Hello Flower!

Good morning all! It's a bright sunny day here today but very cold. I don't mind that as you can wrap up to stay warm to venture out! I need to go to the post office this morning with secret stuff so I need to be quick with this one today.

I thought I would share a sample I did using Tina's Doodle flowers stamps. They are fab and can be used in a number of ways.

Here is the card and I have included the ingredients and instructions below. 

Ingredients.

Tina’s Doodle Flowers Fine Line A4 Stamp Set STA-FL-10620-A4

Vases 2 stencil  STE-HO-00213

Artistry inks ( brown and blue)

Promarkers

Sparkle pen ( Clear)

Black Sharpie Pen

1. Cut a piece of stencil card to 12cmx17cm. Attach the vase into position masking off the others around it with low tack tape. Drag brown ink into the vase shape leaving the centre lighter. Use a piece of card to mask off the main part of the vase to darken the base. Stamp a pattern in the same ink using one of the patterned circle stamps. Remove the stencil.

2. Add the inny part of the stencil over the vase and hold in place with lowtack tape . Brush brown ink below the tape to create a table top. Make the ink darker around the vase to create a shadow.

3. VERY Lightly brush blue ink around the top of the card leaving the centre white. I used what I had on my brush without adding more ink.

4. Keeping the inny stencil in place Stamp the flowers, stems and leaves. Now remove the stencil and add one more leaf . Add the tiny dragon flies.

5. Colour the flowers leaves and dragon flies with promarkers. Add sparkle pen to the dragonflies.

6. Edge with a black sharpie pen and mount on a card blank.

I hope you like todays project and if you have a go at it please share it on the Clarity Worldwide face book page but adding where you found the inspiration.

Happy Crafting 

Baby Jane

Hello all and welcome to my blog again!

I have had to have a break from doing my blog for a couple of days as I had other things I needed to prioritise but I hope you won't mind that! It's been a great week as far as Clarity is concerned and a busy month a head too and January isn't over yet!

Colin has been sorting out some paperwork and putting our new shredder to good use. It's one of those that almost minces the paper up so no chance of anyone getting out personal details from our discarded post! He has found lots of interesting things in with our pile of paperwork including baby pictures of me and my brother. The only difference in them is that mine are black and white and Andrew's are in colour! He also found a photo of my mum when she was 10. So lovely. I want to get a frame for that one. 

Anyway my baby phot was sitting on the table when I started to do my samples for Paul's show using the fabulous plates designed by Linda Williams. So it gave me the idea to turn one of the plates into a frame. I scanned my picture in to my PC and then printed it out to the size I wanted 

Here is the finished card with the instructions as usual below.

Ingredients.

Linda's New arrival plate - Bottles and rattle GRO-CN-41162-03

Mini semi circle perforating tool  PER-TO-70034-XX

Perga Colours exclusive

White blendable pencil

Dorso oil

Baby Photo

ribbon

1. On plain parchment emboss the bottom part of the plate up to the bottles then extend the lines to fit the photo and emboss the ribbons and bows to create the frame for the picture.

2. Emboss whitework as shown on the design.
3. Add colour to the reverse using the Perga colours. Use a white pencil to colour the bottles and blend with dorso oil.
4. Semi perforate with the mini semi circle tool around the 3 straight sides. Emboss a semi circle in each one then reperforate. Perforate around the scallops and inside the frame with the bold 2 needle tool. Cut away waste.
5. Position the picture in the frame and attach with a tiny dot of Perga glue.
6. Attach to a piece of glitter card with brads and red liner tape behind the photo. Mount on a card blank. Add a ribbon to the front.

 You could easily change the colour to blue for a boy. 

Please let me know what you think by leaving a quick message below. 

Have a great day what ever to get up to.

Happy Crafting

Snow good!!!

Good morning to you. Bit snowy today which makes me glad I don't need to go out too far. Even Charlie wasn't keen to go outside!
I have got plenty to keep me busy indoors! It should have been the jjammma meet up in Stockport today but as Louise is on Hochanda today and others couldn't come it has been cancelled... Maybe a blessing in disguise as its not fit to go out especially for those who have a fair way to travel. 
Anyway today's artwork I want to share is a card I made for a friend's birthday. As she's received it I am OK to share it now! 

