Mellies Crafty Corner

Mega mega give away. !!!!!!!!!!

2011-11-02T13:36:00.002Z

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Mega give away

2011-11-02T13:33:00.001Z

The Lovely Karen at Charmed Cards and Crafts has a fab giveaway offer on atm. This is my entry.

This is Annie with her teddy. One of Charmed's own stamps.

Wedding

2010-05-21T08:09:00.001+01:00

We also have a wedding to go to this year. I wanted to do something a little different for my friend so thought I'd get some early use out of Prom Tilda. (Bought her in advance of my 2 girls attending their school proms, although the first of them won't be for 3-4 years time lol.)

I had a DCWV wedding pad sitting doing nothing so thought it ideal for the job. Used the C/S, paper and s/a alphabet. Tilda is coloured with promarkers. Roses from Wild Orchid Crafts, paper flower and punched leaves. Added stickles to Tilda's tiara, gloves and lace trim. The whole thing is finished off with a gold sheen from my perfect pearls. Now to get it delivered.

Used most of the rest of the pad to make he and her new DH an 8 x 8" wedding album too with room for a few honeymoon photos. All they have to do is chose some photos and add them to the mat ready for them.

Christening

2010-05-21T07:58:00.000+01:00

Christening card this time. My Great niece Amelie is being christened in August so I made this acceptance card to say we will be attending.

Papes and d/c alphabet from the same Colorbok pad as for the naming ceremony card. Bazzill C/S. Papermania silk daisy with a rose centre and punched leaves. Image is Tilda with baby Tingla from Magnolia.

Naming Ceremony

2010-05-21T07:55:00.001+01:00

Yay, I can play today. I think maybe my friend was right that it was sulking after all my non activity. Lol.

Anyway here is a card I made as an acceptance to a naming ceremony we are going to. It is for the twins born ot my nephew and his GF. Papers and die cut alphabet are out of a Colorbok pad, flower is a Papermania one I think with a rose in the centre and punched leaves. Pearls are Prima. Image is a Sugar Nellie.

Oops did I get lost ???

2010-05-20T16:08:00.002+01:00

It's been a long time since I was last here. Been a tad busy doing all sorts and not always crafting. Hmm now I am here it won't let me add any pictures. :(

Valentine card time

2010-01-29T11:53:00.003Z

DH is a funny thing when it comes to Valentine's day. As a relatively 'old married couple' now he doesn't see the point. Then every so often he surprises me and I get card, flowers, chocs .... (must admit that is a bit of a rarity lol.)

Well this year I have made him a card. I based it on a card or 2 in my lovely Magnolia Ink magazine, bit of a mix between the 2 cards lol.

Paper is Two Scoops BG, prima flowers with 2 rosebud centres, BG alphabet sticker, ovals cut on my scalloped and plain nesties and the hearts are a metal silver heart with a red heart brad centre. Tilda coloured with a mix of copics (fleshy bits) and watercolours. Well I don't have many copics lol.

Now should I make him a card to send to me ?????

Yoo hoo I'm back

2010-01-29T11:43:00.007Z

In the end I didn't like the card I had made for the twins arrival (or the ones I had left from my slae last year) so had a go at this easel card.

Papers are B G sugared. I used my labels nesties to mount Tilda with baby Tingla and Cool Edwin on. Prima flowers with a rose bud added to one and pearls for the centre of the other.

Had to have just the one baby in the stamped image as I don't have one with two on. Does anybody do stamps with twins in mind ????

The card stays open by resting against a line of s/a pearls inside the card.

Forgot to say that the twins arrived last Friday. One of each kind lol. Sadie and Tyler. Tyler, 2 mins older and 1lb 4oz heavier than his little sister Sadie. Only seen a photo of them via my mobile phone so far and not sure when we will get to meet them yet.

Baby card time

2010-01-04T17:52:00.002Z

My nephew and his G F are expecting twins this year. (More Great Nephew / Nieces? for me to add to the growing list!!!!!) I decided to make a couple of cards in readiness for their happy event. I pieced together a couple of my Magnolia stamps and like the results. (That's a result believe me, lol.) Haven't managed to take a photo yet as the light was fading, so I will take it tomorrow and add it here then. Felt good to be crafting again after the Christmas holidays. I am aiming to visit my blog more often this year ..... and blog hop round too. Been a bad hopper :-(

Blog candy alert

2009-12-27T18:58:00.002Z

Karen has a fabulous candy offer on her blog here . Wow think of all the lovely projects you could make with all those stamps. But if you don't win they are so gorgeous you could treat yourself to a download ... or two .... or all of them even lol.

December calendar page

2009-11-25T12:29:00.003Z

Christmas last year was the best way to add photos to December's page seeing as we haven't got there this year yet. Lol. It is a tradition now in our house to have a photo of the girls in front of the tree. We missed a few of the early years but got better once the girls went to school it seems.

Embellies are Anita's dimension stickers (free with Creativity some time ago and I have finally managed to use them woohoo), 7 Gypsies sticker, Colorbok stickers, B G button and alphabet and Papermania s/a pearls .

November calendar page

2009-11-25T12:23:00.003Z

Both girls feature on the November LO. Taken at the end of half term holidays when we visited the Brooklands Museum.

Embellies are Prima flowers and s/a pearl, K & Co felt ladybird. Crate Paper Kaitlin heart, B G button and Chatterbox alphabet.

