Hello there and welcome to another card using ClarityCrafts new SHAC Vases & Foliage stamps that Barbara is launching at 3pm and 7pm today on Create & Craft TV today. You can see that I’m firmly in my CAS comfort zone with these stamps! I used low tack tape to give me a guideline across… Read More you are unique
Welcome to my crafty blog and a quick showcase for the ‘room with a view’ aperture dies from ClarityCrafts. They’ve been on offer this week (until midnight tonight) at 30% – Clarity are 30 years old this year as a company and are featuring a ‘design of the week’ throughout the year with a reduction… Read More room with a view – sunshine
The weeks are just going by so fast and it’s already time for our new theme at Alphabet Challenge. Today we’ve reached H and Billie has opted for ‘humour’ on our cards. I do love these cheeky gnomes from ClarityCrafts and took the opportunity to get another Christmas card under my belt, assisted by the… Read More H for humour at Alphabet Challenge
Hello crafty friends. I’ve been having another play with my June Craft Club goodies from ClarityCrafts – this time it’s the ‘simple rose’ stencil. I took Just Us Girls‘ ‘pastels’ theme for the colours, which worked beautifully with the floral inspiration photo at Inspired by and the central row of pink, encouragement & squares on… Read More take time to smell the roses
Welcome to my crafty blog and a nice and simple stencilled background today. I needed a card for a colleague who’s just got a new job so decided to use ClarityCraft’s bubbles burst stencil and the colours from their new place’s logo for a quick card. I picked up the colourful circles theme from Inspired… Read More a burst of bubbles!
Hello there! Today’s card is something a bit different from my usual style, but it’s always good to push yourself, don’t you think? I’ve got lots of offcuts of ClarityCrafts designer papers in my folders as I generally can’t bear to throw any of them away (and I suspect I’m not the only one!) I… Read More paper scrap strips
Welcome to my crafty blog featuring another of ClarityCrafts layout stamps, this time the ‘treescape doodle layout montage’. These are so handy for creating a larger card with small stamps – this one features the cricketer from the ‘wee sports people’ set, in recognition of the first Test match in this year’s Ashes series. For… Read More dream believe hope
Hello crafty friends. I’ve been feeling a bit better today, so spent a therapeutic couple of hours at my craft desk (obviously, I’m still not feeling up to doing the housework…!) As it’s Sunday, I picked up the next set of dies from Clarity’s Craft Club, this time the ‘brick wall with cats & dogs’… Read More Clarity craft club lookback – brick wall with cats & dogs dies
Welcome to my crafty blog! I’ve spent today at ClarityCrafts’ Open Day down in Kent having a great time catching up with friends, meeting new ones and enjoying all the demos. I’m back to my favourite techniques of masking & blending ink on today’s card, inspired by the photo over at Just Add Ink. I… Read More have a brilliant day!
Hello there! Bit of a change in style for me today with a masculine card using one of the ‘grunge shapes’ stamps from Clarity’s May Craft Club. I’ve taken the colours from Creative Colour Challenges, the layout from Atlantic Hearts (I swapped the flowers for stars!) and the theme from The Paper Players I started… Read More grunge stars
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