Happy talking

Happy Friday everyone and a special hello to  my last Friday of the month crafting ladies.  Yes they will taste the fruits of my distressing kick in today's class.  As you can seen I have applied them to these two cards.  One being (*gasp*) a Christmas card - eek I know but I have had my supplies out for month due to being a craft fair goer and needing to start NOW!

I will be happily entering one or the other over at Stampin for the weekend's 'holiday' challenge.  Have a great bank holiday weekend everyone - I'm still crossing my fingers, toes and .... for camping weather.

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Top card - Stamps: sail away, jumble alphabet, occasional greetings and flat stamp from distressing essentials kit.  Ink: blue, charcoal and tea stained from distressing essentials kit.  Card stock: confetti white, crumb cake and night of navy.  Tools: cutter kit for distressed edges.  Other: sewing machine.

Bottom card - Stamps: welcome Christmas, jumble alphabet and contempo Christmas.  Ink: old olive, cherry cobbler and tea stained ink from distressing essentials kit.  Card stock: confetti white, old olive and crumb cake.  Accessories: basic rhinestone, other: sewing machine.

Knock on wood

Are you feeling 'distressed' enough yet lol! well if not this card has lashings of the stuff :D with a touch of a resist technique too.  Alas no camping trip for us yet but it has been dry enough for hermit crabs and rock pooling yesterday - we had a terrific day.  I have my monthly paper crafting class on Friday but will be watching the skies after that (fingers crossed).

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: because I care (hostess set), fresh cuts and En Francis background.  Ink: distressing kit mahogany and tea stain.  Card stock: crumb cake.  Paper: woodland walk and love letter.  Accessories: early espresso grosgrain ribbon and metallic antique brass brads.  Tools: spiral border punch and cutter kit.

Picture me now

Ooooh look at me posting on a Monday - ooh la la! lol!  Well I am on hols after all and even though we are not going away as such (unless we get a few nice days to get away camping) I am hoping to post a bit more often.

As you can see I am still on the distressed theme and I bought several of these frames as future fixer-uppers.  They were a bargain at £1.80 each in the sale bin from mothercare.  Was so pleased with myself too with the gems on this as the large one I plucked out of the large clear rhinestone brads and the assorted black ones were the clear basic rhinestones which I painted with with my blender pen and some black stazon refill!

I will be happily entering it over at Allsorts (you've been framed), Creative Card Crew (hand made flowers) and Fab 'n' Funky's (stitch in time) challenges.  Have a great day all and I will see you soon x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!
Stamps: Artistic etchings, ink: crumb cake, black stazon refill, charcoal, mahogany and tea stain inks from distressing kit.  Card stock: whisper white and basic black.  Paper: newsprint and blushing bride designer series paper (hostess stack).  Accessories: rhinestone brads and basic rhinestones.  Tools: swirls scribbles sizzlit die, 1 3/4" circle punch and originals circles die.  Other: sewing machine. 

Too much monkey business

Better late than never Emma - well Thursday seem to get away from me sorry.  It was my last day in work for a fortnight and I had a million things to tie up before leaving.  At least I can start to post my brother-in-law's birthday cards, this one from was from my son.  I will happily entering it over at a passion for papertrey (for the boys).

Have a great weekend and see you soon x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: jumble alphabet, ink: early espresso and versamark.  Card stock: early espresso, daffodil delight, whisper white and crumb cake.  Misc: clear stampin emboss powder and 1 3/4" circle punch.  Papertreyink: tiny treats birthday stamps, mat stack 5 die and woodgrain impression plate.  Other: copics, 2" circle scallop punch, tuxedo black memonto ink.

Pumpkin soup

Good morning everyone!  I do have some vintaged cards waiting in the wings but as they are destined for some bloke who is 40 tomorrow! - ahem IAN (brother-in-law) I will pop them on here after the big day ;D

Some serious splashes of pumpkin pie on these cards - love the zing of it.  I will be happily entering them over at craftycatz (embossing), cute card Thursday (clean & simple) and papertake weekly (grow your own).

Have a great day x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Top card - Stamps: occasional greetings, friendly background and flower for you.  Ink: Basic black, crumb cake and sahara sand.  Card stock: crumb cake, sahara sand, melon mambo and whisper white.  Accessories: pumpkin pie satin ribbon, basic rhinestone, rose red button from subtles collection.  Tools: fancy flower punch and eyelet border punch.

