I hear you knocking!

and that's exactly what my son is singing as he hangs this on his bedroom door!  He does thinks he's cheese with it though.  A little something different for you today, this month's design team challenge was to create a door hanger thingamabob and Karin (wondrous leader over at In Love with Stamping) very kindly made a PDF and SVG file to download.

It was a real treat to make something for my boy and as I am usually drawn to ribbons and such, which for some reason my son has no interest in he was thrilled to receive it.

Have a great weekend everyone and see you soon x

Supplies:  Stampin' Up! chocolate chip card stock, chocolate chip grosgrain ribbon and basic black ink.  Basic grey archaic range papers and chipboard.  Delight thickers and dymo label machine.  PTI tea dye ink, orange zest button and fillable frames #2 stamp.

Material girl

Hello world!  well probably a small handful of faithful chums and my husband lol! but good morning to you all.  We kick off February with a design team card for In Love with Stamping.  The challenge is to use fabric on a project and as I happily love to make brooch cards and had the tutorial from a very talented lady here I was good to go.

Goodness was I jammy to have a near exact match of Stampin' Up!s rich razzleberry in my felt drawer to make the brooch.  Hope you too can have a little play with some fabric and come join the fun over at ILWS.

Have a great day & see you soon x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!
Ink: Rich razzleberry. card stock: rich razzleberry. Paper: cottage wall DSP (retired). Other: PTI communique sentiment,sewing machine, brooch pin and felt.

Love letter

Hi! hope you all had a good weekend, it was so sunny and cold here - loved it :D  More lurve cards for you today and why such a roll on the mushy cards Emma I hear you cry (not because I have lots of lovers btw lol!).    It's because my craft fair season is starting a little earlier this year at a new venue, the Revue studios on Wind Street (next to Varsity) in Swansea this Saturday between 10 - 4 pm.  There are over 25 stalls with stonework, collage,  woodwork and taster holistic sessions.  So thought I'd better cater for all you love birds out there on Valentines day :D

Have a great day all & see you soon will design team projects for the fabulous In Love With Stamping site.

Supplies from Stampin' Up!
Stamps: Sale-A-Bration Bliss set, cute by the inch hostess set.  Ink: Real red, basic black and versamark.  Card stock: Real red textured, whisper white and pink pirouette textured.  Ribbon: Real red 1/8" taffeta.  Misc: Clear embossing powder.

Come together

Morning to you and hello Friday, you couldn't have come round quick enough :D  Showcasing a card the ladies at my paper crafting class are making today along with matching wee gift bag.  It will great to see them all again after the Christmas break.

Yoo hoo ladies - did you have a great time? I know I always do as I get to go ramble on about pretty bits of paper and ribbon (my favourite topic) and hopefully enthuse us all to have fun and inky.

Have a great weekend and see you soon x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Water colour paper (page 87 No. 105019), elegant soiree paper (page 91 No. 117163).  Baja breeze card (page 83 No. 116207), very vanilla card (page 85 No. 106550), soft suede card (page 85 No. 119982.  Cheer & wishes stamps (page 75 No. 110524), Sale-a-bration bliss set (No. 121851) and growing green stamps (page 56 No. 118757).  Dimensional foam pads (page 100 No. 104430), multipurpose liquid glue (page 100 No. 110755).  Classic stampin pads in: basic grey (page 85 No.109120), soft suede (page 85 No. 115657), not quite navy marker (part of set of 12 on page 84 No.119701) and marina mist marker (individual on page 83 No.119679).

Love is in the air

I told you I have been all loved up with my recent offerings and this is no exception.  Oh I do love this sanded background stamp from Stampin' Up! it is my go to stamp for those pesky males!

Hope the week is treating you well and see you soon x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Sanded background, cute by the inch (hostess set) and baroque motifs.  Ink: Craft crumb, not quite navy, pumpkin pie, real red and wild wasabi.  card stock: Crumb cake, pacific point and whisper white.  Accessories: real red 1/8" taffeta ribbon.

Set adrift on memory bliss

Morning! and welcome to my Monday card using a new found and might I say delicious colour combination of Stampin' Up!s delightful daffodil, sahara sand and perfect plum.  Also using my much beloved SU! buttons that of course completely co-ordinate.  With a splash of crystal effects on my butterfly (honest, although hard to see in the pic) for a fresh look.

Have a great day & see you soon x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!:

Stamps: Sale-A-Bration - Bliss.  Ink: Sahara sand, perfect plum, crumb cake and daffodil delight.  Card stock: Crumb cake, whisper white and daffodil delight.  Misc: Daffodil delight 1/8" taffeta ribbon, linen thread, perfect plum button from the subtle collection and crystal effects.

Ou L'amour

Hey sweet things! can you tell I am loving being back :D  You may notice over the next few weeks I have been getting the warm and fuzzy feeling when it comes to card making.  Had a little Stampin' Up! heart punch fun on this number combined with my new favourite colour - pink pirouette which looks fab with everything!

Happily I will be entering my little stitch card into the current challenge over at Let's Craft and Create.

