Claritystamp Calendar Challenge July 2016

This is my entry for the Claritystamp Calendar Challenge for July 2016.  I seemed to get a much smaller spottier effect that Barbara's when doing the acetate squishing! Can anyone tell me why that might be, I just didn't seem to get large patches of colour !   

Some recent makes

All fairly simple cards using the Groovi Plate Mate from Clarity Stamp 

Clarity Stamp Challenge for June - Masculine

Clarity Stamp Challenge for June  -  Masculine

I did this one for Kavisha, across the road, who was 16 earlier this month.   

I just pinned it onto a red background card and was lucky to have a couple of music note brads to do it with !

Clarity Stamp June Calendar Challenge

Clarity Stamp June Calendar Challenge 

I  used a shaving foam background I had in my collection. Struggled a bit with the boxes around the circle but will know better next time !  

Claritystamp Calendar Challenge for May 2016

My Claritystamp Calendar Challenge for April.

I'm a bit scared of birds so this was out of my comfort zone, including stamping them !   I didn't have the same paints as used in the challenge so just made do with acrylic.  Perhaps I will get the other paints at the Open Day in June - I need to keep something back to buy!

Some recent makes

Some recent makes

Clarity Challenge May 2016 - Anything Goes

I made this card for a friend's 70th birthday.  It was one that Barbara Gray from ClarityStamp blogged a while ago and it stuck in my mind as being great for a man's card!   I didn't notice until seeing this photo that 70 is strategically placed between Age Is and Just A, although I did want to show 70 this was a complete accident !