Stacey's World

Nuts About You

2012-02-09T09:01:00.003Z

One of my fav cricut cuts is the scallop card from Wild Card. I use it quite a bit!!! Here I have used a spring green gingham glitter card to make my nuts about you valentines day card!!! The squirrel is from Create a Critter, my second fav cart I think as everything on there is just so bloody cute!!! I have cut him out and given him lots or shading with a brown ink pad, then I have adorned the left hand side of the card with some paper flowers, a rosette made using the Tim Holtz die and some butterflies!!! The card is a similar design to my mother's day cards from last year!!!

More Baby Bump Pics

2012-02-06T09:27:00.003Z

Here are the rest. . . as you can see I am huuuuuge now and can't fit behind the wheel of my car anymore he he!!! But not long left now!!!

Baby Bump Pics

2012-02-06T09:24:00.003Z

We started taking pictures a bit later into my pregnancy as you could only really see my normal belly which nobody really needs pics of lol!!! Anyway here are the first few we took with my hubbys phone x

Busy Baking

2012-02-04T17:47:00.003Z

I have been out of the craft room and into the kitchen over the past few days. I have been trying a few new things. I wanted to try to improve my cupcake decorating a bit beyond slapping buttercream on top. my first decorating venture was to make a cupcake that looked like a flower, now I had some help from Youtube, I found a fab tutorial!!! The coloured sugar I made myself as I am having trouble driving at the moment as my baby bump isn't fitting behind the wheel lol!!! Also I have tried quite a few times to make french macarons and failed totally, however today was my day, I got a new recipe and I was determined not to be beaten by these tiny french treats. My determination worked and here are just a few of them. I filled some with a homemade coconut and chocolate ganche, some are filled with whipped cream and most are filled with the new Cadburys Philadelphia spread and whipped cream!!! They have turned out to be delicious but I have found you cannot just eat one!!! The pics have been taken with hubby's phone as it is too dark not to get a good shot so he made them look funky with an app on his phone x

What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday

2012-01-11T08:58:00.005Z

Well it's a new year and I have alot to look forward to this year!!! I am just over 6 weeks away from having a baby boy which my husband and I are super excited about. We have decorated his little room and we are all stocked up on baby essential, not going to go as far as to say we are prepared as I am pretty sure we are in for a huge shock but it's one we cannot wait for!!! I seem to be rather lacking in the nesting dept however, so thought I would take this opportunity not only to join in on WOYWW but also to show you all the shamefull state that my craft room has gotten into!!! Back last year we moved my craft romm to the middle sized room in the hope that more space wouls mean more organisation. . . all it really menat was that I had more room to buy more things!!! Then we got pregnant and crafting fell to the bottom of my to do list. I think that if I dont get it sorted this week then the chances are we will have to seal it shut and stick a biohazard sticker on the door!!! So the aim is to be back here by next wednesday with a nice tidy craft desk and room for that matter!!! Here are the awful pics in question. . . WISH ME LUCK!!!

2011-11-15T19:14:00.002Z

I found these awesome plastic teeth a while ago and I have been wondering what I could use them for. I totally forgot I had them until I was looking for something to finish off a card. I decided that I could use them to make super cute keyrings and team them with some of my fimo sweets. I have called them Sweet Toof, was toying with calling them Toof decay but they are too cute to be bad for you!!!

Feeling Festive

2011-11-12T11:36:00.003Z

Without question Christmas is my favourite time of the year!!! I cannot wait until next year when I will have my first Christmas as a Mum!!!!!! But this Christmas will still be pretty cool. For the last 5 years I have done the big family thing which is always nice but this year I want to do Christmas my way so I am hosting it at my house and we are having my brother and his girlfriend and our best friends so I am super excited! To get me in the festive mood I have made a pretty good start on my christmas cards so here are my 8 x 8 cards to start with . . .

The swirl tree is one of my fav cricut xmas cuts, it is just so stunning it really needs very little adding to it and the snowflakes well whats to say I love snowflakes!!!

Where Have I been???

2011-10-25T11:49:00.004+01:00

Well it has been a busy busy few months for me and as a result my poor blog has suffered terribly!!! I found out a few months back that I am pregnant, after a few years of trying my husband and I were over the moon!!! For the first few weeks I couldn't even think about crafting as all that was whizzing 'round my head was babies babies babies!!!! Then when I finally rejoined planet earth the dreaded morning sickness beckoned, I was so ill that I had to be admitted to hospital to be rehydrated! All that is over and done with now and me and baby are getting along much better!!! I found out last week that we are having a baby boy, and he has recently started whizzing around and kicking like mad, and each kick just feels amazing!!! Wea re going to call him Hunter Nicholas Halabuda and i am pretty sure he is going to be a swimmer going by how much he loves to swim around at the moment lol!!!

Here is a pic of Hunter's foot from the scan we had last week, and the other pic is from the scan I had when I was in hospital, it was earlier than normal so he is tiny x

Have a Kraken Birthday

2011-05-02T09:26:00.002+01:00

The greeting was discovered by a friend of mine on facebook after many clues!!! Now I was not going to give away many clues but due to his constant awful guesses I had to help!!! He did not get the card however it was given to another facebooker!!! Next time I will ban him for participation lol !!! There will be another competition shortly and it will run a bit longer!!!

The card is made using the create a critter cart which I just love. I cut Captain Tentacle out and embossed him and plonked him onto some Karen Foster pirate paper!! Add some stitching and some distressing along with a computer generated greeting an we are done!!! It is now available on my shop www.staceysworld.co.uk

Guess the Greeting

2011-04-30T14:43:00.001+01:00

I have decided to have a competition!!! Just a little bit of fun!!! If you can guess the missing greeting them you can win this card!!!! No limits on how many times you enter!!! The first person to get it right wins!!! Simples!!!!

2011-04-19T17:33:00.002+01:00

Well I have finally launched my online shop!!!! My wonderful husband has worked very hard to get it just the way I want it!!! All I need to do now is fill it!!! I have a few bits on there so far but it's got a way to go!!! But I am most excited about my very first digital stamp!!! Her name is Buttons!!! She is on the cute side of macabre shall we say!!! I love love love her and connot wait to get creating with her!!! She is the first in a long line of images to come from Stacey's World but here she is. . .

She is only £1.49 so pop over to www.staceyworld.co.uk !!!

Wild Card Mother's Day

2011-03-03T19:32:00.004Z

Just want to make this quick, here are a few pics of the mother's day cards I have been making using the wild card cart!!!

Fimo Stuff

2011-02-25T07:15:00.002Z

I was in work the other day when I received an email from Steadtler Hong Kong!!! I was super surprised to learn that they wanted to use some of my pictures on their official Steadtler Hong Kong facebook page!!! They have used 3 of my projects. . . a cupcake bracelet, a pair of cookie earrings and my Twilight inspired apple necklace!!! Just though I would pop a link here for all to see x x x

My Fimo

Mother's Day!!!

2011-02-14T17:27:00.004Z

I have been a busy bee trying to get ahead of myself for Mother's Day! I need a few cards for personal use ( I always send my dad a mother's day card as he looked after me and my brother when my mum left ) and a few others but I also try to sell a few card here and there to fund my habit!!! I have made a few with the same sort of concept in mind, this helped me to get quite a few cranked out in one go! The cards are just a bit bigger than C6 and are both black bases. The one card has a silver mirror card layer with a bazzill card layer which is matt and gloss stripes! Onto the bazzill card I have stitched a lace border and I have stitched a ruffle ribbon border which I have fallen in love with thanks to a video over at my pink stamper!!! I have added a handmade fimo rose and some gems for a bit on bling! To fonish off the fron of the card I have used Don Juan amd cut the word MUM, I have given it a pink shadow and 2 black layers for lots of dimension then added 2 more gems for effect!

The second card has a piece of card from my minds eye stiched onto a piece of plain white card this has been attached to the black card base! I have used my new favourite stitching technique ruffle ribbon along with another lace border! I have finished this section of the card with some paper flowers and attached them with a brad from american crafts to a card flower that i have cut with the big shot!!! Again this card had the gems and the MUM layered wording. the inside of both cards consists of a pattern card with a white layer stitched onto it!

Although I have ended up with some similar cards ( only 2 pics here but I have more ) I am pretty pleased with them. i think that I might use this method more often as I find that I am quite unproductive at times!!! Too busy thinking about the next card before I finish what I am working on!!! Naughty stacey x x x

Creating Critters and Paisley Elephants!!!!

