Marry Me

Hi there, hope your all keeping well, I have been having a few problems with my computer lately, spilled coffee argh, so it now has a life of its own, I'm just praying i get through this post lol. This is a card I've made with the 'Marry Me' stamp set from the new spring mini catalogue, I love this stamp set, so romantic, check out what stamps you get in the set by clicking here. The colour combo I've used is Party Pool and Crumb Cake, a beautiful combination, the decorative label punch coordinates with this set giving the sentiment a gorgeous scroll border. 

Tissue Box Cover

Hi Peeps, happy new year to you all, life is only just getting back to normal for me after the Christmas period, I have been crafting like crazy throughout but haven,t found the time to post. So here I am with a little tissue box cover that i made way back in December, seems a long time ago now. I have used the gorgeous Mocha Morning speciality papers again as they are my absolute favourite papers at the moment and the little stamp which I layered up is called Triple Treat Flower, all from Stampin Up of course, this little stamp is sold on its own  and the fancy flowers, 5 petal flower and 1/2 circle punch co ordinate with  it perfectly, so no cutting out at all, quick and easy. The cardstock and ribbon are both Crumb Cake colour which are the perfect match for these papers. To find out how to make a tissue box cover there are a few tutorials on you tube, have a go they really transform boring old tissue boxes. 

Christmas Candle Table Display

Hi Crafters, Just wanted to pop on some pics of my Christmas table centrepiece, now its not completely finished yet as I have to add some greenery around the bottom but I will be leaving that until the 23rd of December to keep it nice and fresh so I will take another picture of my centrepiece when it is complete. I made this using bits and bobs I had around the house, things all us crafters gather up, dried flowers, Christmas decorations, twine, string, ribbon and a little wooden heart I found in my stash which i distressed and stamped onto. How are your Christmas preparations coming along? I still have loads of shopping to do but I always get there in the end. Happy Crafting. x

Mocha Morning Christmas

Hi Crafters, I’m sorry Its been a while from I’ve posted on my blog and thank you to those of you who have e mailed me to see if I’m still alive, the thing is I had been sent on a secret mission to the north pole to help out Santa lol, no truthfully I have been up to my ears in different projects that something had to give for a while and that had to be my blog. I have been crafting like crazy and have all the photo’s on my camera so over the next few days I will get them posted up, I also have a number of other crafty items I’ve been working on as its Christmas the crafting doesn’t just stop with cards, I’ve been making candles, cushion s, blankets, bags and tags etc some of the projects are still in the making but I’ll share them with you when I have them finished.

 

So what do you think of my Mocha Morning Christmas cards, far from the traditional Christmas colours but I Love these Mocha Morning Designer Papers from Stampin Up, they are so luxurious. Here’s some more:

and more…

a little close up …

And here is my little Reindeer covered in Dazzling Diamonds….

And to finish this post a little gift card.

Here are the products I’ve used on my cards:

Stamps ~ Dasher. Tree Trimmings.

Cardstock ~ Basic Black. Crumb Cake.

Ribbon ~ Crumb Cake Seam Binding.

Designer Paper ~ Mocha Morning Speciality.

Butterflies

I have a new favorite colour, Sage Shadow and I don't think I've used it much before, isn't that strange but now I've discovered it I'm sure you'll be seeing a lot of it lol. I've already picked out my speciality designer series paper to go with it, P74 of the catalogue, order will be put in tonight. Anyway, this is a little card I've made for my sister's birthday its using the Flight of the Butterfly stamp set and the co ordinating punch. (Check out this months promotion for a special deal)

My colour combination is Sage Shadow, Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa and Very Vanilla, Mmmm the very names make me think of chocolate . I have used the eyelet border punch on the Sage Shadow and if you look closely you will see that  I have embossed parallel lines where my ribbon is going to be, I just think it looks neater and gives a more professional feel, this can be done with any scoring board or paper trimmer. I've finished the card by tying a nice knot of Very Vanilla Grosgrain Ribbon, you don't have to be good at bow's as a knot looks just as good to me. I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Charisma Cardz ~ Butterflies

Colour Create Challenge ~ Mint, Chocolate and Cream

Cute Card Thursday ~ Celebrations

Scallop Circle Flower

Hi, I've a little quickie card to show you today, that quick the crystal effects aren't even dry yet lol but I couldn't wait to try out Monica's flower, here is a link to her tutorial. All you need is a stampin up scallop circle punch and some cardstock, I've also added a rhinestone brad to mine but a button etc would suffice. The sentiment and stamped flower are from the One of a Kind stamp set and as you can see I've used crystal effects and dazzling diamonds on the centre of the stamped image (they are dry now and look far better lol) Cardstock~ Brocade Blue, Night of Navy and Very Vanilla.
I am entering this card into the following challenge
Crafty Creation~ One Colour

Star Book

I'm back again, like a bus you wait for ages for one then you get two at once, so this is my second post of the day. I wanted to show you a little star book I made, I love these books and they are perfect to use as little scrap books for those special occasions such as birthdays, births, weddings etc. I am using this one to take with me to my workshops, I have stamped some images from the catalogue and wrote the name of the stamp, cardstock, punches used etc on the opposite page.  Ok, I've taken a few photo's during the making of my star book to hopefully help you construct one of your own BUT to be honest there are far better tutorials on other blogs, you tube etc. this is a very brief version.

First you want to cut 7 pieces of card 12 x 4 inches, 7 pieces 10 x 4 inches and 7 pieces 8 x 4 inches then fold them all in half. (Cardstock colour is Really Rust, Pumpkin Pie and Summer Sun)

Now you want to take a piece of each size of the card and stick them together at the edges as shown above.

Do this with all the cardstock and you should have 7 of these points.

Now stick each of these points to each other but  remember leave it so it can open like a book, you don't want stick the last two pieces together.

This is how it should look when it is closed.

Cut two pieces of chipboard/strong card at 12 x4 and cover these with designer paper. Take a metre of ribbon and fold this over the front and back of your book, now stick your front and back cover onto your book securing the ribbon at the same time.

Now decorate.

As you can see I have also edged each of the pages using cardstock and my eyelet border punch, oh and this is my book hanging on the wall lol.

Hope you understand my instructions, remember there is always you tube lol.

I am entering this into the following challenge,

Cute Card Thursday~ Lucky Green