More Cards from the Craftwork Cards Goodie Box!

Four different style cards from 4 different Craftwork card ranges - only a small dent made in the goodie box!

The First of Many!

I've had great fun sorting through and looking at all my new stash from Craftwork Cards (see last post). I especially like the retro 1960's 'flower power' style caravans, scooters and VW's from their Seaside Summer range.

There is stuff from many of their other ranges such as Bohemian Dreams, Vintage Ephemera and Noir de Luxe too.

 I have lots of ideas buzzing around but not enough time!

I love a Bargain!

So when I saw a special Easter offer of a box of goodies worth £75 for only £15 from Craftwork Cards, I snapped one up!

I was not disappointed, it was crammed full of different paper pads, toppers, tag pads, sentiments and of course, their famous Card Candi !

It should keep me busy for ages.

Velvet Plum Bows

I treated myself to a purple grab bag from Craftwork Cards sale and with the pile of papers, card and embellishments was this pad of velvet plum paper bows!

I just had to have a play with them and start adding bows to some cards - they are so easy to put together!

Cute and Cuddly Christmas Cards

You always need a few cute and cuddly themed Christmas cards every year!

These ones will probably end up being snaffled by my daughter to give to her school friends.

A Small Bit of Stash Busting

Sorry for the absence from my blog -I was away in London visiting ComicCon and the Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular. However, I have had a chance for a little crafting since then.

These cards were both made with bits of paper that have been sitting in my stash for at least 5 years - I really must stop buying new papers, as I  probably have enough to keep me going for many years yet!!

Christmas Bunny

Cute Christmas card of bunny and robin - think I am now suffering from Xmas fatigue - I had to make a couple of girly birthday cards as a break from all the Santas, snow and reindeer!

Bright and Contemporary Christmas Cards

As a contrast to my traditional and vintage Christmas cards I put together a couple of bright and modernistic cards - the papers were quite deep in my pile of stash so maybe 2 or 3 years old! The ribbon was recycled from a gift set.

Pink and Girly!!

Got my trusty promarkers out and had a bit of a colouring session - and ended up with these very pink and girly cards! I used Craftwork Card sentiments with them, I love their products and often use them on my cards. 

I sell some of my cards at work and will take these in to add to the basket. This year I am aiming to raise £100 for the Blue Cross who want to build a new animal rescue centre nearby.

Sew Lovely Cards

I have a big pile of Sew Lovely Papers left over from the Docrafts goodie bag from several months ago - I keep looking at them and putting them away! 

Well, this morning I finally got around to using some of them in these cards. They are teamed up with Craftwork Cards die cut mannequins

and free charms for Cardmaking & Papercraft magazine.

The Car Boot sale I was going to do on Saturday got rained off, so I had to console myself with a visit to The Range, where I tried not to spend too much. The boxes of stuff are sitting in the conservatory and I hope the weather next Saturday will be better!!

Mix and Match ....

Still trying to make a dent in my ever growing pile of stash! 

 I made these 3 cards using a variety of old papers, stamps, ribbon, embellishments and sentiments - none of which are from the same sets. I've used the black card mats to try and tie them all together

Butterflies Galore!

I had a bit of a manic card making session - you know the sort where you just can't stop and just have to keep going until you get it out of your system ! 

Looking back on them, there is a bit of a butterfly theme going on, although I used a range of different papers and embellishments including Hunkydory, Madame Payraud and  Craftwork Cards. 

Quirky New Home Cards

Whilst searching the bottom of my stash pile, I came across these house ovals by Craftwork Cards - goodness knows how old they are, but they still look fresh to me!

I teamed them with some scraps of paper and coloured them with Promarkers to match - now all I need  are some friends or relatives to move house so I can give them away

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Christmas Mints

I had a fun evening decorating these Elizabeth Shaw chocolate mints for Christmas, I think I will give one out to each of my friends at work with their Xmas card this year. 

These were inspired by the fab 'Fiddle Fart' blog by Helen which is full of great ideas using cheap and cheerful products from Poundland etc. If you haven't stumbled across her blog before, check out her cool penguins, robins and funky fish made out from these mints!!

Monochrome Seed Heads

This is my new Woodware 'Going to Seed' magic stamp that was an impulse buy last weekend.

I tried stamping it out in several different inks but think these monochrome black and grey cards look the best - 



especially when highlighted with a little stickles glitter glue!

Cats and Trees, all in Silhouette!

Just been playing with my new dies - I treated myself to the Memory Box Arboscello tree that I have been lusting after for ages along with some curious cats from Poppy Stamps to make these silhouette cards. Three similar but different cards - hopefully suitable for any cat lover.

They have been layered onto a textured paper and finished off with craftwork card sentiments. 

I experimented with both black and white card and quite like both effects!

Arboscello Tree

A change from my usual style - just a plain white die cut tree layered on kraft, green & black paper with a piece of scrap ribbon and Craftwork card sentiment - simples!

More Monochrome cards!

Just made a couple more simple 2 coloured cards - the black and white die-cut butterflies are from Craftwork cards and the Thank You card used Papermania capsule papers and flowers that I have had in my sash for ages!

Wellington Boot Birthday Cards

I have just got a bargain package from eBay today, a pack of funky Wellington Boot shaped cards in lots of different colours plus hundreds of different sentiments from Craftwork Cards!

Of course, I couldn't wait to use them, so have just produced my first pair of Wellies.

Fab Card Making Session!

Just got home from from visiting my friend Francesca, where we had a long overdue card making and chatting session.

We both recycled old Christmas cards to make new ones for this year - using some of Francesca's large pile of punched out snowflakes to add a bit of sparkle to them!

I made 7 cards but Francesca made a bit less, because she had to take time out to make a delicious lunch!

I also had a play with some of her new Christmas stamps and love this Christmas tree one - I thought it was very stylish, so stamped off a few more to use later.