2011-02-10T22:16:00.003Z

I have been let loose with the pink card!!! I Got to make some valentines cards this week and here are my efforts... The love bug is from create a critter and the elephant is from the paisley cart!!! Both cards are A5 in size! the embossing folder is papermania and the pattern paper is a DCWV download!!!!

Too Cute!!!

2011-02-06T10:55:00.002Z

I am in love with the deer elements of the Cindy Loo cart!!!! It is just perfect for all things baby!!! I have made a small card, it is A6 which is not a size I would normally use, I tend to make A5 cards but decided I needed a change! It turns out it took me just as long to make this smaller card as it would a bigger one ( maybe too much faffing around with the pinks for the deer )

I started with a pink piece of core colour card and inked the edges with brown ink, I used K & Co wedding paper for the pink stripes which I also inked. I then attached them together with double sided tape and my mini sewing machine! I mounted this onto a brown card blank. I added some lace border ribbon and some making memories flower ribbon which i got from Hobbycraft along with the paper flowers which are from the same embellishment pack as the ribbon. The blue gem brads are american crafts which are also from Hobbycraft ( had a bit of a spree ) The wording which reads too cute is a we are memory keepers rub on set which I have topper with flock, it is very faint but still super cute!!! The final element to the front is the deer from Cindy Loo which I cut in shades of pink!

The inside is desgined to match the front with one exception, the stitches are fake as the glue from my double sided tape has clogged up my needle so I couldn't re thread it ( rookie mistake ) going to clean it in a bit and never make the same mistake again OOPS!!! To finish off the inside I have used an american crafts badge embellishment which yep you guessed it, is from Hobbycraft!!!

New Fimo Dolls

2011-01-22T11:55:00.003Z

I have been at it again with the fimo and here are my latest creations! They are without names at the moment as nothing seems to fit with them!!! With previous dolls I have had trouble with the hair, I fould it snapped real easy if you were not super careful with them, I fixed this with adding a solid base behind the hair but I didn't like to finish too much, so I went away did some playing and came up with these super thick curls. I think they look awesome, chunky and very robust ( hopefully )

10 Year Anniversary

2011-01-22T11:46:00.005Z

On the 17th of January me and my hubby Konrad had been together for 10 years ( married for 4 ) He is wonderful and gave me the most awesome surprise on our anniversary. . . I got home form work very very tired and hungry and he has food waitiong for me and just asked if i could get some drink ready, I went into the cupboard for some glasses and waiting there was a handmade card. Now my husband is not a crafter at all, he glazes over whenever I start talking to him about papers or embellishments and he has never so much as touched my cricut, so imagine my amazement when he produces this card. He has done a wonderful job and i think a future in cardmaking is not out of the question!!!! Now I must admit he used a skull that I have already made ( dunno where he found it though ) I just adore this card! he has used Don Juan for the numbers and Happy Haunting for the frame and font and the skull was made using Indie Art and some QVC stamps for the swirls. He even put glitter on the 10 for sparkle!!! He is such a sweet man and I love him more than anything ( even my cricut x x x )

Fimo Fun!

2011-01-13T11:42:00.004Z

I have been upto my eyes in fimo lately! I love it as it is something I can do whilst watching TV with my hubby! I tried making cards in the living room before and it was a nightmare. . . I kept forgetting things I needed so was up and downstairs all the time, I made a huge mess which annoyed Kon oh it was awful. There are times when I do want to make things but also want to spend a bit of time with Kon so fimo is perfect for that. I have added some new characters to my Lil Schitz collection, now I do not have names for them so any suggestions would be awesome! Here they are. . .

I think they are super cute and I have given them some sweetcorn!!! I think they will make fab keyrings or phone charms!!!!

Christmas is Kicking My Ass!!!

2010-12-20T07:50:00.005Z

I love Christmas and everything about it, but this year seems to be as the title of the post would suggest kicking my ass!!!! I have started my cards too late so now not everyone is gonna have one, I didn't make enough to sell and ended up having to turn away business, I haven't finished my christmas shopping and they pressies I have bought are not wrapped!!! Phew!!! I blame a last minute wedding order I took on, I enjoyed doing it but it was a lot of work in a short space of time hence the complete lack or organisation in every other part of my life!!! I have managed to get a few pics of some cards that I have made so here they are!!!

And The Winner Is. . .

2010-10-21T16:19:00.002+01:00

Sorry for the delay in announcing the winner but I have not been too well lately and have adandoned my blog!!! Thank you to everyone who has entered my first blog candy and a special thank you to all my old and new followers!!! Like I mentioned in the post for the candy those who were followers of my blog would be assigned 2 numbers so thay had an extra chance of winning!!! Well it paid of to follow as the winner of my candy was indeed a follower!!! WELL DONE CHRISTY

Please contact me with your address and I will get the goodies sent to you as soon as I can!!!

Keep an eye out for the next candy to celebrate reaching 100 followers!!!!

Blog Candy!!!

2010-09-27T18:39:00.005+01:00

I dont think that I really need a reason to want to give crafty goodies away so here is a blog candy just for the sake of it!!! I will run this blog candy for 3 weeks!!! The RULE is simple. . .

1. Post a pic and a link back here on your blog!!!

Really thats it!!! You do not have to follow my blog, but if you do become a follower you will get 2 numbers for an extra shot at winning!!! Add your name to the list below and check out what you could win!!!

The blog candy consists of the following:

2 sets of American Craft Stamps 23 stamps in total
1 set of Papermania Marshmallow does DIY stamps 11 stamps in total
1 bag of Making Memories Chipboard Shapes 60 pieces in total
12 Craftime Glitter Sheets in Purple, Black and Silver
1 pack of teenage themed epoxy stickers
1 pack of baby themed epoxy stickers
4 packs of garedn themed card toppers
1 pack of boys themed shaker card toppers!!!

I will cover postage costs!!!

Below is a close up of the stamps, chipboard and glitter sheets!!!

R.I.P

2010-09-22T20:32:00.002+01:00

Well it has finally happened. . . I have destroyed my very first cutting plates for my big shot!!! I have had my big shot for about 4 years maybe 5 and about 5 minutes ago I had my first fatality!!! It was my fault too as I was trying to get my machine to do something I am sure it is not supposed to do, but if I don't experiment how will I ever learn!!! I have more plates so the crafting will not stop but it is a sad time for all concerned as we say goodbye to a well loved friend!!!

Another Easel Card

2010-09-19T18:04:00.002+01:00

I am desperatly trying to build up some stock so I can do some craft fairs over the next few months, but it is proving a challenge with all the other stuff I have to do! Still I do love being so bust with crafty things so not complaint!! Anyway here is another easel card. I am using the Kenny K image again I just love her and I have left a space at the bottom of the card so that a name or a greeting can be added !!!

Halloween & Xmas Mini Cards

2010-09-19T12:38:00.003+01:00

Just a quick one today. I have had these mini cards in my stash for a few years now and decided to do something with them. I have just stamped them with some inkadinkadoo stamps. I also stamped the envelopes to match.

Polka Doodles Week 37 - Easel Card

2010-09-17T08:00:00.004+01:00

I must start off this weeks post with an announcement!!! I have decided to step down from the Polka Doodles Design Team!!! I am very upset about this decision but I am just unable to give Nikky the time and dedication that she needs and deserves. The whole team each week pull off the most amazing creations and I am lucky if I can get in 2 challenge cards a month. I wish Nikky and the rest of the team all the best and I want to thank firstly Enfys for spotting me in the first place and Nikky for making me a part of her wonderful team.

There must be a bit of trickery going on at Pol ka Doodles!! It seems that Brenda has gone and read my mind!!! She has set the challenge this week and the challenge is to make an easel card!!!! Now as you may have noticed I LOVE easel cards!!! So I set to work using the fab new CD which Nikky has just launched at Harrogate it is called Sundae of Seasons!!! She will be on Create and craft on the 20th I believe so tune in and take a look!!! It has sooooo many great images I love the Mummy image so I used all 3 from the sheet that I printed out and just cut around him, nothing else needed doind to the image he is just perfect!!! I have teamed the image up with the Halloween download over at Polka Doodles. The papers in this download are super spooky all they needed was some ink and some distressing!!! I added it to some corrugated orange card and set about layering my Mummys! I stuck the one on the left flat, the one on the right is mounted onto 3D foam pads and the one in the centre has 2 springs made from strong card so he really pops out!!! To finish off the card I have used a computer generated greeting. Check out the show for the new CD and hopefully a look at some of my creations!!!

