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Monday, 19 September 2011

DT Call at Crafty Cardmakers



Having been on the Design Team for Crafty Cardmakers for over 2 years I feel it is time for me to hang my hat up and move on to pastures new.

This was the 1st design team I was on and will always hold a special place in my heart. I have grown as a cardmaker and crafter and hope I have inspired others. I will always be grateful to Vixykins for giving me my first break and helping my confidence grow.

Lin has now taken over the running of the challenges and is holding a DT call.

If anyone is interested in taking part in a great challenge blog please pop over to this post at Crafty Cardmakers for the details. 

I have truly enjoyed my time on the team, 'met' some fabulous crafters and wish everyone good luck for the future.
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Monday, 5 September 2011

CCM #51 Summer Holiday Memories




We have a new challenge today over at Crafty Cardmakers. It was my turn to set the theme and I have chosen  a Summer Holiday Memories theme.

After a month off the DT have recharged their batteries and are raring to go with some fab new challenges for you.



The lovely Joanna Sheen is sponsoring this challenge
Now I have to be honest I haven’t been away anywhere for a summer holiday this year but for me it has to be a visit to the beach. If I go abroad the 1st thing I have to check is how close the hotel is to the beach as the sea is a major part of it for me. My Grandfather and Great Grandfather were both in the Navy and it has always drawn me to it in a way I cannot explain. I love to listen to the sea crashing onto the rocks and love nothing better than looking for special pebbles and paddling in the sea if it’s not too cold. Paula and I went to Snowdonia earlier in the year and quite by accident found this almost deserted beach. The weather was fabulous and we had the most amazing time there. The pebbles were amazing and I could have stayed there all day

My card has been made using a Kraft base. The beach wordart is from TLC Creations and the bucket and spade is a digi from Happileigh Scrappin’ coloured with Promarkers and cut using a Nestability die. Both digis have been matted onto cardstock scraps from my snippet pile.

The ribbon is from a set of DCWV drawers I had from QVC which has alload of holiday things in.The cardstock sticker sentiment cam from there too and last but not least I used a couple of plastic beach themed beads to finish off the image.

I’m looking for ward to sharing your Summer holiday Memories too.


Materials Used in this card are as follows:-
Card Size – 6” Square
Image & Sentiment – Shovel & Pail by Happileigh Scrappin'
Sketch – Shelly’s Images TTT
No Patterned Paper – OMG, withdrawal symptoms!!
Sentiment – Cardstock Sticker DCWV
Embellishments – Ribbon by DCWV,
Tools - 3D Foam & Scissors, Promarkers, Nestie dies,
Techniques – Die Cutting

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order):-





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Monday, 25 July 2011

CCM #51 Butterflies




Over at Crafty Cardmakers we have a new challenge today which is to feature Butterflies on your project. I know we will get lots of entries for this challenge because butterflies are so popular, especially with me.

As it happens I just visited the Butterfly Farm at Stratford Upon Avon on Saturday. If you like Butterflies and other insects it is a great place to visit as you go into a massive warm green house and there are just hundreds of beautiful butterflies of all types and colours flying around freely and if you are really lucky they sometimes land on you :)

This is me with only 2 of the 4 butterflies that landed on me, I've only ever had 1 before. There was one on my boob too which you can't see in this shot. The weird thing is that I have just one tattoo, a pink and purple butterfly and it is on that shoulder, maybe they knew somehow??

The butterfly farm is my happy place, I come out feeling so calm and serene having witnessed the beauty of these amazing creatures just flittering about without a care in the world. It is the first time I have driven there and it only took an hour, when we used to go on the train before it used to take almost 2 hours so that was a nice bonus.

Anyhoo, sorry for waffling on and back to the card......

The butterflies I have used for this project are a digi coloured with Promarkers and I added some Sakura glitter pen to them but it hasn't photographed very well so may be hard to see. I really liked as it had a small butterfly in the writing too. I have curled the wings and used tiny foam pads to stick down the body only.

