Birthday Candy

Sorry I’ve not posted for a while, been away on holiday, had a fabulous time cruising up the Nile in Egypt and visit all the temples and monuments en-route, but now I can’t wait to get inky again!

Today I don’t have anything to show you ... instead I’ve decided to give away some candy … because it is my birthday. But first of all, lI have to say a huge  THANK YOU to all of you who sent me cards!!  That was SO nice of you! 

I’m going to make you work for the candy ... here are the rules:

Create a project using punches or dies. BE CREATIVE!  Photograph your project and post it on your blog or any other gallery you have for your photos, then share the links here in the comment section under this post.  I can’t WAIT to see what you do. 

I will showcase the winner and the projects that most inspired me when we are through! 

The winners will be chosen at random. 

You have until Saturday 28th May at midnight to post your links.  That is when I will choose a winner! 

Are you up for the challenge?  I really cannot WAIT to see what you create! 

Here is what you will be playing for:

I have two prizes up for grabs, you get to choose, please state which you prefer in the comments section, either

1)   

2)

I’ll also add a few other bits that I haven’t photographed – but will be a surprise :O)

Happy Crafting

Easter Thank You’s.

A few Easter Thank You’s

I try to make a monthly card/gift as thank you’s throughout the month – this is this months :O)

 

Stamps: Curly Cute
Cardstock: Baja breeze
DSP: Nursery Suite Speciality 
Mediums-  soft suede
Embellishments:  certainly celery satin ribbon,
Tools – Big shot and Labels spellbinder die

I made loads of these and have given/sent out a load already, this is the remainder – I may have to make up some more ...

Any excuse to get into the craft room, although with the ‘summer’ weather we’ve been having I should be in the garden building up a tan ready for my holidays :O)

Old and New.

Well not quite so old ... hubby and I celebrated our wedding anniversary this week. I managed a few minutes, literally a few minutes in the craft room alone and created this card for him.

It turned out totally different to how I envisaged it because he kept coming in while I was trying to make it – he was supposed to be out working according to the calendar!!!  I was having to keep hiding it and the components with each of his visits every 5-10 minutes.  In the end it turned out a much simpler card than I wanted to make him.  Its the thought that counts ...

And the new:

Another nappy cake, I really love making these, I especially love how this one turned out, despite rolling 3 lots of nappies (that’s approx 192 nappies!) – Why has pampers changed the colour of most of their nappies to aqua?  I eventually found WHITE nappies – they’re becoming a rare commodity – I recommend Pampers Simply Dry to anyone else in the UK who has encountered the same problem. 

More cards to come later in the week

Lap of Luxury.

Another ‘big’ number card, I love making these cards and I know the personalised ones are appreciated.

Stamps: Broadsheet Alphabet
Cardstock: Concord Crush
DSP: Lap of Luxury
Mediums- Concord Crush
Embellishments: Colour coordinated embroidery floss, Royal velvet luxe satin ribbon, basic pearls
Tools – Mat pack and paper piercer, Banner Builder dies, By the Numbers Collection (5 & 0) dies, MS butterfly punch, paper snips, dimensionals

Love those butterflies inside, I think I’ve added them to every card I’ve made lately.

Butterfly CASE

I haven’t been around for a while, I have excuses galore but the biggest being family illness and working full-time. That just doesn’t leave much time for crafting and getting inky :(  But when I do want to craft, why is it I can’t find my mojo?  I had cards galore to make, no mojo, not much time, but plenty of inspiration ...

I remembered this card created by Teneale Williams, in fact its been in the back of my mind for ages, ever since I saw it while blog hopping a few weeks ago.  I knew I had to CASE it

There wasn’t much I didn’t copy to be honest, the only things I changed were the colours, DSP and I added a sentiment.  The design is pure Teneale – isn’t it gorgeous ... and now I’m going to be really honest, I made FOUR of these babies, once I started I couldn’t stop!

Then I took it a step further, and made another four! But this time in A6 rather than A5, so a little smaller

I’ve only pictured six, because two have already gone out ...