Skull Easel Card

2010-09-09T18:33:00.002+01:00

It turns out I am in love with easel cards!!! They are so cool!!! This time I have used my Madly In Love download from DCWV added a bit of inking to the edge, I have cut a skull from Indy Arts stamped and inked that then added a bow from some ribbon I had in my stash!!!

Rock Star Card

2010-09-04T16:38:00.003+01:00

I stumbled across these awesome stamps on a blog about 2 weeks ago ( sorry cannot remember who it was ) and I followed the link for the shop and to my amazement I discovered a whole range of images that were just soooo awesome I had to buy some! This is Vikki Lee Vicious and she is bloody awesome!!! I am almost sure this is what I look like in another dimension!!! Anywho. . . I got out my promarkers and set to work. She is quite tricky to colour as she has lots of little sections so I have printed her out quite big!!! I have made the base card another easel card ( I am addicted to them now ) and it is black. I cut a piece of red card for the front of the card and I have inked around the edges. For the silver bit I have used my cuttlebug embossing folder to make it look like metal and finished off with a random set of red lips I had in my stash!!! The bit that holds the easel up is a strip of red card inked up at the edges again and stamped with Inkadinkadoo rockstar stamps and I added some metal hot fix skulls for added awesomeness ( think I just made that word up )

Haunted Design House Entry

2010-08-26T14:05:00.003+01:00

I have admired Haunted Design House from afar but this week I could not resist the Macabre Monday Challenge. This week is pink on the brink and I just love pink so I thought this was a perfect time for my first entry to their challenges. I made an easel card so that is my second first of today, the easel itself is black cardstock. The front is a piece of hot pink card which I have distressed around the edges with black ink and I have layered onto this a DCWV download from the madly in Love stack, again I have inked this with black ink. The image is from the greeting farm who I have just recemtly fallen in love with and she is called creepy cupcake!!! I have coloured her in with promarkers and added spots with a sakura souffle pen and added some topping to the cupcakes with 3D paint. The flowers have been cut out with my scallop nesties and sprayed with water and totally abused until they looked like flowers then I let them dry. In the top left hand corner is a tiny blue flower that I made using ribbon and topped with a gem and hidining behind that is a feather ( loving feathers at the moment ) The whole topper is finished off with some ribbon.

Wedding Invitation Samples

2010-08-23T19:26:00.004+01:00

I seem to be getting more and more request for wedding invitations which is fab as I just love to make them! I pretend its my wedding, I swear my next wedding will be amazing ( my first was wonderful ) but I can do soooo much better no than I could then!!! Might have to divorce Konrad just to get married to him again! Yes he is soooo great I would marry him twice!! Anyway back to the samples!!! I have been asked to make invites for winter wedding and the lady wanted sparkles and feathers I put together a few samples and this is my fav ( this isn't the actual one she has picked ) but this is my fav and going into my range!!! A simple square card with a very wide bit of white lace, I printed out the wedding invitation message and layered it onto some silver sparkle card and placed that onto the centre of the lace and added some gems for good measure. Next I cut 2 hearts using my big shot ( on sale at Hobbycraft ) and layered them with 3D foam. I then wanted to add some beading and hearts but I didn't want to buy a spray so I made one ( 1st attempt so not too bad ) this was then wrapped around the feather and stuck between tohe 2 hearts.

The next picture is the evening invitation which is C6 in size and is like a postcard with the info printed out and backed onto some dark silver sparkle card and some added ribbon bows and gems. You will have to excuse my rubbish editing skills - I didn't want to put the lady's phone number up so I just took it out whilst resizing the picture, it will do!!!

Crazy Cakes

2010-08-16T22:12:00.002+01:00

I love this digi stamp from the greetings farm, and this is my first card with her!!!

Betty Boop Card Order

2010-08-16T16:10:00.004+01:00

Phew!!! This card has taken me a while to put together! It is a special for a friend of mine for his new wife! Originally he wanted a Jessica Rabbit card but I had no luck with finding a cut for that so Betty Boop was his next choice! I knew exactly where I could get a Betty Boop from so I ran straight to Mardenz and downloaded the SVG there. This card is A4 in size, thank god for the Kanban A4 card blanks at Hobbycraft as i didn't fancy buying A3 card!!! I cut Betty Boop using my cricut, I added some stickles to her lips and high heels for some glitz! The background paper is DCWV ( dont ask what stack ) The font is similar to the hello kitty font but it is actually antsy pants cut via scal with the cricut, the font on the inside of the card is from my very newly aquired Mickey Font cart ( on sale at Hobbycraft - click Mickey to take you there ) I added some bees as instructed, I used vellum for the wings and when you open the card they pop up!!! This was my first attempt with an SVG file, and it was very easy to use, had to trim a bit here and there but all in all I was super impressed, I would not have known where to start creating my own file so huge thank yous to Mardenz x x x

Polka Doodles Week 32!!!

2010-08-13T06:37:00.002+01:00

Well it is finally here!!! It is my turn to set the challenge over at Polka Doodles!!! I picked a date so far in advance as I was so worried about setting a challenge! It caught up with me eventually and here it is. . . I asked the ladies to print or stamp onto vellum or acetate! It was a good idea at the time but the challenge was just that a bloody challenge!!! My printer had a huge argument with the acetate I picked so that killed that plan so I printed onto pearlescent vellum which turned out pretty good!!! I used the Jingle Jangle CD which I just adore!!! Vellum was such a bad idea as all the hard work is not really reflected as it is so hard to photograph!!! Next time I say the V word people you stop me!!! Hop over to polka doodles and see how easy the fab designers have made it look!!!

Wedding Invitation Sample

2010-08-09T08:34:00.003+01:00

I have been asked to put together some samples for wedding invitaions and the first one I made was a success!!! Though I would share it woth you all!!! It is a super simple 6 x 6 hammer texture card with a damask pattern paper down the one side and the topper has the name of the couple and the date of the wedding ( not sure if its the actual date I made that bit up ) added a few little gems and we're done!!!

Charm Bracelets

2010-08-08T18:14:00.003+01:00

I have been so busy posting my creations onto the Stacey's World facebook page that I completly forgot my poor little blog!!! I am so naughty at times!!! I have been bust trying to build up some stock so I can get my ass to some craft fairs but I am a slow crafter and for the most part very very unorganised!!! Anyway I have managed to create 2 new charm bracelets using some of my fimo cupcakes and little fimo blobs with eyes and a selection of random charms and beads that i have collected!!! The green one I cannot part with so that has become mine ( again not helpful when trying to build stock!!!

Polka Doodles Christmas In July!!!

2010-07-23T20:33:00.002+01:00

Firstly I must tell you all about the most fantastic competition going on at Polka Doodles!!! Get over there now to see how you could bag yourself some fantastic Aquamarkers from letraset the wonderful peeps that make Promarkers!!!

Right back to this weeks challenge! We have been set a challenge by Kris to make a Christmas card in July! I think the timing is perfect with the latest Polka Doodles CD that has just come out!! I have opted to use Nikky's fab fairy stamps to go with my xmas paper from the CD!!! I have used mt fav which is BevvieBoo, I just love her! I have stamped her using my Versafine Onx Black ink pad then I have coloured her in with Promarkers!!! To get the fab sparkle on the wings I have used stickles which I have recently fallen in love with!!! Bevvie has been backed onto a white piece of card which I have inked with a brilliance Dew drop ink. I have then matted it onto a piece of snowflake pattern paper from PB2 again this has been inked for added effect! I have used foam pads to give dimension. This topper was then added to aother piece of the pattern paper then added to an A5 tent card! The whole card was then finished off with ribbon and gems. I am now making this card one of my xmas designs this year, I think the fairy really suits Nikky's papers!!!

A Few Quick Additions!!!

2010-07-21T21:43:00.004+01:00

My first addition today is a baby card that I have made using new arrival and indie arts! I have made it a bit gnarly!!! The second installment is some fimo brooches that I have made for Tracie who is a fellow doodler over at polka doodles!!!

Polka Doodles Week 28 - Stamp Away

2010-07-19T07:20:00.003+01:00

This weeks challenge over at polka doodles was set by Lou. The challenge was to. . . deep breath. . . abandon our designer papers!!!! ARGH!!!!!! As soon as I recovered from the shock I decided that this was in fact a fab idea!!! We had to create our cards using nowt but stamps!!!! So I set to work with Gracie. I stamped her onto a scallop die cut and gave her a cute lady bug for company!!! Nest I just cut freehand some grass and then layered her up! I used my promarkers from Hobbycraft to colour her in, I decided to stick with red and black as they work so well together! The background is not so much stamped as it is punched!!! I used a circle punch to create a ladybug background for my card finished off with some fab ribbon again from Hobbycraft!!!

