Football Ted

For my second day of Elzybells sneak peeks I am using these great new football stamps - I think these will be so useful for so many people. I have stamped the 'Footy Ted' out and coloured him with Copics, cut out and mounted to blue CS and added to base with DST. The base is simply blue DB CS layered up with white Bazzill Dotted Swiss CS {loving this at the mo!} and added to a white card blank. The 'More football' message stamped and again mounted and added to base with 3d foam pads. Dew Drops added to the corner to finish.

For the inside I have stamped the 'Football' stamp ou three times on to card and cute out, added a strip of blue CS down the edge and added the footballs on top.

STAMPS: Elzybells Art Stamps. INK: Memento Tuxedo Black. CS: Craftwork Cards, Doodlebug Designs, Bazzill. ACCESSORIES: Dew Drops, Copic markers - Ted: E71, E74, E77. Shirt & shorts: B32, B34. Shoes: C1, C3. Shadow: B91, B93. Grass: G21, G24.

Can I just apologise for the terrible photos, for some reason my camera has decided it doesn't want to take good photos anymore {nothing to do with the owner of course!} so I have ordered a new one and it is on its way, sorry. I hope you are seeing some lovel;y sneak peeks {well I know you are!} remember all the links to the DT members blog are on my sidebar ---> see you tomorrow!

Full of Surprises

Welcome to the start of four days of Elzybells sneak peeks! Elizabeth has outdone herself on the cuteness factor on these stamps and I am sure you will love them as much as I do. The release date is Thursday 21st May and the DT members will be doing sneak peeks from now til {and including} then!

For my first sneak I am showing you my favouritre from the week. The gorgeous 'Teddy Surprise' clear set and I am in love!! I have first stamped the teddy peaking from the present and coloured with Copics adding glitter highlights with my Spica pen, cut out with a square Nestie and added to base with 3d foam. The base is simply pink Bazzill Dotted Swiss CS added to a white card blank, a darker shade of pink punched with the Fiskars Threading Water punch and ribbon wrapped around. Message stamped in the bottom corner.

For the inside I have stamped the other teddy out and again coloured with Copics adding glitter with my Spica pen also. Message stamped at the top and then mounted to pink CS and added into the card. I think this set is just so cute and so versatile too, you can use the images togther or seperate - just so clever :0)

STAMPS: Elzybells Art Stamps. INK: Memento Tuxedo Black. CS: Craftwork Cards, Bazzill. ACCESSORIES: Nestabilities dies, Fiskars Threading Water Punch, ribbon by Ribbon Oasis, Copic Spica pen, Copic markers - Teddy: E71, E74, E77. Present: RV32, RV34. Shadow: C1 & C3.

Unfortunately due to being so busy with graduation and work etc I only have one sneak peek for you each day which I am really disapointed about but hopefully I can get some more samples made soon, sorry about that.

Awards

I was given these lovely awards from the equally lovely Sue Moone a little while ago but as you all know, I am such a bad blogger that I haven't had time to put them on here yet. Sorry for the delay but thank you Sue, they are very much appreciated :0)

Also, please pop by here tomorrow for the start of some Elzybells sneak peeks - you are gonna love these new stamps!

Elzybells Challenge 20 - Folds

The challenge over at Elzybells this fortnight has been set by the fab Steph and it it is to make a card with more than one fold. The base cardstock is Stampin' Up! Bashful Blue and the papers are all from the Basic Grey Wisteria paper pack. The 'Birthday, special as you are' message has been stamped and cut out using a Nestabilities Curved Rectangle die and before taking the die off I have gone round it with green chalk. Ribbon wrapped around the top panel and the beautiful dragonfly from Vicki {thank you!} tied on. Flowers have been punched from the same papers and added with gem stones to keep the top fold closed. Inside I have stamped the 'Daisy stem' with VersaMagic ink on to the panel you would write your message onto. Please visit Elizabeth's blog to find details on how you can enter and also see all the other DT members creations :0)

STAMPS: Elzybells Art Stamps. INK: Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaMagic Aloe Vera. CS: Stampin' Up, Basic Grey. ACCESSORIES: Nestabilities die, Pebbles chalk, ribbon by Ribbon Oasis, X-Cut flower punches, Papermania Adhesive Gems, charm from the lovely Vicki.

