Folk Art Circle Scene

For this sample using the new Folk Art stamps from Clarity Crafts I used one of the larger Round Road Masks for the background to create a scene.

#dailyatc2026: First Month Complete

 I have completed my first 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 January.

Lightening Strike

Kite Flying

Piece of Clothing

City

Middle Child

Anchor

How much I love you

Childish Dream

Magic

That one time

Raindrop

Farmers' Market

Hunger

Creepy Crawly

Perfection

I prepared all the backgrounds for February using alcohol ink on a gel plate (Salmon, Pink Sherbet, Shell Pink).

Folk Art Winter Scene

I decided to combine the new Folk Art stamp sets from Clarity Crafts with one of the Autumn/Winter Backdrop Toppers for this card.

Folk Art Scene on a Pencil Case

I thought these new masks and Folk Art stamps from Clarity Crafts leant themselves to being used on fabric and decided to decorate a plain pencil case that I had in my stash.

February Groovi Calendar Page

Even though the Clarity 2026 parchment calendar blank comes with sheets of parchment, I decided to continue working on a piece of Rainbow River designer parchment.

February Inky Calendar Page

 I let the background do most of the talking for my February inky Clarity calendar page as I had a really cool copy paper inky mop up sheet that I found.

WOYWW 869/89: Busy Busy

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. 

Wishing Neet a continuing recovery now she is back home.

Some of you were not too sure what I 

meant by a Groovi plate last week so I have a small selection on my desk today.  They are etched plates to help transfer line art onto parchment using an embossing tool.

This is the finished card that I was working on last week.

Here's the project that I completed at Tilly Tea Dance's workshop last Friday.  It was a great day and good to see Jo as well.

Middle Child

Anchor

How much I love you

Childish Dream

Magic

That one time

Raindrop

As you can see I am keeping up with the #dailyatc2026.  I spent yesterday afternoon at the U3a recorder group in Lichfield.   It was the first time that I had made it this year and it was so good to play some new music together and catch up with my brother who conducts the group.

Apart from crafting and visiting Mum, I have no other plans this coming week - although next Tuesday is the get together with retired staff from the first school that I worked at.

Stay safe and Happy WOYWW.