This seemed an appropriate card to finish 2020 with as it has been such a horrendous year for so many. 2021 appears more hopeful... I was inspired to use a Clarity Club die and stamp from 2020 by Deborah Wheeler's series of cards.
Thursday, 31 December 2020
Wednesday, 30 December 2020
WOYWW 604: Goodbye 2020
Welcome to my contribution to the last WOYWW of 2020, a year most of us will no doubt be glad to see the back of. Here's hoping that 2021 will eventually bring a little more normality back to everyone's lives.
My desk this week shows the start of my second sketchbook that I use for my daily drawings. I have decided to keep this up into the new year and have now started following the #inktober2019 prompts that I didn't even start at the time. I have swapped to the new prompts with the new sketchbook. You can also see some of the crafty goodies that I spent my Amazon voucher on (thanks boys). We spent a few hours on Christmas Day itself at the two elder boys' house. They both work from home, so it felt a safe enough thing to do. Lunch was a joint effort and dessert, cheese and biscuits had to wait until early evening as we were all stuffed. We were home again by 8.30pm. Since then we have had two days of snow so glad to be staying in.These are the last of the drawcember2020 drawings.
and here are the first of my inktober2019 drawings. Not sure where I will look for prompts when these are finished, but I am sure I can explore pre 2018 prompts as that was the first time I participated. If you are interested in joining a friendly bunch of crafters, led by Julia, please pop over to Stamping Ground, where plenty of links can be found. Happy WOYWW and happy New Year. Stay safe everyone.
Tuesday, 29 December 2020
Dee's Friends: Ideas and Inspiration
I thought I'd gather together some ideas for using the Dee's Friends stamps (old and new). Links to all step by steps below each photo.
Monday, 28 December 2020
Sunday, 27 December 2020
Saturday, 26 December 2020
Colourful Tiled Trees with Triple Embossing
Friday, 25 December 2020
Clean and Simple Snowflake Christmas Card
Thursday, 24 December 2020
Wednesday, 23 December 2020
WOYWW 603: Happy Holidays
A brief contribution to the last WOYWW before Christmas courtesy of Julia at Stamping Ground. I am sure you are all busy getting ready for Christmas even if it will be a much smaller, shorter celebration than usual.
Tuesday, 22 December 2020
Doodleology Stamps and Stencils: Ideas and Inspiration
I love how these stamps and stencils from Clarity designed by Cherry Green work on all sizes of projects, whether used in their entirety or small sections only. All step by steps are linked in uder the photos.
Monday, 21 December 2020
Safe Happy and Creative: A Mandala Tag
I finally got round to the December prompts over on Tag It Tuesday. The prompts this month were 1) Glue down string or twine, 2) Add a mandala image, 3) Use cheese cloth or gauze and 4) Blue. I was inspired by a tag by Nozomi Mochizuki. She used all four prompts, but I only used two.
Sunday, 20 December 2020
Particle, Chain Link and Rings Mixed Media Stamps and Stencils: Ideas and Inspiration
Having had a look back at some of my projects from last year, I thought I'd bring together some of the projects I created with the second lot of Mixed Media stamps and stencils from Clarity. They are also available as dies.
Saturday, 19 December 2020
Funky Foliage Stencils: Ideas and Inspiration
I thought I'd share some ideas and inspiration for some cards and a tag made with the Funky Foliage stencils from Clarity. I had lots of fun playing with different techniques. Links to the individual step by steps are below each photo.
Friday, 18 December 2020
Muliti Layered Thank You Card
Things have been very challenging in 2020 for head teachers and it's been no exception for ours. We wanted to say thank you for all the support given to us this year. This is the card I made for everyone to sign.
Thursday, 17 December 2020
Monochrome Funky House Frame for a Poetry Verse
Wednesday, 16 December 2020
WOYWW 602: Holidays Approach
Off to work shortly for the last Wednesday of 2020 and really looking forward to two weeks off. I'll be round to visit in the morning. Stay safe and happy WOYWW.
Tuesday, 15 December 2020
Monday, 14 December 2020
Bright Bubbles Butterfly Birthday Card
I decided to use the butterflies and one of the dragonflies from the SHAC Doodle Blackberry set with a stencil to create this bright birthday card.
Sunday, 13 December 2020
Barbara's About Town Village with Poetry Background
I decided to use one of the poetry verse stamps in a different way, as a background for the About Town image.
Saturday, 12 December 2020
Multi Panelled Card with Hare
I found this design a great way to use those offcuts of Clarity designer card that I can never bear to throw away.
Friday, 11 December 2020
Blank Focal Point against a Colourful Background
Thursday, 10 December 2020
If I had a SIngle Flower: Poetry Verse Card
Wednesday, 9 December 2020
WOYWW 601: The Post Crop Flop
So here is my desk today as I get ready to do my daily December drawing as part of #drawcember2020. Joining in again with the weekly blog hop and desk share at Stamping Ground.
I'll be round to visit tomorrow morning as I have a meeting after school this evening. Stay safe and Happy WOYWW everyone.