Baby Boy Card

In all the mess that was my craft room yesterday I managed to produce this very pretty "Bookatrix"  Card.

This is using one of the Embossing boards from the Glitter Girls  and is one of many that they have created.

I have added in some very pretty silver mesh to one of the layers and I bought the Teddy Bear from the craft show I went to earlier this year but  I can't remember who it was from.

I have added Googly eyes to the face,  a bow around the neck, and small black pearls for buttons

The beautiful Baby Ribbon has tiny baby feet on it and it  is from   The Ribbon Room 

You can find it in the  Little Ones section and it is in Pink as well as Blue.

I have used all the Book pages and layered them together with foam pads for height.

I have edged the top page with Diamante which  is from Want2Scrap

And the finished book can be added to a Card Stand  and popped inside a box to give to the recipient.


Decorate the box in the same way and it will make a very pretty "Keepsake"

Hugs xx

Featuring ... Drum Roll Please ... Me!!

I am so excited to be featured in this new Spectrum Noir Blog Post    Please pop along and take a  look especially if you use these pens yourself.  There are many guest articles on their Blog and there is sure to be something of interest to you.

The post  features my Colour Class Tutorials  and it makes many things worthwhile to be recognised   this way.

But I wanted to show you this .... and this is especially for those people who think I have a neat and tidy craft room.

Someone asked me if it was normal to be untidy and was I a tidy Crafter ...

Oh No! .. This is what it looks like when I am busy being creative.  It is a mess with a Capital M and there is stuff just about everywhere.

On the work top you can just see the project I was working on and it is a card for a new baby.

I will show you the card tomorrow once it is finished.

Hugs xx

Glittery Cards

These have to be two of the easiest Christmas cards ever made.

All I have done is use add a double side sticky sheet to some white card and then cut it out with the largest die in the  Spellbinders Heirloom Ornament to create the shape.

I cut the Holly Accents border in red and stuck it down to the sticky sheet once I had removed the backing paper and then added glitter to the rest of the sticky sheet.

I have matted and layered a snowflake embossed piece of card and then added the Ornament to the front with foam pads.

The red organza ribbon is glued under the shape and some gemstones run along the middle of it.... with a tiny bow and another gemstone to hide the knot.

The sentiment has been layered onto red and added with foam pads to the top right corner and more of the tiny red gemstones placed in each corner... Easy Peasy especially if you are in a hurry.

This is done the same way but I have used a gold coloured glitter for this and added in some swirly pearls from Want2Scrap

The matted and layered card is a pale lilac and the border is from the Venetian Accents

Plain and simple but handy for any last minute cards that you may have forgotten about.

Hugs xx

Special Birthday Card

The Spellbinders are out again for this card and I have made this for my daughters birthday next month.

This makes full use of the Venetian Accents and Motifs and this is such a girly set.

The card is royal blue and cream...  and the base layer has different sized glue pearls added to it.

The other layers have all been in an embossing folder to add texture and interest to the card.

There is a video ... Create Your Own  Pearls ... to show you how I did this effect and it is a lot cheaper than using flat backed pearls to get the look.

I have cut the border twice and added it to the bottom of the card it has been double layered with blue and cream organza ribbon.... with a pearl to cover the knot.

Labels 20 has been used for the centre piece and I have added the matching pearl  "Bling" from Want2Scrap

The cream feather has been added in behind the mask ... which has been cut in cream  and again in blue to act as the shadow. I have done the same thing with the sentiment.

The finished card is 8" x 9" and I have used my Enveloplus Board to create a larger sized box to put it in.

Hope she likes it when she gets it ...

Hugs xx

Father Christmas

This is my Santa and I have had him for a long time ... here's the story about how he came to live at  my house.

Once  upon a time .... on a  cold and frosty  Saturday  morning I went  Christmas shopping ... with my youngest daughter ... to a place not far away.  

The town and the shops were all dressed up and ready for the season of good cheer.... The Christmas music played in the background.


Sparkling lights and tinsel   everywhere and  people bustled around looking for that last minute bargain.....   ( am I setting the atmosphere for you) 

One shop appealed to us as we walked by and so in we went .... and stood in the corner was the most wonderful Father Christmas I had ever seen ..... it was Love at First Sight ....  and I  just had to have him.

He was  rosy cheeked, grey haired and very rotund and I swear he winked at me as I stared at his beautiful beard.  He was just asking to be taken home ... so what could I say ... I couldn't refuse Santa or he might not fulfill my  wish list..... (intermission)

So he was duly packed into his cardboard box and we left the shop. We made our way back to the car park only to find that the box and Santa would not fit into the boot (trunk) of my daughters car.

Have you ever seen the size of the boot in an MX5 ???? ...  it's not big enough to put your handbag let alone any thing else ... so how we thought we were going to get him home is beyond me.

Fortunately it was a convertible and so in the freezing cold we put the roof down and I had to sit with the large box on my lap sticking out of the top of the car as we drove about 20 miles back to my house.

We giggled and sang Christmas songs all the way home and we got some strange looks I can tell you.

Back to the story ....

Father Christmas came into my lounge,  and he stood proudly by the side of the fire, warming himself after his long and arduous  journey.

He had small parcels  firmly held in his hand  and  he looked so very much at home.

I tidied his beard and re assured him that I would always take great care of him and we have lived Happily Ever After  ...  and I still love him as much as the day he first came into my life.   

The End 

Goodness me I have missed my vocation .... I should have been a story teller ... don't you think ??

Hugs xx