Happy Holidays

Goodevening,
Here is my card for the CPS142. I did stick with soft colors this time. Only the cookie tray had to be red. Hihi. I do actually love the way it has turned out and I'm getting quite addicted to my JustRite stamps and embossing. I just wish I found a way to cut or punch out the 1 5/8" circle. Such an odd size.

Supplies: Marianne Design paper, vintage pink Glimmer Mist, Whiff of Joy, MakingMemories Passport and JustRite stamps, silver embossing powder, Woodware punches, Nestabilities, Copics, white Sakura gel pen, Paperchase ribbon, crystal bling, VersaMagic DewDrop inks.

A close up to let you have a peek at the embossed gros-grain ribbon -I havn't tried that before- and the neat sentiment from JustRite. I have now seen them online in England...

Holly-Jolly Christmas

Hi,
As promised, my next batch of Christmas cards.

Supplies: Clear, gold and holographic embossing powder, stamps: Hero Arts, Woodware, MakingMemories Passport and JustRite, card from craft supply, patterned paper from Sizzix Little Sizzles, ribbon from Paperchase, Xcut courner rounder, Cricut, Cuttlebug Swissdots, Copics, Stickles, Woodware round punch, McGill punch, buttons from John Lewis, Martha stewart punch.

I've stuck to the traditional colors for Christmas. Maybe I'll try something in pastels soon. I can't just stick to one style. I just like pretty things no matter what color or style.

I turned the cardstock into background paper by using clear embossing powder over some flourish stamps.

Seasons Greetings Tags

Hello,
I finally manage to post these tags I 've made. I finished them yesterday, but due to my late shift, I didn't get to uploading them.
I really love this cute little stamp from Hero Arts. I embossed them with holographic powder and colored with Sakura gel pens and Copics.

Supplies: liquid applique, Hero Arts Holly Jolly clear stamps set, Copics, Sakura, Cricut Plantin Schoolbook cartridge, Cuttlebug Swiss emboss folder, Nestabilities, Hero Arts flowers, Making Memories brads, McGill branch punch, Paperchase ribbon, lace from John Lewis, peel-off stickers.

Thanks for visiting. I'll be posting some tag-cards soon, made with the same stamp set, but just another image.

Happy Everything

Hello,
I 've just finished the card I made for the BBTB challenge. I kept it simple without any patterned paper, because I wanted to do more cutting and layering. I was almost going to make it a Christmas card, but held off because was ment to be a bit more spring style - hence the flowers.

I love how it 's turned out. I cut the branch in 4" and robin in 2". The flowers and leaves are 1".

Supplies: 3 shades Tsukineko ink for the robin, DCWV Neutrals and Coordinations Elements cardstock, Martha Stewart punch, clear embossed Hero arts sentiment, Orange and Stardust Stickles, popdots, chalk for the background.

Hope you like it. I 've been looking at all the art work on Regina's blog. Amazing stuff! I do love Michelle Kovack's creation. Great job!

Snowflake card for Friday Sketchers 77

Goodevening,
I did make the challenge card and managed to finish it today. I followed Jacqueline's sketch to make this card with a Crafty Individuals stamp.
As I had already stamped the image in Midnight Blue ink, I decided to stick to a blue and white colorscheme.

Supplies:  Marianne Design paper (blue), white glittered card from DCWV, blue cardstock from Coordinations, Copics, white Sakura gel pen, Papermania adhesive shimmer dots, MakingMemories brad and ribbons, Accent Essentials cartridge for the Cricut, Nestabilities, Fiskars tag punch, Woodware retro words stamp, Xcut corner rounder punch, Anita's 3D-Gloss, Pearl Glimmer Mist.

I wanted to give a close up on the white accents I did on the bird with a gel pen. Unfortunately the picture kept coming up blurry. Maybe it is too shiny for a picture. I tried the macro setting, but that became even worse.

Thanks for stopping by and good night.

Morehead Card and Tag

Hello,
I'm back again after a very busy weekend. When I work a Saturday, I miss out on any crafting time. The Sunday turns out always short of hours. Sigh. Today is my day off and I 'm crafting without a worry in my mind. Well almost...

