A Rainbow In Someone's Cloud

I had another play with a second print taken from the July Clarity Club stencil and used a die that I have been after for ages and found second hand on eBay.

Tina's Floral Sampler Star Book

I went all out with my last sample using these beautiful Floral Sampler stamps and created a star book in rainbow colours using 14 of the stamps.

A Tag to Say Hi!

I thought I would make a tag using the new Tina's Floral Sampler stamps and combine them with the original KISS stamp set.

Tina's Floral Sampler Notelets

I used another couple of backgrounds from the alcohol ink workshop that I did with Barbara Gray back in June together with a couple of the stamps from Tina's Floral Sampler set to create these notelets.

WOYWW 847/67: Fabulous Retreat

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.  

My desk shows some of the stamps I was playing with before I headed off to the Clarity retreat last week.  Barbara will be on HobbyMaker today at 1pm and 4pm showcasing them and you will see my samples over the next few days on my blog.  I  am busy working on more secret stuff so had to stage the desk.

This is the sample that was on yesterday's blog.

This was my desk last Thursday at the start of the second day of the retreat - we were learning all about Acrylic paint and I learnt so much.

Thanks for all the birthday wishes.  I had a lovely weekend and family get together and also a great musical afternoon with the u3a recorder group yesterday.  Next Saturday I will be back in Lichfield for a play day with Helen Hooker (well known in the recorder community).  Stay safe and Happy WOYWW.

Elegant Gift Box

I had a spare die cut cube and thought it would work beautifully with the new Tina's Floral Sampler stamps.  I went with white and gold for an elegant look.

Going Round In Circles?

The current theme over on Try It On Tuesday is Going Round in Circles.  I decided this tag with its circle background would fit the bill really well.

Cover a #8 manilla tag with a piece of shaving foam marble card and trim the excess.

Add stamping using the solid circle stamp from Sam’s Shapes 2 in shades of blue (Cobalt, Sky Blue) and pink (Picked Raspberry, Pink Peony) archival inks.

Over stamp the circles using various stamps from the Don’t be Such a Square stamp set in Onyx Back Versafine ink, heat emboss with clear embossing powder.

Fill the remaining circles in the same manner, but this time use Versamark ink and heat emboss using white embossing powder.

To finish, add a title using the Clarity Tall Letterbox Infill Alphabet and Numbers stamps in Onyx Black Versafine ink. 

Dreaming at the End of a Rainbow

The current mid month challenge over on Clarity Crafts Mini Makes & ATCs is to create a mini work of art about what is at the end of a rainbow using different media if possible.  I used Archival ink, water based inks and watercolour pencils to create this piece.

60th Birthday Parchment Card

I thought my sister deserved a special card for her 60th birthday, so got busy with the lovely Floral Numbers designed by Linda Williams for Clarity Crafts.

September Calendar Page

I used one of the 6” x 6” Collage Landscape Prints as the background for my September calendar page.

Wedding Mini Make

I made a quick wedding card using bits I had on my desk.  This is the third card I have made from hot foiling one Doodleology postcard.  The other two are HERE and HERE.

WOYWW 846/66: Be Prepared

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 admit to having prepared this blog further in advance than usual (Monday instead of Tuesday afternoon).  I will be setting off early for the Clarity retreats tomorrow and will be calling into Crawley to drop off a card and presents for my sister before our birthday on Friday before arrival in Maidstone. I will also be meeting up with friends for an evening meal so wasn't sure if I would have time to write anything once there. My desk shows a die that I have been after for ages and which I finally managed to track down on eBay for a reasonable price. I will get photos from the retreat for next week!  EDIT The meal was cancelled due to illness, so having spent a lovely couple of hours with BIL I got checked in and took a photo for an update to the desk. 

My 'desk' at the hotel.

I am taking my trusty camera with me!

The age old argument - B, myself as a non pet owner.

Childhood memories.

I will try and update this tomorrow if I have time, but otherwise will visit everyone when I get back.  I am picking up a friend of my Mums who is coming to stay with her for a month and who lives in Gillingham on the way home, so I will have company on my birthday.  We are having a family get together on Sunday at Mum's, although sis' and BIL won't be arriving until next Tuesday - there were far more people who couldn't make it the following weekend.

Stay safe and Happy WOYWW.

If Friends Were Flowers...

I decided to keep things clean and simple when working with the July Clarity Club stamps and also went with a mini make.

Amazing Friend

I started following the instructions for Barbara’s project that came with Clarity New Design Club Stencil for July, but as you can see, I went off ‘piste’ before long.

#dailyart2025: August Part I

I have been enjoying my #dailyart2025 in August so far using prompts from the 365 days of drawing prompts and other art FB group.  I am still working in my 5th petite watercolour journal from Clarity Crafts.

My gateway into paper crafting.

The age old question.  Personally I go for B, but I don't have any pets.