Birthday Card For Konrad!!!

2010-07-04T14:51:00.002+01:00

June 17th was Konrads 32nd birthday! I always struggle with his cards as he sees what I do everyday, but I am pleased with this years effort!!! It is more skulls shock horror!!! They have been cut on the cricut using Indie Arts and stamped and inked around the edges but to be a bit different I have used my tonic studios butterfly punch and punched some from an old copy of Mid Summer Night's Dream ( think it is an old copy from Konrads school - it has a library stamp inside ) oh well at 32 I don't think he will be returning it now!!! the butterflies are backed onto some brown butterflies and finished with pink pearls!!! The inside is also stamped and inked but has been written in so there is no pic x x x

Polka Doodles Samples

2010-07-04T13:09:00.002+01:00

I am a bit late with posting my samples but have just been super super busy!!! Here are my samples for the latest CD from Nikky at Polka Doodles. The CD is called Paper Boutique 2 - Creative Christmas. If you loved Paper Boutique then you will juat adore this! I have used 1 of the images that come pre coloured but they other 2 cards I used some of the other polka doodles papers to give peapole and idead of how else they can be used! The pressies are just so cool that they should not be limited to just xmas, so I used some papers from the all around and everywhere CD. There is just so so much and this disc please check out the blog and the shop gallery for some awesome inspiration! Nikky will also be on Ideal world Thursday at 9am!!!

More Fimo Things

2010-07-02T09:54:00.004+01:00

I am totally in love with all things fimo at the moment, here are some more versions of the dolls heads that I posted last week! These are for sale so if you are interested please just let me know!!!

Introducing!!!

2010-06-20T13:54:00.003+01:00

I would like you to meet some new friends of mine!!! They are freshly baked today! Firstly we have the Lil Schitz!!! They are super cute fimo poops but they are flat backed as opposed to my other poops which were not! They will be featured on a whole range of things from cards to hair slides!!! More pics coming soon!

Secondly we have Betty Brooch! She is the first attempt at a face and I love her!!! Today she is just a brooch but as with the Lil Schitz she will be on all manner of things!!!

New Cards

2010-06-18T08:36:00.002+01:00

No waffling from me today!!! Just some pics of cards I have made recently! The cupcake card has space for a name to be added when needed!!!

Polka Doodles Week 22

2010-06-04T08:05:00.002+01:00

Firstly I must say a huge welcome to the noobs at Polka Doodles this week!!! Its too late now ladies there is no turning back!!! Welcoma aboard Lisa, Jenny and Tracy!!!

This weeks challenge has been set by Lou who is celebrating a wedding anniversary this week!!! Congratulations Lou!!! Her challenge was to make her a modern / retro card! Now I have made an anniversary card but I must confess Lou it is for my husband! It is our 4 year anniversary this september so I thought lets be different and get organised!!! As soon as I saw this paper on the Not For Girls CD I knew that this was the one! He is such a huge comic book fan, so mush so that he has transformers tattooed all down his left arm!!! I decided that he needed to know how special he was a bit early this year so here is his card! The greeting is made in word with a simple explosion that I have added text to then layered onto red car then cut out! I used wire which I wrapped around a pencil for the wobblers!!!

So here he is my wonderfull husband of 4 years ( been together for 9 ) he is amazing and looks after me so well. . . Love you Konrad x x x

Polka Doodles Week 20

2010-05-21T09:40:00.000+01:00

This weeks challenge over at Polka Doodles has been set by Fliss and tha challenge was to make something with mum in mind and use the colours orange ( or peach ) and blue! No anyone who knows me will know that my Mum and I do not speak ( long story for another day ) so I have used my Nan as my inspiration! She is amazing! She is still a dinner lady at 72, she still finds time to do everything for everyone and she still looks amazing, she looks younger now than she does in the picture!!! I found this fab pic of her with me when I was younger ( I am not much taller now he he! ) and I happen to be wearing a peach dress! So I decided that this was the time to go nuts and make a scrapbook page!!!

The page is 8" x 8" and tha base is co-ordinations cardstock which I got reduced at HobbyCraft. The orange gingham is from All Around and Everywhere. I have stamped the corners and inked along the edges of the page for some added texture. The flowers I love and to make them I printed out some of the small blue dotty paper from the same CD, I cut 16 small scallop circles with my nesties and inked the edges with a darker blu ink. Next I used my newly purchased Tim Hotlz mini misters and saoked them with water ( note to self - next time wait for the ink to dry ) then I scrunched them all up into tiny wet balls. Before they dried I carefully unwrapped them and layered them up into 2 piles of 8. I secured them all together with a brad and did a bit more scrunching ubtil they looked like flowers!!! When they were all dry I just added some stickles for some sparkle! The word Nanny has been printed form All Around and Everywhere, I printed some more blue dotty paper than printed the alphies onto that then just punched them out with a 1" circle punch! The picture has been die vut with nesties and layered up and for a finishing touch I made a swirl using shades of blue eyeleys!!! Phew and relax!!!!

Fimo Poop!!!

2010-05-20T11:50:00.001+01:00

How cute is my poop!!!

Twilight Scrapbook Page

2010-05-20T10:02:00.003+01:00

I have had this page sat on my desk for a few months now and always felt is was missing something! Then I gound this awesome digital stamps from the greeting farm and knew he was what was missing!!! No I coloured him in before I had my promarkers but for a first attempt he is so cute! My very own sparkly Edward!!! I am so emo when it comes to twilight!!! The page is 8" x 8" it is black card with red layered ontop. I have stamped and inked the red layer. I have cut a smaller piece of red card and stamped and inked this also. Onto this I have put a shimmer card which has been embossed with divine swirls. To finish off I have used some eyelets and treaded some red ribbon through! The only thing missing is the wedding photo of Edward and I.

Polka Doodles - Summer Blossoms

2010-05-06T09:16:00.003+01:00

This weeks challenge over at Polka Dood les has been set by Brenda!!! She has asked us to use summer blossoms as our inspiration! I have been struggling as it is wet and overcast as i look out my craft room window!!! But I have been inspired once again by the latest CD which is all round and everywhere! I have choosen to use a blue and brown theme this week! The flowers are smaller versions of the pumpkin I made last year, they are super easy to do, all you need is a scallop circle die or punch and some glue!!! I have added some brown leaves that I rescued from and old brooch that was destined for the bin and I have added some beads in wire for some bling!!! Please pop over and join in with us!!!!

Bevvie's a Fairy!!!

2010-05-02T18:29:00.003+01:00

I thought while I am trying new things ( promarkers ) I thought go on give this whole masking malarky a try and here it is!!! BevvieBoo now with wings!!!

First Polka Doodles Stamp!!!

2010-05-02T18:15:00.005+01:00

Well I must admit that I have had these stamps for a few weeks now and this is my first card that I have made!!! My colouring is not great so I have been practising before I made Nikkys fab stamps look poop!!! This fairy is my fav she is called BevvieBoo and she is so cute! Now she has a bueatiful butterfly that she comes with whixh you can use to give her wings but for my first card I decided babysteps!!! This is a C6 card which I have decorated with some elements from an old QVC kit I had hiding in my stash, I inked the edges of the flowers and the sentiment for a bit of depth! The butterfly is from tonic studio and I bought it at HobbyCraft. Finally Bevvie is stamped using versafine onyx black ink then I have used pro markers to colour her in! I only have one set so expect to see alot of purples until next payday!!!

Polka Doodles - Alter It!!!

2010-05-02T17:59:00.003+01:00

This weeks challenge over at Polka Doodles has been set by Ruth! She has asked us all to alter something!!! I had seen this fab idea online which involves putting the ingrediants for cookies into jar as a gift, I loved the idea so I thought I would have a go myself! It was all going so well until butter fingers Stacey struck! I dropped my first jar and it smashed into a huge delicious glass covered mess!!! After spending a silly amount of time trying to locate all the chocolate chips ( they fly far ) I was overcome with panic! I had to find another jar which was larger than the first then i had to refil it!!! Well of course I had no actual cookie ingrediants left so. . . I had to make do. My jar contains among other things a whole layer of bi carb!!! But dont panic the chocolate chips are not the ones I picked up from the floor!!! Anyway after all that I had enough time to make a quick wrapper using the polka dot papers from the new CD All Around and Everywhere. I turned it into a corset at the back so the wrapper is easily removed and can be put onto something more edible! I finished it off with a cute round tag from the same CD! Wish me luck for next week guys!!! How I don't fall down more is beyond me!!!