Have a great weekend & see you soon x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!
Stamps: Artistic etchings, ink: not quite navy.  Card stock: pink pirouette, whisper white, old olive, riding hood red and not quite navy.  Other: sewing machine.

Come back song!

Do a jig, sing hallelujah and praise the all round wonderfulness of the return of a working PC - yippppeeeeeeeee!  Well hello and a merry Christmas and a happy new year too lol!  Gosh what a tumultuous time my poor pc has had, it's poor carcass nearly lost for good but with the miraculous healing powers and patience of a much beloved brother-in-law WE ARE BACK IN BUSINESS!!

How are you? I have missed this so much and would like to thank lots of good chums for checking back to see if I was still in the land of blog :D  Special mentions go to Mon, Aimes, Kate & Leann for sticking with me :D

Have a great day everyone - see you soon I promise x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Cute by the inch (hostess set), ink: melon mambo and soft suede.  Card stock: Melon mambo, soft suede and whisper white.  Petal card punch for envelopes and mat pack and piercing tool.  Other: PTI button twine.

Ok computer ?

Ok computer ?  well no it's blinkin not, aaahhhhhhhh.  I speak to you now from my dusty office at work (on an official break of course;)  to inform you that my one and only computer (aka Sheila) is very poorly and wont come on :(  We are awaiting specialist brother-in-law help to see if he can revive her but alas I do fear the worst.  Needless to say it could be some time until I am back in blog land and will only be able to snatch a few moments in work.  Have missed you all so much and hope to see you really, really soon :D

Emma x

Wasabi

I know what you are thinking, what the heck does wasabi have to with your card and it can not possible be a song title lol!  But hey fear not there is madness or method in it as the gorgours green ink and card stock is Stampin' Up!s wild wasabi and it is a song by Lee Harding (cue smug grin lol!).

A one layer design team challenge card for you today for over at In Love with Stamping.  It was heaven to my simplified ears and I was thrilled with how the ink played on the crumb cake.  Hope you are well and warm and a great big yoohoo to all my great chums out there.

Have a great day & see you soon x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Welcome Christmas and tiny tags. Ink: Wild wasabi and whisper white craft. Card stock: wild wasabi and crumb cake. Other: PTI button and twine from stash.

Hey mambo!

Oooh yes it's a melon mambo Christmas!,give your table or tree an extra zing with this fabulous colour.  A design team challenge piece for In Love with Stamping for you today to make your own decorations.  I happily discovered whilst making my decorative boxes from here that the tube like shape would make a cute belly band for some wrapped treats in tissue paper.

Please pop over to In Love with Stamping or the full directions and maybe you could join in the fun too :D

Have a great day & see you soon x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Cute by the inch (level 2 hostess set). Ink: Whisper white craft. Card stock: melon mambo. Other: silver thread, basic jewels and pink tissue paper.

Baby it's cold outside

Hiya friends, hope you are all safe and well :D  I would like to send lots of hellos and thanks to all of you who have stopped by to my place.  I haven't had as much time as I would have liked to come visit you all but you really do make my day with all your sweet comments and I couldn't do it without you - thank you :D

We kick off December with a design team card for you over at In Love with Stamping, using the very trendy Christmas colours of tempting turquoise, real red and old olive.  I really love this combo and have great plans to use it LOTS!

Have a great and see you soon x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Ink: basic black, card stock: real red, old olive, tempting turquoise and whisper white.  Paper: Christmas cocoa speciality paper.  Punch: modern label.  Other: PTI holiday button bits sentiment and buttons.  Baker's twine from stash.

You are cold as ice

Brrrrrrrrr - oh my goodness it's might nippy out there.  Hope you are keeping safe and warm, luckily we have only had a couple of inches of snow down here but is soooooo cold.  Great crafting weather though which happily has allowed me to get cracking on my Christmas cards :D  I will be entering it into the Christmas themed challenge over at crafty creations.

Have a great & see you soon x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Welcome Christmas and contempo Christmas.  Ink: Whisper white craft and wild wasabi.  Card stock: Real red, wild wasabi and white vellum card stock.  Ribbon: Real red polka dot grosgrain and linen thread.  Tools used: Curly label punch to create fancy border and mat pack for piercing.

Oh Christmas tree

and indeed how lovely are your branches punched with Stampin' Up!s two step bird punch (i.e. the wing) and the fabulous new and only available through the current offer bundle here, Christmas cocoa speciality designer series paper.  I am very challenge happy at the moment and this card is no exception as I will be entering it into the anything goes over at a spoon full of sugar and the "cut it out" challenge over at papertake weekly.

Have a great day & see you soon x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Contempo Christmas.  Ink: garden green and crumb cake (for distressed edges).  Card stock: Garden green and crumb cake.  Paper: Christmas cocoa speciality designer series paper (part of the current bundle up for *Christmas offer.

*Delightful decorations bundle is temporary unavailable at present.

Just a little bit

Morning - soooo sorry to be gone for a little while  but I promise I have been up to no good lol! with lots of crafty things.  So am planning to spoil you with lots of posts over the next couple of weeks (fingers crossed for sunny days to take pics).

A little challenge card for you today, firstly for a passion for papertrey using my precious felty scarps and an anything goes over at lets create challenges.

