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

Elzybells Challenge 19 - Rachel's Sketch

Here is my card for this fortnights challenge over at Elzybells. This time the challenge is a sketch designed by the very talented Rachel. I have stamped the very cute Butterfly Ted and coloured him in with Copics, cut out and added to base with 3d foam pads. The base is simply a sheet of DB paper with ribbon wrapped around the top and bottom. Pink CS punched into a circle, message stamped on {from the Little Hello set} and popped behind the image. Gem stones added to finish. I am not 100% happy with this card but I like the image and how it is coloured so I didn't want to waste it. Oh well, you win some you loose some!! Please visit Elizabeth's blog to see all the other DT cards in one go and details of how you ccan enter the challenge.

STAMPS: Elzybells Art Stamps. INK: Memento Tuxedo Black. CS: Anita's, Doodlebug Designs. ACCESSORIES: Ribbon by Ribbon Oasis, Woodware 2" circle punch, Papermania Adhesive Gems, Copic Markers.

Elzybells Cake

I have quite a lot of male Birthdays in my family coming up in May and oh how I struggle making mens cards well I thought I would make a couple using this fab image from the Elzybells Little Hello set. I have stamped the cake and coloured with Copics and cut out with a Nestie Label 1 die and added to base with 3d foam. The base is simply 2 shades Bazzill Dotted Swiss CS, the top one 'regular' blues and the bottom turquoisey blues. added to a white card blank and message {from the same set} stamped at the bottom. I do like how these turned out even if they are very simple.

STAMPS: Elzybells Art Stamps. INK: Memento Tuxedo Black. CS: Craftwork Cards, Bazzill. ACCESSORIES: Nestabilities dies, Copic markers.

Hello There ...

Hello to my readers, I just wanted to let you know that I have added a CBox on the panel on the right for you to ask any questions you may have. Thought it would be easier having them in one place! If you have no questions feel free just to leave me a message/say hi etc!

For all of those of you that were aware of the pain I have been experiencing in my back, I had my first physio appointment today and she has found that the bones in my lumbar and coccyx are impacted - how lovely! She doesn't think that this is the same pain that I have been referred to her with, caused by what I believe is kidney stones, however she has found this out so is going to try and improve things for me for this problem.

Beer Jim

I have made this card using one of the fab downloads © Sally-Ann Hancock, this one is from the Jim - Just Chillin' set. I have printed him out and coloured with Copics, cut him out and added to base with 3d foam pads. The base is simply 2 shades of DB CS added to a white card blank. Greeting {Our Craft Lounge} stamped in the corner and Dew Drops added to finish.

STAMPS: SA Hancock, Our Craft Lounge. INK: Memento Tuxedo Black. CS: Craftwork Cards, Doodlebug Designs. ACCESSORIES: Dew Drops, Copic Markers.