Smiley Cards

first post of the day

2011-08-25T16:46:00.005+01:00

well its a QVC craft day and for the 1st time in ages managed to get a day off work to see it all!!! So I've been trying to make the most of it!! There probably will be loads of posts today. The first one is a Christmas card made from some Kanban toppers that I found in my stash and to be honest I don't know why I didn't use it last year. I've kept it really simple (like a lot of my cards are) as the robin topper is so good I didnt want to distract from it. I have glittered the berries on the topper and used some basic matting and layering. The greeting is from Kanban too. I'm going to enter it into "Less Is More" which this week is a theme of things that move. I hope you all like it :)

2nd christmas card of the day!!

2011-07-24T12:12:00.005+01:00

This is another card that came to me while in the garden yesterday!! The image is the first stamp that I have bought from Lily of the Valley and I love it. The stamp is so clear and easy to use and so easy to colour. I know that it is typically a birthday image but I have adapted it to make it more of a Christmas card for my niece Victoria. It is her 1st Christmas this year and I'm so pleased with the way that this has turned out. The background paper is again from Bo Bunny's Christmas papers from last year. I'm entering it into 2 different challenges - Less is More (Ribbon and/or buttons) and Secret Saturday Crafter (Numbers)

holly and the ivy

2011-07-24T09:27:00.004+01:00

I've had this inkadinkadoo stamp for ages and never really found the correct paper or use for it and yesterday while sitting in the sunshine it came to me!! (I know a christmas card while I'm sitting enjoying the summer!!!!!) I think that it will be perfect for my grandmother, I need a greeting for it but I am not sure how to finish it off. The paper is last year's Bo Bunny's St Nick Sleigh (I love Bo Bunny papers and if you haven't checked out their blog and their website they are amazing!!) and the ribbon is one that I got from a set from Studio 24. I am going to enter it ito this weeks challenge at Winter Wonderland which is "The Holly and the Ivy"

no pink or blue

2011-07-22T11:07:00.005+01:00

Hi people I've had major camera issues recently so not been able to upload any pics until now (got a new phone !! seeing as I still cant find my camera charger!!) anyway I'm really pleased with this card that I made for one of my best friends 21st. My crafting mojo still isnt completlely back but I'm getting there. She is pregnant with her first baby at the moment so she couldnt enjoy it as much as she would have like too, Lol!!! I think that the black and red makes it a really dramatic card. The image is a Greeting Farm stamp and I die cut the numbers with my beloved cuttlebug. I'm entering it into this weeks theme at Crafty Catz Weekly challenge which is no blue or pink

less is more

2011-06-25T20:03:00.007+01:00

As I mentioned in me previous post I have done a bit of blog hopping today and I came across a great blog called "less is more." I do like cards that are as simple as possible (as you can probably tell from my other cards on this blog) Well this week they have a sketch which I was really inspired by and thought that this would be a great chance to start on my Christmas cards for this year. I have layered 3 snowflake toppers (that I have had in my stash for ages so I'm not really sure where they have come from) over glittered paper (you can't do Christmas without a bit of glitter!!) and finished off with a peel off statement. I think that this is going to be an ongoing theme for my christmas cards this year as I'm really pleased with the end result.

something old and something new

2011-06-25T19:20:00.009+01:00

As you already know my crafting mojo has not been around recently and I'm trying so hard to get it back so a lot of blog hopping has been helping. I have come accross a new one (to me anyway) is called sweet stamping. The challenge over there this week is Something old, some thing new, which means you need to use something that you have recently bought and something that has been in your stash for ages. Well my card is the first one I have been really proud of in ages and was for my friends wedding. The new item is the image stamps that I have used which were from the QVC Kanban TSV a few weeks ago - which I wasnt sure about when I saw them - I really ordered it for the auto delivery Christmas one which I loved - but I love them now they give a really clear crisp image. The old item was the embossing powder,the base card and the wedding message. I hope you like it :)

oh boy, oh boy

2011-06-15T21:15:00.004+01:00

well here starts the catch up with my blog! still can't believe that its been so long since I've been on it. Anyway seeing as its fathers day on Sunday cupcake blog challenge is "boy oh boy" Well I always find my dads cards much more difficult than any other male cards (and I find them really difficult anyway!!) For this card I have made a typically girly image a bit more masculine with the colours. This is a fizzy moon stamp imaged coloured with my promarkers (which I am still loving) with an embossed dotty background with my amazing cuttlebug. I definately would not be without either my promarkers or my 'bug!! Hope you like it :)

can't believe it!!

2011-06-06T13:37:00.002+01:00

my goodness its been ages since I've posted on here!! and so much has happened too! I am now living with my other half in our first wee flat together. I'm loving it but still getting used to having each other around all the time!! and I've really got into gardening too. Its the first time I have a garden of my own. I will get some photo's uploaded but during the move my camera charger has disappeared :( I'm sure I'll find it eventually!! at the moment I'm using my phone camera but not sure how good the photos will be. Anyway thats enough of my blethering and I'll be back on later with the photos (I'm at work just now!)

Under the tree!!

