News to share

Hello my friends, I have some sad news to share that after nearly two years I have decided to stand down from Carley Duff's Cameo and Creata design teams, I have not took this decision lightly and loved being apart of such lovely team and the wonderful Carley Duff for giving me the fabulous opportunity in first place. 

I would like to wish Carley, Tracy, Michelle and Tina the very best of look for the future and we all remain friends, which I love as those guys have been amazing.

A few things have happen recently that as made me re-evaluate my crafting life, and will be getting back into my crafting and bring you more ideas and posts for 2015 on this blog. So be sure to follow me, by signing up with the followers button on right hand side of this blog.

Bigs Hugs and Crafty Smiles

xxxxxx

   

A Thank you gift

Well my posts of late seem to be coming fast and furious or like buses, waiting ages for bus and three turn up all at once. 

Well my mum asked me, could I make Thank you card and little thank you gift.. So I set out on making a gift box using The Boxer board with the fabulous card from Active paper who have eBay store - Click here for Active paper link

The handmade soaps and bath bomb fizzes were purchased from local market, but it as inspired me to give handmade soaps a try, so when I do get round to making some I will do a blog post on here..

I do love a Thank You card and gift and think we should send more as I find we don't seem to do it as offer as we should really.. What with our busy life's but its lovely to such someone you really appreciate them. 

Items used - Active paper on eBay - Couture creations embossing folders, Lifestyle crafts embossing folders, Ribbon, Card stock from The Works, Martha Stewart border punch, Docrafts Rubber Stamp, Spellbinders dies, Sequins,

Until next time keep crafting and smiling 

Big Hugs

Hooray!! CREATA is back on our screens

Yes you have heard right that CREATA is back on our screens...Its been far too long since we have had our crafty army leader back on our screens but Carley Duff is back..

Create and Craft Channel (UK) Saturday 6th December 2014 11am - set your clocks and recorders ready.. Its going to be a-maz-ing!! 

Some of my samples for the fore coming shows

So hope you can join us and watch the show on Saturday, as CREATA have some amazing products on the market and lots of inspiration of course.

Bye for now and keep crafting and smiling

Back to Basics

I had to make couple of Thank you cards but didn't have a lot of time to get them done, so I decided to set myself my own challenge for change and go Back to Basics, creating my own background paper using stamping and rubber stamps - Which I have not done in ages...rather naughty I know!! but its something I've not done for many years. But I have re discovered my stamping bug now..so hoping to bring you more stamping samples soon. 

Also when I first started crafting I always used Peel Offs, but I am trying to start campaign to get crafters using Peel offs again as they seem to have gone out of crafty fashion these days. Which is sad as I love peel offs and they are good value and you can get them for next to nothing. With be being on budget these days like most people are, we all need to find crafty treats that fit around our budgets..

I love crafting on budget as I feel you don't have to keep spending lots of money on craft stuff when you can hunt out deals online, auction sites and local stores. You just have be a bit of thrifty crafter and think how you can craft on budget.

Items used for these cards are - C-ART-US embossing folder - Paperchase adhesive dots - Docrafts Papermania Free stamps from their magazine - Various Peel Offs - Forever Friends The Good Life Clear Stamps for the background wording - Pink and Red card by The works - Papermania adhesive gems - Purple,Orange and Light orange card DCWV - Martha Stewart Border punch and inked with Paintbox Pigment ink 

Thank you ever so much for visiting my blog today, please leave comment so I know you have been by..

Keep crafting and smiling until next time..Bye Bye

Blustery days

The nights are drawing in now and you can feel that nip in air most evenings, showing signs of Mr Winter arriving soon, Yes its time to get all your lovely cosy warm clothes out wardrobe and put the heating on again. Plus I always say its excuse for Hot Chocolate drink and or chocolate bar too. Yum!!

I have been crafting quite a lot of late with design team samples and will be sharing my work on here shortly but in the mean time I will show you card that was designed for Crafters Companion Facebook Challenge - Click here for that challenge.

This month's theme is Christmas or Winter, So I went down the winter route as we don't do Christmas really, we prefer to have lovely meal and couple box-sets to watch then swapping gifts, its  spending the holidays with family which most important of all than needing gifts.

Using the colours from the topper to inspire myself with the right colour theme, Its card that's a little  different to my normal card style, as I am trying to push myself to try new things. 

