A quick post to add my card to CAS Challenge no 151. This week was a challenge for me as these are three colours I would not have put together myself and hope I have done them justice, as individually I love them all! Here are the three colours And here is the card I came up with. It uses one of the oldest sets in my collection (which… Read More »
Last week was very busy and I’m afraid something had to give and as I managed to feed my children it had to be the blog!! I had a couple of private classes and my Christmas Crafternoon on Saturday and I thought I would show you a couple of our projects. Firstly, there had to be some cards!! This was a case of my own cards that I created with… Read More »
You may have seen my post yesterday about our fantastic promotion. I thought I would show you some cards I’ve made using one of the sets, Gorgeous Grunge. And It’s a great set to colour with, like I coloured my leaves in the first set, to add a graffiti style background like my Happy Birthday card pictured above, or just to add some background interest. If I’m totally… Read More »
Who doesn’t like a bargain – especially in the run-up to Christmas when our purses are getting pulled in every direction! Well, from now until Friday, we have 20% off selected stamps! Yes, a whopping 20% off!! See the list here I’m just back from Stampin’ Up’s On Stage Live Event in Brussels – what a fantastic weekend! I’m afraid I can’t show you any product just yet, but… Read More »
Firstly, I want to say a big thank you to the team at Global Design Project for selecting my card as one of last week’s winners. I was absolutely delighted to have been selected, you can see my entry here. We’re now officially on the final countdown to Christmas and it’s time to think about gifts – not just for others, how about what YOU want for Christmas?! If you… Read More »
And another month is over… 2016 is almost upon is – how can that be?! Our theme this month is Fancy Folds and I have a couple of Bendy cards for you this month. Firstly seeing it is Halloween today, I have a spooky one for you. My card opens up to reveal a wicked sunset! I’ve sponged the sunset background in Crushed Curry, Tangerine Tango, Melon Mambo and finally Rich… Read More »
Just a quick post to add my challenge card over at the Global Design Project. This week we are asked to ‘case’ a design from Kylie Bertucci. I only recently discovered Kylie via Pinterest, just before the Global Design Project started. I just love her style and I love the card we’ve been asked to ‘case’. If you’re not sure of the term ‘case’ it stands for Copy And Share… Read More »
Just a quick post from me today as I’ve completed Challenge no 147 for CAS Colours and Sketches. Here is the sketch that was my inspiration today. And here was the card I came up with. I can’t believe I am actually making a card saying Happy New Year already, I feel that summer was just yesterday! But Christmas will be upon us before we know it. The sentiment comes… Read More »
Sorry for my lack of posts – life has been a bit manic recently! And with Christmas just round the corner, it’s going to get even worse!!! But I will endeavour to post more regularly! I wanted to share the cards we made at my recent Stamp-a-Stack. We made 16 cards, 4 each of 4 different designs. I found either these cards or versions of them on Pinterest. Here are… Read More »
This week’s challenge on Global-Design-Project is to use the following colours. Having not long had a baby (actually he’s 6 months now?!!??! Where has the time gone?), my first reaction was baby, so that’s what went with. Here is this week’s challenge: And here is my card complete with smooshing… I’ve used the three challenge colours to smoosh with and heat embossed elements from Sweet Lil’ Things in white on Soft… Read More »
I wanted to take part in a challenge so I teamed up the Colour Challenge over at TGIF with the sketch challenge at Fab Friday. Here were the challenges… When I saw the colours, my first reaction was Halloween and Autumn and then I had a flashback to the décor in my childhood home. My own childhood bedroom was Pumpkin Pie, my sister’s room next door was Rich Razzleberry and… Read More »
A very very quick post from me to squeeze a last minute entry into the Global Design Project challenge for this week. This week we were to case a design from one of the designers, Louise Sharp. Here is Louise’s card. I was inspired by the circular wreath shape used in her card, and for some reason, Christmas Pudding came into my head. If truth be told, I… Read More »
You may remember I posted recently that my cards used on the Stampin’ Creative Blog Hop would soon be available as a Class to Go! Well, today’s the day! Anyone ordering the Holly Jolly/Christmas Greetings bundle (£28.25 in clear mount) online or anything of a similar value using the current hostess code will receive this kit in the mail FOR FREE. Otherwise, the cost of this kit is £15… Read More »
Well, it was only a matter of time before I had to give this smooshing malarkey a go!! Have you heard of it? Here is the effect… I’ve seen various methods but here is how I smooshed! I must thank Kim Fee of Simply Fairies for explaining the process to me as I received a gorgeous Christmas themed swap from her and wanted to know her smooshing method. I laminated… Read More »
Didn’t September fly in?! You may have arrived from Lesley, or this may be your first stop today, either way you are very welcome. Our theme this month is Gift Packaging. I must admit, in a previous life, i.e. before Stampin’ Up, I never paid much attention to packaging. Though I was very appreciative of other people’s efforts, I was the sort who was still shopping on Christmas Eve… Read More »
Mint Macaron may have been the most popular colour but the winner chose Watermelon Wonder… As you may or may not know, technology is not my strong point, so I was quite impressed with myself for finding a fair way for my draw using a random number generator. Unfortunately, my skills do not extend to finding a way of showing you this other than taking a photo on my phone!!… Read More »
I just thought I would share with you some of the invitations I have been sending out for my crafty morning at the end of September. I’ve used the Wonderland stamp set together with the Winter Wonderland co-ordinating washi tape. I’ve also spooled some of our lush metallic thread round the background. You may be intrigued by the shape on which I have stamped Silent Night in Soft Suede. What punch is that I… Read More »
Last night was my Fast and Fabulous class. As the name suggests, we make 4 Fast and Fabulous cards and I want to show you one of them here. I first made one of these for a birthday a little while ago and I was pleased with how it turned out, so I included it in my class. One of my attendees suggested they would make a lovely gift set… Read More »
A double first and quick post from me today to enter my card onto the first ever challenge on the Global Design Project Challenge site. I’m also linking it to Mojo Monday – my first ever entry here too., woohoo! Global Design Project was a colour challenge… and MoJo Monday’s Sketch … and here is my entry Now you may be wondering, mmmmmm, that doesn’t quite look like the new… Read More »
Morning all! It’s an emotional day in our house as little Miss C starts her first day at pre-school. That means I am just left with my baby boy at home. It is eerily quiet and you would think I have a lot of time on my hands but alas no!! I’ve got so much to do, I hardly know where to begin! Friday is also a short day for… Read More »