2010-10-11T09:31:00.005+01:00

I have been having a bit of a nightmare with the internet at the moment which is why I havent blogged for a while!! I have been crafting away tho and busy making more cards and candles. Well over on ABC Christmas challenge this weeks theme is "Under the tree" which means makng a gift, box etc and they are also looking for new DT members so I thought that I would give this a go and blog another one of my candles. This one is a forever friends image that I got from the Glitter Pot coloured with my pro markers and sprayed with glitter spray :) I have also managed to get clear bags from ebay to package them up and tied gold ribbon that I got from Dunhelm Mill. Its actually a thank you gift got my mums friend because she has been so generous and given me loads of craft stuff that she wasnt using :) I hope you like it :)

Tilda in Red Candle

2010-08-19T08:25:00.005+01:00

I'm really getting into stamping onto candles at the moment. I must say that this really does get better with practice. I bought this new Tilda recently and love her becasue she can be a birthday or Christmas one. This time I coloured her with my pro markers (which I'm still loving!!!!!) and coloured her crown and wand with gold glitter and finished it off with red stitched ribbon. I'm going to enter her into the Die Cut Dreams Christmas challenge which this week is Tilda In Red.

Another Tilda Christmas

2010-08-10T18:54:00.003+01:00

Afternoon all, well another Christmas Tilda card. This time I've layered her over a debossed dots (from my cuttlebug) and have put her sitting on a glittery strip like a chair and in the background i have scattered sequins to look like snowflakes. I'm actually really impressed with the way that this card has turned out and I'm entering it into this weeks Allsorts Challenge which is Primary Colours.

My first go at promarkers!

2010-08-08T14:09:00.003+01:00

Well I know that its taken a while but I have bought my first lot of promarkers. I wasnt going to bother getting any but while doing a lot of blog hopping and everyone goes on about them so much I thought I would give them a go. Well I'm so glad that I did!!! I love them!!!! In fact I liked them so much I bought another pack lol!!!! I bought a Christmas pack and then the primary colours pack (with a few extras as well!!) Anyway todays card is the fairytale tilda made into a Christmas card, she is sitting on a bench that came in the Xmas patchwork pals set from QVC layered over my favourite cuttlebug Christmas tree and finished off with pink satin ribbon. I'm really pleased with this card :) and I hope the DT at Sweet Stamping Challenge blog like it too because I'm entering it into their challenge this week which is Pretty in Pink.

Snowflakes

2010-08-07T09:29:00.002+01:00

My mojo still has not returned :( I cant believe it I've been craft shopping and everything!! Anyway I made this card the other day and its a variation on the pastel christmas one that I ave already posted. The bakground is embossed dots from a cuttlebug embossing folder layered over pearlesant turquoise card with turquoise glitter and then a papermania felt snowflake with silver gems over the top. I love these simple cards at the moment, they are really elegant and effective. I'm going to enter this into Moving along with the Times challenge this week which is Christmas and Cute Card Thursday which is Whateva.

Blog Candy Winner :)

2010-08-02T20:00:00.002+01:00

I was having a wee look through the blogs that I follow today and found out that I won the blog candy on the very talented lori's blog. I can't wait for it to arrive, its gonna be a great big parcel. Thanks again Lori :)

Pastel Christmas

2010-07-28T17:28:00.003+01:00

Well I've got another Christmas card done today, this one is so simple but so effective. I bought one of the new Papermania embossing folders for my Cuttlebug. I think that this image is so detailed so I didnt want to mess up the image so embossed on some glossy white card, added some pale turquoise glitter and layered over turquoise card and added a peel off. I am really happy with this card (for the first time in ages). I hope the DT team at Cupcake Challenge like it also because I'm going to enter it in their challenge this week which is pastel Christmas

Vintage Christmas

2010-07-28T16:21:00.003+01:00

Well my mojo still hasnt totally returned but it getting there, I have had a great day today blog hopping, found some new blog challenges and looking through some amazing talents out there! Well one of the challenge blog that I found today is the Crafty Pad. This week the challenge is vintage and you can see the DT samples here I thought this would make an excellent chance to make another Christmas card because this is not my normal style. The image is from Joanna Sheen a few years ago (I found it in my stash), layered over gold satin card and some vintage style papers that I found in my stash (im not sure where they are from, sorry) and coloured the edges with a dark red ink.

Christmas in July

2010-07-26T07:01:00.003+01:00

As you can see from my blog you would think that its Christmas now!! (mind you I did see that some card shops in town are starting to get theirs in too!!)Any way I have found a new challenge blog called "the cuttlebug spot" and I just love my cuttlebug!! You can see the designs by the DT here. Well this is a variation on a card that I made earlier in the week but I think that it looks better with the gold and red combination, its so subtle but effective. I do love this embossing folder!

Christmas Scene

2010-07-25T10:46:00.002+01:00

my card making mojo has totally gone this week (I spent yesterdays crafting shows on QVC trying to craft and made 1 card!!!) so my cards at the moment are not my usual quality! I'm getting really annoyed with myself about it! Anyway this is the one card that I made yesterday for the Bah Humbug blog challenge which this week is Christmas Scene, the DT samples (which are amazing as always) can be seen here I have used the Percy and Penelope stamp that I just love, coloured with glitter gel pens and used tiny gems that I bought from ebay. The background card is part of the patchwork pals kit that I bought from QVC and then used snowflake brads in the background

Candle Stamping!!