I wanted to use the Teddy stamp (he's so cute) that we got with the claritystamp stamp club and so stamped him in the centre of stencil card. I then created a mask for him. I attached a stencil to the card and sprayed with pink and purple dyllusion ink sprays. They are so vibrant! I removed the stencil and mask and coloured the bear with promarkers. The word chains were used as the sentiment. I think went round the stencil outline with a fine liner and wiggly line and around the card with a black sharpie before adding to a card blank.

Anyway that's enough from me today. 
Stay warm and safe. 
Happy crafting 

My tribute to Jayne Nesterenko

Good evening to you all.
It's two years since the very lovely and very talented Jayne Nesterenko lost her fight to a very cruel illness.
This is my little tribute to her using stamps and groovi plates. 

Jayne really did have a fantastic eye for detail. 
I hope you liked the artwork I did with her designs. 
Happy crafting. 

A very inky day

Good evening all. I didn't think I'd make it today but thought I'd just pop in to say what a tremendously fun day I've had. Maria had come up with a great idea for the workshop and it really went down so well with everyone. I'm not going to give away what it was because I'm not sure if she's still got other workshops with this to do! But I had a brill day.
I will show you a picture of part of the table I was on. It never ceases to amaze me how no matter how much space we start with we end up working in a space the size of a postage stamp.

Anyway I'm tired and need to get stuff put away. 
Have a nice evening. 
Happy crafting 

Blackbird's song

Good morning all. Lots to do again today including packing my crafty stuff ready for Maria's workshop in Preston tomorrow. I love going. It's a day which is filled with inspiration and lots of fun. I get to craft all day with my friends so we have lots of chat too! 

I also want to wish a lovely lady a very happy birthday today ! Dawn if you read this, I mean you! xxx

The artwork I am sharing today is the last one from Maria's shows last Wednesday. On the face of it you think its just the plate grooved out as it is but I have actually made it bigger to fill an A5 card. I also picked out a little bird from the other plate and added music notes to make him sing! Maybe he's singing Happy Birthday to Dawn! xx

Here's the card and below you will find the instructions if you fancy having a go at it!

Ingredients.

Nested rectangle plate GRO-PA-40524-04

Be still and listen plate GRO-WO-40271-02

The Earth has Music plate GRO-WO-40270-02

Perga colours

Northern Lights Papers

1. On Plain parchment  Create a frame using the 2nd & 3rd rectangles.
2. Position the words in the centre of the frame and emboss the letters only NOT the frame around it. Fill in the gaps by moving the plate around and just finding a line that helps you.
3. Use the rectangle plate to emboss a frame around the words and then fill the frame with squares using the lines on the rectangle plate to get it even.
4. Fill the bottom section with flowers and the add the birds to the top section. Add a small bird from the other plate to the top of the flowers.
5. Add white feathers to the wings of the birds by embossing them free hand.
6 Add colour to the reverse using Perga colours. Use the fine end of the pen to add music notes on the front.
7. Perforate and cut waste from around the edge. Attach to a piece of designer paper using brads then mount on a card blank. 

Anyway I am off to do some crafting 
Have a great day whatever you do. If you can take a few moments to write a comment I love to read them.

Happy crafting 

A Lone Hare

Good morning all. I need to be quick today as I really have a lot to do ranging from housework to cutting Colin's hair and then a lot of secret stuff needs doing! So I wont waffle on.
Here is another one of the samples I made using the new plates on Maria's shows on Wednesday with a brief method of making for those who fancy having a go once you get your plates. 

Ingredients.

The Earth has Music plate GRO-WO-40270-02

Nested square plate GRO-PA-40037-03

Nested Circle plate GRO-PA-40051-03

Groovi Go Mate and alphabet GRO-MA-40748-18

Tina's Doodle flower plates 1& 2 GRO-FL-40806-02

Semi square tool

1. On Plain parchment  emboss  a circle (6th) and then the square around it using the 5th and 7th square.
2. Emboss the centre hare at the bottom of the circle. Add the stars from the Groovi Go mate. Use the lines from the flower doodle plates to make the hills ignoring the dots the squiggles. Emboss the words in the frame.
3.Emboss whitework in the stars and the tail. Add colour on the reverse using promarkers.
4. Semi perforate around the frame with the semi square tool. Emboss the V shapes in the edge then re perforate. Perforate in the space created by the circle in the square frame. Cut waste from in the edge and the corners.
5 Attach to a piece of blue pearlescent card by stitching it on with fine white thread. Mount on a card blank.

Have a great day and let me know what you think of this please.

Happy Crafting