Scrap Boys - Elizabeth

 

One of the paper pads I picked up at Craftmania last week was Elizabeth by Scrap Boys, in fact I was very tempted by several of their collections, so will get another when I next visit.

With the pale blue and blush pink tones, the papers have a lovely vintage feel to them

Plus I loved the image of a cute white cat sitting in the window!

Used a couple of old wooden embellishments in this one!

A Flock of Parrots

 

I've had fun playing with the bargain parrot die set that I bought last weekend

Despite the terrible puns on the sentiments - Happy Bird Day and Aparrot'ly Its Your Birthday!!

I enjoyed paper piecing together the parrots from brightly coloured paper scraps.

Trip to Craftmania, Gt Yarmouth

 Whilst my daughter went on all the rides at Pleasurewood Hills Theme Park, I took the opportunity to visit Craftmania nearby and ended up with this haul!

Craftmania is run by Jamie Rodgers, who also owns Creative Expressions. However, the shop stocks lots of other brands such as John Next Door, Hunkydory, Scrap Boys, Ranger & Julie Hickey 

I loved his own brand Happy Birthday to You die, and quickly rattled off a couple of cards using it.

The place is stuffed full of tempting papercraft goodies, and I came home with stencils, dies, inks, stamps  and a Junk Journal Book by Ciao Bella

They also have an amazing inspiration Room  with loads of cards made from their products, plus some real bargains from the end of ranges, where I picked up this parrot die set

and some vintage swan papers at knock-down prices. I can highly recommend a visit to anyone who is in the Norfolk/Suffolk area, but you will need some time to wander around it. Just as I pulled up, a lady parked and went inside, whilst her husband or partner got out and took a dog for a walk!

They also have an online shop too www.craftmaniacrafts.com which has free postage on orders over £15. 

Scraps Away!

 

I've been trying to use up all those scrappy, left over bits of patterned paper that I just can't throw away.

I've manage to mix and match a few together to make some more birthday cards