happy home

Welcome to my crafty blog. Barbara Gray showcased Clarity’s ‘townhouse’ products the other day, so I thought it was time my die came out for an airing (plus I needed a ‘new home’ card!). I took the lovely colour palette from Creative Colour Challenges and teamed it with the layout at Freshly Made Sketches, adding… Read More happy home

sunflower bee

Hello there. Today’s card uses the fabulous ‘sunflower bee’ stamp set from Julie Hickey Designs, and for one I’ve used every stamp in the set on this card! I was inspired by the sketch at TGIF challenges and took my colours from Less is More‘s colour wheel. I’m also going to share it at Happy… Read More sunflower bee

sympathy corner

Welcome to my crafty blog and another card with one of the new releases from Julie Hickey Designs – this time it’s the ‘fancy foliage’ stamp. I’ve taken the layout from the sketch at CAS Colours & Sketches, together with the new theme of ‘sympathy’ from Addicted to CAS I started with a piece of… Read More sympathy corner

sending hugs

Welcome to my crafty blog. Today’s card uses some of the new foilable die cuts from Julie Hickey Designs – having resisted for a while I am a real convert for foiling now! I’ve used the sketch from The Paper Players for my layout, together with the gorgeous colours from As You See It I… Read More sending hugs

summer hat

Welcome to my crafty blog on a very hot evening here in the UK. You definitely need a hat on if you’re out in these temperatures, so I decided the photo over at Fusion was the perfect starting point. I’ve included the central row of birthday, flowers & sequins from TicTacToe‘s grid and the optional… Read More summer hat