Sunday, 26 October 2008

Twinkling!

As you can gather with the cards that I have made below, that I love my new Twinkling H20's. They give a lovely shimmery effect and with so many colours to choose from you won't be short of inspiration! I think they're fab!

Surprise!!


Cut a piece of Minds My Eye cardstock 11 x 14.4 cms, then cut a slit 1.5 cms down from the top and 10cms long in the centre. Cover a lolly stick with matching card, ink edges, make a hole on one side. Cut a 9.5 cms circle in half and attach to lolly stick with d.s. tape, add a rub-on - attach to pattern piece of card with a glitter brad. Then attach to a 14.4 cms square white card. Add some ric rak to bottom edge and staple some more to top right. Stamp and emboss Penny Black Wish List 3 times, colour with H20's, cut and decoupage image attach to card with 3D foam pads.

Xmas head to toe

Cut a sheet of 12 x 12 red bazzill card stock in half and fold. Attach a piece of white spotty emboss bazzill to card. Using Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder and a piece of poinsietta co-ordinations cardstock, emboss, scuff and attach to card. Stamp and emboss Penny Black xmas head to toe stamp and colour using H20's. Add a woodware gold star brad. Add 'flufy stuff' to skirt hem, top of boots and bag - heat to puff up. Add a pom pom to hat. Layer and attach to card. Add 3 red gems to top right. Then using Pebbles rub-on onto white cardstock, layer, add gem and attach to card with 3D foam pads.

Thursday, 23 October 2008

My Ninja

My grandson really is a 'Ninja' - he's out of his whites today though! To think he's now a big 6!!

My little Princess

This is our cheeky little grandaughter - she so adorable and to think it'll be her big 1st birthday soon and she's nearly walking!! (Oh no here comes trouble!)

Think Big

Take 2 sheets of white 12 x 12 bazzill cardstock and cut half inch off of one side of one sheet and score and fold half inch of the other - stick together with double sided tape. Take piece of pattern paper and layer onto black cardstock and stick to card. Cut a small strip of black and same pattern paper, layer together, tie some ribbons around it and attach to card. Cut out a large '21' , add some flower, brads and ribbons, using 3D foam pads attach to a square of pattern card, layer onto pink and stick to card. Die cut 'daughter' and stick to top right of card. I used my Cricut to cut out the numbers and letters.

Sunday, 19 October 2008

Party Time!

If you've not been to a Stampin' Up party yet then I highly recommend you either hold one or go to one. Their brill. lots of great stamps, paper packs and embelleshments. Ideal for cardmakers and scrapbookers. Its fun and you get to play with some of the products. Great quality and a fun way to spend an evening with friends. Check out their website Stampin Up

Snowy & Hedgy



Stamp and emboss Penny Black 'Snowy & Hedgy', colour with H20's. Add 'crystal' stickles to hat and snow. Layer onto pink and silver mirri card. Cut a piece of DCWV 'rose-tinted christmas' 5.5 x 5.5" attach to a 6" x 6" white textured card blank. Stick a piece of the 'rose-tinted' sticky ribbon strip down left side. Cut a small piece of same sticky ribbon and attach to top right, then add a 'rose-tinted' brad. Add a couple of clear gems to ribbon.

Holly Jolly!



Take a white textured 6" x 6" card and using the Bazzill In Stitch'z 'circles' template, pierce and stitch 3 circles. Stamp and emboss Penny Black 'Holly Jolly' three times, colour using H20's. Cut out one whole image and just the holly wreath, curl slightly and layer pieces together. Attach to a piece of green cardstock and attach to card with 3D foam pads. Add a Craftwork Cards 'mery christmas' die cut to top right. Stick three green crystals around this.

Just for you!



To make this card cut a 12 x 12" sheet of raven bazzill cardstock and fold in half. Cut a piece of pink bazzill 6" by 2.5" and trim long edge using a scallop blade, then pierce a hole in each scallop - attach to bottom of card. Then using Bazzill In Stitch'z 'bring me flowers' template, pierce and stitch flower, stem and leaf. Cut around the edges, curl slightly and attach to black bazzill with 3D foam pads. Layer onto pink bazzill and attach to left side of card. Using Making Memories glimmer alphabet stickers in pink - stick down right side of card.

Wednesday, 15 October 2008

Please don't have a heart attack!!!!

Now I know it's been a few months (cough cough) but i've been really busy and unfortunately the blog had to take a back seat but i'm now hoping to be back a bit more regularly!!

I've got a few things that I will be uploading in the following days (life permitting), some scrap pages and some cards that i've made for the craft shop that I work in, so my little brown and white sheep (ha ha Mrs Wonka :o)) won't be the first thing that you see.

Monday, 28 April 2008

Winter Came & Went!!





