Teachers' Gift

This is still a work in progress. I've just ordered some Tim Holtz Hitch Fasteners to go on the front of the drawer but as I haven't posted anything for a while again and I'm supposed to be making more of an effort I thought I'd put it on anyway.

The papers are by Do Crafts

The stamp and sentiment are by Crafter's Companion

The banner stamp is from a set by Do Crafts

The image is part coloured with Twinkling H2Os and part paper pieced

The flowers and leaves on the left are dies by Marianne Designs

The leaves on the right are a die by Little Claire Designs

Oh and the fancy scalloped edging is a die from the Spellbinders Edgeablities range.

I think that's covered everything. :0)

Cute Card Thursday

The Cute Card Thursday Challenge this week is a sketch and here is my interpretation of it.

The papers are by My Minds Eye.

The snowman stamp is by Fun Stamps and coloured with Twinkling H2Os.

The snowflakes are made with a paper punch.

ABC Christmas Challenge

I made these cards for the ABC Christmas Challenge which this week is Vintage. Well I actually wanted to try out my new stamp from Crafty Individuals and the ABC Christmas challenge just happened to fit my cards but it amounts to the same thing. :0)

The papers for both cards are by Kars which I've distressed using scissors.

As previously stated the stamp is by Crafty Individuals (fab website and they sent not one, but two free gifts with my order - lovely surprise). The image is coloured with Twinkling H2Os. The snowflakes are made using paper punches.

Penny Black Challenge

This week's Penny Black Challenge is a sketch. This is my interpretation of it.

The papers are all by My Minds Eye.

The image is a Penny Black coloured with Twinkling H2Os.

The snowflakes are paper punches with small gems in the centre.

The swirl is a Sizzix die which I've customised. 

Less Is More Challenge

This weeks "Less is More" Challenge is "Stars" Having looked through all my stamps this is about the only one I have that has stars on it. It is of course a gorgeous Penny Black Stamp which I've coloured with Twinkling H2Os. The sentiment is from the Fizzy Moon collection by Trimcraft.

Card and Present

I made this card and altered box for my daughter's friend Darcy who has just turned 8. They are designed using the info I got from her which was she like pink and purple and her favourite animal is rabbits.  

For the card I used a Penny Black Stamp which I coloured with Twinkling H2Os

The sentiment and flowers are all done with Go Kreate Dies and the leaves are a paper punch.

The box is made using the same things as the card but I also added some lace ribbon around the edge of the box just to finish it off.



Laura's card

I made this card for one of the girls at work. I try to keep the front as flat as possible because the other girls at work all need to sign it and it's hard to write on the inside of the front cover if there are lots of bulky embellishments on the front. It's not an easy task, let me tell you!

The stamp is a Penny Black which I half paper pieced and half coloured with Twinkling H2O's.The sentiment and swirls are a combination of Sizzix and Go Kreate Dies.

Father's Day

Talk about keeping it simple!

The stamp is by Hero Arts. I coloured the hearts using Twinking H20s
I love the simplicity of it though. It's just a shame it doesn't qualify for this weeks Less is More Challenge.

30th Birthday

I made this card for my boss at work. It was her 30th a couple of weeks ago. The other girls wanted it to be in a pink and purple theme and cheeky so this is what I came up with.

This is a close up of the stamp so that you read the sign.

The lettering and numbers are all done on the Cricut. The sentiment is done using the ZooBalloo cartridge and the 30 is using the Jasmine cartridge.

The lady stamps is by Stamps Happen Inc and coloured with Twinkling H2Os.

Chloe's Card

I made this card for my niece's 7th Birthday and also for a card challenge which was to use pink and yellow. I thought that particular colour combination might be quite hard to pull off but once I found some pink and yellow paper in my stash it seemed to come together quite nicely. The papers, sentiment and lettering came free with a craft magazine.
The girl image is by Kanban and coloured with Twinkling H2Os.
The little snail is from a small set by Nellie Snellen and is also coloured with Twinkling H2Os.

Happy Mother's Day

I thought I'd start by showing you the cards my children made for me. This is Josh's card which he made on the computer at school.This is the insideand this is the back. Charming eh?! lolAnd my daughter raided my stash (with permission of course) to make me this cute card using one of my favourite Penny Black stamps.

This year I thought I'd make a photo frame for my mum. It didn't quite turn out how I wanted to. I think its because now I'm working I just haven't been able to spend the time on it that I would have liked to have done. Maybe it will look better when it has a nice photo in it?! Failing that I might ask for it back and re-vamp it for next year. ;0)

This is how the photo frame started out. and this is how it looked when I'd finished with it... or ran out of time to do anything else with it.

The papers, labels and sentiment are all from a set by K&Co. The flowers are made with die cut by Marriane Designs and two other paper punches.

