Two posts in one day – unheard of for me, but I wanted to take part in my first Pals Paper Arts Challenge – might I add, my first ever challenge!! Encouraged by my wonderful downline, Caroline Thomas, I thought I would try and test my creative abilities by taking part in a challenge so here goes! I’ve used the gorgeous Hello You Thinlits – which incidentally come in… Read More »
I have a beautiful card to share with you today using the Lotus Blossom set that you can earn for FREE during Sale-a-bration. I got the colour combination idea after first having seen a similar card on Beth McAlexander’s blog and decided it would make a perfect Birthday card for my Mum. I think I’m safe enough posting this card ahead of her Birthday as don’t think she looks at… Read More »
2015 has arrived! Do you make New Year’s Resolutions? I must admit, I don’t make any ‘formal’ resolutions as I rarely even remember what they were come March! I am going to try and look after myself a little bit more, drink a bit more water, exercise a little but no ridiculous resolutions that I know I wont keep up with. I’m also going to try and keep up with… Read More »
It’s been a week since I wrote a post – sorry about that! I don’t know about you, but though I love Christmas and have been making Christmas cards since August, it still sneaks up on me and I suddenly realise I still haven’t bought all my Christmas presents and I’m running out of time and ideas, aaaaagggghhhh!! Is anyone else like me or are you all super-organised? Today, I had… Read More »
I hold regular monthly classes in my craft room, but I also hold private classes here too for a minimum of four people. Here is my room just before a recent private class began. This was my last class with this group of ladies before Christmas, so I had a couple of little gifts for them that you can see on the table. One of the cards we… Read More »
I’ve had a great reaction to my tealight lantern that I posted recently. Many of you have requested the instructions so here goes… I was first inspired by a tealight lantern I saw by a Dutch SU demo Aida. You can see her version on her facebook page . I knew I wanted to use the Holiday home bundle and unfortunately Aida’s measurements didn’t suit my design so I had to… Read More »
So Saturday was the day of my Christmas Crafternoon! I don’t do these events very often, but I really enjoy them. Having four hours together gives me the opportunity to showcase projects we wouldn’t normally have time for in a normal weekday class. So what did we get up to this time, well you may remember my sneak peak photos from a couple of weeks ago, but if not here… Read More »
As promised, I am back with a look at the cards we made in my recent Technique class. This month, one of the cards we made was a Stair Step card. I saw an example of this style of card on a Youtube video by Amy Celona and wanted to make my own version. It is not as complicated as it looks and is perfect for the Holiday Home stamp set. The… Read More »
A couple of nights ago, I decided to spend some time catching up with Project Life. I have several pages on the go at once and have over 600 photos to get through – this is pretty much covering the last 6 years of our life! I must say, I really enjoyed my time, and must set more time aside to catch up with it all. I got several pages… Read More »
Firstly, a big Hello to all my new visitors. I had quite an influx of new visitors yesterday, so I do hope you come back again and do leave a comment and let me know where you are from. If you are commutable to Swindon, do look at my class calendar and get in touch if you would like to come to one of my scheduled classes or book your… Read More »
I’m kicking off a week of Cardmaking classes with my Mum and Me class this morning at 9.30am – and I couldn’t think of a better way to kick it off with a group of Mums and their little ones! We will spend the morning making 4 cards – similar to my Fast and Fabulous class but just with a little extra time to allow for a few cuddles, feeds… Read More »
Half term is over – phew – back to porridge as my Dad says! I hope you had a great time whatever you got up to. Just before we had half term, I held my team meeting. We like to swap cards so that we exchange ideas and see our different styles. Of course, we make a couple of cards too. Here is my first one: It was quite an… Read More »
Happy Halloween! We’ve always had some fun around Halloween as I’m from Ireland. As children, we used to have plenty of games on Halloween night such as dunking for apples and special prize filled apple tarts, plus of course, sparklers around the obligatory bonfire. I’ve never sent Halloween cards before, but with some of the sets that featured in this year’s seasonal catalogue, I couldn’t resist this year. I saw… Read More »
Today’s card is another one we made at last week’s Fast and Fabulous class. I used an idea from a card featured in the Seasonal Catalogue. Having the co-ordinating framelits made the card a very quick one to make, in fact the only bit that took any time at all was cutting out the little trees! I have used the Good Greetings stamp set for the sentiment and it’s… Read More »
I had to return to my favourite set from this year’s Christmas catalogue – White Christmas – as I hadn’t used all the elements yet! This time I decided to use the car with a Christmas tree on top. I fussy cut it and gave it some dimension with a dimensional behind it. It was a very quick and easy card to make. I used the Blendabilities markers to colour in… Read More »
As promised, here are more of our team swaps, this time from Alison Swann. Ali came to my very first class and signed up on the spot. She fell in love with the products and as a certain supermarket says, she thought why pay more?! If you have ever considered saving on your Stampin Up purchases, have a read here. Ali is the ‘A’ in my ‘Aces and Diamonds’ team and… Read More »
Thank you for all the kind comments and your visits since Saturday’s Blog Hop. I feel confident enough in my endeavours to take part in another one 🙂 Today, I have a video direct from Stampin’ Up UK to share with you. It highlights the Little Letters thinlit dies. These are a great size for a card embellishment, or to add to a scrapbook page or a Project Life Spread.… Read More »
You may have gathered that I just LOVE this set from Stampin’ Up’s Christmas catalogue. (You can view the catalogue by just clicking on the image to the right of this post). Honestly, I do have other sets, and I will share some samples using those in the next few days, but first another one from my FAVOURITE set. This is another card from my Technique class this week, where… Read More »
It’s Technique Tuesday and tonight’s class was all about sponging! This is one of three cards we made in tonight’s class. I will admit sponging is a bit of a learning curve but I do love the effects. The one thing to remember is to take off the excess ink on a piece of scrap paper first. I suppose it’s a bit like taking up blusher or bronzer on a… Read More »
Well, I am back from my holidays, school starts back next week, the weather has turned so it would seem there is not a lot to look forward to but…. HOLD THE PAGE!!!… The Stampin’ Up Seasonal catalogue went live a couple of days ago. While it may only be August, most of us crafters are already thinking ahead to the biggest card making occasion of the year – yes,… Read More »