Calendar Page Round Up for 2025

 For 2026 I have both the Clarity inky calendar blank and the Groovi calendar blank and I am looking forward to filling both of them as the year progresses. For 2025 I worked in the Funky Fossil blank calendar, as Clarity didn't have them back then.  Here is a round up of all my calendar pages for 2025.  Links to each project are below the photos.

The only time I worked directly onto the calendar page using a Clarity stencil (see HERE).

Happy Christmas Holly

I had a play with the November Clarity New Design Club stencil, but only used the top section to create a pattern on a 5" x 5" white card blank.

Good Job Mr Painter

 #1 son and his girlfriend recently took a break from decorating after nearly 12 months of work on their house.  This is the card I made for them to celebrate.

WOYWW 861/81: Doesn't Time Fly?

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. 

Who can believe that it is December already and Christmas Eve in three weeks!

My desk photo was taken on Monday afternoon showing off the latest Clarity goodies to arrive.  I did make a sneaky order or two during the Gray Friday sale weekend too.  They have already been used (look out for my blog on Friday).

My advent jigsaw is going well.

Mum's cats (the 3 P's).

I followed an online tutorial for this one.

Couldn't resist this one! Last page of journal #7.

I will see Twiglet at the weekend as I am attending a needle felting class with Tilly Tea Dance on Saturday. I might take a desk photo there for a change.  I have used my retirement theatre voucher now, as I have booked to see the Fawlty Towers stage show next February.  Went to Costco with Mum and Sister last Friday - totally manic but fun too.

Continuing to send Neet well wishes and healing hugs and hoping she manages to escape the hospital soon.

Stay safe and Happy WOYWW. 

Rainbow Leaves Sending You Love

 I decided to see what I could do using just one stamp from the Big Blooms Collection by Clarity Crafts and used this small leaf from the Stripey Flowers A5 square stamps in rainbow colours of Archival ink.

#dailyart2025: One More Month

 With only one month of 2025 to go, it's time for a round up of the second half of November with my #dailyart2025 following the prompts over on 365 days of drawing prompts and other art.

Ever since earlier this year.

Mum's not mine.

Had to think about this one.

Thanks to https://easydrawingguides.com/how-to-draw-gems/

I thought of the expression once in a blue moon.

December Calendar Page

 For 2026 I have Clarity Calendar blanks and intend to make a Groovi page and an inky page each month - one for the kitchen and one for my craft room.  This is the last page in my Funky Fossil calendar, but using Clarity stamps and stencils.

Merry Christmas BOW-WOB Print Background

 I decided to go mini with my second sample using the smaller set of Sam's Trees stamps and combine them with a BOW-WOB gel press background using set 1 of Sam Crowe's Christmas papers.  This is a card that would be easy to batch make using different coloured backgrounds.

Rainbow Funky Christmas Trees

 I bought the smaller set of Sam's Tree stamps at the recent Clarity Open Days and finally had time to have a play.  I had to go with my favourite rainbow colours for my first sample.

Snowflake and Snow Globe Art Journal page

The prompt over on Try It On Tuesday is Snowflakes, so I thought this art journal page would fit the bill.

I cut a piece of mixed media card to fit my large art journal (slightly smaller than A4).  I added a thin layer of Ice Blue acrylic paint (DoCrafts), to my page.

I stamped all the Snowflake stamps from Clarity Crafts (now discontinued) in Versamark ink and heat embossed them in detail white embossing powder, leaving space to add the focal point at the appropriate step. 

I then masked off two of the snowflakes from the Peace, Noel and Snowflakes A5 stencil (NDSC #6).  I dragged silver Dreamweaver embossing paste through the apertures in several places.  While they were drying, I worked on my focal image.

The Snow Globe Outline stamp was stamped onto a piece of stencil card in Versamark ink and heat embossed in silver EP.

I created a scene within the globe using some of the Let It Snow Miniatures.  The trees were stamped in Smokey Grey Versafine ink and the tobogganers  added in Onyx Black. A small Spot mask created the moon and Broken China Distress ink was brushed across the sky using a Clarity stencil brush.  A little grey was added around the top of the globe.  The Mountains & Hills mask and the same grey was used to create shadows on the snow.  The Snow Globe was then fussy cut and Sparkle pens used to add Icy Blue and Silver onto the base of the globe.

I had already used sparkle pens on the base, now I added Versamark ink all over the top of the snow globe glass and heat embossed in a clear sparkly EP.

The finished focal point was added to the page and the area around it sealed with matt medium.  Once dry,  a Faber-Castell Pitt Artist pen was used to add shading around and below the image, blended out with a Pergamano blending pen and nib.

I added a quote about winter.  I stamped the key word in the same way as the snowflakes, using the Winter stamp from the Treescape & Seasons stamp set.  The rest of the quote was handwritten in the same Pitt Artist pen as before.  I mixed some of the Icy Blue sparkle pen with water and used a fan brush to add subtle splatters.

I added three strips of various widths and length of washi tape across the bottom of the page to complete it.

WOYWW 860/80: Busier Than Ever

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. 

Continuing to send Neet well wishes and healing hugs as she is still in hospital for a bit longer. Hope she improving.

My desk shows the results of the afternoon workshop that Eva and I attended on Saturday.  Porcelain Christmas decorations ready for firing.  We are intending to organise at least two more workshops after Christmas and I will be taking Clarity stamps with me to decorate now I know this is possible. 

Sorry for the bumper #dailyart2025 update.  

Had a rehearsal for the Christmas busking / concert yesterday with the u3a group in Lichfield.  I took my fingerless gloves so I could get used to playing in them.  I seem to be busier than ever - meeting up with family, crafting and additional workshops.  Looking forward to one with Tilly Tea Dance on 6th December.  People say that they don't know how they fitted in work after they retire and I never thought it would be true, but I now see what they mean.

Stay safe and Happy WOYWW.