Polka Doodles

2010-04-27T19:18:00.003+01:00

Another quick one!!! These are a few cards that I have put together using the new polka doodles CD!

Card For Allyson

2010-04-27T19:10:00.003+01:00

Just a quick entry today as I am so so busy and I have fimo things to make!!! This is a card that I made for a friend in work! I love the colours! It was simple to make! The glitter letter are K & Co the mirror butterfly I got from work and the papers are Polka Doodles from the new CD!!! The size is DL!!!

Polka Doodles Monochromatic

2010-04-23T21:53:00.002+01:00

This weeks challenge at Polka Doodles was set by Nettie and her challenge was Monochromatic ( I hope thats right ) We had to use one colour but we could use different shade of that colour! Given the lovely weather we have had recently and all the fields I see everyday I have used green! I cut a scallop card using wild card on the cricut at 5 3/4 then chopped it into 2 and folded one side in half, I have then cut anothe slightly smaller from one of the awesome papers from the new CD All around and Everywhere ( its ace ) Next was some flowers from the same CD in shades of green finished off with a sentiment and some cute buttons! As you may have noticed acetate is my friend lately and there are more to come when I can pop them up here, anyway I have added a super cute tiny flower as a dangler with a spotty green brad from my stash! Check out the new CD it launched today on create and craft it is sooooo pretty!!!

Tiny Skull Card

2010-04-22T20:42:00.002+01:00

I had this tiny card blank left over from a kit that Konrad bought me ages ago but it was so cute I couldn't bring myself to throw it away! So I have used a scrap of DCWV rockstar paper and just cut a 2" skull in 2 different types of gold card! Done!!!

Better Late Than Never!!!

2010-04-22T20:06:00.004+01:00

Sometimes I wonder if I am cut out for blogging! I am so behind this week! This is my card that should have been posted friday for the animal magic Polka Doodles challenge! As the title would suggest better late than never!!! It is a simple card using one of the fab backgrounds from the back to nature CD and the super cute sheep!!! I have done a little bit of decoupage to add some dimension, and clever Nikky has even considered the back of our cards when designing this CD so I have put the sheeps bottom on the back for a finishing touch!!! Don't forget to check out Nikky and the amazing new CD on create and craft Friday at 10am!!

Polka Doodles Wedding Challenge

2010-04-07T18:04:00.006+01:00

It is time for another Polka Doodles challenge! This week has been set by Kerry and it was to create a wedding card using the love and cherish CD!!! Now I know I keep banging on about how fab this CD is but its true I just love it!!! I have decided to use the grey and silver papers as they are so subtle and elegant. The card base is A4 folded plain white card, I have they layered a piece of grey card that I have punched with my MS punch and ontop of that is a grey rose background paper with has also been punched. Using the cut off from my rose paper I have punched the edge then using and acordian fold made a paper flower! To embellish the flower I have cut out 3 butterflies using my tonic studios punch, I have cut 2 in the solid grey and one in a filigree background paper from the CD. To my butterfly I have added some pearls on string and some liquid pearls fabric paint! The sentiment is my first competer generated sentiment, I have used the title of the CD and it has then been printed onto the filigree paper and matted onto the grey card. Finally to finish of the card I have used some pretty ribbon and a diamante buckle! Fab challenge Kerry!!!

With Love

2010-04-05T14:25:00.003+01:00

I haven't made many cards over the last few weeks as I have had some family problems and I have been ill blah blah blah!!! But I am getting back on track I have decided to ignore the people causing the problems and I am focusing on me and my husband!!! So here is my first card in a while and I have kept it simple. No cricut, no big shot and no stamps! The card is C6 with a gold microflute card layered ontop, then onto that I have added a damask paper that I bought in Devon! I have used a cut off from the gold microflute and layered some gold hearts that I have had hanging around for a while. I used different depths of foam pads and some are just stuck down with tacky glue! The greeting is made up of some super cute gold letters from Making Memories! I hope you like it x x x

Twilight Bookmark

2010-03-19T19:47:00.001Z

I have been at it again with my Twilight addiction! I have made some new bookmarks! I have the fimo apple dangler that I have added! It hangs down the spine of the book so even when it is just on the shelf my book looks fab!!! The wording is printed using the Twilight font and I have simply layered pattern paper and plain card with some stamped swirls and inked edges and we are done!!!

Polka Doodles Favours

2010-03-19T17:17:00.000Z

I have been making some wedding stationary samples over the last few weeks and now I am onto the favours! I thought that the papers from the Love & Cherish Polka Doodles CD would be fab!!! This is one of the first samples I have come up with, I do think it will need to be bigger but for a sample it will be fine! I have printed out on of the many fab designs from this CD and I have cut the page into quarters. Then I have just made a sour crea m container and added a little gold tag which I have cut with the big shot and embossed with an initial!

Polka Doodles Week 11

2010-03-18T18:08:00.001Z

This week over at Polka Doodles Nikky has set the challenge and if she doesn't mind me saying a challenge is exactly what it was!!! It started out with this sketch . . .

Then we were given some rules. . . We had to use 4 shapes and they should interlock or be matted and layered and we could only use brown and blue!!! So I sat down with cold sweats ( partly due to the challenge and partly to do with the flu ) and this is what I have created! Now the papers I just love especially the background roses form the Love and Cherish CD. Now it may look more on the grey side than the blue but I am claiming its blue and thats the end of it!!! The base of the card is A4 folded plain brown cardstock, I have added to this a plain piece of blue card then added the blue ( not Grey ) roses paper! The flowers are from the Love and Cherish CD also but the papers they are printed onto are from the Back to Nature CD. I have used the same pattern in two shades, then layered them up and curled the egdes for some dimension! I have punched a border with my MS punch onto brown packing paper that I had left over from something my hubby sold on ebay and I have run this across the bottom on the card. I have added some brown ribbon along the left hand side if the card and where they meet I have used a fab topper from the Love and Cherich CD. This topper is a leftover from last weeks challenge ( waste nothing people ) I have covered it with glossy accents and ( because I am too cheap to buy crackle medium ) I cracked it when it was completly dry and rubbed into it some glimmer mist ( using a sock as I had no tissue to hand - it was an old odd sock mind ) I just hope that the layers of the flowers count as different shapes x x x

Greeting With Paper Flowers

2010-03-15T17:32:00.000Z

My poor cricut has been abandoned lately but I have been busy with pretty things like these flowers!!! I have seen them on many projects and I have been studying paper flowers on youtube alot so I decided it was time to try them! To jazz up the flowers I have punched the edges with my MS punch! The bigger flower is a papermania xmas paper and the top is plain white and I have sprinkled it with glitter and topped it with a butterfly from a bracelet that I have demolished for cardmaking purposes!!! The card base is A5 folded just standard brown card, I have then matted a plain blue piece of card ontop of that! The next thing I did was stick some fancy lace ribbon onto some brown packing paper then mat that onto the blue card, to cover the sticky tape that you could see running through the middle I used a strip from the roses paper left over from a polka doodles challenge and punched it on both sides with my MS punch. To top that off I have used a wire greetings embellishment from my stash then put my paper flower ontop to finish the card!!!

PolkaDoodle Week 10

2010-03-12T20:16:00.000Z

This week at PolkaDoodles we are celebrating a birthday! Fliss' Daughter Claire is turning 21!!! Happy Birthday Claire!!! So this weeks challenge ( set by Fliss ) is to create a card for a milestone birthday or anniversary! Now being the big romantic that I am I just adore the Love and Cherish CD so I have used that this week! There is no end of fab papers to choose from so I printed out a few jumbled them up then picked one at random!!! Sounds mad but my method works!!! I used the backing paper with my big shot and cut out a fancy edge card. I also printed out the toppers sheet to co-ordinate with the paper I have used. I have simply matted this onto gold card using 3D foam pads. this is then layered onto the card again using my 3D foam pads! To finish off I have added some flowers and gems!

I Got an Award!!!

2010-03-12T19:18:00.004Z

I have been very lucky as I have recieved this award from 2 different people! I am so grateful so huge thanks to Joanna who's blog is awesome and also to EAS Creations who's blog I am new too so I am off to explore it!!! The rules now say I have to list 7 things about myself ( not sure how exciting they are but here goes )

1. I love my Husband, sounds a bit mushy but he is amazing!!! He puts up with alot from me and he always encourages me even though I am constantly spending and trying to avoid housework!!!

