White Flowers

Hi Everyone
I'm back from my trip to London and what a fab time we had.  We went to the NTA's on Wednesday night, to the Ivy for dinner on Thursday night were we bumped into Ronnie wood as we were coming out.  The meal was gorgeous and I'll add my picture below of Ronnie too.  For someone who has been as famous for so long he was soooo lovely.  He stopped and talked to us and even put his arm around me for the picture.  Then Friday we did some sight seeing and shopping, had dinner in the hotel and just chilled out.

So although i have had a fab time i have been having withdrawal symptoms from crafting and so have been busy all day.  This is the only card i can share with you as the others are top secret but i can tell you i have been having fun.  So i decided to have another go at using my new brayer and found a stamp i hadn't even inked up as yet and i know i have had it since at least 2009.  Rather than do black stamping over the top i thought i would used my white embossing powder and see what effect it had when brayered over the top.  This is my result and i really like it.

I've just randomly stamped the flowers, used my versamark ink pad and then white sea foam embossing powder.  I've then brayered with Citrus green and Pool adirondack ink and finished with some green ribbon and some perfectly matching centrua pearl card to mat and layer. I've then kept the sentiment simple and embossed in silver.

Here is my picture below of me and Ronnie and although i took my camera into the NTA's i had difficulty using my sons new camera and none turned out at all, which was very frustrating as last time i had my own camera and managed to achieve quite a few good pictures of the celebs.  Although i have taken a photo from my iphone which I've added below too.

I think i look a bit shell shocked!

Hope you like my photos.

Louise xx

My Tummy Tickles

Hi Everyone

Here's the last of my cards from the recent valentines set from Crafters companion.  Don't forget there is still time to enter, just go over to their news and inspiration blog and follow the instructions.

Brown and pink is a favourite combination of mine so i thought i would repeat it again with this card.  Coloured with speeccies and using the papers from the SWALK CD ROM.

I love colouring in these cute images.  I don't think i will ever tire of them. However yesterday i went back to tesco's to purchase some more of the fab picture frames i bought that i used in my strawberry kisses sample and they don't have them anymore.  I was all set for a massive decoupage session with lots of different stamped images to make some more and swalk are perfect as there is not much detail in them.  Don't know where to look now as ikeas did not have a space between the glass and the place you would put your picture and neither did sainisburys.  Still got asda, m&S and morrisons to go. I'm gutted they were perfect and so cheap.

Hope you like.

Louise xx  

Spring is Back

Hi Everyone

Another Sarah Kay card from me today and this the second one i have coloured for the first time within a week.  I love this image and i really love the way it has turned out.  I've used my speccies  as usual and i thought i would be able to match in some papers from the strawberry kisses CD ROM for crafters companion and i was right.  I have chosen a large checked paper and have lightened it by using the colouriser and then a patterned daisy background paper to contrast.  I love the finished card.  No flowers no ribbons just a sentiment and a few gems.

Hope you like it.

Louise xx

Thank Heavens for littles girls, and boys.

Hi Everyone

Last week i spent a very productive night with the lovely Claire Lesley Hamer having a crafty night in.  She also cooked me a lovely tea and I'm actually surprised we even got anything done at all.  We usually plan to and then just sit and chat.  However last Monday i got the chance to play with some of her gorgeous papertrey ink ink stamps that she brought back from her recent trip to the US of A.  The stamps and dies don't look very much to begin with just have a look at some of their finished samples and you can see just what you can do with these little stamps sets.  I've copied a link to one area of their ideas gallery but be warned you may regret looking at them as they are fab.   To look at the ideas for each stamp set just go into the stamps and select the range you want to look at and in each set there will be a link to the ideas gallery.  It kept me occupied for hours. They have stamps and dies to match in lots of lovely cute sets.  The sentiments are also fab and i loved using them.

The one above i made and we really just sort of copied from their design team blog but i just loved the simplicity of this card.  Claire managed to make 4 in between tea and chatting and i finished none.  However it wouldn't have taken much more time as i had all the bits prepared and just had to stick them together.  so i've  finished them now and i made boy cards and Claire made the girls.  I talked her into giving me a girl card which i have added below.

Hope you like them both.

Louise xx

Starwberry Kisses - Oh Boy

Hi Everyone

Here's my last DT sample card for the recent Strawberry Kisses range.  I loved working with these and will be making some more cards with them again soon.  However i must put them away for a while as the DT has now lots more items to concentrate on for upcoming shows. I'm soo excited i can't wait to get my hands on the crafty stuff that is winging its way to me.

Coloured in with speccies and using the SK CD ROM with fab papers all the way through.  I'm going to finish a Sarah Kay card i started last week today and I'm sure there will be some checked paper i can use from this CD it's just so versatile.

How cute does pup look with his head turned over one shoulder.  mmmm and very relevant as i need to start and think about packing my own suitcase for my trip to London.  Kevin and i are due to get the 10.40am train to kings cross today and have seats booked at the O2 for the National TV awards tonight with Dermot O'Leary.  If you are watching just remember I'll be sitting in the audience.  I went last year with Grace and she loved it.  She was very disappointed when i said i was taking Grandad instead. i'll maybe take her next time.