What about the weather a few weeks ago - Snow was great my grandson loved it! Unfortunately I tried to a boot fair that day with my daughter - it came down like a blizzard - frantically trying to put stuff back in the car whilst it was filling up with snow - What a sight!!

Got some great pictures up the local park whilst out with the dog (Rolo) but sorry no pictures of us covered in snow at boot fair.

Two great books!!



Hi, Jst thought you might be interested in two great books that I've recently found to help with sentiments and wording for both scrapbooking and cardmaking. There by Linda LaTourelle - The Ultimate Guide to the Perfect Word and the Ultimate Guide to the Perfect Card. Whereas some other books are a bit too mushy for my liking these are fab! There is alphabetical order so easy to find what you are looking for. Both available from Amazon.

Wednesday, 23 April 2008

Baby Shower

When one of the girls at work was leaving to have her first baby, we thought we'd throw her a baby shower. I had great fun making her a Nappy Cake. Yeh thats right!made from nearly 100 disposable nappies! She loved it and now takes pride of place in the nursery. This is her - Nikki - with her Mum. We gave her lots of lovely pressies and wish her and Jay best wishes for the future.



Craft Product Road Test




I was recently asked to road test a craft product for Design Objectives for Becks Fagg. My product was the 3L Scrapbook Adhesive EZ Glue Runner. Was a little disappointed at first to receive it, was expecting something a little more exciting. However after using it I found it to be a great little runner, easy to use, strong glue. Worked great on both scrapbooks and cards. And of course it's pink! Although at £4.99 is not cheap and you can't buy refills. So once used throw it away, although you do get a lot for your money.




1. How often do you use adhesive? All the time


2. What is the main type of adhesive you use? Double sided tape & Tombow glue stick


3. What do you look for in an adhesive? Something that is repostionable yet strong


4. How easy is the product to remove from its packaging? Very


5. Does the product appeal to you -i.e. does it look good? Yes


6. How easy is the product to use? Very


7. How well does the product perform? Extremely


8. Do you like the product? Yes


9. Do you consider it good value for money? yes


10. Would you consider buying this product in the future? Probably


11. What would make you more likely to buy this product in the future? Refills


12. What would make you less likely to buy this product in the future? If it was a little cheaper.


Long Time no see!!

Hi there, Well has it really been that long - sorry folks. Lifes a bit hectic at mo. - you know work, kids, half term, grandchildren, well and just life in general. And not to mention that all important craft shopping! I said not to mention that! Sometimes I don't know which way to turn first!!!

Thursday, 20 March 2008

Big Stamp & Scrapbook Show

Don't forget the Big Stamp & Scrapbook Show at Alexandra Palace, London on the 12 - 13th April 2008. Should prove to be yet another great event. Check out www.bssbs.co.uk for more info. There's gonna be some great companies there offering some great products (over 60) - should be a great day out. 1 hour workshops are also on offer. If anyone out there goes would love to hear what you think.

Happy Easter

Just thought I'd wish you all a happy easter. Hope you don't indulge too much in those easter eggs!!

Sunday, 16 March 2008

Favourite Die Cutting machine

Hi, whats your favourite die cutting machine? Whats your favourite die? Do you just use the alphabets or different shape dies or both? What do you do with them and what do use them for? Would love to know. Is there a new die cutting machine out there that I haven't heard off?
Let me know!!

Scrapbook Weekend

Hi there again, what a great weekend we had and thanks to Sarah for organising it and to Ronnie and Emma for cooking. There was eight of us Sarah, Emma, Vicki, Ness, Ronnie, Lisa, Alison and me and we definately cropped 'til we dropped!! The cottage was in Bognor Regis and was great, large and spacious with plenty of room to crop, relax and eat and sleep. Although the doors did rattle a bit Sunday night with the storm. The poor maltesers took the brunt of it all - officially chocced out! It was great - we got so many layouts completed with no interruptions from the kids and the usual. Its was good to share inspirations and ideas. We had a great choice of die cutting machines - Quickutz, Big Shot, Cuttlebug and the Cricut. And plenty of alphabets and dies to choose from. I would definitely recommend it - just find a cottage big enough for your needs, book and enjoy!

I would love to hear from anyone who has done a similar thing - whether it be a weekend, a day crop, an evening, a party, a charity event, a scrapclub or anything else.

Wednesday, 5 March 2008

Scrapping Weekend

Hi, thought I'd tell you about a scrapbook weekend I've got planned for this weekend. It was arranged by my friend Sarah and there's eight of us girls going. She's rented out a cottage in Bognor Regis, Sussex - scrapping all weekend -even in our pjs - might not bother getting dressed! with the odd wine and choccie break in between!!

I'll let you all know how it goes next week be back Monday.

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