October calendar page

2009-11-25T12:17:00.002Z

Halloween and this year the girls decided to take
part once more. DD1 had a Horror Ball at her school and then on the 31st went out with a couple of friends trick or treating. DD2 is more timid about the evening andhad to be somewhat pushed into collecting her sister and trick or treating on the way home. DD1 managed to return with a bucket ful of sweets and DD2 somewhat less but by the time DD1 had passed over the sweets she didn't like, DD2 had as many as DD1.

Embellies are Chatterbox alphabet, 7 Gypsies stickers, Colorbok stickers, Prima silk flower, B G buttons, a little quilted handbag (tick or treat bag), Papermania s/a gems and punched leaves.

September calendar page

2009-11-25T12:09:00.002Z

September sees the girls back at school. DD1 has learnt to be a little ..... erm free -er with the wearing of her uniform. Who am I kidding she is very free with it. !!! How short is that tie!?!?
DD2 is still a good girl with uniform as it should be worn (except in this photo lol) but she is still only in junior school. Next year will be a different story with her I am sure.

I love this paper from the Que Sera Sera range of K & Co. Embellies are Prima flowers, BG button and alphabet, Papermania pearls, K & Co stickers and a couple of other flower stickers.

August calendar page

2009-11-25T12:07:00.002Z

August is Tots birthday so who better to feature on this month's page. Here she is with her new toy - George the Giraffe. She loves him as you can see. Lol.

K & Co die cut flowers, 7 Gypsies sticker, punched leaves and B G alpabet.

On with the calendar - July page

2009-11-25T12:01:00.004Z

Thought I'd forgotten to come back did ya? Well here I am with the other 6 months worth of the outlaws calendar.

This is DD1 taking part with her school in Hamble Week's festival.

Embellies K & Co die cut Citronella shapes, Prima flower, B G button and die cut sticker, punched leaves and Papermania s/a gems.

June calendar page

2009-11-18T14:48:00.004Z

The girls love to go strawberry picking even though DD1 hates eating them. It certainly makes for a good June photo shot though.

Embellies K & Co die cuts and die cut stickers, Prima flowers, punched leaves, Papermania pearls and B G buttons.

May calendar page

2009-11-18T14:44:00.002Z

What a difference a haircut makes. When Spring arrives the girls go from long to shorter hair. This was the first time DD1 took a photo idea with her to have her hair cut. Hmmm little girl growing up. !!!!

Embellies Prima flowers, K & Co G A die cut butterfly, B G button, dew drops and Papermania foam alphabet.

April calendar page

2009-11-18T14:42:00.001Z

April has DD1 in her school show Fashion Rocks attire. Lots of attitude and make up.

Embellies K & Co epoxy sticker and die cut flowers, B G buttons and alphabet.

March calendar page

2009-11-18T14:39:00.002Z

March shows DD2 ready for Red Nose Day at school. Oh and Eeyore of course.

Embellies are Prima flower, K & Co epoxy, B G die cut sticker, button and alphabet, Papermania pearls and punched leaves.

February calendar page

2009-11-18T14:29:00.002Z

Here is the Feb offering featuring DD2 last Feb when snow caused her to have an extra day on school.

Embellies are Primas, BG buttons, Papermania pearls, Fancy Pants die cut shapes

January calendar page

2009-11-18T14:25:00.002Z

Here is the Jan page featuring our gorgeous Boxer dog.

Embellies are Prima flower, Woodware punched leaves, Sizzix die cut flower using Kaitlin by Crate Paper, stickers are 7 Gypsies and K & Co butterflies. The button and alphabet stickers are B G.

OMG I'm back

2009-11-18T14:17:00.006Z

Where have I been? I have been crafting honest, but life has also been heaily in the way most of the time for me to get here. Anyway I was meant to be putting more of my USA holiday 1989 LO photos on here and I haven't got round to it ...... so far. I will do one day. but for now here is a calendar I've made for my outlaws for Christmas.

I set the members challenge on the Charmed Forum this time.

The first is to make a desk calendar. Can be any size (depending on your desk), with or without photos if a larger one and I would like you to add the following: Punched or die cut shapes, ie flowers, tags, frames ...... Blingy things ie dew drops, glitter, s/a pearls, gems ....... Sewing ..... or doodling

The second is to make a crafty Christmas present for somebody. This could be anything, like covering and decorating a notebook to personalise it, making a post it notes decorated holder thingy (technical term there ), make an address book, make a shopping list holder for a pad (to go on the fridge maybe), decorate a phone note pad holder, make and decorate a photo frame or ........ anything else you can think of. Use whatever form of embellishments are suitable for your chosen gift idea but include some ribbon, and chipboard somewhere and somehow.

Here is the front cover of my desk calendar.

All the papers are K & co. Flowers are die cut Wild Raspberry from K & Co and the felt embellies are Fancy Pants.

9.25 on the rim

2009-08-14T16:06:00.002+01:00

Our final view of the grand canyon was as we left. At 9.25 we went to one of the high viewing areas to take the last photos of it. (like we probably didn't have enough already lol).

Papers are Papermania Retro (for a change), buttons are B G, flowers Prima, G/A is K & Co and letters are Papermania.

Always Changing

2009-08-14T16:02:00.002+01:00

Sunrise is very like sunset. The main difference is that is starts of very cold and warms up. Lol. Colourwise it is as sunset but in reverse.

Papers K & Co Happy Trails. Alphabet is Papermania. Journalling square is Creative Imaginations.

Sunset

2009-08-14T15:59:00.003+01:00

As our hotel was just 10 mins from the edge of the south rim of the canyon it was easy for us ot make a date with watching the sun set. Watching the sun set over the canyon is very colourful. The rocks change constantly as it gets darker.