Bottom card - Stamps: tiny tags, ink: whisper white craft, rich razzleberry and basic black.  Card stock: rich razzleberry, whisper white and sahara sand.  Accessories: pumpkin pie satin ribbon.  Tools: Manhattan flower embossing folder and jewelry tag punch.

A touch of 'class'

Good morning all and you may feel a little deja vu passing over you today from this post here.  Well that was the prototype for these projects.  I always have a little play once I have decided what my next class is going to be.  Then several versions will be made and then I have a dry run of the exact project to work out the practicalities of running it in class.  The scrunched flower had to go for class due to the fact that it had to be wet and left for hours to dry! 

As you can see we made a lovely gift card holder (tutorial from Dawn Olchefske here) and matching card.  This class was based around using the Stampin' around wheels from Stampin' Up! and a 'wheelie' good time was had by all :D

Well back to the distressing tools and inks - happy days :D

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: friendly words wheel and because I care hostess set. Ink: basic grey, basic black, whisper white craft and melon mambo. Card stock: very vanilla, basic black, wild wasabi and melon mambo. Accessories: basic pearls and very vanilla taffeta ribbon. Tools: fancy flower punch, 5-petal flower punch, boho blossom punch, scallop border punch, decorative label punch and little leaves sizzlit die.

I'm old fashioned

Another theme that you may notice over the next few weeks as I get the crafty juices flowing for my next class where we will be 'distressing' ourselves is vintage techniques.  Combining new goodies from Stampi' Up! - slurp look at that top note die - phwoarrrr! along with a crimper and distressing essentials kit.

I will be happily sending this to a crafty friend newly acquainted through a love of SU - hope she likes it :D  I will also be entering it over at cupcake craft (sew mad), fab n funky (friends) and stampin for the weekend (spot + dots) challenges.

Have a great day everyone x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Friendly background and hello again.  Ink: tea dye and charcoal ink from distressing kit and crumb cake.  Card stock: Basic black, very vanilla and crumb cake.  Paper: neutrals designer series paper patterns stack.  Accessories: basic black button from neutrals designer buttons and linen thread.  Tools: Crimper, fun flowers bigz die, distressing essentials kit and cutter kit.

You gotta roll with it

A quick 'I need an Anniversary card tomorrow Emma' card for you today and rising to the crafty challenge I produced this little number :D  Combining some making your own background pattern with your stamps (love that) and a fab ribbon rose tutorial from the lovely Jo here.

I will be happily entering it over at papertake weekly (anything goes with optional metal) and totally papercrafts (bling it up).  Would also like to give a HUGE shout out to my uber talented friend Aimes - she has made into the TOP FIVE final of gallery idol here.  I am not going to mince my words -please go and vote for her now LOL!

Have a great day all x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: always elegant, cheer & wishes and four frames.  Ink: poppy parade, basic grey and crumb cake.  Card stock: pear pizazz, confetti white, baja breeze and crumb cake.  Accessories: circle fire rhinestone brads and baja breeze seam binding.

Tie a yellow ribbon

Morning! and the last of my wheelie cards for you today.  I have to say I have a soft spot for this Stampin' around wheel 'neighbourhood' as it was my very first one and it reminds for some reason of a Charlie Brown cartoon, which I still love :D

I will be happily entering it over at allsorts - free & easy and moving along with the times - 'something new'.

Have a great day & see you soon x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Neighbourhood jumbo wheel, four frames and cheer & wishes.  Ink: basic black and crumb cake.  Card stock: crumb cake, bashful blue and whisper white.  Accessories: delightful daffodil taffeta ribbon (3mm).  Tools: paper-piercing tool and mat pack.

Paper roses

Morning all, as promised some more wheelie action from my stampin around friendly words wheel from Stampin' Up!.  Along with the most luscious scrumply flower tutorial I had from the lovely Carole here.  It is super quick to do but makes the most fabulous flowers - love it :D

I have a full house tomorrow at my paper crafting class and can't wait to see all the lovely ladies again.  Have a great day x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: friendly words wheel and afterthoughts hostess set.  Ink: basic grey, basic black and melon mambo.  Card stock: very vanilla, basic black, wild wasabi and melon mambo.  Accessories: basic pearls, woodland walk designer paper.  Tools: fancy flower punch, 5-petal flower punch, boho blossom punch, scallop border punch and little leaves sizzlit die.  Other: sewing machine and tea dye ink.