2. I am a very messy crafter!!! I have maybe the worlds most untidy desk! I really really try to be tidy but the world is against me in this department!!!

3. I am easily distracted. I can be doing one thing then I will have and idea and I will go onto something else!!!

4. I have a rubbish memory!!! If it isn't written down chances are its not getting done!!! I am a sales floor manager and I have at least 4 notebooks on the go as I cannot afford to forget things!!!

5. I love love love trainers!!! I have small feet so I can usually get bargains in kids departments, and Kon loves to surprise me with trainers!!!

6. I have 6 tattoos and I am hoping for more

7. I love cooking especially baking, I don't get enough time but when I have time off I enjoy spending some time and making a mess in the kitchen instead of my craft room ( yes I am a messy chef too )

I am passing this award onto 15 fabulous bloggers . . .

1. bellaaideesmom
2. Alicia
3. Julie
4 . Pink E
5 . Enfys
6. Nikki
7. Paper Beehive
8. Clare
9. Donna
10. Nettie
11. Nanne
12. Kriss
13. Amy
14. Scrap Happy
15. Lynne

thanks again for this lovely award x x x

Crochet Flowers

2010-03-11T21:08:00.005Z

I have gained a new skill over the past few days! Julie gave me the deatils for a fab blog little birdie secrets, they have a fab tutorial for crochet flowers!!! Now that along with inspiration from Julie a demo from a lady at work, some books also from work and youtube ( phew thats alot of help ) I have managed to get something that resembles a flower!!! Now I am hoping to use them mainly for cards but I do love hair accessories so I have made these from leftover ribbon and hello kitty embellishments that I have from bobbles that I bought a few years back!!! Now if someone could just teach me more than the 3 stitches that I have fumbled through please feel free!!! Oh and please excuse the pics it is dark and this is the best I could do in my craft room ( and yes they are ikea blinds he he!!! )

Wedding Invitations

2010-03-07T08:09:00.004Z

I have been asked to put together some invitation samples for a lady that Konrad works with, now this isn't one of hers, but while I was busy putting together her samples I had an idea pop into my head and this is how it looked!!! I have kept it simple but I really love the flower and heart spray! The card is a small hammer square card, the centre is made up from silver card that has been embossed with divine swirls then ontop of that I have layered a pearl card that has a natural pattern and then the flower spray is layered ontop of that! The wedding invitation is stamped then heat embossed! I wish I was getting married again as these are so much better than the invites I had!!!

My First PolkaDoodle Card

2010-03-04T11:37:00.006Z

In case you haven't heard me screaming from the rooftops I am now a member of the PolkaDoodles Design Team!!! This week is my very first challenge. The theme this week is wings!!! We could use and CD and it could be for any occasion but it had to include some stamping!!! I opted to use the shaped Miss Twoo from the paper boutique CD. I printed her out at A5 firstly onto plain pink card stock as my base! To create all the layers I printed out some of the fab papers from the Love and Cherish CD, then I ran them through the printer again so I could have the plain templates of the owl on the pattern card!!! It was then a case of cutting out what I wanted and choosing which patterns to layer over each other!!! For my stamping part of the challenge I have used my foam swirls stamps from QVC. I used my pink versa colour ink pad then pink embossing powder to make it more textures! The rub on is from letraset. To complete my Miss Twoo I have given her some big googly eyes, some curled eyelashes, some sparkly gems and a felt flower!!! I can breathe now I have my first challenge under my belt now I had better get cracking on next week!!!

Team Doodle

2010-02-25T20:58:00.002Z

I am so so excited to have been asked to join the Polka Doodles design team!!! Huge thanks to Enfys for recommending me!!! I cannot wait to get started!!!

Leftovers

2010-02-24T19:44:00.003Z

Over at Die Cuts R Us the challenge is to use up any leftover valentines papers!!! Sound easy but . . . the card is not to be a valentines card!!! Thinking caps on this morning and this is what I came up with. The base of this card is actually waste cardboard that was supporting something I had sent through the post ( keeping in with the no waste theme ) I cut the cardboard to fit on the cover of a square card blank, then to make it a bit prettier I stamped the edges with some foam stamps that I had in my stash from QVC a while back! The leftover valentines paper comes from the new Bo Bunny love bandit collection ( so so cut ) I have stamped around the edges with fake stitches ( as I have no sewing machine or knowledge of how to use one ) again using stamps from QVC they are by HOTP. Onto the pattern paper I have mounted a die cut tag that I had free in a cardmaking magazine!!! The bird is a stamp from Imaginisce and I have stamped him firstly on more left over Bo Bunny paper, I have then die cut it with my scallop nesties. This is them adhered to the tag with 3D faom pads. The next layer is stamped onto DCWV texture cardstock then the final layer is a blue spotty card that I had free from a card magazine! The little tree/flower ( I can't decide which it is ) is made up from a scrap of blue card and some teardrop sequins that I had ( yes you guessed it ) free with a cardmaking magazine! The whole thing is finished off with a thank you rub on from letraset. So in a effort to use up leftover I have managed to use up lots of free bits I have been refusing to throw away!!! Thanks for looking!!!

I Got A Sunshine Award!!!

2010-02-21T15:11:00.005Z

I am very happy as Joanna over at scrap - making http://scrap-making.blogspot.com/ has given me this very pretty award, so huge thank you Joanna. Pop over to her blog as there is just lots and lots of pretty things to look at!!! I have to now pass it on to 6 of my followers so here we go!

http://lakulcards.blogspot.com/
http://huxtershouse.blogspot.com/
http://myinkyhands-jennifer.blogspot.com/
http://wilky-clare.blogspot.com/
http://d-swat.blogspot.com/
http://msmerrymak.blogspot.com/

right I hope I have done this right!!!

Invite Experiment!

2010-02-20T11:31:00.005Z

I have been experimenting this morning with some ideas for invitations to a fancy party! As always I like to put a Stacey twist on things! I love how this has turned out and I think I will be using this design quite a bit! It is a small version of what the actula invit will be, The cupcake is cut at 5" in shadow and welded together in DS ( I flipped the one image so they would match up when folded ) Then I have cut just one more shadow layer to stick over the top. Next I have cut it in the black out feature and stuck this on with foam pads, I added a silver border peel off sticker to the bottom then added some gems! I have used white card for the icing which i have then embossed with the big shot. To top the icing I have glued the embossed swirls then added fine glitter! I could not resis the opportunity to make this even more sparkly so I added more gems!!!

I have been looking at challenge blogs today so I have decide to enter this in the Die Cuts R Us Challenge!!! wish me luck!!!

Distressed Paper Tree

2010-02-19T16:15:00.003Z

This is my last card for today! I have seen alot of paper flowers about and I think they are so fab so I thought I would have a go but they were a bit too big for flowers so I turned them into a tree! The base of the card is Imaginisce, I cut it down to 6x6" and I have put a slightly smaller heavy weight cream card inside as it was a bit flimsy so now it has some support! I have embellished the bottom of the card with some self adhesive lace ribbon that I had in my craft stash and then topped that with a sort of ric rak scallop ribbon! I have attached 2 tiny charms to the card using american crafts ribbon. The toadstool charm I have recently bought from ebay and the leaf is from a bracelet that I have pulled apart as it had so many cute bits on it!!! The tress trunk is cut from SYI but I have chopped away until I had the shape I was after! The main body of the tree was really fun to do, I just cut up co ordinating circles form scraps of paper ( Clare Curd, DCWV & Bo Bunny ) you then scrumple them up and rip them until they look like they are ready for the bin, then unsrew them and ink them up ( good for rage ) I loved that will be doing it again after a bad day!!! Finally I have cut a sun using Doodle Charms fron DCWV card from the blossoms and butterflies stack!!!

Clare's Card Challenge

2010-02-19T15:23:00.005Z

I have never entered a challenge on the Do Crafts site but I thought why not??? This weeks challenge was to take inspiration from a picture, we could take to colours the shapes anything that inspired us so this is what I did! I created a shape card using DS and SYI. The black base is 5" in shadow, I then cut 5 other layers reducing then by 1/4" each time. To give the layers added dimension I curled the edges of the petals. The centre is cut from sweet treats and enbossed with swiss dots using my big shot. Finally my little lady bug is cut from doodle charms, the black spots are filled in with glossy accents for a bit of shine and He has some googly eyes so he can see x x

Eye Love You

2010-02-19T15:15:00.003Z

This card is inspired from a card that I have seen on the cricut forum, I forget who it was by but she deserves the credit! As soon as i saw it I knew that I wanted to have a go so here is my version! The alien is cut from the Paper Dolls cart, he is cut from Bo Bunny paper ( surprise ) and he has a big googly eye glued on! The card base is pearl blue square card with DCWV background paper. I have punced a border on some textures pink cardstock then added that to the background and I have finished the whole card off with a hand written sentiment!