Papers and Grand Adhesions K & Co Happy Trails.

Bright Angel Trail

2009-08-14T15:56:00.003+01:00

There are trails all through the canyon. I actually wsn't keen walking down this trail into the canyon because so much of it means walking on a norrow trail with a huge drop. I don't do height well so felt quite un-nerved by this, as did the 2 people with me. This trail was close to our hotel.

Paper K & Co Happy Trails and G/A K & Co Happy Trails- Grand Canyon.

The Grand Canyon

2009-08-14T15:50:00.004+01:00

I went through a whole roll of film and a half to take shots of the canyon whilst flying over it. that's a good 50 photos. It was hard to whitle them down but I managed to get 8 shots on this one LO by making a couple of mini albums.

The whole flight was an amazing experience and I would do it again.

Grand Adhesions are K & Co Happy Trails - Grand Canyon.

Fly the canyon

2009-08-14T15:47:00.003+01:00

It was the trip of the holiday. Flying over the Grand Canyon. The joke of this photo is that I took a photo of any old plane and ws going to tell people that I went on that plane. In reality I DID go on that plane. Lol.

Paper K & Co Happy Trails. Chipboard stars from American Crafts. Papermania letters and ribbon.

Oak Creek Canyon

2009-08-14T15:43:00.002+01:00

On the way to The Grabd Canyon we passed through Oak Creek Canyon. It is very much used as filmland especially for westerns. Up hair pin bends you get some amazing views. Sadly they were into the sunlight for me so aren't as clear as they could be.

NO paper this time just C/S. !!! Ribbon and ric rack from Papermania. Chatterbox sticky alphabet letters. Embellishment from Jolees.

Bus Trip U S A

2009-08-14T15:39:00.002+01:00

So on with the 1989 USA holiday LOs. (and you thought I'd finished or forgotten lol.)

We made a stop out in the desert so we could see seguaro cactus up close. It also gave us an opportunity to capture the tour director and bus driver on camera.

Papers as usual K & Co Happy Trails with a G A from the collection too. Chipboard letters are thickers.

Annie card

2009-07-29T09:21:00.006+01:00

My friend Karen is having a 4th birthday celebration for her shop site Charmed Cards and Crafts and has some fab competitions running.

This is my entry for the blog candy. And what blog candy it is. I'm very late with my entry (life in the way and all that !!!) so fingers crossed it's a high number picked lol.

Papers used are the gorgeously jazzy WRMK Nonsense, Bazzill Basics and Bling C/S, flowers are a Prima hydrangea with a paper rose in the centre and McGill pine punched leaves. Sentiment is from Anita's. The lovely stamp is one of Lou and Karen's Delectable stamps - Annie with Teddy.

Good luck to any other participants.

Blog candy give away

2009-07-25T14:24:00.001+01:00

http://charmedcrafts.blogspot.com/2009/07/another-blog-candy-with-twist.html

Karen is once again teaming up with Graphics DIRECT in giving away a huge set of 72 copic pens. Go visit, take part and you never know your luck.

Seguaro Cactus

2009-07-24T18:30:00.002+01:00

These cacti are absolutely enormous. It takes years for them to grow and if there is one on the plot of land you want to build on it is protected. Not so nice in this area was the Teddy Bear cactus which if you get near enought to touchit leaves its spines in you and the more you try to get them out the deeper they go. I stayed well clear.

Paper from K & Co Happy Trails. The title now is a laser cut photo I bought with Arizona already cut in it. (handy as that is where I was lol) but this shows the LO before I changed it. Doh!

Camel rocks

2009-07-24T18:25:00.003+01:00

Not to be outdone, Scottsdale has a set of rocks in the shape of a lying down camel. (It's all in the right angle thing.)

For a change for me there is NO paper on this LO, just C/S. Flowers and Arizona embellishments are from some Arizona embellishments I had. Velvet ribbon and s/a pearls are Papermania.

Rocky Road

2009-07-24T18:19:00.004+01:00

Out in the middle of the desert there are lots of
rocks that take on the appearance of something.

The top photo is said to be Geronimo (his face)crying for his land and the lower photo shows bell and cathedral rocks. Both are in Arizona.

Papers and die cut from K & Co Happy Trails, Stickopotamus stickers and Thickers alphabet.

Montezuma's Castle

2009-07-24T18:15:00.002+01:00

A stop on the tour took us to this strange 'castle; in the rocks. It is a National Monument and gets lots of vistors, sadly you can no longer climb up the rocks and into the castle itself. (phew!)

Paper from K & Co Happy Trails, chipboard stars from American Crafts, Prima flowers, page from Making Memories journalling pad, Stickpotamus stickers and Papermania alphabet.

Hotels

2009-07-24T18:05:00.002+01:00

A lot of the hotels we stayed at on the tour were much the same. These are 2 of the hotels with nice pools and a lack of crowds. Mind you they were out in the dessert! One in Palm Springs and the other in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Paper and embellishments from K & Co Happy Trails. Foam alphabet and stickers from Papermania.

It's a Small World

2009-07-07T11:06:00.003+01:00

See others agree with me look at the queue. It is a must do honest!

Disney paper, Papermania ribbon and Bazzill basics paper flower with a B G button.

Well you now have the first 10 LOs in this album to view. There will be 60 in all and so far I have completed 50 of them. At the rate I have been going I should have this finished within a week or two. (especially as the summer holidays start soon.) Most of the LOs have been made using sketches from here. http://www.littlescrapbookshop.com.au/sketches/index.php

Anyway TFL and come back soon to see some more. :)

Do you Small World?

