Mothers Day Card

HI Everybody,

Do you remember the little flower display from Mondays post ??

Well here it is made up into a card for Mothers Day which is on the 10th March here in the UK

I have layered up a turquoise panel cut with the  Romantic Rectangles and white layers with the scalloped and plain oblongs which I have embossed.

Then the largest from the Floral Ovals is layered with the second size and the centre piece was shown  in Small Flower Corsage.

I have wrapped ribbon around these layers before adding them to the white base.... which is Tri Fold Card

I have added a bow with a beaded button centre and some turquoise trim along the middle of the ribbon.

The same trim has been used to accentuate the letters for MUM.

The Alphabet set  is  from the  Save on Hobbies 



Alphabet and Numbers are really good basic sets to keep in your crafting "Stash"  so that you can can add any name, age or date  that you wish to any of your cards cards.

Hugs xx

My favorite machine...

Hi Everybody,

I love my Spellbinders and my choice of die cutting machine to go with it was the Grand Calibur.

They can jazz up the simplest of things without any effort at all.

Of course you will find that the dies will go through most other machines too and give you the same beautiful results.

But I have had several emails from people who have bought the Grand Calibur and don't know how to layer up the "sandwich"

The Calibur enables you to use the larger Grand dies... and I have covered cards made from them in other blog posts.

So ... I thought that the best way to answer the questions was .... Yep !  you guessed it ... in a video.

This is one of the films that was done over the weekend when it poured down most of the day.

The Grand Calibur Explained is another short tutorial but it has had some good comments on YouTube

The white adapter plate is available from  Creative Studios  which is a UK based company... and the link will take you directly to the page with the plates on there.

Hugs xx

Creating a Corsage ...

Hi Everybody,


No post yesterday, but I was not idle.  My "Film Crew" and I made a short tutorial.

Over the last few  projects I have been adding some  pretty flower corsages and I have been  asked if  I can  show how I make them.

So while it was  raining yesterday  my "Film Crew" was there,  with his trusty camera,  and  we did a little tutorial  on the way I do them ...  you may have your own way.

But if you are new to  cardmaking  then maybe this  will help you with some ideas on how to  decorate the front of your  designs.

It's not a long  one but I hope you  will enjoy it and let me know what you come up with

Please take a look at the tutorial for Small Flower Corsage   and the Decorative Hatpins are now for sale in  ...  My Shop  ...

This is the one I created in the film and I think it looks gorgeous now that the glue is all dry.

Can't wait to add it to a card for a Special Occasion and  I will be sure to show you when I do.

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts

The beautiful pearls are from Want2Scrap

Hugs xx

 

We Have A Winner....

Hi Everybody,

Today is the day for the Prize winner to be announced and the lucky person is ..... Drum Roll please ...

Lisa F ....

Congratulations Lisa you have won a fabulous prize and you will not be disappointed. You should have been notified by email now... so I need your snail mail address and the parcel will be on it's way to you....

But for all of you who entered and didn't win I have another parcel with the same kind of   "Goodies"  that I will add later in the year and give you another chance to win that one.

The Craft show was very good and had a mixture of all kinds of crafts.  Cross stitch, knitting, painting , jewelry making and many many more.

From a Cardmakers point of view,  my personal choice is the huge   Great Northern Papercrafts Extravaganza  (GNPE)  in Harogate as it has much more of my kind of thing there.

And this is all I bought yesterday.  Some red line super sticky tape, some  Grosgrain ribbons, several pots of Gilding flakes, sentiment stamps, several bags of sparkly Glitter and some storage boxes.

One or two other bits and pieces that are not in the photo.... which I will show you when I make them up into cards.

The next GNPE is in March and so I will be going to that.  So got to get saving my pennies again.

I chatted to several ladies that visit my website and several more that now have my business card and hopefully they will pop along for a visit too.

All in all not a bad day ... but roll on March for the next GNPE ....

Hugs xx

It's 5 am ....

Hi Everybody,

It's very early in the morning here and I can't sleep ...  so I  just thought I would add a little post before getting ready to go to Manchester.

I mainly wanted to answer some queries.

 The first one is I will post the items from My Shop

 ANYWHERE  so if you live USA,  Australia, New Zealand, India, Europe it doesn't matter ... just place your order and you will get them.

I have also been requested to alter the option to buy so that you can order more than one item if you so wish ... done...  and it is now available on the website.

Secondly I have researched the postage very carefully and it is correct .... but thanks to the lady who wanted to pay me extra postage for the items sent to her country.... it's all taken care of.

Then there  are the people that see a red  X  at the side of their  name when they  have  added it to the" Give Away"  .... you haven't done anything wrong ... it just means that you have the opportunity to delete it if you have changed your mind ... or added it twice by mistake.

Another concern that I have been asked about is your comments .... they won't be visible straight away until I have moderated them and then they will be on the page ... so you don't need to add your message again.

And it is not a problem  if  don't have a Blog  ...  You don't need one and you can still enter the Give Aways  just leave the URL box Blank

On to other things ... have you noticed that on the left of the page I have added MY SHOP as a permanent fixture and I am working on other things to add to it.

On the right of the page is my brand new Accredited Instructor Award  and I am displaying it with pride.

I have also started to add a very beautiful watermark to my photos and I bought it from Whimsy Stamps for $5 ... about £3.20 .... so cheap as chips and very pretty.

 It came complete with a new signature too which is at the bottom of my pages on the website.

The   Give Away   is running until tomorrow so add your name, if you haven't already, and thank you for all your lovely comments.

And last of all to Gina Gallagher,  you  emailed me about a Christening card you want me to make ... Gina I am so sorry but I have deleted the email by mistake  so can you   please   email me again with more details of  what you require .... size, colour, occasion, and anything special that you want to add.

OK so it's now 5.45 am and I need to go ... I will be back tomorrow with  a winner of the February draw.

But watch out for the next one ....it's going to be amazing  and that's all I am saying for now.... but you are going to absolutely love it.

Hugs xx