Sarah's Craft Shed

Sunday, 8 March 2026

A Rainbow of Dragonflies

For my second sample using these new stamps from Clarity, I went all out with the dragonflies and used my favourite rainbow colours.

A Feminine Make

The current challenge over on Try It On Tuesday is Make It Feminine. I thought this project really fit the bill. Having the masks to go with this stamp set makes a card like this easy to make.

Trim a piece of large Clarity stencil card to 20cm x 13.8cm. Stamp the corset in Hickory Smoke archival ink into the centre, in the bottom third.

Mask off the corset and add a further one each side of the first in the same ink.

Mask these off and repeat.

Add two final corsets either side in the same way, giving seven in total across the card topper.

Add the tape measure below the corsets in Black Soot archival ink.

Add ‘feminine’ below the tape measure in the same ink.

Colour the corsets using Faber-Castell Albrecht Dürer water colour pencils, blended out with a large watercolour brush pen.

To finish, mat onto black card (20.5cm x 14.3cm) and add to the front of an A5 card blank.

Friday, 6 March 2026

A Fence of Branches

I created a fence using some of the Branches, Twigs and Sprigs stamps from set 2 for this first sample using the new stamps and added a couple from the new Dotted Dragonflies set as well.

Stencilled Floral Hearts

I focussed on a section of each of the stencils that are one of Clarity's products of the month for March, framing them in kraft card for this pair of samples.

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.

Thinking of Neet and wishing her a steady recovery! Hoping she is now back out of hospital.

My desk shows the Groovi project I was working on yesterday having made a start on Monday. I am determined to use each Clarity Club plate before the next one arrives and this used the plate from February. Can't share my news yet, but will probably be OK to do so next week.

I have finished the back of my sweater, but have not yet cast on the stitches for the front. Heading over to Mum's tomorrow so may do so while I am there.

Greenhouse

Breakfast in bed

Invent your own pet

As you can see, some of the prompts for my #dailyatc2026 have required thinking outside the box again this week.

Looking forward to the needle felting workshop with Tilly Tea Dance on Friday and catching up with Twiglet. I have to give a presentation to the Anglo German club tomorrow evening about an animal so I have prepared one about a Nilpferd (hippopotamus) as it is the mascot of the local football team that I support.

Stay safe and happy WOYWW.

Tuesday, 3 March 2026

Barb's SHAC Birds Mini Makes

I just used two of the Barb's SHAC Birds stamp sets for this pair of mini makes - Love and Dream.

#dailyatc2026 Second Month Complete

I have completed my second month of this year's challenge to myself - a daily ATC, following the prompts over on 365 days of drawing prompts and other art and using Clarity stamps, stencils and stickers. Here are my offerings for the second half of February.