2009-07-07T11:03:00.004+01:00

Yes it's annoying and yes it is sickly sweet, but on a hot sunny day in California it is very cool in there and just a little bit of fun.

Paper is from a Disney Paper Pizzaz book bought in 2005 on sale in Florida used in conjunction with a sheet from the other Disney Papers book I bought at the same time. Letters are Papermania.

Parade time

2009-07-07T10:59:00.003+01:00

It's a must to see the parade at Disney, even when you are an adult-child. : o) Who cares if you look stupid waving at people inside costumes. Go on be brave and have fun.

Papers are WRMK Nonsense with a Winnie the Pooh HOTP punchout.

Disneyland

2009-07-07T10:56:00.004+01:00

Being a kid again at Disneyland is fun. So many rides to go on and when I went SPlash Mountain had just opened. Had to wait an hour to ride it but it was worth it lol.

Paper is from a book of papers bought at Disney World in 2005, Prima flowers, HOTP punch out Disney characters and K & Co Happy trails chipboard embellishment.

All for an effect

2009-07-07T10:53:00.003+01:00

This is part of Universal that was called Streets of the World. There were little fair type stalls that you could win prizes on too.

Paper is K & Co Hapy Trails, Prima flowers, Papermania s/a ribbon and s/a gem stones

Backlot

2009-07-07T10:50:00.003+01:00

This was my first trip to Universal Studios (before the one in Florida opened too). I have been back since and things have changed so it is even better. It was a good day out though even then.

Papers K & Co Happy Trails and s/a alphabet from Papermania.

Farmer's Market L A

2009-07-07T10:42:00.002+01:00

Just a brief lunchtime stop here but it gave us the chance to browse some little stalls with the locals.

Papers and G A arrow are K & Co Happy Trails, Prima silk flowers, DCWV rub ons , B G brads - Archaic, Papermania ribbon and WRMK Nonsense epoxy flowers
.

Movie time

2009-07-07T10:39:00.003+01:00

Grauman's or Mann's chinese theatre is where you will find the hollywood walk of fame where the stars have their stars to say they have made it. There are also the hand and footprints of some in the forecort area of this theatre. Great fun to stand (or try to) in their footsteps.

Paper and Grand Adhesion are K & Co - Happy Trails again.

On with the holiday 89 album

2009-07-07T10:34:00.003+01:00

Okay so I am now knee deep in LOs from the masses of photos I took when I did my first ever trip to California etc way back in Oct - Nov 1989. Wow 20 years ago almost!!!!.

Straight on with the first few then.

Hollywood Bowl - all paper and embellishments from K & Co Happy Trails collection.

Another child with a birthday!

2009-06-17T16:52:00.005+01:00

I'm a norty Mum who forgot to put her eldest daughter's 12th birthday cake photos on here. I'll go stand in the corner. !!! As you can see Hannah had a yummy chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and giant choccy buttons. Did youknow that a cake , even as big as that, doesn't last long !!!! Now if I could I'd back date this for the end of May but I don't know how (or if I can even. Lol)

To start us off

2009-06-17T16:42:00.008+01:00

Here is the first LO I have done in this album, although it won't be the first in the album. I have one to do of flying in to LAX.

This is of Olvera Street in LA. Very old and very hispanic. Papers are K & Co Happy Trails, Prima flowers and BG buttons. Lo made using a sketch from Little Scrapbook Sketch Shop.

Awol again

2009-06-17T16:00:00.006+01:00

Well doesn't time fly when you are having fun. !!!!

I am busy scrapping my holiday photos from 20 years ago. Lol. K & Co brought out their Happy Trails collection and it fits in nicely for me as my holiday was in America. Amazingly I have been a bit minimal with my use of paper so it seems I have a new style lol. Photos have been taken and I will be adding them very soon. In the meantime here are the father's day cards we have made for my DH and FIL.

Rachel's birthday

2009-05-07T12:06:00.005+01:00

My baby has reached double figures at last. Rachel is now 10. !!!! Here she is with her usual big cheesy grin and her cheeky ways. (It took her 3 goes to blow out the candle this year and that was just the one candle lol.)

Cards galore

2009-05-07T11:53:00.017+01:00

I decided thst I was going to have a go at selling my cards so set about making what I could with the images I had myself and that my lovely friend Janet sent to me. I added some of the fab Mikey download images and these are the results.

So in addition to some other cards already shown on here (I think) I set off with DD1 to the village hall and a table top sale. Imagine my horror when I found us on a table opposite another card maker. !!!! The sale started at 10am and was pretty busy from the start. It wasn't long before I had made my first sale. 50p lol. Then an old friend I worked with at school came along and loved the cards so bought 7 of them. Bless her. !!

Anyway by the time 11am came the crowds had gone and there was only the odd person coming in so other stall holders were packing up. We held out until 11.10am but by then the organisers were packing up so we did too. I am happy to say that in the end I made a profit. Not huge but I got my entry fee back and some extra. A total of £8.30 made on the day which for 12 cards sold in the hour I didn't think was bad going and my cards were priced between 50p and £1 so I was never going to make a huge amount. Still £3.30 profit was a start.

Next to make some more embellished 'better' cards and try the florist and library out as potential sellers. Do I see a chain beginning???? Lol.

New baby album

2009-05-07T11:09:00.014+01:00

I am back and as promised here is some of the work I have been doing whislt being awol. :)

I made a 12" x 12" album for my (now relatively) new Great niece, Amelie. As her Mum is a scrapper I decided to just make the basics and let her do the rest. I did provide her with teh sketches I used to create the start of the LO so she could see what I was aiming at.