I made a card and a gift tag to go along. I finally got back into my Morehead stamps. I hadn't inked this one yet. Isn't she cute? And I don't know why, but I prefered my roses yellow and my shoes red. I tried to match the colors with the June Bug paper.

Supplies: Basic Grey paper, Versamagic Dew drops ink, Copics, Nestabilities, MakingMemories delaney flowers and ribbons, Basic Grey brad and button, Plantin Schoolbook cart for the tag.

Hope you love it, I'm on to my next project, something for Friday Sketchers maybe...

CPS140

Goodmorning, The stormy winds and rain from last night have eased off. It truly is autumn now. The weather has inspired the card I made for the CPS challenge.

Supplies: white card from Royal & Langnickel, yellow cardstock from DCWV Neutrals, patterned paper from Basic Grey Mellow, Copics, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Tonic Distresser, Ranger distress ink in Shabby Shutters and Dried Marigold, flowers from Marianne Design, brad from Basic Grey, chipboard heart from American Crafts, green metallic paint from DecoArt, ribbon from stash, eyelets fom MakingMemories.

Thanks for visiting, have a nice day.

Friday Sketchers 76

Goodevening,
I'm playing along with the Friday Sketchers and this is my interpretation of the sketch:

Supplies: Basic Grey Sugared paper, DCWV Neutrals cardstock, Motivet stamp, Tsukineko Gingerbread and Pearlescent Orchid ink, clear embossing powder, flowers by Hero Arts and Prima, Basic Grey brads and fibers, Fiskars oval punch, McGill branch punch, tag cut with Plantin Schoolbook cart, Vintage Pink and Olive Vine Glimmer Mist from Tattered Angels, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Copics.

A close up of the card allows you to see the embossing and shine. Thanks for looking and leave a comment if you like, telling me what you think and I'll come and visit your blog.

Too Cute to Spook

Hello,
I finally managed to upload my project for the BBTB challenge. We had to use the tag feature from the Stretch Your Imagination cart. I used the card function on the tag and made it into a Boo! banner.
Click on the picture to enlarge.

I used a few carts to make this one: Stretch Your Imagination, Doodlecharms, Accent Essentials and Storybook.

Supplies: DCWV Glitter Spring Stack, Papermania cardstock, black card from craft supply, Glitz it Sparkles, wobbly eyes, bling flowers from John Lewis, Prima flowers, orange ribbon from Hobbycraft, fibers from Avec, twine, McGill pine branch punch.

I made a little purple accordeon flower to give some weight to the banner. It is not completely symmetrical, but that doesn't matter to me.

I thinh it turned out really playful. It actually is the first banner I 've ever made. Might try a Christmas one soon. It's so much fun. |Hope you like it and thanks for visiting.

Ol' Nick

Hello,

Oh dear, October is going fast. The leaves are falling quickly now. The forecast for Sunday is stormy winds and pouring rain, so that will be the last of the fall colors. Sigh...

I 've been making 2 similar cards this week. Christmas cards again. I think they have come out really nice.

A lot of effort went into them. 5 layers of card on Ol' Nick. I 've outdone myself.

Supplies: 2 different white card sizes, plain card from craft supply and Papermania, patterned card from My Mind's Eye Signature Christmas bought at The Range, Cricut Christmas Cartridge for Santa, Doodlebug Sugar Coating and Velvet Flock, Copics, Sakura glitter gel pens, Tim Holz Distress ink Tattered Rose and Tea Dye, Vintage Pink Glimmer Mist from Tattered Angels, ribbon from Joy! Crafts, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Liquid Applique from Marvy Uchida.

So chuffed when I found the Apllique in the Market Gallery, they only had 2 bottles. I had seen its usage on Linda's Works of Heart blog and I so wanted to buy it, but couldn't find it in the UK.

Be sure to check out those 2 shops if your after a bargain or something special if you live in the UK. You might not always be lucky, but sometimes it's a deal.

A closer look:

And some detail:

Shimmery shine, I wish you all a merry weekend.

Glittered Baubles

Goodevening,

Hope you had an enjoyable weekend. I just finished another Christmas card. A lot of stamping and cutting came into this one. I was almost going to give up on those fiddly hooks...