Wheels on fire

This week I have been mostly using my stampin' around wheels!  everybody give me a vroom! vroom! lol.  Yes my next few posts will have a bit of wheelie action on them, mainly to practice for my upcoming class which encompasses the wheel stamps from Stampin' Up!  I am so in love with the music notes wheel used on my card, I used blushing bride ink which is a bit tricky to see in the pic but so classy on the very vanilla card stock - yum :D

I will be happily entering it over at cupcake crafts (shabby sparkle) challenge.  Have a really great day everyone x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Music notes wheel, tiny tags, notably ornate and love you much.  Ink: blushing bride, very vanilla, cake crumb and basic grey.  Card stock: blushing bride and very vanilla.  Accessories: basic rhinestones and blushing bride stitched-poly ribbon.  Tools: jewelry tag punch and stampin' around wheel guide.  Other: sewing machine.

Flowers in the rain

Bleh - I am so fed up with all this rain, you can maybe see the shells in my pic are drenched.  Typical really as my son has just broken up from school for the summer and we are hoping to go camping lol!  Oh well I will have to hold off screaming obscenities at putting up the tent and midnight trips to loo - happy days lol!

I will be entering today's offering over at allsorts (free or all) and crafty catz weekly (tags) challenges.  Hope you have a great day - see you soon x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Tiny tags and en Francais.  Ink: basic grey, melon mambo and crumb cake.  Card stock: very vanilla, basic grey and melon mambo.  Accessories: basic rhinestones, rose red subtle button and silver elastic cord.  Tools: swirls scribbles die, fun flowers die and medium jewelry tag.

You're amazing

Whoo hoo and happy Tuesday everybody.  A little something for a special lady out there, Aimes a very dear blog buddy has made it into to the top 15 Gallery Idol paper crafting contest - I know isn't it amazing!.  This is such a prestigious contest and I am so very proud of her and wanted to let her know how fab she is by sending her this.  Also to make a blatant plug for you to vote for her lol!

I took inspiration for this card from a cover of a mini album I saw ages ago (I think it was a sizzix promotional pic?).  Have a great day & I'll see you soon x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Jumble alphabet, ink: basic black and crumb cake.  Card stock: river rock and confetti white.  Paper: newsprint DSP.  Accessories: rose red seam binding and basic rhinestones.  Tools: scallop trim border punch, 1" circle punch and beautiful butterflies die.  Other: cork paper and jewel pins from stash.

Schools out for the summer!

I can't believe it's my son's last day of infant school - eek!  Yes he will be moving on to junior school the next time he steps back in the classroom - exciting times. I found myself a little short in the anniversary card department lately and made this card to rectify the situation.  I will be happily entering it over at moving along with the times which have 'a favourite thing' challenge this week and as I have used felt on this number and can not bear to have it no further than a 100 yards away from at all times it had to go in :D

Have a great weekend everyone x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!
Stamps: Bella toile, ink: not quite navy, tempting turquoise and always artichoke for colouring the background stamp.  Card stock: sahara sand, night of navy and whisper white.  Accessories: basic jewels, night of navy taffeta ribbon.  Tools: lots of tags sizzlit die and word window punch.  Other: Papertreyink Hawaiian shores felt and daily design sentiment.

Pocket snails

Oops, sorry again but what with crafts fairs and end of school stuff I just haven't been in my craft room - eek!  So I have pulled a little flickr card I had made from my son to his father.  I try and make the really personal cards have some theme that is related to them on it.  My husband had an 'idea' after seeing them do it on spring watch to go pond dipping with my boy to see watch creature from the deep they could capture in the jar (and then release of course).

Hope you are all well - Ill try to be back soon I promise x



In the neighborhood

Good morning, hope you are well.  Thankfully I am almost recovered from my BIG craft fair weekend, only to find myself preparing for a one day fair this Saturday at the Ostreme centre in Mumbles - bring it on lol!.  This card serves a much needed gap in my repertoire on themes for my stash.  I will be happily entering it over at a passion for a papertrey where they have a a border theme going down.

Have a great day & see you soon x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Ink: basic black, card stock: basic black, whisper white, perfect plum and poppy parade.  Other: papertreyink- daily designs sentiments, berry sorbet and kraft card stock, button and button twine and Parisian lace doily die cut.

It's oh so quiet

Yes, sorry about that.  I had a mega craft fair last weekend with lots of friends I have met through my classes and Stampin' Up! drop by which was so lovely.  It was a fabulous fair and on show you can see above were lots of bits and bobs which I have crazily been making for the event.

