Using an Offcut on a Card

It is surprising how effective a small offcut of a larger background can be when used as a panel on a small card.  Here I used another one from the Clarity Summer Retreats in 2025.

Mid Month Challenge: Out with the Old, in with the New

 The mid month challenge for January over on Clarity Crafts Mini Makes & ATCs is Out with the Old, in with the New.  I chose to use the earliest Clarity New Design Club stamp that I have (#3) and one of the new Tree Aperture stamp sets - All we Have is Now.

Pretty Art Deco Flowers All in a Row

I combined some of the new Art Deco stamps with a background from a Clarity online workshop to create this pretty, floral card.

#dailyatc2026: The Challenge Begins

 Having completed a drawing every day of 2025, I decided to go with creating a #dailyatc2026 for my challenge this year.  I am using the prompts for 2026 over on 365 days of drawing prompts and other art, but using card, stamps, masks, stencils and stickers from Clarity Crafts to fulfil them.

Happy New Year.

History.

Landscape.

Opposites.

Favourite animals.

The scariest thing.

Angels

What you will fight for

Sleepy nights

Kindness

Have fun!

Glacier

Candy

Nebula

Jigsaw puzzle piece

Hourglass

It hasn't been too difficult to find products to match the prompts so far, although I did have to go with a Groovi plate for day 16.  I prepared a month of ATC backgrounds in advance using Turquoise, Juniper and Cool Peri Alcohol inks and stamped onto the backs using the Clarity ATC stamp in Jet Black Archival ink. 

I shall do the same for February, but change the colour palette.  Ideas anyone?

Art Deco on Kraft

For my third sample using the new Art Deco stamps from Clarity Crafts, I went with a neutral colour palette on kraft card.

Art Deco Tag

I put the Art Deco Special Day Sentiment stamps through their paces for this project, and used one of my backgrounds from the online alcohol ink on a gel plate workshop with Barbara Gray to create this tag.

WOYWW 867/87: A Bit of a Blip

Welcome to the weekly sharing of desks which is WOYWW (What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday?), the brainchild of Julia, who kindly entrusted it to me to continue after the first 15 years of togetherness.  Please feel free to link up your desk and visit others' - we are a friendly bunch. 

Sending love and best wishes to Neet who is still in hospital last I heard.

My desk shows two of the new stamp sets that Barbara is showcasing this afternoon on Hobby Maker.  There is a square frame set as well which is on my 'to get' list.

The back of my sweater is growing.  I am half way through the first pattern section of 20 rows.

Before I forget, thanks again so much for all the left-handed crochet tips, links and information that you let me have after last week's post.

Angels

What you will fight for

Sleepy nights

Kindness

Have fun!

Glacier

Candy

I had a bit of a health scare on Monday when I woke with a sharp pain at the bottom of my ribs on the left hand side.  Having given it some time to resolve, I rang 111 and they advised going up to A and E, so #2 son took me up there and I had the full works - ECG, bloods and chest x-ray.  I was discharged about 4 hours later - not a heart attack.  Spent yesterday resting at home and will probably follow up with the GP tomorrow if things have not completely settled down by then.

Didn't go over to Mum's last Friday as she was worried about me driving with the slushy roads.

Stay safe and happy WOYWW.