6 x 5 Card blank - I really love this size for friends and family cards.

Crafters Companion items used are - Topper printed on Crafters Companion Solar white neenah card-stock - Topper Image from Humphrey's Corner Everyday CD ROM and the Boxer board to create the fold to make the card.

Other items used - Lifestyle classic embossing folders - Printed Background strip from DCWV - Sequins from The works - Glitter card both white and blue from Quality save - Inked edges using Colour box chalk inks - Orange/red card from DCWV - Pale blue card from The works - Blue card stock from  Pound world - Mirror card from the The works. 

Topper was cut by using the Silhouette cameo software via print and cut and used my own design frame die to cut a frame around the topper and also created two offsets, plus the swirls were cut on silhouette cameo and purchase through the silhouette store.

I hope you have enjoyed your visit today to my crafty world and would love you to leave comment so I know you have enjoyed your visit.

I will be back soon with those samples and some information on some TV shows coming soon.

Bye for now - Keep crafting and smiling. 

Other challenges this be enter into -

Crafty Calender Challenge

sisters of craft

Polkadoodles challenge

Bows and Buttons!!

Howdy all!! by Joe is been ages since I have lasted share a post with you, but with one thing and another I just haven't add the chance. So I thought I would get cracking and get some lovely samples done to show my loyal followers..Speaking of followers - please do follow my blog using the "join the site" button on the left of my blog post.. I would love to have some more followers. 

This card I designed for two reasons one for a challenge and the other for special little boy who is one in December. The little boy in question is Sara Davies (Crafters Companion) little boy who will be one on his fore coming birthday!! so I will be sending this to CC HQ shortly so she as it before December..ready for his special birthday.

October's challenge at Crafters Companion Facebook Challenge is Bows and Buttons..

Click Here

Items used by Crafters Companion are - Die'sire Embossalicious Embossing folder ~ Happy Birthday / Stamp image by Crafters companion Toread rubber stamp - Just for you stamp from Bebunni ~ It's my birthday. Neenah solar white digital card.

Spectrum noir alcohol pen colours are -

Skin - TN2 - FS2 - FS3

Cheeks - PP1 -FS2

Hair - TH7 - TN8 - EB8

Stick - BT1 - BT2 - BT4

Clothing - BT6 BT7 - BT9

Other items used - OLIVER was designed and cut using the Silhouette Cameo - Background paper by DCWV - Brown card stock - Pale brown card by Papermill direct - Ribbon and buttons - Spellbinders dies / Number one cut out using Sizzix spaghetti alphabet.

Thank you for visting me today, please leave me comment so I know you have visited me today.

Keep Crafting and Bye for now until next time my crafty friends,

Good news to share

Last week I got to know that I am now apart of CREATA design team run by the very lovely Carley Duff....I was over the moon when I got the news as CREATA as some amazing crafty products and it was real honour to be asked. So thank you very much Carley..Whoop Whoop!!

Carley Duff presents and demo's shows on Create and Craft, so when I hear when the next shows are I will let you all know.

I am so excited and what amazing opportunity.

Thanks for visiting my blog today and hope you can follow my blog for the latest posts and news.

Bye for now.

Here is September and soon will be the start of the Autumn season

Well its September, which I cant believe as it does seem that long ago since we were back in January. Doesn't the years go by so quickly hey!! well I must admit I do love the Autumn, think its that feeling of the change of weather and the fall of the leaves. The need for lovely comfort food such as corned beef hash or lovely chicken pie. Bringing out your cardigans and maybe switching the heating on again. Autumn makes you have that lovely warm feeling inside and the start of brand new season.

Well I decided to use the Autumn for my inspiration for a challenge, Yes its that time of the month where I hunt out some challenges to enter. Over at Crafters Companion Facebook page their theme this month is can you believe is "AUTUMN" (Yay)

This is entry for this month's challenge - find it HERE

Items I used to create this card are - 

Topper is from Crafters Companion Popcorn and Pals CD ROM (UK) cut down using Silhouette Cameo Software.

 Brown card from Papermilldirect - Red, green, golden yellow card -Mirror card from Quality Save - Peel offs - Free Birds card template file from Birds cards and cut using Silhouette Cameo - scallops, mat and layer, leaves cut on Silhouette Cameo. 

Hope you enjoyed viewing my creation today and be sure to follow my blog for the latest news and blog posts. 

Bye for now until next time.