2010-07-22T08:14:00.005+01:00

This is the first time I have tried stamping onto candles and finally got it right! Its going to be a bit of a tight Christmas this year so thought that these would make great extra add in for pressies for friends and family (and cheaper than chocolates) I have been experimenting with colours and colouring mediums. (and still need to find the perfect stamp for them too but I'm sure I will get there!!) Let me know what you think.

Die Cut Dreams DT call

2010-07-20T20:43:00.005+01:00

Well over on the Die Cut Dreams challenge blog the design team are looking for another DT member. Well I thought I would give it a go!!!! The theme is Pink and Girly (which if any of you know me is just made for me!!) Well if you have been on my blog recently you will notice that I'm really into Christmas cards at the moment so I thought that I would give a really girly card. The image is my favourite Tilda image (at the moment) she is coloured using glittery gel pens and I have highlighted the crown with red glitter for the holly berries. I have layered her over an embossed Christmas tree from a Cuttlebug embossing folder with tiny gems (that I bought from ebay) for the lights. The background is stamped with this years Xmas set from Inkadinkado and the flowers are from Papermania. I hope that you like this :)

Pink Jem Candy

2010-07-10T07:48:00.002+01:00

Janet from Pink Jem has some great blog candy to give away by 31st July, just post a link on your blog linking to hers (and the candy) and you're in a chance of winning. Click here to get more info.

(sorry cant get the photo copied just now will try to repost it later!!)

Saturday Sketch

2010-07-06T19:00:00.003+01:00

Another challenge today and I'm really beginning to get into these sketches. The design team at Saturday sketch have an amazing talent and you can see there samples here. Now my wonderful other half bought me the new Daisy and Dandelion friends, Percy and Penolope the penguins, stamp set ( I think that they are the cutest!) so thought that I would use them on this sketch. The background is made from another new christmas stamp set that I have bought recently. I hope that you like it

Ice cream and cakes

2010-07-06T18:35:00.004+01:00

Took the day off today so thought I would spend the time doing what I wanted to do- so tht means crafting!!! Anyway another day another blog challenge - lol!! anyway on crafty creations the challenge this week is Ice cream and cakes. So for this card I have used ice cream colours and made a stamped cupcake background. then I layered a forever friends sticker over embossed card stock and finished it with ribbon and flowers

one for the girls

2010-07-04T19:04:00.003+01:00

another blog challenge today - this time I've entered the Totally Papercrafts blog challenge which this week is one for the girls. you can see the dt designs here and as usual they are excellent. I have used the image that I won a few weeks ago from totally papercrafts which is made by the greeting farm, layered over a happy birthday embossing folder from cuttlebug. I love the black and red combination and I hope you like it too :)

less is more

2010-07-04T18:38:00.004+01:00

Over on the Bah Humbug challenge blog the theme this week is "Less Is More." The design teams creation are excellent and you can see them here. Now I'm in the mind set that you can never have too much anything at Christmas!! So this challenge was really really difficult for me but I hope that you like it :) The image is a stamped forever friends image coloured with glitter and layered over red and green mirri card and finished with a peel off greeting.

Strawberries and Cream

2010-06-30T20:30:00.002+01:00

well 2 blog challenges this week have the same theme of strawberries and cream so joining them together seemed sensible! They are secret crafter and winter wonderland. Well as you can tell by y blog Christmas is nearly here!! (yeah I know its not eve July yet!!) so I thought I would make another Christmas card! The red and white spotty paper totally went with the theme and the forever friends stamp I just love!!! I also covered the card with glitter spray just to make it really sparkly!!

recycle a pink card!

2010-06-30T20:04:00.002+01:00

Well I really haven't had much time to craft this week (I can't believe its Wednesday already!!) so I've actually joined 3 blog challenges with this card! On cute card thursday the theme is recycle or reuse, so the piece of ribbon that I have used is from a set of jammies that I have bought recently. The second challenge is from pollycraft monday challenge and the theme this week is pink and the final one is on the Bunny Zoe blog and the theme for this one is girly. Well I have had so much fun following sketches I started to try and do my own this one is my first attempt so I thought I would keep it nice and simple, let me know what you think.

let us shine :)

2010-06-24T08:11:00.002+01:00

Over on Crafty Creations Challenge blog the challenge this week is let us shine. Which means any glitter, stickles, ribbon etc. The design team creations as always are fantastic and you can see them here. For my card I have layered some glitter paper over a card blank, used a large background stamp (which i bought from ebay a few years ago and I just love it - its was a great bargain too!!) and used one of my foam stamps from QVC and coloured it with my watercolour pencils, then covered it all over with glitter spray.

Truly Scrumptious challenge

2010-06-23T06:51:00.001+01:00

This week on truly scrumptious challenge is a sketch and I'm really getting into these as they are so different from anything that I would normally do. Check out the sketch and the designs team creations here. I do love this forever friends stamp its so simple but effective, and I stamped the background in a small cupcake stamp (that I actually forgot that I had!) and stamped the greeting that came from a Popcorn bear stamp set.