Papers are Basic Grey Sugared with embellishments from that range planned to be used (unless Karen has other things in mind.) The album is from Papermania (so there is no excuse that she can't get refills and carry on scrapping t this size lol.)

I'm happy to say that the album was well received *phew* and I believe has been started already. I'm looking forward to seeing the finished results in time.

AWOL

2009-05-03T07:56:00.003+01:00

I'm a bad blogger but I have been extremely busy crafting ..... honest. I have pics to post to prove it too lol. Well when I find time to get the pics off the camera and onto the pc first.

I've made a whole 12" x 12" album of 20 LOs ready for my niece to use to ad photos and bits of her scrummy baby daughter. She is 8 weeks old already !!! On top of that I have been very busy card making as I was aiming to have a go at selling at a village fair next Saturday. In the end it was the wrong type of sale so I had a go at the village table top sale yesterday (sat) instead. My first time of selling my wears lol.

Must admit I was nervous that nothing would sell and I would be very disappointed. BUT I sold 12 cards in just over an hour. I was prepared to be at the sale for longer but as the people coming in had dried up after the first 45 mins the hall started packing up !!!! So DD1 and I did the same. I came home having made £8.30. Not a huge amount but I made a profit of £3.30 on the day so that's a plus. My cards were priced from between 50p and £1 so not a huge amount was expected. My friend Shell told me that I was selling too cheaply and I'm not to do it again lol. I was just wanting to sell some so didn't want to make them too much, besides some of them didn't have much to them really.

With a bit more confidence now, I intend to make a few more of my 'better' (more embellished) cards and head for the very nice florists shop in the village to see if they are willing to sell my cards from their shop. Not sure if they do that kind of thing but I can only try. Failing that it might be a trip to the library. ????

Might not get to add anything for a couple of days as it is DD2's 10th birthday tomorrow so we have things planned, weather allowing. I WILL be back soon with the promised items though. No really I will.

BTW the Charmed Delectable Stamps are now on general sale at Karen's. But make sure you save some for me.

3 Cs challenge time

2009-04-20T17:15:00.003+01:00

It was my turn to set the challenge on 3Cs forum this time. I wanted us to do something different, something we hadn't done before and something that would challenge us. I decided on a boho style card with lots of layers, textures and all sorts of embellishments. Then for the second challenge to create a LO using serendipity as a feature, fibres or ribbon, stamping and at least 2 embellishments.

Here is my LO.

Papers used are Urban Prairie from BG. I used 3 different papers to create the collage for the serendipity effect and then out of that cut letters for the title, made a scalloped mat for the little photo and also a mat for the skull and crossbones.

The title has a shadow lettering out of pink Bazill Bling. I stamped vrious flourishes around the LO and highlighted bits of them with a little s/a bling gems. The skull and crossbones and the little arrow are grungeboard painted with pink acrylic paint. I also added a C/S sticker and threaded some fibre through the holes at each end.

The photo is of my DD1 when she took part in the fashion rocks show at school last term, her year 7. Not sure I am liking that attitude on her face there. Hmmm! Might have to stamp that out.

The clothes for the show were old school shirts and bits that the kids decorated in creative design. She had a ball working with all sorts of mediums including angelina fibres, felt, block and screen printing and added all sorts of feathers and ribbons etc. Is this a fashion designer in the making????

Easter time again

2009-04-09T16:39:00.002+01:00

Well I have been a busy bee making yet another baby album for a niece. Amelie Olivia was born just about a month ago now and is gorgeous. She is a cousin for Neve so within the space of 4 months my eldest sister went from being Nan to 1 grandson to having 2 grandaughters too.

Amelie's Mum is a scrapbooker so I made her a 12" x 12" album (not her normal size choice for scrapping) using her fave paper, Basic Grey and I chose Sugared collection. I used sketches for the LOs and have made up a sheet to show her how she needs to finish off the LOs.

I find it hard to make things for other people when you haven't got hte photos to make the full LO, but this way at least if she want's to change things, she can lol.

I've taken photos but I need to get them off the camera so I can't show any yet. If you want to see then you'll have to pop back. : 0)

2009-04-09T16:12:00.003+01:00

Wow !!!! just look at this blog candy that is being given away on a fab new blog that has just started up. Charmed Delectable Stamps is the new baby for Karen and Lou and is very exciting. Stamps of gorgeous characters as you will sson see. The sneeky peeks are fab already. Can't wait for the stamps to be shown and pre ordering to begin. BTW the stamps aren't available just yet but it won't be long.

Neve's new baby album

2009-03-27T17:34:00.009Z

I made an album for my neice that she can just slot photos in as she goes through her baby daughter Neve's first year. Based it on the baby album I had when my 2 daughters were born. (I wasn't scrapbooking then more's the pity).

Papers are a mix of Flavia baby papers, HOTP Baby papers and Dovecraft baby papers. C/S is Bazzill or Papermania. Flowers are Prima, Imaginisce and Papermania. Other items used are by K & Co envelopes and die cuts, Journalling stamped images are from a swap I undertook with friends on a forum, amd B G buttons. The 8" x 8" album was made using my BIA. (A rare outing for it lol.)

Easter is coming

2009-03-18T18:35:00.002Z

This is the Tilda with bunny stamp from the latest collection (Easter) of Magnolia stamps. It is such a cute image and I bought it because it reminds me of how my DD1 hold our rabbits.