Supplies: Basic Grey Wassail paper and stamp set, ink by Tsukineko Brilliance and Versamagic, Copics, Making Memories brad, Glitz It glitter, Cricut Expression and Christmas cart for the sentiment cut in 1", FaLaLa ribbon from Making Memories, olive vine Glimmer Mist, Cuttlebug bubble folder, cream card and snowflake sequin from stash.

Just a close up view of all the glitter. Yum!
Thanks for looking and I wish you all a good week. Last one of October and almost Halloween...

Tea for u - teabag holders

Goodevening,
I like to share my next project with you. I 'm making some gift bags to put little teabags in.

The gift bag is cut with the Cricut Plantin Schoolbook cartridge.

Supplies: Papermania cardstock, K&Co Cut N'Paste paper, JustRite Monogram stampset, Versamagic embossing pad, Artemio gold embossing powder, Paperchase organza ribbon, vintage blue button, 99p store button covered in embossing powder, twine from craft supply, paper distresser.

A close up on the embossed detail. The circles have also been cut with the Cricut, as my punches come in half an inch increments, what would have been to big for the little tag.

6 Reindeer cards

Hello,
I managed to finish these last 3 cards last night, although it was after midnight. I was almost going to give up, because I was too tired. I 'm glad I didn't. Today I 've started somrthing else. I 'm using the Basic Grey bauble stamps from Wassail...

I used Doodlebug Kaleidoscope paper and ribbon from Hobbycraft. All other supplies are the same as before.

On the final card I decided to tie the ribbon. I 'm quite pleased with myself. More Christmas cards for my stash. They'll be going to friends and colleagues. I want to give our patients something too, but I'm not sure if I can have 77 cards ready by Christmas...

Dancer, Prancer and Blitzen

Goodmorning,

I found some time to finish some Christmas cards I started last night.
Thanks to Regina from BBTB, I picked up the Christmas cart from Cricut again. I got it last Christmas togheter with the Expression, but obviously too late to make seasonal cards.
So it is the first time I 'm cutting these cute reindeers.
I also used the A Merry Little Christmas set from JustRite. I found the set in Belgium when I went to pick up my mom. They sell them in Pipoos, but only do the round 1 5/8 " wooden stamper.
Shame, but at least they have them. Can't find them in the UK.

Supplies: DCWV the Christmas Glitter Matstack and Text Prints the Paper Stack, Christmas cartridge from Cricut, stamps from Just Rite, ink from Tsukineko, brads from Making Memories, Woodware punches, leaf and berry sequins from Guttermann, snow sequin and red ribbon from craft supply, white gel pen from Sakura.

These cards are easy to make, it just requires a bit of patience for punching and layering.
I 've got 3 more reindeers and sentiments ready, but I 've run out of the text paper. So I might be using some Wassail paper or something from K&Co.

Or I might keep the reindeers and use them for a Christmas layout. We'll see..
Thanks for looking, got to go, working tonight...

Forest fruits

Hi there,

I finally got to uploading some of my scrapbook layouts. This is the very last one I did. We had spent a Saturday in August out in the New Forest. We were at the Rufus Stone and it was a very hot day. Part of our walk took us through open heath land rather than the shady forest. At least we had a better summer this year as the last 2 haven't been great at all.

I am over the moon. My DH came home during his lunchbreak with a gift for me. They had asked him to re-arrange and tidy up the reception and he could take another Bisley 15-drawers  cupboard for me. I don't care it's a bit ruffled and grey, suits me just fine for all my craft stuff. I've got now 2 standing next to each other and I've stacked Ikea wooden boxes on them that hold my stamps. Finally a space for everything. Yipee!

I used Boxer paper from Basic Grey and ledger paper from Making Memories. Some rub-ons from Boxer and ribbon from FaLaLa. The creme cardstock is from DCWV.

The stickers are also from Boxer and just a few bling stars, heart and dots from my craft supply. I use the Canon Selphy to print my photos and this gives me the option to create journaling spots.

Hope you like it, thanks for looking.

The Creepy Inn

Hello,
I'm playing along with the Bitten By the Bug challenge. I must say that this was a hard one for me. How do you fit the sign in? 

I made mine into a Halloween card. It actually gave me an excuse to use the new Eerie paper from Basic Grey.