A child's Christmas

2010-06-21T19:38:00.002+01:00

another Christmas card today (i know what your thinking it been a gorgeous day outside but inside I've been surrounded by snowmen and snowflakes!!) and this time its for the Bah Humbug challenge blog which theme this week is "A Child's Christmas." You can see the amazing samples from the DT here. Now usually I don't buy big kits from QVC cos I really dont normally use them, but I have bought this Patchwork Pals kit for 2 years in a row - I just love it!! The images are so cute and good for kids cards. I have put some flock on the hat and covered the whole card in glitter spray.

white festive tree

2010-06-21T18:19:00.002+01:00

ok first blog of the week is a joint challenge :) over on Winter Wonderland the challenge this week is festive tree, the DT samples are amazing and you can see them here. Well Christmas wouldnt be Christmas without a tree so I thought that I would combine with the challenge on Die Cut Dreams Christmas challenge which is All White Christmas and the DT samples are great also. I found this one really difficult because although I do use a lot of white I do use a lot of colour too. For the challenge you can use a small amount of colour so I used some red glitter to highlight the lights. I hope you like this :)

Lets have a sing song

2010-06-20T08:52:00.003+01:00

On the Polly Craft Monday Challenge the theme is songs, so I thought that this would be an excellent chance to make another Chritmas card (if I keep going at this rate I'm going to have them all done by the end of July!!!!) Well my favourite Christmas song ever is "Let It Snow" so this card is layered snowflake paper, then embosed foil card with the sledging embossing folder from Cuttlebug with stickers from Poundland last Christmas and snowflake brads.

Not forever friends

2010-06-16T20:07:00.003+01:00

ok final one for today, the challenge on the forever friends blog challege this week is "not forever friends." As they are being sponsored by Joanna Sheen they have decided that we can use any cute stamps that we may have, check out the great samples the design team have made with Joanna's Lofty stamps here. Well I have decided to use one of my Cuddly Buddly stamps. I love them and have so many but i think that the image that I have used is my favourite (well at the moment, this changes on a regular basis!) as it the one I come back to time after time.

Embossed!

2010-06-16T18:39:00.003+01:00

Wow another challenge completed today, that must be a record for me!! lol! Anyway over on Crafty Catz the theme this week is embossng you can see the design teams great creations here Now if you have been looking through my blog recently you will have noticed that I just love my cuttlebug! (I've not had it very long so its still a bit of a novelty to me) So I thought that I would make a baby card as my step sister and her hubby are due to have a baby girl in September! I used the baby love cuttlebug embossing folder for the background, layered on foil card is a image of baby feet (that I really love but do not have a clue where I got it from!!) I hope you like it :)

One for the boys

2010-06-16T18:15:00.005+01:00

On the cupcake craft challenge this week the theme is "one for the boys" as its fathers day on Sunday. I always struggle with cards for my dad (i fact any male cards in general!!) but this year I thought I would take a generally thought of girly image and try to make it more manly! lol! Well I hope I have succeeded! its another black base card, with a forever friends stamp image(which I think is a christmas stamp).

Totally paper craft Challenge Winner

2010-06-16T17:54:00.003+01:00

A couple of weeks ago I was picked as the winner for the totally paper crafts winner :) anyway this morning my prize from Simon Says Stamps arrived this morning. It was a gorgeous stamp made by "the greeting farm." I just love it and I have already made a card with it :) Thank you so much to both Totally Papercraft and Simon Says Stamps :)

Anything but square!!

2010-06-16T17:29:00.003+01:00

I'm quite late blogging this card for Cute Card thursday but I really could not find my crop o dile and its been driving me nuts this week!! lol anyway i found it today. As you can tell from my blogging I've been really into Xmas cards just now so heres my Xmas pud!!

Im so tired!!

2010-06-16T07:35:00.002+01:00

why is it when you have a day off work you cannot lie in but when you know you need to get up for work you just can't!!! Anyway I was up at 6am this morning so I'm in the process of making a card but also watching the TSV repeat on QVC. So there should be a few cards made today :) I know I've been on a huge blog challenge hop but I just think that the inspiration that the design teams give me is amazing and I'm especially liking the sketches because its not something that I usually do so I'm liking the challenge. Anyway I'm off for a cuppa and I'll be back soon!

L xx

W is for Weather

2010-06-13T12:04:00.004+01:00

Ok another Christmas card today, over on the ABC challenge blog the theme is W for weather. I thought I would take the opportunity to make another Christmas card and nothing is more Christmassy than snow. I love this snowman image, its so cute! I layered him over some glittery vellum with small snowballs scattered. I hope that you like it.

a traditional christmas flower

2010-06-13T09:56:00.003+01:00

as you may have noticed I am really getting into Christmas cards at the moment, I like to be organised (but normally this doesnt happen!) so this year I thought I would make an early start. This challenge is from Winter Wonderland challenge blog and this weeks challenge is "A traditional Christmas Flower" you can see the design teams great examples here. I have used a poinsetta I hope you like it :)

some saturday sweetness at passion for crafts

2010-06-12T10:49:00.002+01:00

Debbie at her Passion for Crafts blog is giving away the penny black stamp set "in the garden." She is really talented crafter and I get quiet a lot of inspiration from her blog, check it out here

Creative Catz and ABC Christmas

2010-06-10T08:49:00.003+01:00

I'm going to link 2 blog challenges with this card. As I've said I am really loving black base cards at the moment, so the Creative Catz challenge of Black and Red was perfect for me. The design teams cards are great as always and you can see them here. Also on the ABC Christmas challenge blog is "L is for Lights." The design teams are great also and you can see them here.