I used a sketch for the layout and stuck to a pallete of purples. The main background paper is by DCWV and the spotty paper is an embossed glitter one from My Minds Eye. I have used a toning plain cardstock for matting and these areas are raised on 3D foam. scraps of the cardstock were then punched with a Martha Stewart design to create a double layered 'ribbon'

We would love it if you took part in this challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers. My fellow DT have made some absolutely gorgeous cards with flutterbies and it would be great to see your entries.


We are sponsored by The Stampman and they are offering a prize of a £10 store voucher for one lucky winner so you could even win a prize!

Materials Used in this card are as follows:-

Card Size - A5
Sentiment - The Basic Sentiments - Raindrop Echo Designs
Paper - DCWV Peeking Posies, My Minds Eye Glitter embossed spotty
Embellishments - Bit of Sakura Glitter pen
Tools - 3d Foam pads, Martha Stewart decorative punch

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical order) :-
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Monday, 27 June 2011

CCM Spots & Stripes

Over at Crafty Cardmakers we have a new challenge today which is to use both spots & stripes on your project.

As I was making a card for another DT I am on I decided to work with the same base colours of Red White and Blue and coloured Mr Gnome but Digital Delights by Louby Lou with Promarkers. Although I take part in many challenges it is not often that I limit myself to such a small colour palette but there is actually something quite freeing about only using 3 colours and sticking to it instead of just colouring an image whatever colours you fancy. Who knew? Anyhoo I thought Mr Gnome would make a fab card to welcome someone to their new home, perhaps with a gnome gift tee hee!! (I actually quite like them but haven't got one yet....)

The base card is covered with Colorbok starry paper and not having any stripy red paper I used some red spotty ribbon and laid it down in stripes on white card. I added a red mat to the image and then used some paler blue striped paper by DCVW, this is ten mounted on 3D foam. The sentiment is by Tiddly Inks and has been matted onto red card and also on 3D foam. I was thinking about adding some toadstools on the side of the card but resisted the urge to keep adding things. Even though it is a large card at 8" square I am TRYING to learn that less is more in some cases and just because it will fit doesn't mean it should be there. (Now if I could only do that with my craft room, I know my hubby would be pleased LOL)

Having had a sabbatical from Crafty Cardmakers for the last month due to issues at home I know the girls have made some fantastic projects and I am so proud to be amongst a fabulous group of ladies with diverse crafting styles. I hope we will inspire you to take the plunge into this challenge and look forward to seeing your projects.

Materials Used in this card are as follows:-
Card Size - 8" square
Sketch -partly based on Sketches By Carly #34
Paper - Colorbok & DCWV
Embellishments - Ribbon
Tools - Good old scissors ;)
Techniques - Fussy Cutting


I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order):-
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Monday, 23 May 2011

Happy 40th Birthday Jill

Today is my Sister in Law Jill's 40th Birthday and I wanted to make something very special to celebrate this event. I would not normally do this but it took nearly 4 days to make so I have combined it as my DT card for Happileigh Scrappin' and Crafty Cardmakers Spotlight.

Leigh has set us a challenge at HLSC to make a card with more than one fold and at the CCM Spotlight it is the Challenging Challenge i.e make something that you haven't done before and challenge yourself.

I found a link on YouTube to this video tutorial for a Circle Flip Up Book and it looked ideal. I made the book larger than the sample and used 4 sheets of 12" Kraft cardstock. It looks fairly innocent when you 1st take it out of the envelope but this is what it looks like opened out and you tie the ribbon in a bow to form the the shape.


Jill opened it this morning and said I quote " Wow! What a card !!!" My job is done, that is exactly the effect I was after :)

For the whole project I have used papers from the new Docrafts goodie bag which are from the new Me To You range. I like the soft colours and thought they would work well and in all used 4 sheets of 12" paper. On the front is a digi from Happileigh Scrappin' called Birthday Cake Candles which is available from the Special Occasions part of the store. I have cut the base layer with the candles ad then a second layer with just the cake is decoupaged with 3D foam. I added some stickles glitter glue, stripes to the candles, some Doodlebug double sided stickers with ultra fine glitter on and a sentiment from my stash. The ribbon is sandwiched in between the 2 papers to neaten it and add strength.

