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Saturday, 18 May 2013

Welcome Little One

I had some lovely news last week, my cousin and her husband had a little baby boy! Here is the card I made for them. I used my go-to set for baby cards - PTI Sweet Baby. I used the stamp and the die to match.



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Thank you so much for visiting me today. I was hoping to have another card making video up yesterday, as well as a Storage Sunday up tomorrow but sadly my video editing software seems to not be working. So annoying! I will try and get it sorted (not sure how!) but until then there will be no videos :0( sorry. Hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Thursday, 16 May 2013

Cupcake Bees - DTDF

Hello there, today I have a card I have made for the DTDF Blog. I have used the new Wild Rose Studio Bees With Cupcake Cling Stamp and coloured the image with Copic Markers. I have then added strips of paper on to the card base from three different Echo Park Paper Pads. Finished off with a CC Designs Birthday Sentiment and some MME Enamel Dots.



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Hope you are all well. I posted on my Facebook page yesterday saying that PTI have increased their international shipping again. It is now $77 for what I want (only 3 packs of card and 3 sets of stamps). So unfortunately I don't think I can afford to order although I am running very low on the cardstock which is my favourite. Which white cardstock do you use? I am after a heavyweight one that I can use for both card bases and for stamping and using with Copic Markers. I'd love to hear if any of you have any suggestions for me. Thanks for visiting, have a lovely day!

Wednesday, 15 May 2013

Dreamy

Hello there, the challenge over at Less Is More this week is to make a one layer card with a coloured card base. My go to colour that is not white would be Kraft but since we cannot use that either I went for my favourite PTI colour which is Aqua Mist. I used the beautiful Penny Black Dreamy stamp, I bought this a while ago but it is the first time I am using it.



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Sorry for the dark photos. It is dark and dreary here in Surrey again. I am also not feeling too well so didn't feel up to editing them for a long time. Sorry. Hope you are all having a lovely day!

Tuesday, 14 May 2013

Birthday Balloons

Good morning! Since the last release of Clearly Besotted Stamps sold out so quickly (don't worry they will be back in stock asap!) I thought I would share a card with you today that uses two of the older sets. I have used one of the sentiments from the It's Your Birthday set and combined it with the balloons from the Full Of Surprise set.



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Very gloomy and rainy here in Surrey today. Oh well, good weather for staying in and making cards! I just wanted to say a big thank you for the lovely comments I have received for my latest videos, both my card tutorial/video and my storage ones. Really means a lot to me. Have a lovely day!

Sunday, 12 May 2013

Storage Sunday - Cardstock & Paper

Hello there, a while back I asked if you would like to see more storage videos from me. One of the top requests was to show I store my cardstock and paper. Another big question was how I store my scraps of said products. I used to have a big box with them all in but I found that I just didn't use them and went straight for the paper pad, 12x12" or A4 sheet. I hated wasting them but that was just how my mind works.

So what I decided to do was store my scraps with the particular size of cardstock/paper. This works so much better for me. I will use this first before cutting onto a new sheet. With the exception of 6x6 patterned papers, I do not keep the little scraps; I just recycle them as I know that I will not end up using them. I know that is bad for a crafter to say but I am trying really hard not to hoard!

Here is the side of my wall that doesn't have my desks on (since my craft room is so small I really only have two useable walls)



I have my shelving unit from Ikea (sadly no longer sold), my 6x6" paper pads are in photo storage boxes from Cropper Hopper. I have managed to purge most of my paper pads recently which I am so happy with and I now only have four boxes full (I did have 6!) Here is a little video showing my 6x6" storage a little closer ...
 

On the top shelf I store my A4/11x8½" cardstock/paper in magazine files from Muji. I find it easy to see what I am looking for but I think it all looks neat. I love how the PTI cardstock looks - so pretty! Here is a quick video showing you close up ...

 
I then have my 12x12" paper and cardstock in the unit from The Best Organiser/Stackables which is next to the shelving unit. I got mine from Storage 4 Crafts. I love it! It holds it all neatly and in whatever order I want. I have my cardstock at the top and then patterned paper below. I keep larger scraps of this cardstock/paper here too. Here is a little video showing close up what it is like ..
 

 
Last but not least, remember I said I recycle small scraps? Well I have two little baskets on the top of my shelving unit that I put the scraps in. These get emptied weekly but if there is just a small piece of cardstock I need, I will look in here first!

Not the prettiest but is functional!

I hope you enjoyed this new feature to my blog? Let me know what you think. Thanks so much for visiting me today, hope you have a lovely rest of your weekend!
  

Friday, 10 May 2013

Many Thanks

Hello there, hope you are all well? Today I have a card made using three stamp sets from Clearly Besotted Stamps - Leafy Accents, Butterfly Wishes Additions and Once Upon A Time which are now all back in stock :0)



For my card today I have made a video showing how I made it. I have had requests to do these kind of videos so thought I would give it a go. I apologise for the black borders around the video - quite annoyingly I edited it in the wrong format (I have noticed a few of my other videos have that too) but for me to re-upload I would have to edit my whole video again and it would take too long. So for now I have the borders but hopefully they will be gone on the next one!


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Thanks so much for visiting me today. Hope you liked the video, is it something you would like to see again?

Thursday, 9 May 2013

Hello - DTDF

Hello there, today I have two notecards to share that I have made for the DTDF Blog. I have used the beautiful new Memory Box stamps now available in the DTDF shop - Meadow Flowers and Luminous Poppies and inked them with Memento Inks. They have been simply stamped to make one layer cards. The way the stamps are made lends themselves to more of a water coloured finish, not a perfect impression. Not my usual style but I think they are very pretty. The sentiment is stamped at the bottom from the MFT On The Line Stamp Set.
 

 
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Thank you for visiting me today. I spent the day yesterday filming and editing a new video. I have had a lot of requests to make some card making tutorials/videos and yesterday I finally made one! It should be up tomorrow.

Tuesday, 7 May 2013

Fabulous Day & CBS New Release

Hello there, hope you are all well. Today I have a card to share that uses the new Clearly Besotted Stamps Just Fabulous stamp set. I have used the outline image and coloured with Copic Markers adding a little Spica to their centres. The sentiment is from the same set and has been cut using a MFT Fishtail Flags Stax die - LOVE these!



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I also have a video here showing you all the new products released this month from Clearly Besotted Stamps. Hope you enjoy ...

 
Thanks so much for visiting me today, it's warm and sunny here in Surrey. Hope it is nice where you are!

Monday, 6 May 2013

Blooming Lovely

Hello there, happy Monday to you all! I have wanted to take part in Jen's CAS Mondays with LOTV for a little while now as I love LOTV stamps but don't use them enough and as you know, my style is pretty CAS. So today is the day! I have used the very cute Blooming Lovely stamp for my card and coloured with the usual Copic Markers.



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To those in the UK I hope you are all having a lovely bank holiday weekend. To those outside of the UK I hope you all have a lovey week! Thank you for visiting me today.
 
Oh and if you say my post on my supplies links - they should all be fixed now hopefully. So if you use them and see one that doesn't work, please can you let me know.

Sunday, 5 May 2013

New Home

Hello there, a friend of mine recently moved house so I wanted to make her a little card to wish her well. I have used the PTI house from the Love Lives Here die collection and added little clouds behind to make kind of a scene. I have wanted to use those clouds since I bought them over a year ago! :0)



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Thank you so much for visiting me today, I hope you are having a lovely weekend!