Hello crafty friends! Well, it’s finally Christmas Eve and as it’s Sunday I’ve dipped back into Clarity‘s Craft Club for the next stencil in my series – although it’s a floral pattern one it felt right to turn it to a Christmas theme with the colours from Just Add Ink, which also picks up the challenge… Read More Clarity craft club lookback – flower confetti stencil
Welcome to my crafty blog and an early look at one of my design team samples with ClarityCrafts mini mandala dies that will be featuring on Create & Craft TV tomorrow (Thursday) I kept it very simple with this one and let the dies do all the work as they’re so pretty! I started by cutting… Read More mini mandala squares set 3
Hello there! Just over a week to go – how are your Christmas preparations coming on? I feel a bit like I’m in one of those circus acts spinning lots of plates on poles (and some of them are getting a bit wobbly!!) Never mind, it will all be fine when the day arrives. I’ve started on my family… Read More Merry Christmas gnome
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 there! I’m back with a quick post today featuring the stencil from ClarityCrafts October craft club (#113) as a last minute offering for a couple of challenges that end today. I took the colours from Creative Colour Challenges and the layout from Atlantic Hearts, and am also going to share it with Stencil Fun… Read More three snowflakes
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
Hello there. I’ve been playing with lots of new products recently so decided it was time to dig back into my stash and find a stamp set I hadn’t used for some time – meet the ‘ginkgo spray’! I pulled together a couple challenges for inspiration on this one, taking the left hand column on… Read More ginkgo spray
Welcome to my crafty blog and an outing for ClarityCrafts ‘treescape – three way overlay’ stamp set. I need some more masculine cards in my stash and this is such a great image. I’ve taken a fairly loose interpretation of the sketch at Atlantic Hearts together with the palette from Color Throwdown for this card.… Read More autumn trees
Welcome to my second post today, this time with the new colour challenge from As You See It. I thought this palette would work really well for a masculine card, with ClarityCrafts ‘clockwork’ aperture die and the sketch from Global Design Project I started with a piece of navy card, trimmed fit on a 5×7… Read More As You See It – clockwork colours
Hello there crafty friends! I’ve got exciting news, as I’ve been invited along as guest designer with one of my favourite challenges CAS Colours & Sketches for the next three months. I’m really looking forward to being part of the team and my first offering is in my happy place with a colour challenge. I’ve… Read More Guest designer at CAS Colours & Sketches
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