Hello everyone and welcome to Monday’s blog! I’ve just done a bit of simple die cutting for this card – Clarity’s leafy swirl aperture die is one of my favourite images and works so well with some of the bolder designer papers. I went with one of the Amazonia papers for this card, which reflected… Read More leafy swirl birthday
Hello crafty friends. We’ve got a new challenge to inspire you at CAS Colours & Sketches – Nancy has given us a great sketch to play with. I opted to go with one of Clarity’s triangle people for the central shape, pulling in the colours from Color Dare for my DT card. Now you’ll recall… Read More CAS Colours & Sketches 570 – Nancy’s sketch
Hello friends. I’ve got a card today that I demo’d on Clarity Social TV a few months ago, but hadn’t blogged in detail (until now!) It uses the Village & Harbour stamp set, together with an offcut of Antarctica designer paper that was sat in my storage folder – a great set of stamps for… Read More Dad’s boat
Hello everyone. I’m busy getting ready to head off to Kent tomorrow to spend a couple of days at the annual ClarityCrafts retreat on Monday & Tuesday. I decided that I really should sort out my project folder from last year, when we were busy making backgrounds – one year on, it’s definitely time to… Read More bright butterfly
Hello crafty friends. Today I’ve got the stencil from last month’s Clarity Craft Club to share with you – it’s a fabulous background design with spots, stripes and apertures. I took inspiration from the card by my good friend Jane on the project sheet that comes with the Craft Club goodies each month, although I… Read More Clarity Craft Club – spots & stripes stencil
Hello everyone. Welcome to Wednesday – it’s another Christmas card today as Paul’s up on HobbyMaker TV with some fab seasonal Clarity goodies, including the SHAC Bauble stamp sets. I’ve put the ‘Merry Christmas’ set back onto action today with this lovely bauble, which I’m also going to share in the galleries at The Holly… Read More starry bauble
Hello crafty friends. I’ve got another of my demos from yesterday morning’s Clarity Social TV show to share with you today, using another of the sets from Sam’s Shapes. This time I went for a bit of pattern building using both the stamps and stencils from the it’s a mixed bag set – where the… Read More it’s a mixed bag
Hello there. I’m back with a quick look at one of the stamp & stencil sets I’ll be showcasing on Clarity TV tomorrow – I’m on at 10am & 2pm and this fun collection of Sam’s Shapes will be on my morning show. I’ve got a CAS card to share using the ‘don’t be such… Read More don’t be such a square
Hello friends – I’m back with this week’s Christmas card offering and this time I’ve gone for non-traditional colours, although I have used a seasonal stamp from Tina’s Christmas Angels elements set. I was inspired by the sketch from my bloggy friend Catherine, aka InkyFingeredCat, who’s running a ‘Christmas in July’ challenge all month, as… Read More purple poinsettia
Hello crafty friends. It’s all getting a bit busy here this week with various work and crafting commitments, but I found a bit of time this afternoon to make a couple of cards using Clarity’s nested circle letterbox doodle frame-it panel dies. I was looking at my stash while watching Paul showcasing the whole collection… Read More rainbow circles
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