New Beginings

Happy New Year to you all ... how are you doing? did you have a nice Christmas and New Year? I was working but it wasn't too bad! This is the first card I have made this year and it is for my friend who had recently found out she is pregnant. I have used the very cute CC Designs 'Oh Baby!' set and coloured the woman in with Copics, cut out and added to a Nestabilities oval with 3d foam pads. A white card blank has been layered with MME Quite Contrary papers - So Cute and Play {my favourites of last year I think!} and then wrapped with Light Pink ribbon and Sew Easy floss; tied in a bow with a Doodlebug button. The Elzybells greeting as been stamped and cut with a QuicKutz Cookie Cutter die. Pearls added to finish. Sorry for the very dark photo, I tried to 'lighten' it in PSP and it looked awful! I have entered the card into the Simon Says Stamp New Beginnings challenge.

STAMPS: CC Designs, Elzybells Art Stamps. INK: Memento Tuxedo Black. CS: Anita's, Craftwork Cards, My Minds Eye. ACCESSORIES: Nestabilities Dies, Dies to Die for ribbon, We R Memory Keepers Sew Easy Floss, Doodlebug button, QuicKutz Cookie Cutter die, The Hobby House pearsl. COPICS - skin: E0000, E000, E00, R20; hair: Y23, YR21, E31; top and hairband: R81, R83, R85; jeans: B91, B93, B95, B97; slippers: E31, E34, E35, E37.

Now, I usually make New Years Resolutions in some form or another but I am not one to kick myself if I don't achieve them. I was thankful to have some great things happen last year - I passed my driving test, my brother and sister-in-law gave me a beautiful nephew, I had the courage to cut my hair short which I now love!, I took my mentorship course and passed with an 'A' and I met a wonderful man :0)

So this year I plan to ... get down to the weight I was at the beginning of 2010, to undertake my dissertation and pass my degree and to spend more time with my lovely man!! From a crafty point of view I plan on using more of my 'old' stuff up and try to use everything in my craft room at least once! I hope 2011 is a great one for all my readers.

Merry Christmas 2010

Here are the last of the Christmas cards I have made this year, finished them this morning ... nothing like leaving it till the last minute!

This card is for my mum using the gorgeous LOTV bear, coloured with Copics and cut out using a Nestabilities circle die. Added to some Doodlebug card which has been lined with Icicle Stickles. Prima Tea Rose in Snow added with snowflakes cut with the MFT die Let It Snowflake and some Prima Say it in Crystals. The greeting is Elzybells.

This one is for my brother and sister-in-law. I have used the lovely Penny Johnson Dearest Dear stamp and coloured with Copics, cut out and added to a card which has had a piece of paper from the Crate Paper Snow Day pack added on top. Wrapped with ribbon and a MFT Snowflake die added with a MME Lush rhinestone, the greeting is by Elzybells.

This card is for my Nan & Grandad, I have used the lovely Laurence Design Star Gazing stamp and coloured with Copics. Added to a base made from a piece of paper from the Cosmo Cricket Mitten Weather pack. A Doodlebug border sticker added to the top. Another MFT Snowflake die added (can you tell I love this die ...?!) added with a button and gem stones added in the holes. Elzybells message stamped and cut out with a QuicKutz Cookie Cutter die.

I would like to wish all my visitors a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I am working over the season so probably won't be on here again till the New Year, love and wishes to you and your families, thank you for all your support this year xxx

Niece & Nephew

How are we doing? all ready for Christmas? As per usual I am not very organised this year, I still have cards to make but here are the cards I have made for my niece and nephew. I have made easel cards using Nestabilities shapes for the base.

My niece's card uses CC Designs Trim the Tree Emma and coloured with Copics and cut out using Nestabilities Labels Fourteen dies. The snowflake is a MFT Die Namics Let It Snowflake die cut from Bazzill Bling Flirty CS with a pearl in the centre. The snowflake paper is from the Cosmo Cricket Mitten Weather collection. The sentiment is from the CC Designs Amy R Holiday Greetings set. The letters are stamped using a Studio G set and punching out using a mini square punch.

For my nephew's card I have used the very cute LOTV Igloo for Two and also coloured with Copics. The paper on the base is from the Echo Park Wintertime kit. And the rest of the ingredients are the same!