1.  The bookmarks you can see from a tutorial I did a while back here.

2.  The mini book and pen from Dawns stamping studio here.

3.  Mini post it note keyring from chic n scratch here.

Well I am off to lie down in a dark room for a week lol!  Have a great day all :D

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: A to Z and tart and tangy.  Ink: Basic black, real red, old olive, chocolate chip and whisper white craft.  Card stock: Whisper white, basic black, real red, old olive, concord crush, pear pizazz, crumb cake and bashful blue.  Paper: In colour DSP (hostess) and retired pumpkin pie DSP.  Accessories: basic rhinestones, pear pizazz and concord crush stitched poly-ribbon.  Tools: two step owl punch, cropadile and 1 3/4" circle punch.  Other: Papertreyink stamps: teachers apple and fruit fusion apple and die and take note stamp set.

Sweet dreams are made of these

Pillows, pillow box get it? Oh well can't blame the tenuous link as the titles for my posts and find a song to match thing is sometimes a little head scratchingly troublesome.  These projects are from my big shot class last Friday.  Two lovely new ladies came too and we had such fun.

This maybe my last post this week (not sure yet) as I have a two day craft fair at the national waterfront museum in Swansea on Saturday and Sunday.  It's a stunning venue, last year we had choir singing on the Sunday - glorious stuff.

Have a great day everyone x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: oval all, baroque motifs and tiny tags.  Ink: Versamark and rose red.  Card stock: baja breeze, rose red and whisper white.  Paper: sweet stitches designer series paper.  Accessories: silver cord and basic rhinestones.  Tools: Jewelry tag punch, scallop edge punch, lots of tags sizzlit die, vintage wallpaper embossing folder and pillow box die.

Small craft on a milk sea

Oooh can you spot a new toy?!  yes it's my new mini milk carton die - so blinkin cute :D  Lots of great themes you can make them for too.  I had the fabulous tutorial for the carrier from Danny Graves here (thank you Danny).

I will happily entering them over at daring card makers and sweet stampin challenges as they both have a something old (those clips which I have been hording like a demon lol!) something new (mini milk carton die - swoon) something borrowed (hmm well this could also be the clips as I am only borrowing them as they will go firmly back in their little box after these photos are taken ha!) and something blue (the card).  Also stampin for the weekend has my favourite things challenge which I couldn't pass up as both projecs have my beloved crumb cake (aka kraft) :D

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Tiny tags, all in the family, tart & tangy and a slice of life (hostess).  Ink: Basic black, old olive, chocolate chip, real red, crumb cake and pastels for colouring.  Card stock: crumb cake, bashful blue, whisper white and early espresso.  Accessories: clip assortment, night of navy taffeta ribbon, old olive and real red 1/8" taffeta ribbon.  Paper: celebrations designer series paper.  Tools: jewellery punch, two step owl punch and mini milk carton bigz die.

Razzle dazzle

Morning - ooh I forgot to put that mysterious fog like edging when I edited this picture?  Oh well, I have a class today - hello ladies :D  We will be having a play with my new BIG SHOT!   I will take some pics later on.

I will he happily entering my card over at crafty creations 'let it shine' challenge.  Have a great weekend everyone x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: artistic etchings and thank you kindly.  Ink: tempting turquoise, melon mambo, old olive, crumb cake and versamark.  Card stock: crumb cake, whisper white and rich razzleberry.  Accessories: basic rhinestones and rich razzleberry taffeta ribbon.  Misc: clear stampin emboss powder.

Forget me not

Good morning, good morning.  A bit of a booboo card from me today, I'll explain.  It was one of my dearest blogging friends Aimes birthday yesterday :D  and of course a little crafty something was neatly packed up and on it's merry way including a card.  The only thing was I completely forgot to take a picture of it - doh!  So I went about re-making it of sorts,  this the same layout and butterfly and that's about it really lol! 

Funnily Aimes' (+ Kate & Caryn) a passion for papertrey challenge site is having an 'elements' thang going on at the mo and what do you know my card has some 'air' in it lol!

Have a great day all x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Ink: tempting turquoise and basic black.  Card stock: whisper white and basic black.  Paper: newsprint and nursery suite.  Accessories: linen thread, old olive button, pear pizazz seam binding.  Papertreyink: butterfly die, simply chartreuse felt and birthday bash sentiment and tea dye ink.  Other: kraft card blank from stash and sewing machine.