This cuttlebug embossing folder I just love and I have a feeling a lot of my Xmas cards are going to be made with it, I love the detail with it and think it works really well with this foil card. The "lights" are made from sticky jewels from Poundland. A very simple but effective card.

Dazzle Us!!!

2010-06-10T08:31:00.003+01:00

this weeks challenge on Cupcake challenge is "dazzle us!" Now those of you wh0 know me will know that glitter is my most favourite crafting product (I'm such a girl!! lol!) the DT have some great samples (as usual) and you can see them here.

I'm loving black base cards at the moment (as you have probably noticed!!) and this one i jut love. the glitter paper came from Dunelm Mill and the image is from Dufex decoupage. I hope you like it as much as I do.

cute card thursday!!

2010-05-31T19:42:00.003+01:00

Well you can tell its bank holiday monday, yet another challenge blog card done!!! this time I have done a card for cute card thursday. this weeks theme is no designer papers, you can see the design teams cards here. To be honest I found this q of quite an easy challenge because I just love my cuttlebug!!! Oh and its also the first Xmas card I've made this year. I've tidying out my craft stuff and I got a lot of inspiration from it. The image is a forever friends one (that I think came free with the do crafts magazine last year!!) I have embossed the background with the sledging embossing folder from Cuttlebug. I hope that you like it :)

Totally papercrafts challenge

2010-05-31T17:53:00.003+01:00

Yet another challenge card today :) This weeks totally papercrafts challenge is monochrome - check out the DT cards here . I love monochrome, i think that black and white is so effective and can work so well on mens cards.

The image is a stamped image from a pack of tamps that I bought from QVC. I love the images from this kit because they stamp so well and look great black and white but also coloured. I like the simplicity of this card and I'm really pleased with how it turned out.

Papertake Challenge

2010-05-31T16:59:00.003+01:00

this weeks challenge on the Papertake challenge blog is a sketch. I have never followed a sketch before but I thought I would try. I did struggle with it but I'm glad that I persevered.

The image is a Forever Friends stamped in black Versacolor and coloured with my watercolour pencils, layered on embossed Bazzill cardstock. Th lettering was cut from white holographic paper from a cuttlebug die.
(sorry about the photo I'm not sure what I did to it!!)

Mum's Birthday

2010-05-30T15:39:00.004+01:00

Happy Birthday to my mum today (not that shes in the country she's sunning herself in Crete as she texted me this morning my dad had treated her to a champange breakfast!) Anyway the reason why I'm telling you this is that I have finally finished her card. It was a real struggle my craftng inspiration has gone this week even though I've been doing a lot of blog hopping (and lots of craft shopping too!!) But anyway mum likes really sinple cards but this one I think is very effective. Let me know what you think :)

The wooden butterfly embelishment came from my local craft shop which I have coloured with permanent markers, the pink embossed card is Bazzill basics in Chandler, the alphabet stickers are from a kit I bought from QVC years ago (when I remember who makes them I will let you know) and the black glitter card is from Woolies (as I have mentioned in a few of my posts).

Sweet Saturday Candy

2010-05-29T07:40:00.002+01:00

Over on Debbie's Passion for Crafts blog she is giving away Penny Black "Toadiliy" clear stamp set. Check it out here

at last!!!!

2010-05-29T07:26:00.003+01:00

I've been without internet for almost a month!! (don't get me started on Virgin media!!!!!) and I have been getting major withdrawl symptoms. Anyway I have it back now and I'm on a blog hop today to do some more challenges so there should be a few cards this weekend (3 days off this weekend cos of the bank holiday!)

cute card thursday!!

2010-04-29T09:45:00.004+01:00

I made this card this morning for the cute card thursday challenge blog. The theme this week is "Make Your Own," in which you need to make something yourself. I made the background from a florish stamp from papermania and the image (which I love and have bought several times!!) is from Dufex decoupage. I'm actually quite please with it :) I hope you like it too.

Allsorts Challenge blog

2010-04-28T20:19:00.004+01:00

my inspiration has gone this week so I thought I would do a bit of blog hopping to see what challenges I could find, its been a while since I did this and I'm so glad that I did. I found the allsorts challenge blog and the theme this week is "Be Inspired." The DT gave you a photo of the most gorgeous butterfly bracelet and use this as your inspiration. I loved it and I hope that you like what I've come up.

Allsorts challenge - Be Inspired

Another post today!!

2010-04-18T11:56:00.009+01:00

Well I haven't posted anything for ages and I've got 2 on the same day. I've been trying to sort out some files on the computer so thought I would move some of my pictures to my blog :)

I bought these stamps from QVC and I love them. There were 5 foam stamps in the set and you will see these a lot over the next few weeks. They have totally encouraged me to become more of a stamper just because the images are so gorgeous. I wanted to keep this card as simple as possible because the image is so lovely.

I seem to be making a lot of baby cards recently and I love this image. These cards are simply a bit of matting and layering but I'm pleased with them :)

This Easter card I made for my Gran, the stickers are from Poundland (they are like shaker stickers) with Easter ribbon from my local craft shop and used glitter vellum from a do crafts goody bag.

I love this image, it is from a creative impressions Christmas theme plate. I embossed it with pearlised embossing powder. You cant tell from the image but I've inked the corners of the base card with a pink ink pad - I like using pink, lilac and blue for Christmas cards.

