'Twas the Night Sleeping Baby

I love this new collection of the 'Twas The Night Before Christmas printed parchment from Clarity Crafts.  They could be used to create a book with the story, but I used individual pages.  Here is my first sample.

Be Unique Bookmark

 I decided to use up more of my retreat background and one of my stash of Pergamano bookmark sleeves to create this quick gift.

Birch Tree Tag

I wanted to create a quick tag, so started with one of the backgrounds I created at the Clarity summer retreats.  This is how it ended up.

#dailydrawing2025 - October Part II

 Working my way through my seventh Clarity Petite watercolour journal with my #dailyart2025, following the prompts on the 365 Days of Drawing Prompts and Other Art FB page.  Here are my drawings for the second half of October.

I play the violin.

An optical illusion with 2 side profiles.

Daffodils - William Wordsworth

Sealed for privacy.

Word Play on Halloween

The current challenge over on Try it on Tuesday is Halloween - I thought this tag with a play on words would fit the bill.

WOYWW 856/76: Still Sample Making

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. 

As you can see, I have progressed with the jigsaw but have now hit a roadblock.  I can only work on the remaining sections in good daylight.  So challenging, that I have divided the remaining pieces up by shape and am often resorting to trying them one by one until I find the one that fits.  There is nothing I can show you on my craft desk.  I have been working on more samples over the weekend and am now getting on with my ATC and PTC (parchment trading card) ready to swap at the beginning of November.

I am off to the theatre this evening for the 30th anniversary River Dance Tour.  I booked it over a year ago thinking it was for last October lol.  Yesterday afternoon was our regular recorder get together in Lichfield.  Friday is my weekly get together with Mum.  We are going to go to 'Spoons for a late breakfast. 

Sending gentle hugs and healing wishes to Neet.

Stay safe and Happy WOYWW.

Winter Christmas Card Ideas

 I thought I would share some ideas and inspiration for Christmas cards (and one art journal page) using the Winter Wonderland stamp sets, the Bijou Overlay Bauble stamps and the outline and miniatures stamps from Clarity Crafts.  As always, links to the projects are below each photo.

On a marbled background (see HERE).