STAMPS: CC Designs, Lili Of the Valley, Studio G. INK: Memento Tuxedo Black. CS: Bazzill Basics, Bazzill Bling, Echo Park, Cosmo Cricket. ACCESSORIES: Nestabilities, My Favourite Things Die-Namics, Melissa Frances Pearls, X Cut mini sqaure punch, Copic Markers.

Best wishes,

Birthday Girl

Oh my goodness! I am glad that snow has gone! I had so much trouble getting to work, it cost me a fortune in taxi's. I hope you all managed to stay warm and safe. Here is a card I made before all the snow came down, it is using one of the new MFT A La Mode stamps - these are so cute! I love the font of the sentiments. I have stamped the 'Birthday Girl' out and coloured with Copics adding glitter to the cake icing with a Copic Spica pen. She has been added to the base with DST. The base is made by layering up My Minds Eye Lost & Found papers - such pretty colours! I have then added Prima E.Line flowers with pearls in the centres and stamped the sentiment out and added with 3d foam pads to finish.

Stamps: My Favourite Things. INK: Memento Tuxedo Black. CS: My Minds Eye. ACCESSORIES: Prima Flowers, Dies to Die for pearls, Copic Markers.

Thank you for visiting ...

Christmas Angel

Christmas ... only 24 days away and this is the first card I have made. So I am behind as always then, nice to know nothing changes!! Haha!

I have made this card using the very cute CC Designs Christmas Angel, I have coloured her in using Copics, adding glitter to her wings with my Spica pen. I have then cut her out and added to the base with 3D foam pads. The base is made by running a piece of Bazzill Tropical CS through my Cuttlebug using the Snowflakes Embossing Folder. I have then added a strip of Bo Bunny Winter Joy paper accross the bottom and and wrapped around with organza ribbon and Scrappers Floss; this has all been added to a Craftwork Cards card blank. Greeting stamped from the CC Designs Amy R Merry & Bright set and punched out using a Stampin' Up oval punch (from the lovely Jules) and pearls added to the panel. A MFT Die-namic snowflake has been cut using Bazzill Bling CS and added with a MME button.

STAMPS: CC Designs. INK: Memento Tuxedo Black. CS: Craftwork Cards, Bazzill Basics, Bazzill Bling, Bo Bunny. ACCESSORIES: Cuttlebug Snowflakes Embossing Folder, My Favourite Things Die-namics Let It Snowflake, Stampin' Up! oval punch, My Minds Eye Bloom & Grow button, Organza ribbon by Ribbon Oasis, Karen Foster Scrappers Floss, The Hobby House pearls, Copic At You Spica Pen, Copic Markers.

I hope you are all well and keeping warm where you are, we have no snow down here yet but I am sure it is on it's way!

Cupcake Belle

This week I have been inspired by the great work of Alice's {Little} Wonderland and after I saw this card I had to CASE it! So I have used the really cute CC Designs Cupcake Belle from the Fairytales Collection and coloured with Copics. I have cut her out and added her to a Nestabilities Label Fourteen layer. This has been airbrushed using the Copic Airbrush system and layered with Bazzill Hershey cardstock and added to the base with 3d foam pads. The base is more Hershey CS layered on to a white card balnk followed by layers of MME Lost & Found Tapestry paper and then a layer from the KaiserCraft Lilac Avenue Collection. I have then made another layer with the Nestabilities die and added the greeting from the Wild Rose Studio Cute Greetings set. I have then made little flowers using the MFT Die-Namics Rolled Flower die (I have to say this is fab! so easy to use) and cut out leaves using the Martha Stewart Frond Branch punch and added pearls and a little ribbon to finish!

Stamps: CC Designs, Wild Rose Studio. INK: Memento Tuxedo Black. CS: Anita's, Craftwork Cards, Bazzill Basics, My Minds Eye, KaiserCraft. ACCESSORIES: Nestabililties Dies, My Favourite Things Die-Namics, Martha Stewart punch, The Hobby House pearls, organza ribbon by Ribbon Oasis, Copic Markers & Airbrush System.

I am honoured to be featured for the Twenty Question Tuesday slot on the Hello Gorgeous Design blog today which can be seen here if you would like a little insight into my mad world! Check out her gorgeous jewellery while you are there too! Have a great day all and (try to) stay warm!!

UPDATE: Tracy at Dies to Die for is having major technical issues right now and cannot recieve orders or e-mails, please bear with her during this time, she doing her best to get it sorted. Thank you.

New Goodies ...

