I'd like to teach the world to

Craft!, not to worry ladies attending my class today, it won't be to sing lol!  Yes happy class time again for me today - oh I do look forward to it so much :D  A busy few days ahead, what with the St David's day craft fair at Swansea Waterfront Museum on Sunday - LOVE IT!

This card started life not as a card but as a mask to sponge ink through onto another card (I will risk a photo of it soon in between showers).  You can still see the faint smudgings around the aperture on this which I love and so had to turn into a card :D

Have a great weekend everyone x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: A bit of birthday cheer, ink: whisper white craft, baja breeze and not quite navy.  Card stock: not quite navy, card stock vellum and pendant note cards.  Accessories: navy brads.  Other: sewing machine.

Ain't no sunshine

Indeed! where have you gone? :(  I have a nice little pile of things I need to photograph but alas dark grey clouds are all we have had for the last week.  I wasn't going to show this card as it is so similar to my one from the other day but unless mr sunshine makes an appearnce soon I will be forced to dig out some pictures of me on a donkey in tenby in 1980 LOL!

Have a great day & see you soon x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Ink: Basic black, crumb cake, daffodil delight marker and old olive marker. Card stock: Basic grey, cake crumb and water colour paper. Paper: Delightful daffodil design series paper. Accessories: Daffodil delight satin ribbon, daffodil delight flower button and retired felt leaf. Other:Daffodil Border Unmounted Rubber stamp and welsh sentiment.

Bad apples

I know, but I couldn't help myself as once my 'tart & tangy' set was out I had to play some more.  There was going to be a trio of fruits (orange from my other post here) and a lime one but I ran out my my favourite stitched ribbon and couldn't complete the mission.

Hope you are all well and see you soon x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Tart & tangy and afterthoughts (hostess set).  Ink: Real red, crumb cake and old olive.  Card stock: Real red, crumb cake and whisper white.  Ribbon: poppy parade stitched-poly ribbon.

Bonkers!

Not to worry, I am not scarily making my Christmas cards - eek! can you imagine? but I confess that time has got away from me this week.  What with being on hot dogs and refreshments at my sons valentine ball and prepping for an upcoming craft fair and my monthly class.  Happily this little one was tucked away in my cameras memory and not in my broken computer - phew.

So I do apologise for inflicting a Christmas card on you - maybe some of you haven't recovered form the frenzy of cards you had to make but I am back in the swing of posting on a Friday and I thought it was shame not to show anything!

Have a great weekend everyone xx

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Occasional greetings and welcome Christmas.  Ink: Wild wasabi, crumb cake and real red.  Card stock: Very vanilla, wild wasabi and real red.  Ribbon: polka dot grosgrain.  Other: PTI -vintage cream ink, ticket die, just the ticket stamps.  Kraft card stock and tree pins from stash. 

Daffodil lament

Even though I only made this card last week, it has it's roots in the reason I stumbled upon card making.  You see I always struggled in getting welsh cards for my Mum, especially for Mamgu (Grandmother) and so decided that I could make them!  Happily four years later here we are knee deep in crafty stash and enjoying the pleasure of crafting more and more everyday.

This particular card though is headed for a St David's day craft fair on Sunday 27th of February at Swansea Waterfront Museum.  Happily I will be also entering it in to the stitching challenge over at Top Tip Tuesday.  With an added tip of mine which I found very useful, is to use your matted piece of card or paper as a guide when using a  zig-zag stitch to keep your line straight (although admittedly I have gone skewiff a bit lol!).

Have a great day & see you soon x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Ink: Basic black, crumb cake, daffodil delight marker and old olive marker.  Card stock: Basic grey, cake crumb and water colour paper.  Paper: Delightful daffodil design series paper.  Accessories: Daffodil delight satin ribbon, daffodil delight flower button and retired felt leaf.  Other:Daffodil Border Unmounted Rubber stamp and welsh sentiment.

Tutti frutti, all over rootie

Anyone for juice ?  Awh I do love this tart & tangy set from Stampin' Up!, it was amongst my very first purchases as a customer.  Before I dared dream of becoming a demo and begin to imagine what I have today - happy days :D

Do you remember your first set? or is just me being crafty weird again lol!  Have a great day & see you soon x

Supplies from Stampin; Up!

Stamps: Tart & tangy and afterthoughts (hostess set).  Ink: Peach parfait and crumb cake.  Card stock: Peach parfait, crumb cake and whisper white.  Accessories: Peach parfait stitched ribbon.

Blank page!

Well it is almost a blank page!  This has to be one of the most minimalistic cards I have ever done.  I was looking for an uber quick male card and wallop after a quick wonky and faded stamping I was done lol!  I think I will do a few more as my male stash is soooo low.

Have a great weekend everyone - I'm off to Mammy's for dinner - yum!

Supplies:  PTI take note stamp set, birthday bash sentiments, kraft card stock and various buttons.  Ink: Stampin' Up! basic grey.

Ebony and ivory

All together now! "live together in perfect harmony".  Oh I know it's cheesy but mmm I do have a soft spot for that song :D  A thank you duet for my brother-in-law today on fixing my poorly PC recently.  Together with a couple of bottles of cheeky vimto and a huuuuge packet of his favourite choccies - giant buttons!.

As you can see along with the card I also altered a notebook to match and although you can't see the inside it has the most gorgeous vanilla and faded black grid lined pages inside - divine.  Happily I combined the gift with the current challenge of any old challenge over at In Love With Stamping.  I picked stitching, but to be honest I am hard pushed NOT to stitch everything these days lol!

Have a great day & see you soon x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!
Stamps: Thank you kindly. Ink: Basic black and crumb cake. Card stock: basic black and very vanilla. Paper: newsprint dsp. Accessories: star brad from hodgepodge kit.

My paper heart

Good morning, how was your weekend?  wild and wet here in South Wales.  Great fun at a new crafting venue though, the revue studio is usually a dance studio with pictures of elegant ladies in leg warmers doing extraordinary things with their legs.  I took me back the days when ever little girl dreamt of stardom and tutus lol!

A colour combo challenge for you today over at In Love With Stamping, using the gorgeous pear pizazz, perfect plum and baja breeze.  Had a little extra fun with Stampin' Up!s colour spritzer tool - oh I do love the squeezy magic it affords a crafter hee hee!

Have a great & see you soon x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!
Stamps: solid stripes. Ink: Basic black, crumb cake, whisper white and baja breeze. Card stock: crumb cake, perfect plum, pear pizazz and baja breeze. Paper: Newsprint. Other: PTI button twine and daily design sentiments.

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.