Love Nest

2010-02-19T14:51:00.003Z

I have been busy this morning, as I couldn't get to the PC as my Hubby was working from home so I put my time to good use and made some cards!!! My first card today is a new home card which I have made using the Sweet Hearts Cart which Julie has very kindly let me borrow for a few days! The car is A5 in size and the background papers are from Bo Bunny, I have hidden the join with some self adhesive ribbon from HobbyCraft and punched the bottom with my Martha Stewart Punch. The bird house is cut using SYI. I cut is from plain brown card to match the base card and then more Bo Bunny card, I have embossed the brown base using the sizzix texture plates ( they are not brilliant ) In the window I have stuck some old ribbon so it looks like curtains ( so cute ) Finally the ret is cute form sweet hearts and the papers are all Bo Bunny ( except the Love Nest - that is plain pink cardstock )

Blog Candy at Going Buggy!!!

2010-02-12T08:45:00.002Z

Enfys is hosting 2 blog candy give aways one for us in the UK and then one for the US, so if you fancy some goodies pop over and check out the details!!!

http://going-buggy.blogspot.com/2010/02/pagoda-anniversary-card-and-some-blog.html

Caardvarks Competition Entry

2010-02-11T17:00:00.003Z

Well I have decided to have a go at the competition currently running over on the Caardvarks blog, it is a chance to get a card published in the Cards Magazine!!! We sell this in the shop I work in and it is amazing! I have looked at some of the entries and they are just amazing!!! Here is my entry!!! The card base is DCWV card stock, I have cut is at just over 6" x 6", The band at the bottom of the card is cut from Bo Bunny Love Bandit paper and then punched on both edges with a Martha Stewart border punch. It is held in the centre with two tiny bows running through some cute blue eyelets. The swallow is cut form Indie Arts at 2 3/4" the shadow is DCWV texture cardstock the blackout layer is Bo Bunny Love Bandit paper ( loving that range ) and the top is a plain blue card which I have inked up! Finally the stamp is and old wedding stamp ( cannot remember who it is made by ) which has been heat embossed with holographic powder! It is not as good as some of the entries but I am very happy with how it has turned out!!! wish me luck x x x

Love Moo

2010-02-11T16:49:00.002Z

With Valentines Day looming I have been feeling the love!!! Here is a cute little card that I have made using the cow, fence and grass from paper dolls!!! The card base is a pearl green card, the spotty background paper is actually a divider from a K & Co storage case. The cow has been inked up and I have cut patches free hand from a scrap of brown card, these too have been inked for effect!, the fence was cut at fit to page on a 12x12 mat as i will use the rest for other cards, the fence is 2". I have added some cute little hearts and a hand written message!

Love Birds

2010-02-08T18:56:00.004Z

It is coming upto Valentine's day so I though I would get in the mood for ramance and create some valentines cards! I must admit I have seen a few versions of the bird cut on the cricut forum and on some of the blogs I have stumbled across. I was so inspired that I decided to create my own version!!! This card ( I think ) has used the most carts during its birth, but I think the hard work is reflected!!! The card is A5 in size and it is made from brown pearl card. The background papers are by Bo Bunny and they are both the reverse of christmas papers!!! I have hidden the join with some American Crafts ribbon and punched the blue card with my Martha Stewart border punch. The bird is cut from Indie Arts at approx 3", I cut the shadow, then the blackout and then the shape, they have been shaded with brown ink then layered. The clouds are cut from the Hello Kitty Greetings cart, I have run them through the big shot using the divine swirls embossing folder them inked them up again using brown ink. The little heart that the bird is carrying is cut from Doodlecharms and embossed. To finish off the card I have used my trusted pearl gems!!! The smaller card is done almost the same but using up scraps for the background!!!

Paper Piecing Cupcakes

2010-02-08T18:50:00.002Z

Well I have been at it again with my Kanban cupcake stamps, but I have decided that I am no good at colouring them in so I have stamped them onto various scraps of pattern card or paper and layered them up!!! I really like how they have turned out!!! I have topped them with adheasive pearl gems just to make them a little bit special!!!

Skulls Again

2010-02-06T16:24:00.003Z

I have been at the skulls again! I have been using the Inkadinkadoo Rock Star stamps, they are just so amazing! The base card is a white linen card and it is and A5 card! I have stamped the corners with some stamps I bought from QVC and I have inked around all the edges of the card! The linen texture of the card makes the inking look extra aged which I love. I have then stamped a skull onto hammer texture card, I then inked a music swirl in the top left corner and more skulls along the bottom. Again I have inked around the edges of the piece of card, the card had then been monuted onto a plain black piece of card and mounted again onto DCWV RockStar cardstock. The whole card is then topped off with some purple gems!!!

Mothers Day

2010-02-06T16:21:00.002Z

I have been attempting to put together a few mothers day cards, as it is fast approaching, so here are som early attempts!

New Cupcakes Stamps

2010-02-06T16:10:00.004Z

We have just had in the new Kanban cupcake stamps in Hobbycraft and I just had to buy them!!! This is my first attempt with them! I have stamped them onto smooth white card which I have die cut with my scallop nesties and coloured them in with dovecraft brush pens, I have then embellished the top with pink pearl gems. The cake is them mounted onto a Bo Bunny Paper which is also die cut with the nesties!!! The card is a small square and it is pearl blue!!! Foe the background I have used some scraps that I have kept ( see Kon I knew I would need them ) they are DCWV paper and Imaginisce cardstock, and they have been punced with my martha stewart punch which I had for my birthday from Julie at Huxters House!!!

Kanban Wobblers

2010-02-04T11:24:00.002Z

Not one of my creations today, but I still think it is super cute. We had the new Kanban wobblers in work last so I thought I would put one together so the customers could see what they look like when finished!!! I really love this range they are so easy to put together and fab for quick cards!!!

Cupcake Creations

2010-01-29T18:05:00.003Z

In keeping with my good blogger pledge I am pleased to bring you another card!!! I have been at it with the cupcakes again! I must say I have stolen a few ideas from the amazing card I had for my birthday from Julie over at huxtershouse!!! You can see that card here http://huxtershouse.blogspot.com/2009/11/cupcake-birthday-for-stacey.html

The card is A5 and it is a pearl brown cardstock The background is actually the reverse of a Bo Bunny christmas paper ( nothing goes to waste ) I have cut the cupcake using Doodlecharms and I think it is cut at about 6". I have aged the edges of the cupcake top and embossed it with the divine swirls embossing folder using my big shot!!! I have finished off the cupcake with some fab sticky gems and a bow using american crafts ribbon. The whole card is then finished with a self adhesive lace strip and more of those cute gems x x x

I'm Still Alive!!!

2010-01-24T14:06:00.002Z

Well I have been away from my blog since November, I am beginning to think I may be the worst blogger in the world!!! I have just been so busy!!! But hopefully I am back for a bit now and I will try to keep my blog upto date and also keep ontop of the blogs that I am following cos I cannot remember the last time I sat down and had a good scan of the blogs!!!

Onto my card!!! My brother only went and turned 18 on me this month!!! I cannot believe it!!! He is so much taller than me, he has a good job a car and a girlfriend but I cannot help feeling that he is still my baby bro!!! Anyway, he loves basketball and it is as popular in the UK as it is in America but luckly I had the sports mania cart!!! Now please excuse my pics as the card is A3 folded so it is pretty big and I had no card big enough for the background! I have used design studio to weld Nick 18 the the swoosh cut, Ihave cut it at about 6" quite a few times and layered it all up! Thats it nothing fancy just plain cutting and layering!!! I could not turn it into a shape card as I do not have the larger mats just yet but I am very pleased with how it turned out!!! And I think he liked it!!!