My Graduation

I did it ... yesterday after three long years I graduated - woohoo! It was a good day but very manic but it was lovely to catch up with people who I haven't seen since uni finished. I just wanted to say a big thank you for all the lovely good luck messages I received and the lovely card I received from Julia - thank you so much it was so sweet and I love it! :0) Now, I am not a big fan of having my photo taken but here is one of me in line to get the professional photos done, they will be with me in a few weeks - not sure what they are going to look like lol ... anyways, thank you again :0)

Happy Birthday Caz!

I have made this card for Stamping Caz who's Birthday it is today, Happy Birthday Caz! Can I just say how intimidating it was for me to make a card for Caz - I mean she is famous!! :0) Well, I have used this gorgeous Gorjuss Girl sent to me by Vicki {thank you hun} and coloured her with Copics; cut her out and mounted to base with DST. The base is simply two shades of Bazzill CS added to a white card blank. Message stamped {Our Craft Lounge} at the bottom, pearls {Kaisercraft} added and flowers punched out and pearls {Papermania} added to the centres.

STAMPS: Sugar Nellie, Our Craft Lounge. INK: Memento Tuxedo Black. CS: Craftwork Cards, Bazzill Basics. ACCESSORIES: Papermania adhesive pearls, Kaisercraft adhesive pearls, X-Cut flower punches, Copic markers - Skin: E0000, E000, E00, R20. Hair: E55, E57. Dress: R81, R83, R85. Shadow: C1, C3.

Happy Birthday Marcea!

Managed to pop on here for a quick card to show you today before my Graduation tomorrow! I have made this card for the lovely Marcea who's Birthday it is today - I hope you are having a lovely day! I have used another of the very cute CC Designs Gingersnaps Celebrate stamps from Dies to Die for and stamped her out and coloured with Copics. This is has then been cut out and added to base with 3d foam pads. The base is simply two shades of Bazzill Dotted Swiss CS added to a white card blank. Ribbon wrapped around and Prima Flowers added with pearls. Message stamped {from the Clare Curd's Signature Range} at the side.

STAMPS: CC Designs, Papermania. INK: Memento Tuxedo Black. CS: Anitas, Cratwork Cards, Bazzill. ACCESSORIES: Prima Flowers, ribbon by Ribbon Oasis, Kaisercraft adhesive pearls, Copic markers - Skin: E0000, E000, E00, R20. Dress & Balloons: R81, R83, R85. Hair: E55. Shadow: C1, C3.

Happy Birthday Kim!

I have made this card for my fellow Elzybells and DTDF DT member Kim who's Birthday it is today, Happy Birthday Kim! I have used the fab CC Designs set Gingersnaps Celebrate available from Dies to Die for. I have stamped the sitting Gingersnap out and coloured with Copics adding glitter to her drink using my Spica pen, cut her out and mounted her to squares cut with Nestabilities dies, added to base with 3D foam pads. The base is simply green SU cardstock and a peice of paper from the BG Wisreia pack added to a white card blank. Message stamped in the corner {from the Elzybells Little Hello set} and gem stones added to finish.

The inside has been decorated using the same ingredients, the message is from the CC Designs Amy R Birthday Sentiments set also available at Dies to Die for. Tracy is also holding a competition over on the blog - you gotta be in it to win it!

I prob won't be around for a couple of days, I am still on night shifts and I have my graduation ceromony in London on Tuesday - keep you fingers crossed for me that it goes well won't you?!

STAMPS: CC Designs, Elzybells Art Stamps. INK: Memento Tuxedo black. CS: Craftwork Cards, Stampin' Up! Basic Grey. ACCESSORIES: Nestabilities dies, Papermania Adhesive Gems, Copic Spica pen, Copic markers - Skin: E0000, E000, E00, R20. Dress & hairband: G21, G24. Hair: E34, E37.

Piggy Friends

I made this card for the fabulous Vicki to say thank you for a lovely card, loads of images and lovely embellies she sent me recently. I loved this image when I saw it and had to have it {pigs are my fave!}. I stamped the image out and coloured with copics, cut out using a Nestie circle and added to base with 3d foam pads. The base is Bazzill Dotted Swiss CS added to a white card blank, a darker pink strip added and punched using my Fiskars Threading Water border punch and white ribbon wrapped around. Message {Elzybells} stamped and adhesive pearls added to finish.