While I'm away i have prepared some blogs posts in my drafts so you will still be seeing my cards and if i have any exciting photos to post of my trip i will add them here later but will keep you updated on facebook if i can.  I'm soooooooo excited.

hope you like it.

Louise xx

A Little Kiss

Hi Everyone

Well i thought i was going to have a whole day crafting today but looks like i won't :-(.  I never finished my college work yesterday so have been busy with it this morning but just need a quick 10 break as i am bored stiff with it.

So to cheer me up I thought i would share one of the cards i made for last weeks shows with Sara in C&C.  This card was posted onto the Crafters Companion news blog along with Gemmas as we are both on the DT.

Coloured with speccies and using the the background papers form the swalk cd rom 2.  can you spot the not so deliberate mistake?  i have a habit of getting carried away and i was so careful to ensure all the 3 pieces of background paper went up the right way and i was so pleased with my self that i did it.  However when it came to adding the picture and embellishments i got carried away and stuck them on the wrong way and now the paper is now upside down.  i wonder how many people noticed that when it was shown on the TV?

sorry about the shadows in the picture, i had taking photos at night.

Hope you like it and i may be back with another post later on.  Ok back to the grindstone!

Louise xx

A Fairy Card

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Well here is my first attempt at brayering with the lovely bits and bobs i picked up from rainton meadows yesterday.  As it was my first time i really just copied what the guy showed us on the stand, as soon as my confidence is built up i will be a bit more adventurous i hope.

I have used a white linen card blank made using my ultimate pro,  black centura pearl to matt and layer and i have sprayed with spray and sparkle iridescent.  I was deliberating what to add after that but decided against ribbons, gems and  a butterfly and went with a plain sentiment. However the sentiment is from the fairyopolis rub ons kit and i love these they are soooo plain and simple but very effective.  I've just checked the webiste out and they are on sale too at £3.49, bargain!

The lavinia stamps i used are as follows, small stars, 3 small dancing fairies and dandeliions.  The inks are adirondack in eggplant and denim for mine and grace used citrus and pool. You can buy these all over the place so just find the cheapest.

If you get time also take a peek at Gracies as hers is amazing for and 8 year old.

I do love this type of card and i will definitely be making some more.  Ok i thought i was going to play all day today but i have some bills to pay and also some homework to do so will maybe get a whole day tomorrow as weds i am off to London.

Hope you like it.

Louise

Humphrey Valentine card

Hi Everyone

Well Humphrey is in the pink today.  I have used my speccies to colour, my ultimate pro to make the pop out card and my eCraft for the daisy's in pots on the front.

A very quick post form me i know but i have finally given in to the temptationof buying a brayer and some Lavinia stamps.  Grace and I went to Rainton Meadow Arena Craft Show this morning and she loved the demos using the brayer.  So we bought some, of course i just had to get a few stamps as well.  So i may be able to show your our first samples later on.

And i am so excited cos no work tomorrow I'm on annual leave for a week.  Yahoooooooooooo!!!!!!!

Hope you like it.

Louise xx

Share the Love and Win - Humphrey

Hi Everyone

Today's card is another Humphrey's corners stamp that Sara took to Create & Craft yesterday, i hope you watched the shows.  Today she is on with the fab new Clever Cut Maxi which was at 50% sold out when i last watched this morning.  I think she is demoing it again at 4 and then its planned for the tool shed tomorrow.  Will it last?  Not sure.

Anyway there is still time for you to enter the Share the Love competition on Crafters Companion News Blog.  You need to make a valentines themed card and follow the instructions.  £25 is the prize and it doesn't close until the 29th Jan.

 Today i have chosen the Best of Friends stamp and used some fab backing paper from the Humphrey's Corner Crafting Selection CD ROM.  I have used this 2 CD pack loads of times before and i had never even seen this paper.  Sometimes you focus on the ones you see immediately and catch your eye without really looking at the ones that done.  I have plans for tining this down and maybe using on another wedding card i have been asked to make.

I've used my spectrum noir pens to colour the image and then just added a sentiment form another Humphrey stamp set, then finished off with some ribbon and a few pearls.

Hope you like it.

Louise xx

Crafters Companion Competition

Hi Everyone

What exciting news for you today!  Pop along to the Crafters Companion blog and take a peek at the competition Meg is launching today.  All you have to do is make a valentines card with Crafters companion products and post it on your blog, then using mr linky on the crafters companion blog page, link back to your blog.  The prize is £25 to spend on the crafters companion website.  Just think what you can buy with that!

Also, dont forget to watch Sara on creat and craft on Friday, show times are 1, 4 and 6pm.  Sara will have special sets available in both SWALK and the humphrey  ranges.

So in preparation i have too been making valentines cards and heres my second one below.

i love pink and green and i love the wording on this image, 'you are my sunshine' .  How happy i would be if i received a card with this sentiment?  It'll never happen though.  Not even a bought one, poor me................

The image is coloured with speccies and i have used some of the left over paper from the cd to make some paper roses and coredinations for the leaves.

 Dont forget to pop over to crafters companion, what have you got to lose and the comeptition doesn't close until  the 29th January so you have pleanty of time.

Hope you like it .

Louise