For the card I used the same K&Co papers and the Marrianne Designs die cut to make the flowers. The rabbit stamp is by Penny Black and coloured with Twinkling H2Os. The Happy Mother's Day stamp is by Inka Stamp Designs.

For the inside I used a clear stamp by Inkadoo it says "You make me smile all over my face" which my mum does. She's the best mum in the world ever! :0)

That just leaves me to say Happy Mother's Day to all you Mums out there in Blog land. Hope you enjoy your special day.

Cards for Twins

I made these two cards for twins who turned 13 a few weeks back. For the card for Grace I used papers by Hot Off the Press. The stamp is by Sugar Nellie which I coloured with Twinkling H2Os. It's the first time I've used this stamp but I think it's perfect for this age range.

I tried to make Jake's card in the same sort of design to Grace's. These papers are by K&Co and didn't have the little tags so it didn't quite work out the same. The image is a Woodware stamp again coloured with Twinkling H2Os.

Girlie Card

I made this card for one of my daughter's friends at school who was 8 last week. The papers are my Hot off the Press, the stamped images are by Kanban coloured with a mixture of paper piecing and Twinkling H2Os. The flowers were made using a die by Marrianne Designs.

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Yes sorry, it's another Christmas card. I made it using a sketch for a challenge over on Trimmies although I flipped the sketch on it's head - just for the fun of it. The image is a stamp by Stampavie coloured with Twinkling H2Os, the papers are by Kars and the Sentiment is a Penny Black.

Christmas Card. Already?!

I would like to say this is the first Christmas card I've made this year but it's not, it's about my 9th. My excuse for starting so early is that my mum bought me a set of adorable Christmas stamps for Christmas and it seems a shame to have to wait until later in the year to start using them.

I actually made this card for a sketch challenge over on Trimmies. I've not taken part in any challenges for a while so I thought it would be a nice start to the New Year to do one.
The sheep stamp is part of a set by Papermania and is coloured with Twinkling H2Os, the sentiment is by Stamping Up. The papers are by Kars. The oval and scalloped oval are Nestabilities dies.

Cat in a Bra

This is one of my favourite Penny Black Stamps. It started life as my Mums' but somehow found its way to my house and decided to stay!
The papers are by K&Co. The cat in the bra stamp is coloured partly with Twinkling H2Os and partly by paper piecing. The "Hello Friend" is a Cuttlebug Die.

Birthday Boy

I recently started working at a day nursery and I offered to make the birthday cards for the children in the room I work in.

This is the one I made for Joe who turned two. The dinosaur in a Whipper Snapper stamp coloured with Twinkling H2Os. The papers are by K&Co. The sentiment is a combination of Go Kreate Dies used in my Cuttlebug.

Altered CD

I made this altered CD hanger for my friend's little girl for her Birthday.
The image is a Sugar Nellie coloured with Twinkling H2Os. The papers and butterflies are from a set by D.V.W.C. The flowers are a daisy punch and the leaves are a variety of die cuts that I made with my Cuttlebug and then added Stickles the the edges.
I've been told it now has pride of place on her wall in her bedroom.

Bad Blogger!

A big hello to anyone who is still checking in on my blog. Sorry I've not up-dated in what seems like years! So much has been happening.

Where to begin. Well, my husband and I split up in February and I finally managed to move out the 1st October. So lots of changes there and a lot of packing and un-packing although luckily we didn't have to shift it all too far as we've only moved to the house next door. It's great for the kids though as they haven't had to change schools or anything and our morning routines have managed to stay the same so it's all good in that respect.

The other big change is that I've now gone back to work so not so much time for crafting and up-loading. I've started working at the Day Nursery that is on the grounds of my daughter's school which is lovely because I get to wave to her at play times and lunch times when they are all out in the playground.

Ok so enough about my life and onto the more important crafting. :0)

I know I'm very late but these are the invitations I made for the Halloween Party that we had.

The stamp is a Penny Black coloured with Twinkling H2Os. The embossing is done using a Cuttlebug embossing folder in my Cuttlebug, the wording is Peel Off stickers.

Saturday Challenge

I made this card for the Saturday Challenge at the beginning of this week but I've been having a mum and son week while my daughter is over at my mum's for a few days so I've only just got round to putting it on my blog.

The Saturday Challenge this week is blue and cream. I used my Penny Black Stamp for this card and papers from Papermania.

Josh and I went to a secret nuclear bunker on Wednesday. Unfortunately it wasn't the best day out ever but we had fun looking for the spy mice and rats.

There were a couple of hands on exhibits but not really enough to keep Josh interested. We had a nice picnic outside afterwards though before we drove home and it was certainly something different. I don't think we'll be going again though.