Hello everyone. I’m back with another look at one of the new Floral Spray greeting cards and this time opted for a little hot foiling and simple watercolouring on the ginkgo leaves design. This time round I chose one of the cards that already has a greeting printed on it and started by running it… Read More Ginkgo love
Hello friends. I’m back with another look at the new mini Japanese Scene Builder stamps that launched yesterday, this time keeping it very CAS and just using neutral tones. I started by cutting a piece of premium card to 3.5″ by 2.5″ (the size of an ATC) and laid upper part of the mountain section… Read More Serenity mountain
Hello everyone and welcome to Monday! Barbara’s back on screen this afternoon with some fabulous Japanese Mini Landscapes stamps, that I’ve had great fun playing with. I opted to use one of Clarity’s Abstract Layout dies (unfortunately currently out of stock) to create a series of little landscapes, but this would work just as well… Read More Japanese Mini Landscapes
Hello crafty friends. I’ve got another of my Clarity Social TV demos from last Friday to share with you today, as I promised at the time having skipped through this one quite quickly in the 2pm show. The Kite Doodle stamp set is another one hand-drawn by Barbara in the earlier days of the SHAC… Read More SHAC Kite Doodle
Hello crafty friends. I had some time to play this afternoon and was inspired by Jilly from Clarity’s post on Barbara Gray’s blog (Barb’s taking a break at the moment) showcasing their watercolour pads. It reminded me that I made some watercolour backgrounds a couple of years ago that have been languishing in my stash… Read More it’s your birthday today
I’m back with my second card today – this time for our new challenge at As You See It and it’s a seasonal one as we want to know what your favourite thing about autumn is. For me, it’s the gorgeous changing tones in the leaves and so I immediately reached for Clarity’s Elementree stamps… Read More autumn favourites at As You See It Challenge
Hello crafty friends. I’m still working though my samples from Clarity’s new Sketchy stamps launched last Friday – I just love the variety of looks you can get with these landmark images. I’ve kept it very CAS today on a watercoloured notecard, picking up the shades of blue theme from Color Dare My starting point… Read More blue Liberty
Well, we’re into the last few hours of the Clarity Crafts Half Price Members’ Sale (it ends at midnight) and I thought I’d shine a spotlight onto a couple of stamp sets that I hadn’t previously thought of using together – the potted plants and the gardening set from the mini hobbies collection. To be… Read More indoor gardening
Hello everyone! Sunday already and I’m a bit late with this post after a busy few days at Clarity’s Open Days event. It was great to have Janice Phillips there as well, showcasing her newest stamps – I haven’t had time to play with those yet, so here’s a look back at her previous Timestamp… Read More deer reflection
Hello friends. It’s been a bank (public) holiday here in the UK today for Easter Monday, which I was very grateful for after a busy weekend! I did have a few things to be getting on, but carved out a bit of time at my craft desk for today’s card using the fab magpie Timestamp… Read More a new sky
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