I made this card for the Embellish Magazine 'Stars color trend challenge', and even though I'm too late to participate in the challenge I still wanted to share it with you... I started with an A5 ready-made card and stamped it all over with the stars from the Waltzingmouse set 'Midnight Feast' and the American… Continue reading Stars color trends challenge
Tag: crafting
Cinderella card
I've already blogged about my love of Disney movies, so I won't go on - but for some reason when I was using my new Memory box 'Great Pumpkin' die to make some Halloween decorations I just couldn't shake 'The Magic Song' from Disney's Cinderella from my mind & I was humming it for ages,… Continue reading Cinderella card
World Card Making Day 2012
OK, OK - so my card is a day late, but I'm sure it's the taking part that counts!! Here is my card I made for World Card Making Day 2012... I used a square Kraft base card and die-cut the largest of the Spellbinders Nestabilities 'Labels Four' die from the red gingham sheet in… Continue reading World Card Making Day 2012
Halloween treat boxes
Happy Saturday everyone! It's also World Card Making Day today!!! Unfortunately I haven't made a card yet today because I was busy finishing these off, maybe I will be able to get around to a quick one later? I started this project last weekend & have done a little bit here an there over the… Continue reading Halloween treat boxes
60th birthday box
Happy weekend everyone! (well... end of the weekend now, but I hope you had a good one!) I was asked to make a birthday card/something for a friend of the family and decided to make her an exploding box with paper orchids (I had to work out how to construct them myself, so see my… Continue reading 60th birthday box
Paper orchids
I was asked to make a card/something nice for a friend of the family who turns 60 this week (her knees-up will be this weekend). What to do? What to do? What to doooooooo? Her party will be themed and all the guests were asked to wear outfits inspired by Asia with bright colours (think… Continue reading Paper orchids
Paisley card
It's a friend's birthday next week & he is a HUGE fan of Oasis, Beady Eye, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds and PRETTY GREEN. He has lots of T-shirts with a bit of paisley pattern on them (paisley features quite heavily in the Pretty Green design theme), so I decided I just HAD to make… Continue reading Paisley card
Unwell
Eugh... Don't you just hate it when you aren't well? I was at a surprise birthday meal yesterday when I suddenly NEEDED to leave the table, it was horrible! Thankfully I had turned up in my own car & hadn't been drinking so when the worst of it had cleared I was able to head… Continue reading Unwell
Stampin’ Up! Open Day
Happy Saturday everyone!!! It's the weekend and the sun is out - that won't happen for too much longer... I went to my very first Stampin' Up! Open Day today in Horsley and I had a really good time - tea, chat, crafting, meeting new people - it was a lovely way to spend a… Continue reading Stampin’ Up! Open Day
Paper Anniversary
I attended two weddings last year, and I can't believe how fast the time flies! This is the card I have created for an old school friend's first wedding anniversary. He plays guitar in a female-fronted hard rock band when he isn't being an engineer and she is a craft-aholic in her spare time (just… Continue reading Paper Anniversary