Papers are DCWV Pocket full of posies. Flowers are Prima and Imaginisce. The image is coloured in using Sakura Stardust gel pens and watercolour pencils.

I think this image will be used for the Easter cards I am sending this year. Friends be warned lol.

Little miss no name

2009-03-12T14:39:00.003Z

These 2 cards are made using the girl drawn by Karen. She drew her to show Lou the kind of designs she would like her to draw for some future downloads. Wish that I could draw like that.

More cards made

2009-03-12T12:33:00.007Z

More cards to try to sell. Papers are all Basic Grey from a variety of collections. Rub ons too are B G. Flowers are Primas. Sentiments are from my friend Karen. Also used various ribbons and brads from stash.

Thank You

2009-03-12T12:30:00.003Z

When I left my old job (almost a month ago already) I received a craft voucher for the nearby farm - it has craft supplies on sale in addition to the fruit and veg they grow. This was the card I sent to work to say thank you for their gift.

Papers are B G Urban Priaire, Prima flowers and Papermania Brad. Image is Tilda in swimsuit.

New baby

2009-03-12T12:20:00.008Z

We have a new baby in the family. My niece gave birth to her baby daughter Amelie last Friday. Haven't see her yet but we are hoping to on the next trip to see fmaily in Brighton.

Here are the cards I made to send to Amelie's big brother Jake and to my niece and her partner.

Papers are Basic Grey Sugared. Images are Magnolias. Bazzill Bling on the new baby card to make it pop, the circle sentiment is from my friend Karen and to finish it off a cute baby face button and baby faced ribbon.

Copics blog candy card

2009-03-11T19:18:00.003Z

Here is my first entry for the copics blog candy giveaway.

Paper is from Basic Grey Boxer, images are from the Girls About Town downloads from Charmed Cards and Crafts and are coloured in with my Marvy Le Plume pens, flowers are a mix of Prima and Hero Arts and the stamped sentiment is from Papermania.

Time to win

2009-03-11T16:21:00.003Z

Wow, my friend Karen at Charmed Cards and Crafts has the most amazing blog candy going.

72 yes 72!!! Copic markers. Read all about it here. and feast your eyes on these little beauties. I don't have any of these pens (yet) but have seen the results friends create and know that I they are fabulous.

Here are the basics of what is required.

1. Link to a card you made with a download or a stamped image (does NOT have to be one of ours)

2. If you are using one of the Charmed Cards & Crafts downloads then you get two chances (please enter two comments, in the second just write "my second chance). All entries will be checked.

3. Please mention the candy on your blog.

This will run until 10th April.

I've just made my first card using a download from the Girls about Town range avaleable from Charmed Cards and Crafts. Now I'm off to make a 2nd card. Have fun.

Just the one

2009-03-06T14:54:00.001Z

In the love section at the mo is this offering. Papers are BG, Prima flowers.

For the boys

2009-03-06T14:41:00.012Z

These are the male cards I've made to date. A lot less embellishments and no flowers. Hmmm must find something else to put on men and boys cards.

Papers are a mix of Basic Grey and the new Daisy and Dandelion Papers from Papermania. Stamped sentiments are the new Clare Curd Signature range, circle sentiments are again free downloads from Karen's blog.

A whole pack of cards

2009-03-06T14:22:00.016Z

I have been a very busy bee this week. Card making has taken a new turn for me and I am going to have a go at selling them. *eek* Will anyone buy them ???? I hope so.

These are my so far made cards for ladies. Most or all of the papers are Basic Grey. Flowers are Primas. Circle sentiments are free downloads from my friend Karen's blog. Other bits and bobs were used in the making of these cards too.

To follow

2009-03-02T18:34:00.002Z

I have also managed to make some cards that I am hoping to start selling (if the shop I am going to will help me that is), but I haven't scanned or photographed them yet. So they will follow soon.

In addition I have finally got back to scrapbooking. Yay!!! I began using the lovely Cosmo Cricket set I bought last year but only got at Christmas time as a pressie from my DH. I have also managed 6 x 12" LOs last yar. Once again I haven't scanned or taken photos of them yet.

Good reason for that in both cases. The camera has flat batteries and I have no more until the shopping arrives tomorrow. Oh well. I should be able to post those items in the next day or so. (But don't hold me to it lol.)

As promised

2009-03-02T18:27:00.004Z

Why is it that when my DD1's friends have a birthday she comes to me for a card. ???? Well no more she has been let loose on the world of cardmaking so this is the last card I will be making for her to use. B G paper and Prima Hydrangea flowers. Image is hopeless Tilda and was so like the girl this card was made for that we had to use it. Again not the best light ot photo this card.

2009-03-02T18:25:00.002Z

B G Urban Prairie papers, mirri card to mat and Prima flowers. Not the best photo as the light was wrong. Oh well.

2009-03-02T18:18:00.009Z

More B G Urban Prairie. Making Memories journalling notes and Prima flowers with adhesive pearls.

B G Urban Prairie, inked the edge of the stamed image (for a change) with a versamark cube, Prima flowers and Magnolia image.

2009-03-02T18:14:00.004Z

Here are some recent cards I made. Most of them are birthday cards. (So many birthdays in Feb, for friends mainly but the odd family member too.)

Paper BG Urban Prairie, Chatterbox ribbon and BG button

Stay tuned

2009-02-09T14:36:00.002Z

I've been awol again haven't I. I have been crafting though and have made lots of things. (Including christmas cards !!!!) Need to get some things photographed and then I can upload some bits for you to see. It's half term next week so I have plenty of time coming up, well for a while. Lol.