Have a great day & see you very soon x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Card: Whisper white, ink: real red and tempting turquoise.  Other: PTI birthday bash sentiments, felt, kraft card stock, fillable frames #2 stamp set & die.  Misc: Cuttlebug flower die.

Come to the table

Howdy folks and welcome to another little peak into to my craft fair life :D  Can you see the tablecloth,  I stamped it with my welcome Christmas stamp set from Stampin' Up!.  Such a lovely way to jazz up a plain inexpensive cloth. 

I apologise for the dark pictures, but as I arrive to set up at 8.30 am and wanted to get some pics before the people come to touch the 'precious' LOL! they were the best shots I got.  You will see  many, many different things on the groaning table and some have been inspired by the fabulous people out there in blog land.  I am slowly turning into a small haberdashers with my buttons and ribbon stash (retired SU stuff) for sale and I have to say I love playing shop!.



I wanted to show you a new removable broach card that have proved so popular. Hope you have enjoyed your trip with me to the fair. Have a great day & see you soon :D

Living in a box (tutorial)

Morning and welcome to a little tutorial of the Christmas box decorations from the other day.  A few of you asked for a tutorial on how they were made :D

Firstly using Stampin' Up!s petal card extra-large double punch, punch out four pieces and stamp your image with white craft ink in the centre of the embossed square of the punch out.

1. Glue opposite tabs down.  2. & 3. glue down one flap and 4. leave as is.

Now glue all four pieces together as in order shown in stages 1 -4.

Now you will have a square tube like (if that makes sense!?) shape.  Glue down all four flaps on one side only.  Punch two holes in the top two opposite flaps.  Thread some gold elastic through the two holes, pull tight and make a bow and leave the tails of the thread to about 10cms and tie knot at the end. Add some pearls for decoration.

Hope that's as clear as mud for you LOL!  Have a great day & see you soon x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Contempo Christmas and cute by the inch (hostess set). Ink: Cherry cobbler and whisper white craft. Card stock: Old olive, cherry cobbler and very vanilla. Misc: Basic pearls and gold elastic cord. Tools used: Ornament punch, petal card punch and 1/16" handheld circle punch.

Remeber remember

Wowzer! - I bet that woke up your eyes lol!  A design team card for In Love with Stamping today using the eye watering colour combo of red, yellow, orange and black which represent fireworks.  I didn't half ponder over this one (my crumb cake/kraft card stock quivers silently in the corner at them LOL!)  but I am really happy with the zingy contrast between the colours.

Super fly today as I am knee deep in snowman soup! for the many craft fairs ahead of me (I love it really).

Have a great & see you soon x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!
Ink: Basic black. Card: Poppy parade and basic black. Punch: Scallop trim border. Other: PTI sentiment from birthday bash sentiments and various buttons in orange, black, red and yellow.

Frosty the snowman

A little punch magic for you today to make good old snowman soup.  Every year I have made this and each time I try a different look to the packaging.  I decided to have a play with my punches from Stampin' Up!  It happily coincided with the gift packaging design team challenge over at In Love with Stamping if you want to see the full directions and perhaps join in the fun too. 

Have a great weekend & see you soon x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!
Stamps: Dot, dot, dot. Card stock: Confetti white, soft suede, pumpkin pie and baja breeze. Ink: Whisper white craft, baja breeze and basic black marker. Punches: Two step bird, ornament, 1" circle and 1 1/4" circle. Misc: Medium cello bag. Other: Dymo label.

Deck the halls

Morning, some tree decorations for you today.  They were part of my recent class where we used the gorgeous colour combination of cherry cobbler and old olive to make some Christmas projects.  I made these two types of decorations with Stampin' Up!s ornament and petal card punches.  You can even store little chocs inside the square one.  I was so excited to make these as this year we are having a real tree!  We haven't had one for many years and I have treated my self to some glass baubles too (I know it's obscene but I do feel a bit Christmasy already - yikes!)

Have a great day & see you soon x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!
Stamps: Contempo Christmas and cute by the inch (hostess set).  Ink: Cherry cobbler and whisper white craft.  Card stock: Old olive, cherry cobbler and very vanilla.  Misc: Basic pearls and gold elastic cord.  Tools used: Ornament punch, petal card punch and 1/16" handheld circle punch.

November rain

Morning and hope your spookish activities from the weekend went well.  We had a houseful of little ghouls, ghosties and bats round at ours - much screamingly good fun was had.  The children must have had a blast as they made me make my husband go to the off licence after they had left lol!  I had definitely "earned" a small glass of vino ;D.

Today being the 1st of November must mean design team projects over at In Love With Stamping.  My card uses the faux tearing challenge, this was easily achieved with an old piece of teared card stock and some ink - a really nice effect I think. 

Hope you can join in the fun too :D

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Every moment. Ink: Early espresso, black stazon, pumpkin pie, peach parfait, old olive, soft suede, so saffron and baja breeze. Card stock: Early espresso, crumb cake and water colour paper. Other: Brown twine from stash. Tools: Colours spritzer, sponge daubers and aqua painters.