the turn of the ‘deep in the forest’ set. For this design I’ve CASE’d (copy and selectively edit) a card my friend Joanne James made a few years ago, and just used the small tree… Read More merry & bright Christmas
Hello again! Here’s another card using the ‘winter wishes’ set from ClarityCrafts‘ new ‘Linda’s Christmas Compendium’ – these lovely tall trees are in the same set as yesterday’s robins and I’ve used one of the ‘circle backdrop’ stamps for my background. I started with the smaller of the circle backdrop stamps and brayered ‘salvaged patina’… Read More let it snow
Welcome to my crafty blog and anothe card showcasing the new ‘Linda’s Christmas Compendium’ stamp sets from ClarityCrafts – today I’ve used the trees from the ‘glistening winter’ set for a card that would work well for a winter birthday, rather than Christmas. As first step, I stamped the trees onto a piece of card… Read More winter trees
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