STAMPS: Rachelle Anne Millar, Elzybells Art Stamps. INK: Memento Tuxedo Black. CS: Craftwork Cards, Bazzill Dotted Swiss. ACCESSORIES: Nestabilities dies, Fiskars Threading Water border punch, ribbon by Ribbon Oasis, Pearls by Kaisercraft, Copic markers - Pigs: R81, R83, R85, R000 Blue shadow: B91, B93, blender pen Grass: G00, G21, G24.

My Craft Room

After the shame of a couple of weeks ago showing my messy craft room I thought I would try and redeem myself by showing you what it looks like tidy!

This is the main pic of the desk I use to craft on. I don't know how well you can read the writing in the pic, sorry about that. The desk came from MFI ages ago and I use the XCut large cutting mat on top. In front of me is my Copics, my jar of buttons, pens and scissors and then I have a Lakland container that hold my tools and adhesives that I use on daily basis. In the draws are stickers, charms and embellies. Next is my QuicKutz storage folder then my set of purple drawers from Next. On top of these is my Sizzix Sidekick, Cuttlebug and Crop-a-Dile Big Bite. In the drawers are adhesives, embellies including brads, gem stones, dew drops etc, card blanks and larger tools. As you can see on the windowsill are jars from Ikea with flowers in by colour. Above the desk of my jars of Prima Flowers.

Under the desk is a set of wooden drawers that hold stationery and card bags and packaging as well as more Prima flowers and embellies! On the other side is 3 sets of plastic drawers that hold my beloved Nesties dies and other dies, punches and more card blanks.

This is my main desk for my computer, also from MFI. In the small white tin is my Cuttlebug embossing folders and to the left is my stamp storage.

The white cabinet is from Ikea and it is one of the best things I have ever bought. It is great for stamps! I keep all my wood mounted stamps in here and have a draw for my clear ones too. On top of the cabinet is all my unmounted stamps in the the clear cases from Elzybells. I haven't found a better soloution yet and I do quite like this one I am just not sure how high the tower is going to get!!

This is the other side of the room. I have this metal shelving from B&Q it holds all my text books for nursing and uni and craft magazine on the bottom shelf as well as my ink pads. I also tend to put the lovely cards I receive from my crafting buddies on here too! On top of the shelving unit is a tin with all my scraps of card and paper in and the other side is my ribbon storage & chipboard. To the side of that is this unit below:

At the bottom is a filing cabinet which has my A4 cardstock in including white cardstock and my SU stuff. On top is one of my other favourite purchases which are my 12x12 paper stackers. The top ones are all my cardstock in colour-ish order and the bottom six are my patterned paper. To the side are my Sizzix dies and my border punches. On top are my 6x6 paper pads which are mainly SU papers {from the paper share from the lovely Jules} and Basic Grey pads.

So thats it! I hope you enjoyed the tour of my room, sorry it took so long!!

Memento Tuxedo Black ...

I know there is a few out there that are trying to get hold of one of these, well Tracy at Dies to Die for has them HERE

Green Gorjuss Girl

Hello there, sorry for being AWOL again recently, today is my first day off for eight days but I have a couple days off next week so hope to get some crafting done then! I hope you are all well? Here is the card I have made for my Nan who's Birthday it is today, her favourite colour is green. I have stamped the Gorjuss Girl out and coloured her with Copics, cut out using a Nestabilities Label 4 die and added to base with 3d foam pads. The base is made by layering up Basic Grey papers {Porcelain & Urban Prairie} on to a white card blank, message printed from PC, cut out using another Nestie die, sides chalked and added with 3d foam. Flowers from the lovely Vicki added with clear Dew Drops.

STAMPS: Sugar Nelllie. INK: Memento Tuxedo Black. CS: Anitas, Craftwork Cards, Basic Grey. ACCESSORIES: Nestabilities dies, Prima Flowers, Dew Drops, Pebbles Inc chalks, Copic Markers - Dress: G21 & G24 Shoes & hair: E55 & E57 Skin: E0000, E000, E00 & R20 Shadow: G00 & G21 Envelope: C1