Lime Doodle CASE

So I was blog hopping the other evening, came across Debby’s blog, I’ve had Debby’s blog as a favourite for a while, her style is really clean and simple but soooo stylish, I just love her cards.  I saw these and just HAD to CASE them

I didn’t change much, I had to keep those beautiful rounded off squares, but I did change the colours, still used a flower and button, just slightly different :O)

Stamps:  Mat stack 2 collection
Cardstock: Stampers select white, elegant eggplant, perfect plum, pale plum, Orchid opulence
DSP: Lap of luxury
Mediums- perfect plum
Embellishments: plum pudding buttons, clear rhinestones
Tools – Circle punch, Corner edger punch, Scalloped border, paper snips, glue dots, dimensionals

In fact I enjoyed making this one so much, I got a little carried away and made a few more ...

I can see me creating these in several colour combinations :O)

PTI Paper Piecing

Its been a while, but I managed to find some time to create a ‘piece’ to enter both the the Passion for Papertrey and Papertrey Playhouse challenges ;O)

Stamps: Flower Fusion #1
Cardstock: Stampers select white, Melon Mambo, Aqua Mist
DSP: Raspberry Fizz Mix, Green Tea Leaves,
Mediums- Versamark, New Leaf
Embellishments: Raspberry Fizz satin ribbon, clear rhinestones coloured with copic marker
Tools – Medium Scalloped border, flower fusion #1 dies, paper snips, dimensionals

I’ve managed to dedicate the whole morning to crafting, but have to go out visiting later this afternoon, but I’m happy with all I’ve created so far :O)

Blog Candy Winner

Quick post to announce the winner of the PTI card candy I made for the shoe box swap meet last week.  The draw was made very scientifically ... I asked DH to choose a letter from the alphabet, he chose ... K

So that makes the winner Kara :O)

Kara,  send me your full postal address and I’ll pop the candy in the post Monday morning.

 

I have been busy, but once again not much I can post :( 

Back tomorrow with something I can post!

Dx

Blog & Swap candy

This is the card candy I took with me yesterday, one set for each of the ladies that attended.

Stamps: Banner Builder, Mat Stack 3 collection, Mat stack 2 collection, Tiny Treats: Birthday, Round and round, alphabet from stash
Cardstock: Sweet blush, Pretty in pink, Certainly celery, Fine linen
Mediums- Certainly celery, pretty in pink, , certainly celery, bordering blue
Embellishments: Fine linen luxe satin ribbon, sweet blush buttons, Basci rhinestones, Colour coordinated embroidery floss
Tools – Banner Builder dies, Limitless layers:1-1/8 circle die, Mat stack 2 die, Mat Stack 5 die, 3/4 circle punch, dimensionals & glue dots

Not the best of pictures I’m afraid, but I do have some closer shots

   

Do you want an even closer look? I made a few extra sets ... One for me to use and one to give away on here as blog candy, all you have to do to get a set is leave a comment.

The winner will be chosen at random.  You have until Friday at midnight to post your comment.  That is when I will choose a winner!

Shoebox swap project

One of the few projects I’ve been prepping and unable to show previously is a shoebox swap I’m attending today.  This is my project, its a simple one because there are 16 projects to get through in a reasonably short timescale.

Instructions for the 4 ladies who are completing their projects from home and unable to attend in person

1. Cut an aperture using the largest nestability from labels one in the centre of one half of the Kraft cardstock (cardstock has been pre-cut to 12.5cm x 25cm and pre-scored)
2. Pierce all round the aperture using a mat stack and paper piercer
3. Stamp up the large white piece of cardstock using the YOF: Mums stamp set (I used Old Olive, Ruby Red and Melon Mambo)
4. Stamp a sentiment onto the centre of the smaller white piece of cardstock using a coordinating colour medium
5. Adhere the small white cardstock to the terracotta tile cardstock.
6. Adhere item 5. behind the aperture as shown in the picture using dimensionals.
7. Adhere the stamped up large white cardstock behind the aperture using dimensionals.
8. Stamp up each of the flowers using Dot Spot (I used a versamark pad)
9. Adhere the the smaller flower onto the larger using a glue dot or other sticking medium.
10. Cut Vs into the ends of the ribbon, fold into a V and adhere to the back of the flowers using glue dots
11. Thread up the buttons using either twine or colour coordinated floss
12. Adhere one of the buttons to the flowers using a glue dot
13. Adhere the flowers to the card as shown in the picture using a dimonsional
14. Adhere the 2 remaining buttons to the card as shown in the picture using glue dots.

That should be it, finished :O)

If you come back tomorrow you’ll get a closer look at the card candy I made for the swap with the other ladies

All that is:

252 die cuts
108 punches
432 stamped impressions
108 diamontes
36 buttons
1 reel of ribbon
1 skein of floss