Just popped on here to tell you that Tracy at Dies to Die for have the new CC Designs Christmas stamps in ... they are SO cute. This is Holiday Emma ...


Sadly the DTDF server is down so there are no pictures on the website but you can still order as normal.

She also has the new MFT A La Mode stamps in plus lots of new papers including the fab new Fancy Pants Collections. My order is in for the Like Father Like Son collection! I'll be back soon with a card, just need some decent light to photograph it!

Halloween Honey

Ok ... so I couldn't resist having a quick play with Honey Witch Digi stamp from All That Scraps. I have to say although I love the digi designs I hate that my ink runs from my printer, I know I should leave it to set but I am too impatient!! I have added two pics, one lightened in PSP and one not ... cos sometimes the lightened version takes the essence of the colours away I feel.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!

Fall Birgita

Happy Halloween! I would love to say that I have made some Halloween cards this year but I haven't had the time even though I have some yummy stamps too! never mind, there is always next year! Instead I have made a card using CC Designs Fall Birgita. I have stamped her out and cut out using a Nestabilities Label Three die and coloured with Copics. She is layered on paper from the Kaisercraft Lilac Avenue Collection (from Bunny Zoe's Crafts) I love this stuff! Prima Flowers added which are the Liliput Roses and Fairytale Roses then Hero Arts message stamped at the bottom and pearls added to finish.

STAMPS: CC Designs, Hero Arts. INK: Memento Tuxedo Black. CS: Craftwork Cards, Kaisercraft. ACCESSORIES: Nestabilities dies, Prima Liliput Roses and Fairytale Roses, Die to Die for Flat Backed Pearls, Copic Markers.

I am happy this weekend 'cos Tracy has got the new MFT Die-namics dies in ... I have wanted these since I have seen them, you have to be quick though cos they are going fast! Thanks for visiting and hope you have a great rest of your weekend.

Baby Jake

Hello all, I hope you are well? For those of you who don't follow me on Facebook I had some great news last week. First off I passed my driving test which I am SO happy about! The second great piece of news was that my brother and sister-in-law had a baby boy and they called him Jake. So here is the card I made for them ...

First of I stamped the oh so cute Nellie Snellen Koetie stamp out with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on to white cardstock and coloured with Copics. This layer has then been mounted to blue cardstock and then on to a white card blank. The greeting is from the Personal Impressions Mix and Match set and 3 mini pearls added underneath. That's it - simple but effective I think! Have a great weekend, oh and apologies for the dark photos!

STAMPS: Nellie Snellen, Personal Impressions. INK: Memento Tuxedo Black. CS: Craftwork Cards, Papermania. ACCESSORIES: The Hobby House pearls, Copic Markers.

New Copic Storage

I have been busy organising my craft room again the last few weeks. I have finally managed to EZ Mount all my un-mounted stamps and put them in DVD cases (from The Artistic Stamper) ... there were tons of them and it took a while! I also bought some new storage for my Copics ...


These came this morning (there are three individual shelving units) and I LOVE them already! They are made by a company in the USA called Studio 3 Solutions they are quite cheap to buy but they did cost a fortune in shipping. They fit in with my room so well though. I have updated my photo's in my craft room folder in Picassa on the right if anyone wanted to have a peek.

Right to now get creating ...

I Baked a Cake

Anybody still there? I know it has been a long time ... what with my health, doing two courses at university as well as work and driving lessons, life for me is a bit hectic right now, hence my lack of creating and blogging. First off I hope you are all well? I'm here to share with you the card I have made for my mum's birthday. Yes, I have wiped the dust off my Copics and combined them with my latest goodies from Die to Die for and had a play ...

I have used one of the very cute bear stamps from Lili of the Valley, this is the one with the cat but I have masked him off. I have then coloured with Copics and cut out using one of the new Nestabilities dies, these are called Lacey Circles. I have then added the image to the base with DST. The base has been made by layering MME Lost and Found papers (these are delicious!) to a white card blank. I have then added flowers to the side; the pink ones are Prima Fairytale Roses and the creamy/pinky one is from Wild Orchid Crafts and the stem ones are from my stash. Finshed off some pearlyness and a greeting from the WRS Girly Greetings set.

STAMPS: Lili of the Valley, Wild Rose Studio. INK: Memento Tuxedo Black. CS: Anita's, My Minds Eye. ACCESSORIES: Nestabilities dies, organza ribbon by Ribbon Oasis, pearls from The Hobby House, Copic Markers.