Supplies: Orange paper fro DCWV Spring glitter stack, Eerie from BG, cardstock from craft supply, Doodlebug bonbon mini rub-ons, swirl stamp from G Studio, purple glitter from Doodlebug Sugar Coating, black Distress embossing powder from Ranger used over 3D Gloss and heated to make it bubble, Olive Vine Glimmer Mist from Tattered Angels, Glitz It Sparkles for the eyes, Tsukineko ink black and jumbo java, paperdistresser, Cricut Christmas and Stretch Your Imagination cartridges.

A close-up look where you can see Mr. Spider creeping in through the window and he's dressed up like a real fella in his glam jacket.

Hope you like it and thanks for looking.

Birthday Girl

Hello,
It's been awfully long, I know. I 've been so busy at work, getting ready for the health and safety audit... But congrats to us, our clinic passed with the highest score of the region; 96.8%. Well done all you nurses! Full steam ahead for next year! Told you we would come on top, Terry!
Quickly posting a birthday card I made for my sister, she'll be 38 tomorrow. Hope you don't mind me telling, Caj. Lots of love and many more to come, dear sister of mine.
Supplies: Doodlebug Birthday Girl Ring Toss, Orange card from DCWV Spring stack, Copics, Stickles, Liquid Pearls, Cricut Doodlecharms and Storybook cartridges, Hobbycraft ribbon, black Identi-pen, flower brad from Making Memories.

Inside of the card: the little present will hold a gift card.

Thanks for looking. Will be uploading some scrapbook pages I 've made and I'm in the middle of making a mini book for the DH about his music and guitars. So more to come, hopefully soon.

Wing it!

Hello,

Here 's another little card (5x5") I made

with some of the leftover goodies from the scrapbook.

I really like these Wild Saffron papers and they are very good for autumn.

I again used the turkey from the Stretch Your Imagination cart,

but this time in its normal look and now he 's running for his life...

I 'm still trying to find out where I bought the leaf punch.

 I 've had it for many years and it doesn't even have a brand name on it.

I won't give any further explanation on the supplies, because most of them I used in the mini scrapbook.The exception is that this time I used some bits and pieces of the chipboard to pop-up the design, rather than foam or dimensionals.

Just trying not to waste...

Mini Holiday scrapbook

Hello again.
I know it's been a while since I 've posted, but I 've had a nice holiday with my mum and the DH (and he's been a real sweetie...) Yesterday we drove mum all the way back to Belgium and returned the same day -had to miss one nights' sleep-, but a least she's safe.
I promised to share some of the scrapbooking I am doing. Although I've been scrapping 12x12 for a while, I feel only now I'm really getting into it. This year I 've made 4 mini books and this is the one I did for mum to take home as a memory of her holiday with us.

Supplies: 6x6" chipboard, K&Co Wild Saffron designer paper, tag pad, fabric brads, embossed stickers, self adhesive paper ribbon and chipboard alphabet. DecoArt metallics festive green paint, flowers from Prima, Petaloo Flora Doodles and American Crafts, lace from John Lewis, leaf punch and Martha Stewart border punches, acetate page, Cricut Plantin Schoolbook and Storybook cartridges, twine, distress ink and VersaMagic ink by Ranger, Sakura marker, Copic Ciao, Basic Grey files assortment, rub-ons from Three bugs in a rug and Royal & Langnickel, Cropadile and eyelets from We R Memory Keepers, bookrings, vinyl stickers by Papermania.

2nd - 3rd page

3rd - 4th page

Both pages have tags with additional pictures to pull out.

Page 5 - 6:

Page 5 with a journaling tag and page 6 acetate overlay cut with the Cricut. Just added a calendar from the Selphy photo printer.

A picture of my mum in Bath on the other side of the overlay and an accent tag for the robbin on the other page.

7th - 8th page:

A journaling tag about the little robbin and some mini photos with a popped-up picture of robin.

Page 8 and 9 are the final pages with a pocket to hold extra pictures and a journaling tag with a message to my mum.

A close-up of how I hold the extra pictures together. I also added some mini tags with some reminders of the places and dates we 've been.

My mum loves her little book and I enjoyed making it. Hope you like it too, thanks for looking.