Anyone know where my time goes normally.???

Recent cards

2009-01-13T11:36:00.004Z

I have been a bad blogger and have also had trouble uploading my work again. It's sorted now so here are a few of the many birthday cards I have made since last posting. Most of them are Magnolia stamps, either Tilda or Edwin, and use Basic Grey papers. Flowers are usually Prima or Imaginisce

Blog Candy alert !!!!

2008-12-10T10:12:00.001Z

Wow the best christmas blog candy I have seen can be found right here. How cool is this pile of candy then. !!!!!!

On top of that if you head over to Charmed Cards and Crafts and place an order with Karen, you get a 2nd chance to win in her latest competition. There are also daily prizes from December the 10th so rush over there now and get your purses ready.

Baby card

2008-11-26T08:44:00.002Z

I have a new Great Niece who arrived safely last Wednesday. Haven't got to see her yet as we haven't been to Brighton since she was born but hoping for Dec 6th and a nice cuddle with her.

Anyway here is the card I made to celebrate her arrival. Papers are K & Co, alphabet BG Oh Baby and stamps are Magnolias - Tilda with baby Tingla and Graffiti Edwin.

£2 challenge

2008-11-02T08:58:00.003Z

Craft Diner has a challenge on (by Jill from Jilly beans) to create something using just cardstock NO patterened paper *eek*. You can use stamps and ink, glitter but no brads, metal embellishments or ribbon.

Here is my attempt in the form of a 12" x 12" LO. I used 4 sheets of Papermania textured cardstock. From it I made a double sheeted background then with 2 further contrasting colours I die cut flowers, butterflies and letters on my Big Shot. I also embossed a piece using my Cuttlebug embossing plate - stylised flowers. I pieced the butterflies together to add colour to each of them and the smae with some of the flowers.

The cardstock works out to 22p a sheet so this LO cost just 88pence !!!! Photos are from our holiday in April at Disneyland Resort Paris. The black sky was just before the heavens opened on our last day.

December

2008-10-24T19:24:00.002+01:00

The girls love Christmas. They decorated the tree all on their own last year. (Most of the decorations went on and all the tinsel !!)

November

2008-10-24T19:22:00.001+01:00

These photos are again taken in Florida. They do celebrations so well !!

October

2008-10-24T19:18:00.003+01:00

These photos were taken in Florida on the Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween evening we went to. (great Fun).

Paper is Crate Paper Katlin collection, stickers are 7 Gypsies.

September

2008-10-24T19:16:00.003+01:00

These photos were taken at the Quenn Elizabeth Country Park near Portsmouth. It's a huge area with loads of walks and things to do.

Paper is Autumn Leaves and die cuts are BG Mellow.

August

2008-10-24T19:12:00.003+01:00

The girls love to pick strawberries and when you have a pick your own farm on your doorstep almost it makes it much easier to do. Pickwells can even be walked to. How convenient is that !!

Paper and die cuts are K & Co Sweet Berry.

July

2008-10-24T19:11:00.002+01:00

These photos are again at Mottisfont Abbey.

Papers are Autumn Leaves.

June

2008-10-24T19:08:00.002+01:00

These photos were taken at Mottisfont Abbey in Romsey. Mottisfont Abbey is one of the National Trust's places.

Paper is K & Co.

May

2008-10-24T19:05:00.002+01:00

These bluebells grow in the woods attached to one of the local country parks, Westwood in Netley (that used to be a tip some years ago.) They make a lovely walk at this time of year.

April

2008-10-24T19:03:00.001+01:00

This is another Paris photo and again was taken in the garden at Notre Dame. For early April this tree was loaded with cherry blossom.

March

2008-10-24T19:01:00.004+01:00

This is one of the photos taken in Paris. These tiny irises were growing in the garden at Notre Dame.

Paper is Autumn Leaves, prima flowers and iris buttons.

February

2008-10-24T18:57:00.002+01:00

Strictly speaking the snow in these pictures was the snow that we had in April this year but I figures that snow was more Feb (or Jan but that one had been done) so went with that. The girls had the time of their life playing in it until it went slushy and then disappeared.

Calendar time - January

2008-10-24T18:29:00.005+01:00

I have been working on a calendar for my Mum for Christmas. It uses photos from the local area and of the girls mainly (there are a couple of Paris photos too).

Here is January. The photo is of the chapel in Royal Victoria Country Park in Netley. It's all that is left of what was once a huge military hospital built in 1856-1863 http://www3.hants.gov.uk/hampshire-countryside/rvcp/history-rvcp.htm

BTW - I decided to put these on as seperate posts to save all the scrolling down I would need to do to get them all on in one post lol.

At last

2008-10-21T09:11:00.001+01:00

I have finally found time to add some of the things I have been doing recently. I have lots more but am so busy till with Christmas coming up faster than I care to think about really that I never seem to get her. These 2 cards were out of a play yesterday after finishing the first of my calendars I am making as Christmas pressies.

Darn it the damned things won't load for me so I'll be back when they will. Grrr!

Success it has now decided to work for me. Yay!!!

Well this card is made using an acetate base. I have used white card as the base for my stamped image toppers and chalked it with 2 tones of orange blending chalk. The stamped images are all Magnolia stamps built to create a scene. FIrst time for me using acetate and although I didn't find it trouble free I will be having another go at some point.

This card has lots of layers using papers and vellums in the same design as the acetate on the card above. Only thing I'd change is that I used gold mirri card (as originally it was going on the acetate card). I'd switch that to silver if I could to keep the theme going better.