Cool Blue Christmas

2009-11-11T09:44:00.004Z

I am still at it with the christmas cards and yes they are still blue. This time I have opted for a Sizzix Snowman!!! I think that this is my favourite die cut from Sizzix, he is just so so cute. This card is A5 in size and the background paper is from Bo Bunny, I have stamped it with swirls ( huge shock ) using my brilliance ink pad, the smaller square is the reverse of the Bo Bunny paper which I have embossed with the damask folder from cuttlebug. The card as always is finished off with a bit of ribbon x x x

A Jolly Happy Soul

2009-11-10T16:00:00.004Z

I have finally made a start on my christmas cards!!! I have tried something different this year to make things a bit easier for myself, I have tried to stick to a few themes as opposed to chucking together whatever comes to mind. So far this is working and as you can see I have a cool blue thing going on!!! I have used for the very first time a stamp that I have had kicking around my craft room for quite a while. It is from Hampton Arts and he is just adorable!!! I have stamped him using my newly aquired brilliance ink pads then embossed him with holographic embossing powder from heat it up! I have then mounted the image onto blue glitter card. The base of the card is a standard A4 piece of blue card folded in half. I refuse to stop with the swirls so I have stamped the background paper again with the brilliance ink pad. I have finished off the card with a bit of left over ribbon and some snowflake flat backs ( which were not actually flat I had to trim them ) I think I will be using my jolly snowman again as I think he is fab!!!

I got an Award!!!

2009-11-02T07:49:00.003Z

I am so excited!!! Firstly to see that people are checking out my blog and secondlt to see that someone thinks it deserves and award!!! How fab!!! Thank you very very much to Creative Momma http://www.creativecandy4u.blogspot.com/ check out this blog as it is just fab!!! I have been loving her halloween creations!!!

I believe I have some questions to answer so here goes!!!

1.Where is my mobile phone? On my desk

2.Hair? Brown

3.Mother? Wales

4.Father? Wales

5.Favourite Food? Lamb

6.Dream last night?don't remember

7.Favourite drink? capri sun orange

8.Your dream/goal? to do what I love for a living

9.What room are you in? Craft room

10.Hobby? Cardmaking

11.Fear? losing my husband

12.Where do you want to be in six years? running my own business

13.Where were you last night? recovering from my halloween party

14.Something you aren't? Skinny

15.Muffin? Lemon and poppyseed

16.Wish list item?SCAL

17.Where did you grow up? Barry, Wales UK

18.Last thing you did? drop my husband to work

19.What are you wearing? Jeans and a cookie monster tee

20.Your TV? music station

21.Your pets? Santa the cat

22.Friends? lots but a small selection of special ones

23.Your life? Good and full of love

24.Your mood? Good until work I guess He! He!

25.Missing someone? Konrad

26.Car? Fiat Punto

27.Something that you are not wearing? Make up

28.Favourite food store? Asda

29.Favourite colour? Pink

30.Whe was the last time you laughed? Yesterday

31.Last tine you cried? During the film UP

32.Best Friend? Konrad

33.One place you go over and over again? HobbyCraft

34.Facebook? Yes

35.Favourite place to eat? at the moment Gormet Burger!

Thank you again x x x

Pumpkins!!!

2009-10-27T20:32:00.002Z

I know its not until Saturday but I am soooooooooooo excited about Halloween as I am having a party!!! Konrad and I sat down tonight and carved our pumpkins!!! Konrads pumpkin is the one being sick ( lovely i know ) and mine is the other evil looking one!!!

First Pumpkin Attempt

2009-09-19T13:38:00.003+01:00

I have come across this 3D pumpkin technique on the cricut forum and I thought it was sooooo cute so I decided i would try it for myself.

I have simply cut 10 scallop circles using my big shot, I have aged the edges then scored down the centre, I then folded them and glued them together.

For the stalk I have used some groisgrain spotty brown ribbon and for the vines I have cut some thin srtips of green card split them in half so they are thin then I have curled them with a quilling tool. The background paper is Bo Bunny and it is just stunning!!!

The example I saw was for ornaments but I thought it would look super cute on a card!!

Now I will say that the pumpkin is too heavy for the card size that I have choosen so it keeps falling down, so I will need to play around with different weight and size card blanks but for now I am happy with the result!!!

A big thanks to Big Beras Wife on the cricut forum for the inspiration!!!

Something a bit Different!!!

2009-09-03T19:07:00.003+01:00

I have been slightly stuck in my ways of late, so I have decided to be brave and leave my stamps and skulls alone ( only for a bit )

I thought I would get a birthday card sorted for Konrad's Mum. I decided that she would not appreciate skulls in any way shape or form so I had to stop and think and this is what I have come up with.

I have used the New Arrival cart and cut card 3 on fit to page ( which actually cut at 11.5" ) I did this firstly with K & Co pattern paper, then with DCWV texture card stock. I cut the blue card down so I could just layer the scallop over my pattern paper, I have then added a simple blue insert for strength!!! I have added some american crafts ribbon to hide the join running across the card where the blue meets the pattern paper. I had a bit of the pattern paper left so i cut out some flowers and embellished them with DCWV brads and I have layered them onto my card with some 3D foam. I have finished the whole thing off with some more ribbon and a few simple bows!!!

I am pleased with the result as it is not my usual style, my hubby thinks his mum will love it x x x

Blog Candy

2009-09-01T19:58:00.001+01:00

There is a fab blog candy going over at Paper Phenomenon http://paperphenomenon.blogspot.com/2009/09/blog-candy.html

I know its an american cart but it has some fab cuts on it so check out the blog and have s good nose through as there are some fab things to see on this blog!!!

Handmade Twilight Inspired Bookmark

2009-08-15T17:44:00.003+01:00

This is what I believe to be the best bookmark ever!!! I have handmade the dangly apple by hand using fimo, it has been baked and varnished so it shines like a real apple, it is dangling from a silver chain which layd down the spine of the book so when it is on a shelf you can still see the bookmark. Its base is black cardstock and I have then printed out a red and a cream patterened paper, the cream is pink petticoat I got the red one for free online!!! I have then stamped and inked the edges of each paper to give it a distressed look. The bookmark is finished off with an apple cut from doodlecharms which again has been stamped and inked. I have then layered it with 3d foam onto its shadow and stuck it onto the bookmark.

Girly Skull Birthday

2009-08-15T17:33:00.003+01:00

I have been at the skulls again!!! This time I have cut out a really cute pink skull from Indie Arts, she has been stamped with a filagree image and layered onto DCWV dotty paper which I have stamped and inked around the edges. The card is A4 folded and it is also decorated on the inside, which I don't do very often unless it is requested!!!

1st Christmas Card of the Year

2009-08-15T17:25:00.002+01:00

Well I have spent some time on the cricut forums over the last week as i have had some well deserved time off work, and I have found more and more xmas cards. This has inspired me to get cracking on mine. So here is my first festive creation. It is A4 folder in half, the base card is a pearl brown, I have layered some papermania silk screened cardstock onto the base card ( it is very hard to see int the picture but the silk screened card is stunning ) The image is stamped with an inkadinkadoo reindeer stamp then heat embossed in gold ( again hard to see in the pic - next attempt will be in copper not gold ) the stamped image was layered onto a scrap of the silk screenec card then layered onto some bargin gold glitter card!!! It has all been brought together with a cheap gold bow i have been refusing to throw away and some skeleton leaves i had free with a magazine a long time ago!!!

More Fimo Jewellery

2009-08-08T09:13:00.005+01:00

Hello!!! I have been a busy bee making fimo jewellery!!! I just love the way they have turned out, I have made a few sets of earrings and some phone charms. I am also in the middle of a cupcake charm bracelet but it is not quite finished!!! Hope you like them x x x

Twilight Crafts

2009-07-27T19:47:00.001+01:00

I am a huge fan in case you hadn't noticed, and over on the cricut forums there is a link to some fab Twilight inspired crafts so I thought I would link it here . . . http://www.cricut.com/messageboard/tm.aspx?m=4474513

Hello Kitty Crazy

2009-07-12T17:21:00.004+01:00

I owe a huge thank you to Julie H over at http://www.huxtershouse.blogspot.com/ She very kindly let me babysit Hello Kitty Font over the weekend and this is what I have come up with!!! You will have to excuse the photos it was too sunny ( yes its possible ) and I'm not too clever with a camera!!!

Card Order

2009-07-12T17:14:00.004+01:00

Hello!!! I have been busy with some well needed crafting over the last few days, I have managed to get through some orders and this is one of them. This is for a little girl on my aunties side of the family as you can see her name is courtney. I have used a pink A5 card blank which i hace layered with DCWV glitter card stock from the Sweet stack. I have cut the name out using Don Juan and the bear is a cross cuts die that I bought on ebay quite some time ago but she never gets boring and finally I have finished off with some gems and some super cute buttonx x x x