This is die cut decoupage from Kanban, I don't normally die cut decoupage because I like to it watching TV and cutting out the decoupage but I love the images on the sheet with this one. I just think that he is so cute!! I also think that it goes really well with the pearlised base card.

This is another card that I made with the Patchwork Pals kit from QVC. I loved this kit and I may buy it again because I used it loads. The base card is again card I got from Woolies before it closed.

This is the card that I made for my other half for valentines this year. I find it really difficult to make cards for him but I thought that this wasn't too girly!! The hearts and the love image are all papermania foam stamps and finished it off with gold heart peels offs.

This card I made for my other half's best friend who got engaged to his long term girlfriend just before Christmas. I used the same stamp as the valentines card above but I think that it looks totally different. I like the monochrome look but like to add a touch of colour like I have done here with the alphabets which were from a DCVW kit. The glitter paper was some wrapping paper that I had a left over from Christmas.

A quick last minute card for a last minute night out I was invited to. I can't remember where the topper came from but its a cute image.

my goodness!!

2010-04-18T10:03:00.006+01:00

i cant believe its been nearly 2 years since I've been on my blog!! So much has changed and I think that its about time I updated this!!! well i have been busy and I've branched out and started different crafting rather than just cards! I have made some canvases, joined new swaps and challenges on the Craft Swap forum. Also its my birthday next week and I'm getting a cuttle bug!! (I've been wanting one for about 3 years but other things have got in the way) - it arrived on Friday but my other half has put it in the car so I wont play with it while he is a work!! lol . Anyway over the next few days I will be putting up some of my cards and your comments will be appreciated, thanks :)

this Christmas card i made for my brother and his wife for their first Christmas as a married couple. to be honest I'm not sure where the topper or the backing paper came from but I thought that it worked really well together.

A good Scottish Christmas card!! lol! I love this image and the background paper is actually the bag that they put the goodies that I bought the same day in!! I finished it off with some Anita's Christmas ribbon.

this card I made for my friend Fiona, I really struggled with it but at the last minute I remembered about this Forever Friends stamp and combined it with Papermania flowers and ribbon. I was quite please with the final result.

I was asked by someone at work to make a Christmas card for her daughter. The image is from a Patchwork pals TSV kit by QVC, (I don't normally buy these kits but I loved the images so much I couldn't resist.) The base card is glitter card that I bought from Woolies before it went under (i don't know if its just me because I used to work for them but I really miss Woolies) and put glittery vellum over the top. It's so girly I love it!!

this is a really simple thank you card but i think its quiet effective. The background paper is some glittery wrapping paper that I got in an outlet store and just added some white ribbon a butterfly topper and thank you peel off.

Numbers!

2008-07-12T19:44:00.000+01:00

I was asked by someone at work to make an 18th shaker card for her niece and thought that this is great timing as the challenge at My Time to Craft is numbers this week. As with one of my Christmas cards I have cut the card along the pre scored line and reattached it with ribbon (I have decided that I really like the effect that this gives!) The backround paper is from personal impressions and I added self adhesive gems for the 18! I hope this is what she is looking for (she did ask for girly!!!)

Another Christmas Card

2008-07-01T12:13:00.000+01:00

Another Christmas card for you. I got the idea for this card while flicking through an old magazine while waiting in the doctors surgery. I chopped up a 5x5 card blank and reattached it at the top with ribbon and covered it with last years American Crafts Xmas paper (I cant remember the name of it though I'm afraid!) Then used a piece of round chipboard and covered it in some brown pearlised paper and drew the icing, the berries and the leaves freehand. I really think that its a fun Xmas card and I will be making more like this! I think that I will enter it into the Artistic Stamper blog challenge, which is Christmas in July!

ATC Challenge

2008-07-01T12:06:00.000+01:00

This week I was asked by Shazzapat to set the theme for Florries ATC challenge. I thought that I would think of something a bit different for this weeks challenge so after some thought I decided on a "2 colour challenge" with no black or white. I love this paper from the oriental dovecraft theme and thought that the ribbon and the chipboard toppers looked great with it. (My colours are obviously purple and green!)

2008-06-25T12:03:00.000+01:00

I'm trying to build up my card stock at the moment and its taken a while because I lost my crafting inspiration for a while! I think that I've got it back now though! I would really appriciate any feedback! Thanks xx

I think that this is my favourite one! The image is from a Laura Ashley paper that I decoupaged! I just love the Laura Ashley stuff! I'm not really sure where I got the background paper from but I thought that it really went well with the image!

Christmas Cards!!!

2008-06-25T11:59:00.000+01:00

Yeah I know what your thinking but I came accross my Christmas craft stuff when doing a bit of a tidy up and thought why not! I do love making Christmas Cards! Seeing as its exactly 6 months until Christmas I thought that instead of rushing about at the last minute as usual I would start early! All feedback greatly received! (there are more to come!)

Florries ATC Challenge

2008-06-25T11:56:00.000+01:00

Florries ATC challenge this week was set by Shazzapat and the theme is "Mellow Yellow." I just love yellow so I knew that I had to enter! I thought that I would make it a bit of a summertime theme too with the bugs and butterflies on it!