Challenge LOs

2008-09-18T13:47:00.011+01:00

This was LO 2.

Papers are We R Memory Keepers from the precious metals range and also Heidi Grace (which I cut *eek*), Punchboard - Heidi Grace, Star brads and mini Prima flowers linked together with my Jelly Roll Glaze pen. Alphas are mixed Thickers and some K & Co from Alphas to go ? box.

This was LO 1. It's a photo I have scrapped before but I like this photo and went with it again.

Papers, die cuts are K & Co Neopolitan Citrus from a scrap pad to go. Daisy D's stickers for the title and some of the words, Prima flowers

Wot No Hands

2008-09-18T13:47:00.006+01:00

I've been a bad blogger again. Been busy though lol.

Here is my DD1 on her first day at senior school. No tie because they hadn't been given them at that point. School changed all their ties as they have introduced Communitites this year (houses to most of us) and as such presented every child in school with a free tie.

Papers, stickers and shapes are BG from the Two Scoops range. Lush !! Alphabet stickers are a mix of Chatterbox and Thickers from American Crafts.

The title just came as an obvious one due to her sleeves being too long on her blazer. Well she'll soon grow. !! This was a sketch at the CD for Sept.

Fully Loaded

2008-09-18T13:47:00.005+01:00

Here is my entry for a fully loaded challenge on CD. The oh so talented Anita creates fab fully loaded LOs and in the absence of any forum challenges set us a challenge herself to create a fully loaded LO.

This was my 3rd go and although it isn't as fully loaded as the other 2 it was my favourite so I entered this one.

Papers, 3D stick outs, stickers and tags are Chatterbox, Flowers Prima with various brads, s/a pearls and BG buttons. Pearls help frame the photos.

Challenge time

2008-08-26T22:04:00.007+01:00

This has to be one of my favourite recent pieces. Shell and I set up some new challenges for the girls on the 3Cs forum. We each in turn have to find a sketch then make a card, an atc and a LO using that sketch. We can make various stipulations for each item as we chose.

Well the first one to set the challenge was Carmen. This is my LO from the sketch. I stuck pretty close to the sketch and really like what i created. (Always a bonus lol)

Paper is K & Co - Mira collection, We had to hand make flowers, so I cut mine out of more Mira paper and added some glitter stickers from the same collection. The embossed word stickers are .... yep, you guessed it, Mira too. Buttons are BG, ric rac from Papermania and alpha stickers are Chatterbox.

Here is my take on the sketch for the card This one had to have a stamped image on in place of the photo.

The ATC had to have at least one of the Dottie or George downloads - (available to buy from Charmed Cards and Crafts - and reated by the very talented Lou Brigden.)

If you haven't already done so, check out her blog she is amazingly talented.

Other items

2008-08-26T21:57:00.004+01:00

I have been hard at work on other projects too. It's been a long time since I blogged. (Sarah will agree here lol.) First I had trouble getting things on there, then I was caught up in what I was doing and then DH was on 2 weeks holiday. You try getting pc time in those 2 weeks. It would have helped if I had my photos in the shared folder so I could access them from my laptop but I hadn't. Lately though DD2 has been grabbing the pc during the day and then DH claims it when home from work so no chance.

Tonight I've been kind to DH and let him watch his film in return for me having the pc. So now all I have to do is find some of the things I have created and add them on here. Off for a rummage.

Other items

2008-08-26T21:57:00.001+01:00

More baby album

2008-08-26T21:39:00.013+01:00

Here are a sample of the LOs I have created for the photos to be just placed in. I tried to follow the standards as in the standard baby albums I had when my girls were born. (Wish I'd had something like this now)

I won't bore you with all the pages as there are 19 pages, so 38 LOs. Lol. You get the idea though from these. There are all sorts of ways for recording journalling - squares, tags in pockets and mini envelopes, even around the photo mat and a concertina booklet. It took a long time to do. (Thank heavens for the summer holidays.) The girls reckon she'll be in tears when she sees it. Hopefully they will be tears of joy. I'll tell you when we give it to her. Lol.

Should say that papers are a real variety in the album. Lots are the Dovecraft collection, also the HOTP baby collection but there are also some grown up papers (for family shots) like K & Co and Doodlebug. Embellishments include, ribbons, flowers, gem stones, threads, stickers and buttons mainly.

Baby album

2008-08-26T21:27:00.007+01:00

Here is the front cover of an 8" x 8" album I made for DD1's head of year teacher (last year) DD2 might well have her as a teacher for part of this year, and I worked with her for part of last year. She is expecting twins and so thegirls and I thought we'd make her a book ready to take some photos.

Papers are Crate Paper - Baby Bee collection with some of the co-ordinating tags and rub ons. Additional embellishments are some craftime buttons and Doodlebug alpha rub ons. Ribbons were from Charmed Cards and Crafts.

The back cover is also Crate Paper - Baby Bee collection (photo at the bottom)

This is the inside front cover. Just love those elephants. She doesn't know what sex the babies are and doesn't want to so I have had to go fairly neutral with the pages, I know these have pink on them but I couldn't resist. Papers are Dovecraft.

The inner back cover is the same collection.

Ooh dear

2008-08-06T22:48:00.000+01:00

Well it's been a while since my last post. I'm a bad blogger but I have been busy. School ended 2 weeks ago already for us. (Only 4 more weeks holiday lol). DH has been hogging the pc everytime I wanted to upload things and during the day I have been busy crafting to get things together to show here and elsewhere. Those are my excuses and next I will try adding some bits to share with you. (well when it lets me that is !!!!)