Florals and Birds: Ideas and Inspiration

 There are some fabulous bird and floral stamps from Clarity Crafts.  I thought I would share some ideas and inspiration using various sets.  As usual links to the original projects are below each image.  Starting with the Garden Birds.

Building a scene (see HERE).

Three Layers, Two Magpies and One Telephone Pole

The current prompt over on Try it On Tuesday is Countdown 3-2-1 so here is a card with 3 layers, two magpies and one telephone pole using the magpie stamps from Timestamp Creations!

Add Tumbled Glass and Salty Ocean Oxides to the Bijou Backdrop stamp with foam tools and add to a small piece of Clarity stencil card. Add the small Magpie stamp from Timestamp Creations onto the background in Jet Black archival ink. Add the second Magpie likewise. Extend the wires to the edge of the background using a ruler and black micron pens.

I didn't realise until this stage that there was no memory card in my camera!  

Die cut a mat from black card using the 3.75" nested square picot die and mat up the topper.

Add a strip of BOW-WOB paper coloured with Distress Oxides across the front of a 5" x 5" white card blank.

Add the topper.

To finish, mask off sections of the Magpie verse, ink up, remove the masking and add 'Two for joy' below the image in the same black ink as before. 

WOYWW 872/92: On the Mend

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.
I always seem to be behind on news about Neet, but my understanding is that she is back home.  Here's to a steady recovery!

                                

I used my glass mat on the desk to measure my knitting and I am ready to start decreasing for the armholes.  I am also nearly ready for my second ball of wool.

I thought this would give everyone a laugh.  It was recently on my old school's FB page and brought back plenty of memories.  I still have the shield that I won (I am in the backrow on the end next to the student in a top hat).  Somewhere I have a signed photo of Jack Woolgar too.

Beast

Dragonfly landing

Bliss

Year of the horse

I didn't end up going over to Mum's last Friday as I was full of cold and didn't want to pass it on.  I did make it to SRP on Saturday  - I had to take minutes as there was a committee meeting before the playing session - and made it through the afternoon.

I will be heading over this week though as it is my turn to pay for breakfast at Spoons.

Stay safe and Happy WOYWW.

Mid Month Mini Make Challenge: Technique

 The mid month challenge over on Clarity Crafts Mini Makes and ATCs is Technique - either an old one or a new one.  I was reminded of the salt on watercolour technique by a background that my sister-in law had created and that I used for my February journal page (see HERE) and decided to have a play for myself.

Red Riding Hood Folk Art Birthday

I had to have a quick play with the rest of the Folk Art goodies that I ordered from Clarity. Here I worked on one of the small square Dawn and Dusk Landscape toppers.

February #dailyatc2026 Part I

I have completed next part 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 first half of February.

Youngest Child

Bamboo

Crazy Critter

Lips

This was the first time I had to use a non Clarity item - the lips are by Visible Image - everything else is Clarity.

Delicious

Dangle

Vinyl

Raven

Carousel

Grounded

For this one I used one of the stamps from Timestamp Creations (made by Clarity).

Beast

Cedar

Dragonfly landing

Bliss

February PTC: (Fur) Baby

The prompt for the February PTC swap over on Clarity Mini Makes and ATCs is Baby. I have very few Groovi plates with a baby theme so decided to base my PTC around the word baby but use animal images instead.