Wee Floral Swirl Stencil Panel Card

For my second sample using the Floral Swirl Wee Stencils, I went with a panel card.

Embossed Birthday Floral Swirls

I love the new selection of Wee Stencils from Clarity Crafts.  I used the Floral Swirls set for my samples.  This was my first.

WOYWW 892 / 112: Four More Working Days

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 my affirmation cards and one of the new Clarity mugs I bought at the Open Days to go with the one gifted to me by Barbara.  The earliest I can share my latest samples is tomorrow and the only other project I completed recently was a wedding card for a colleague, so that can't be shared yet either.

It is my final Awards' Evening tonight!  The performance at York went really well last Thursday although I was totally pooped on Friday.  Recorders again on Saturday with another group and then u3a rehearsal on Tuesday - it will be a musical week.  I am also doing a handover with my successor on Monday so retirement (II) seems closer than ever.

Wishing Julia a belated happy birthday for yesterday.  Stay safe and Happy WOYWW.

Woodland Scene

For my final sample using the Tree Canopy Scene stamps from Clarity, I used one of my backgrounds from one of their fantastic workshops.

Rainbow Hares

I couldn't resist using my favourite rainbow colours with one of the cute hare stamps from Barbara's Tree Canopy Scene stamp set.

Tree Canopy Mini Makes

This time I used the same backgrounds as my last sample, but mini makes using the tags.

Tree Canopy Scene

I had such great fun at Barb's workshop after the Clarity Open Days.  This is the set of stamps we used but in a new project.

Lone Golden Pine

For my last sample using the new Wee Tree stencils, I used Versamark ink through one of the stencils and embossed in gold.

#dailyatc2026: Half the Year Done!

I have completed my sixth 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 June.

This should have been holding your breathe but I misread my own handwriting!

As usual there will be a change of background colours for my July ATCs.

WOYWW 891/111: A Little Cooler

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 can't believe it is July already.  Where did the first half of 2026 go? 

My desk shows my daily affirmation cards and also the results of a fabulous workshop with Tilly Tea Dance on Saturday.  The day was topped off by a visit to the theatre to see Willy Wonka, which was an excellent production. 

I managed to get four samples made and posted off by Sunday, so it was a busy weekend too. 

I have gone green for my July #dailyatc2026 backgrounds, as you will see next week.

It has been far more comfortable in school this week thank goodness - hopefully you have all enjoyed cooler temperatures.

Tomorrow I am off to York with the Lichfield recorder group for the u3a festival.  Another long day, so I am looking forward to a lie in on Friday!

Stay safe and Happy WOYWW.

Ombre Tree Row

I went for an ombre look for this row of trees using one of the new Wee stencils.

Grungy Wee Stencil Notelets

I decided to get grungy with the new Wee Stencils from Clarity Crafts and used art masking fluid and Oxide sprays to create this pair of notelets.

Wee Stencils on Kraft Card

I love these new Wee stencils from Clarity Crafts.  I used one of the six in the tree set together with the extremely useful stencil plate mate to create this card.

Reflection Masks

I made this birthday card with the Pine Trees by the Riverside pair.  There are plenty of other masks in the reflection collection to play with too.

Seasonal Tags and Frames

As these are being showcased today on Clarity TV by Deb Wheeler, I thought I would share the projects that I originally created using the Spring and Summer stamp sets.  Links to the projects appear below each photo.

Using Summer (see HERE).

More Bijou Branches, Twigs and Sprigs.

This is a third card which I made using the new Bijou Branches Twigs & Sprigs stamps which were made for the Clarity Open Days.

WOYWW 890/110: Whew What a Scorcher

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 this week shows the set up at Ditton for the Clarity Make and Takes on Friday and Saturday.  I don't know how everyone is coping with the heat but it was 33 degrees plus on Friday which made for a challenging time.

On the other side of the desk is Eva, who took part in the first session on Saturday (which was a little cooler).

Eva's version

My project

As you can see, she went a different way using the same stamps.

I prepped all my #dailyatc2026 in advance.

Yesterday my recorder group came to school and played for KS2 (Y5&6 - age 9-11).  It went really well considering the heat.

I am really sorry I didn't visit desks last week.  Time got away from me as I did Barb's workshop on Sunday (sitting opposite two lovely ladies who had flown in from Texas), drove back home on Monday and was back at work yesterday.  I will do better this week.

Stay safe and Happy WOYWW.