Field Mice

The first card made with my new goodies from the papercraft fair - this is the cute field mice stamp from Imagination crafts!

Well, I knew I wouldn't come away empty handed from the papercraft fair! I've stocked up on some momento inks and perfect pearls.

Stencils seemed to the the 'in thing' this time - with lots of demonstrations showing how to use different mediums with stencils - so I gave in and bought 3 different gilding waxes, starlight gold and silver paint, red glitter paste plus some new stencils

I couldn't come away without a new stamp - Field mice by Imagination Crafts as well as some churches and country inns to colour in

Bring Out the Wellies!

What with all the torrential rain and wet weather, it seemed appropriate to make a card featuring a row of Wellington Boots! Apart from the background paper, it was made from very old stash - I think originally from a Docrafts goody bag. 

I've just had to clear out part of the craft room, as the engineer is coming to service the boiler that is in there, and yes, I did find more stash that I had forgotten about! 

I have absolutely no excuse to go to the Papercraft show in Bury St Edmunds tomorrow - I don't need anything, but I'm going to go anyway!

Lucky Me!

I was lucky enough to win this stamp and die set from Quick Cards Magazine - it is called Merci Beaucoup by Clearly Besotted stamps,

There are 2 roses with 6 different sentiments - first I had a play stamping, cutting and colouring the roses with promarkers.

Then I had to make a thank you card to the magazine for the prize (worth £25!). 

and finished off with some other cards for friends and family. Die cutting the rose, really makes it stand out and I like the effect for CAS cards. I will definitely be entering more competitions in the future!

Get on Your Bike!

Yet another card made with the Sea Breeze embossing folder - this time bright yellow with a bicycle in the middle (free stamp from Cardmaking mag).

I'm off to a free classical concert in the local park to celebrate the Queens birthday this evening, but the forecast is for scattered showers, so I will have to pack an umbrella with the picnic!

Sea Breeze Embossing Folder - 3 Colour Ways

This is the embossing folder that came with the Sea Breeze Cardmakers Collection (previous post).  It gives a lovely crisp embossed finish, so I tried it out in 3 different colour combinations today.

Although my photos don't do them justice - I am please how they have come out in real life. Plus as as added bonus, I realised that if you embossing it on black card and cut out the circular motif, it looks very much like a car tyre and can be used for cards for petrol heads!!

I do like to be beside the seaside

....... so I treated myself to the Sea Breeze edition of The Cardmakers Collection. This contains papers, dies and a set of stamps as well as lots of ideas.

I especially like the free anchor and seashell dies and have cut out several to use in future cards

I've whipped out 8 different cards already from the kit!

Another selection off to charity!

Another batch of cards bagged up and ready to go, I think there are over 50 cards in this bag. These are to raise money for the breast cancer campaign.

I have also been asked to make some cards for a local cat charity - so will be digging out all my cat stamps and dies over the weekend for a play!

Husbands Birthday Card

Last week was my husbands 60th birthday and we had a bit of a party with his large family. I took him to see Jason Donovan (!!) at the theatre during the week and later this year we are off to Florida to celebrate too!

I don't know about you, but I always find it harder to make cards for those that are closest to me! I usually choose a cricket theme as he played regularly until 5 years ago.

Gone to Seed

It's been a long time since I got my heat gun out and did some embossing! 

I love this delicate Woodware stamp 'Gone to Seed', and it comes out well if you use a fine embossing powder to bring out all of the details.

Twinkle Toes!

A birthday card for my friend at work who loves her shoes - she can't resist a sparkly pair of stilettos!

White ATC's

These are my entries for another ATC swap on Trimcraft - this time it is for the colour white.

I die cut a white swan and a white dove. I edged the dove in soft pink and the swan in light grey to make them stand out slightly against the white backgrounds and mounted them on foam pads.

My Very First Easel ATC's!

 I have been making ATC's for years but had never attempted to make easel ones before.

They are for next months technique swap over at Trimcraft, hosted by Dicards, and it finishes on 25th May.

After checking out youtube, they are so easy to make, why did I wait so long???

That the good thing about joining in with swaps, it forces you out of your safe zone into something new!

I am hosting a monthly theme swap on Docrafts - Aprils theme was Music and I will be sorting out the swaps tomorrow. 

There are always loads of different styles and techniques used to interpret the theme. May's theme will be Roses. 

Yet More Cards from the Craftwork Cards Goodie Box

I am now building up quite a selection of new birthday cards for the Charity box - trying to make as many different styles, colours and types as possible to appeal to different people!

Some Very Cute Cats!

I just couldn't resist these sweet cat toppers from Dixi Craft - they have so many other sets, I was very tempted with the owls and dogs too!

Here are the first four cards that I have made and I still have another 20 toppers left in the pack.

Luckily I have lots of cat lovers within my friends and family!

Pirates Ahoy!

 I made this selection of Pirate themed cards for some young boys to go into the charity box.

I thought that you can't go wrong with a couple of cheeky monkeys,  Skull & Crossbones and some buried treasure!

These were fairly quick makes using stickers and some chopped up background paper. Now the weather is improving, I'm trying to get out more and do lots of walking. 

This year I am one of the faces used to promote the St Elizabeth Midnight Walk - which has now been happening for 10 years and raised loads of money for such a good cause over the years!

This years theme is neon and so me and my daughter will be glowing in the dark!

I'm the one standing at the back with the bright lemon top on!

CAS Kraft Wedding Card

A fairly Clean and Simple Wedding or Engagement card - made with a Craftwork Card Circle topper from their tag pad layered over a cream doily on a Kraft card.

 An easy and quick make!

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.

Fairies Galore!

For some reason I seem to be drawn to making Fairy themed cards at the moment!

I'm not too sure why?

They will be going to help fund raising for local charities, so I hope others like them too!

Easter Ahoy!

With Easter around the corner I thought I'd better get a wriggle on and make a few cards

I found some puffy Easter stickers in ASDA - only £1 for the sheet

So, they feature in everyone of these cards!