Buttons and Beads

2008-06-05T11:01:00.001+01:00

The theme on Funky Fairy Challenge blog is 'Buttons and Brads," which as usual is a great theme. I know loads of people that are pregnant at the moment so I thought I would make a baby card this week. The papers and stickers are from my local poundland, the buttons are papermania. I'm not sure where I got the image from but I think that it really suits this card. I hope that you like it!

Eyelets and Brads

2008-06-04T12:53:00.001+01:00

The challenge on My Time To Craft Challenge blog this week is "Eyelets and Brads." Well seeing as I am still playing with my crop a dile and everything has eyelets in it at the moment! I am trying to build up my card stock at the monent and this is a card I made yesterday. I made the topper a while ago and the backround paper is from Lakeland and it is finished off with some ribbon and a greeting from Redicut. Thanks for looking :)

2008-05-11T21:01:00.000+01:00

This is my first go at the front cover for our envelope book! Other members of 7th Heaven (and anyone else!!) I would love to know what you think!

3 Challenges

2008-05-09T06:07:00.000+01:00

First of all I would like to thank you all for all of your lovely comments. It really is nice to get some feedback from fellow crafters. Todays entry is all about challenge blogs - I have entered 3! I am really loving having to do something different and thinking outside my normal crafting abilities.

This card was made for the Scrummy Stash Cafe challenge blog. The challenge this week was "Something Different." No normal shaped cards or scrapbook layouts allowed!!!! So seeing as I had a 40th birthday card to make for someone on Crafting Corner Forum I thought that I would incorporate this. The picture doesnt really show the card vary well though.

This is my very first go at a scrapbook page. I love this photo of my mum and stapdad at their wedding with all of mum's side of the family. I wanted to keep it really simple because really the photo and the title say it all. Eventually I am going to make mum a scrapbook of the family (hopefully before she decides to move to Crete!) As I have used just a small bit of ribbon on this (I usually use more!) I thought that I would enter it into the "My Time To Craft Challenge" which is ribbons this week.
Finally (for today anyway!) the "Funky Fairys Challenge Blog" this week the challenge is "going Dotty." I ordered a crop a dile and recieved it yesterday (I know I'm probably the last crafter in the country to get one!) so I used it on this ATC. I think that the paper is from Papermania and so is the paper flower.

New Envelope!

2008-05-07T19:26:00.000+01:00

I decided that I didn't like my envelope for the CSF 2nd birthday so I remade it. I feel better about it this time. The stamped images are from a stamp that I recently bought from my local craft shop and its my new favourite stamp! (Everytime I buy a new one it seems to be my favourite though!!) The epoxy stickers I bought from my local poundland! (bargain!!!!) I hope that you like it!

Geomatric ATC

2008-05-06T19:59:00.000+01:00

This weeks ATC challenge on Craft Swap is Geometric Shapes! I actually found this quite difficult until I remembered that I had this paper and found this sheet of peel offs too! I decoupaged some of the shapes on the paper :)

An exploding box (sort of!!)

2008-05-04T17:33:00.000+01:00

Hi everyone thanks for all of your lovely comments :) its really nice to get some feedback!

Yesterday I did a variation on an exploding box. Its a template that I got from The Scrapbook Lounge (http://sbl.tvweekly.com/player.php?ee6957ec2ef4ba9b864fd2693439ce45x1378) Its called a "surprise box." I made it for a very good friend of mine who is 50 today! I wasn't sure how this would turn out because all of my other goes at doing exploding boxes failed (I'm not really sure why though!) however I am really pleased with this one! I'm going to enter it into the Arty Girlz blog challenge this week as it has an open theme :)

Birthday Cards

2008-04-30T22:30:00.000+01:00

I have a lot of birthdays coming up and I just made them all tonight (I got some inspiration!) I hope that you like them :)

This papernation decoupage works well for any occasion - as I've said before I just love it! I just finished this card off with some sticky ribbon and a greeting :)
This card is for a very close friend of mine who is turning 50 this weekend. This defux decoupage is so cute! This paper is actually a Xmas paper that I had left (its double sided) and I finished it off with ribbon and a peel-off. I hope that she likes it!
As you can probably tell I'm liking decoupage at the moment. This is an image that I won from Nikki's blog candy a couple of weeks ago with the same paper that I used on the card above.
Finally (for today anyway!) I just love these hegdgehogs! They look like they ate having so much fun!!

Puddles and Rainbows

2008-04-30T22:20:00.000+01:00

I was asked by a really good forum friend, Jane, to set the theme for the Florrie ATC challenge for this week. I thought of "puddles and rainbows" to hopefully see the end of the April showers. I thought that I would use rainbow colours for mine.

Tutti - Frutti

2008-04-22T09:40:00.000+01:00

This ATC is for the "My Time To Craft Challenge" this week. The theme this week is Tutti Frutti. I love the flower stickers and I thought that the spotty paper went really well with them.

I have been tagged

2008-04-20T18:17:00.000+01:00

I have been tagged by a great friend Rachel (http://rachelpcraftyideas.blogspot.com/). This means that I have to tell you all 7 random facts about me!

1. I am a qualified guide leader (even though I haven't been involved in a while)

2. I am really scared of heights but love flying!

3. I'm such a girly girl! Anything with pink, butterflies, etc on it I love! (anyone who has had a card or ATC from me will know that tho!)