Page 1 is decorated with Forever Friends stickers, rub ons from Sizzix and Poundland, Doodlebug stickers, felt textured letters and a Bugaboo digi called Dottie Cupcake which has been coloured with Promarkers.


Page 2 has rub on lettering, stickers from Doodlebug, chipboard numbers from a Brenda Pinnick kit from QVC, a Forever Friends image and sticker sentiment, and a Happy Birthday digi sentiment (can't find who it is, will let you know when I know)

Page 3 is decorated with Doodlebug stickers, Forever Friends bunting & cupcakes and a digi from Pattie's Creations called Hearts Cupcake

Page 4 is decorated with more felted letters, rub ons from Royal & Langnickel, a Forever Friends sticker, Doodle bug heart stickers, a cute digi from Happileigh Scrappin' called Tatters Let's Love Fly available from the Mice section of the store and the Spring Cupcake digi from Designed 2 Delight.

If you fancy having a go at one of these my main piece of advice is to not underestimate how long it will take to decorate all the individual sides of the card. I have to admit, even though I thought I had given myself plenty of time I was a bit close to the wire getting it finished as I gave it to Jill when we went for a meal at Chateau Impney on Saturday night.

I hope I have inspired you to have a go at something different and if you make a multi fold card you can enter it into the challenges at both Happileigh Scrappin' and Crafty Cardmakers Spotlight. Come on over and join the fun

I would like to enter this into the following challenges (in Alphabetical order):-

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Monday, 9 May 2011

Crafty Cardmakers Inchies Spolight



Over at Crafty Cardmakers Spotlight Challenge Cazro has set us the challenge to use at least 3 inchies on your card.

I have only ever made one inchie and it was a stand alone project which I have never added to a card or anything. I know it is in a small ziplock bag somewhere in my crafty room but goodness only knows where!

I knew immediately I wanted to use this stamp set from Crafts Away which I bought at a show at the NEC at least 5 years ago and this is the first time I have used it (slaps hand in disgust LOL)

Using Promarkers I have coloured the base layer in green and added a second layer with thin 3D foam to give depth to the flowers. I am really into my oranges, yellows and reds at the moment so they feature heavily in this card. The papers are from the Citrus Mat Stack by DCWV. The swirly background papers has loads of encased glitter in it and looks really sparkly so I added a couple of die cut fabric glitter butterfly stickers from Hobbycraft. The yellow paper behind the ribbon has been trimmed with a Martha Stewart punch that embosses at the same time.

I used a sketch from Creative sketches for the layout and added ribbon from my stash to link the green in better, a sentiment from Anitas and various Prima flowers and a red button centre. This is the first time I have used inchies on a card and it amazed me how much detail you can get in such a small square.

The rest of the teams have made some fabulous creations with inchies, much more adventurous and arty than mine I have to say. I do hope you will pop over to the blog and drool over their creations and give them some love, it is always appreciated.

I'm looking forward to seeing how you use inchies in your creations. Don't forget you've still got a week to enter our challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers too.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in alphabetical order):-



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Monday, 25 April 2011

Crafty Cardmakers Spotlight

Over at Crafty Cardmakers Spotlight Challenge Paula has set us the challenge to use bottlecaps in our creations. They can be the metal ones from bottles of booze or the plastic caps off the top of milk or pop bottles.

I wanted to use a metal bottlecap as the centrepiece of a flower I had made on a Hana Ami flower loom. It was my first attempt and took blinking hours but it is very tactile and I'm quite pleased with it. The bottle cap is a silver one that was recycled from a bottle of vodka based drink. Fortunately it didn't have any writing on it but did have a dent from the bottle opener. I used an Imaginisce rub-on to add a pattern and a gem to cover the dent.

The doily was coloured with an inkpad in black to match the DCWV flocked paper and the black and silver velour ribbon. The sentiment is also from the DCWV paper pad.

The rest of the teams have made some fabulous creations with bottlecaps, much more adventurous and arty than mine I have to say. I do hope you will pop over to the blog and drool over their creations and give them some love, it is always appreciated.

I'm looking forward to seeing how you use these bottlecaps in your creations. Don't forget you've still got a week to enter our challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers too.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in alphabetical order):-
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