4. I would love to visit New York (I will get there eventually!)

5. I have been cardmaking on and off for the last 3 years! I started because I couldnt find a decent card for my boyfriends 21st (they were all really girly!!) However since then I havent had a penny to my name due to all of the gorgeous stuff that I just need to have!!!!

6. I have been with my boyfriend Gary for just over 5 years and all he gets asked is when we are getting married!!! (I don't get asked that tho!)

7. And finally.......... I love loads of American TV shows! Two and a Half Men, Greys Anatomy, House, Brothers and Sisters, Friends, Desperate Housewives etc. Oh and I can't wait for the Sex and the City Movie!!!!

Now I have to Tag 5 people!

They are:

ItalianAnna
Tessmatt
Frantastic
Galoo
Patsy

L xx

Two new cards!

2008-04-18T21:12:00.000+01:00

My pal asked me to make a card for her boyfriends' granny's 80th! I really struggled with it but I found this yellow rose dufex decoupage and remembered I had this yellow rose wrapping paper too :) It turned out much better than I thought it would!
This card is acutally part of the challenge for the Funky Fairy's challenge blog this week which is stars and stripes! I love this paper! The image I won as part of a blog candy prize from nikkiscardsandnews.blogspot.com. This card is a congratulations on your promotion card too!

Sunday 13th April

2008-04-13T20:48:00.000+01:00

Hi everyone,

tonight I have managed to start my Craft Swap Forum birthday challenge. The forum celebrates its 2nd birthday this week and to mark this occasion we are making pages for an envelope book. These books will be auctioned off to raise money for the forum charity (the Lymphoma Association). Each team will be made up of six people who all have to make an envelope and an insert each to a specific theme. Our team is called Seventh Heaven and our theme is "Bugs and Critters"

Anyway I have started mine and I like it but I'm not too sure about the black envelope (but I do love the paper!) You can really see in this photo but it is textured and has embossed flowers on it. Let me know what you think :)

Front of envelope

Back of envelope

Sunday 6th April

2008-04-06T21:07:00.001+01:00

Hi everyone, I just wanted to say thanks to you all for looking at my blog :) Just a few cards on here today - I've been so busy this week and havent really had time to craft. I'm attempting to make an exploding box at the moment but its really not happening.

These 2 cards were quick birthday ones for a list that I'm on. They are from a kit that I got from Lakeland. I've not had much time to craft lately and these were a quick fix! (I dont normally use kits but sometimes you just need to!)

I just love this bear image! I'm not really sure where I got it from but I love him! This card is for a friend of mine whose birthday is really soon. To finish it off I just added some pink holographic peel offs and a big bow. I hope that she likes him too!
Finally for today the above card is for the "Time to Craft" challenge blog! Its the first time that I have entered this challenge and the title is "Furry Friends." The image is decoupaged and the backround I printed off from scrapbookscrapbook.com. The doggy just looks so sad so I needed to use him!

Wednesday 26th March

2008-03-26T21:08:00.000Z

This is my second attempt at a Fat Book page for a RAK that I entered on Crafting Corner. I enjoyed this one much more than the previous one that I made. I just love these butterfly peel offs. I hope that the person who gets it likes it too.

I love papernation decoupage. The images are so cute and they go so well with this dovecraft papers (that I got half price from Artymiss!!!) I've never really thought that ripped paper looked that good when I did it (I like neat lines on my cards) but I really like the effect on these. I'm really pleased with them but I like them that much that I really don't want to send them to anyone!

Monday 24th March

2008-03-25T00:52:00.000Z

Not done any crafting today but thought that I would let you see pics of my gorgeous niece and nephews (can you tell that I'm a really proud auntie!!!)

Sunday 23rd March

2008-03-23T21:55:00.000Z

First of all Happy Easter everyone. I hope that you are all feeling ok after eating all of that chocolate!!!

I've finally put the software on the computer for my camera so I've got a load of photos to catch up on. As most of you know I was MIA for a few months at the end of last year and the beginning of this one so I am trying to catch up on all of the lists that I am on (if you havent had your ATC/card from me yet bear with me I am getting there!!!)

This card was made for my OH Gary for Valentine's day. Very simple peel offs with red card under them. I actually really like this card - I find it so hard to make cards for Gary (or other male cards TBH)

Another simple but effective card. I just love these black and white cardstock stickers - I'm not sure who makes them so if anyone could let me know I would be really grateful!

Some of my catch up ATCs and cards :)

this card was made for someone from my work who was leaving - as I said before I'm not the best at mens cards so this one is just downloaded decoupage from the net with matching background papers.

this ATC was made as very first go at a challenge on Craft Swap Forum. The theme was friendship and flowers so I thought that I would decoupage some flowers and found a vellum "best friend" sticker and tied a bow to finish. (those of you who know my know how much I like my ribbon!!!)

Finally this is my first attempt at a fat book page. I'm not sure how much I enjoyed it but I hope that the person who recieves it, likes it!

Wednesday 5th March

2008-03-05T14:47:00.000Z

Well here I am, I've finally caught up with everyone else and made myself a blog!!!!! (Can you tell I have this week off work!) Anyway I will try and keep on top of it (easier said than done!) and I hope that you like it. Once I have installed the drivers for my phone camera I will put some photos of the cards that I have done recently. Oh and if anyone is going to the SECC craft show on Saturday I hope to see you there.

Speak soon
Laura