Claresflair

Christmas wall hangings

2011-11-17T14:52:00.001Z

The Stitches christmas workshop this year. Wall hanging appliqué using blanket stitch.

I found the snowman online. Felt on felt - I did 3 and made them into a wall hanging. Prairie points at the bottom.

Thanksgiving Turkey

2011-11-17T14:50:00.001Z

I got this pattern at a show up at the Dulles Expo centre. So easy to do - felt on felt with blanket stitch.

Starting on my Christmas Cards..............for sale at the SSAFA Big Brew!

2011-10-26T17:44:00.010+01:00

Christmas cards in sets of 6 or.............

individually wrapped!

and some birthday/thank you cards too......

in sets of six or individually!

Plenty more to choose from!!!

My First Commission!!!

2011-10-26T17:40:00.003+01:00

A friend asked me to make the bed runner and cushion covers for her bed at home after choosing the fabric on a visit out here! I think it looks pretty good and she was very pleased!

Anniversary cards

2011-09-19T20:06:00.000+01:00

A collection of recent Anniversary cards for family and friends.

Jelly Roll quilt and handquilting

2011-09-19T20:03:00.001+01:00

I do have some more pictures of this somewhere although it is now resident at Royal Holloway University with Helen.

Union Jack Quilt

2011-06-04T17:59:00.001+01:00

Finished.........at last!!!!

April's birthday's and Mothers Day cards

2011-03-17T18:39:00.004Z

I must turn that date stamp off - it ruins all the photos!! Mothers Day cards going home!!!

Nephew is 16 mid-April.

Helen's friend Alex.

Helen's boyfriend, Jack!

Union Jack Quilt

2011-03-12T00:04:00.003Z

Union Jack Quilt............hard work. A very difficult pattern to follow. Looks good though? Bag was a gift from a friend on my recent visit home to the UK. (Thanks Max!!)

New cushion....................I think I have the scale right!!!!!!

Baby Quilts!!!

2011-02-11T19:32:00.005Z

Chris' cousin has just had their first baby. I thought I would pre-empt and had a guess at a girl!!!!! Guess what - it's a boy!!!! Anyway - here are the two quilts I made.

Thank You cards

2011-02-08T13:47:00.002Z

A Thank You card for some American friends who fed us at the weekend!! Used my cuttle-bug for the first time in ages! Lots of old music and glitter and beads from my stash. Hope you like it!

A collection of cards and a couple of tags.

2011-01-19T20:53:00.003Z

New card from Paper Source in Georgetown. Antique musical papers and a tea stained lace doily. Leather button, ribbons and string from stash!

Antiqued musical sheets provided the theme for this card. Grunge board coloured pale blue pulls the colour from the backing card. Ribbon, papers, jewels and paper fastener from stash.

Pale pink and chocolate are the theme. Again the musical sheets come in to use to create flowers using buttons as the flower centre. Butterfly wing grunge board covered in silver glitter and attached using small foam pads. Ribbons from stash.

Card stamped using chocolate ink. Music sheets added to create depth. Stars, buttons and ribbons from stash.
Pale blue and cream card created using SU! papers and ink. Lace and ribbon from stash. Grunge board coloured with Pro-markers to match SU! papers.

A selection of tags created using Maya Road rub-ons, ribbons and buttons from stash, antiqued music sheets and paper fasteners.

Christmas Quilt (in time for next Christmas!)

2011-01-18T17:42:00.003Z

Finally finished the Christmas quilt although it's now been put away for next Christmas!!!!

The buttons hide the fact that my corners aren't that good!!! :)

Amerihearts

2011-01-13T14:57:00.002Z

Sorry - photo is rubbish!! I made a strip of Amerihearts and decided to make myself a small wall hanging by putting 4 together. A simple border finishes the design off. I have some red fabric to do the binding with - will post when complete!

Stars and Stripes

2011-01-13T14:55:00.002Z

I borrowed a friends project book for this banner. It was so simple to do and I really like the finished thing! I wanted to create some US patriotic things for our home in the States as I already have loads of UK things.

18th card for my niece

2011-01-13T14:53:00.001Z

I enjoy making embellished cards like this one. My Cricut machine is extremely useful and using buttons and ribbons always finish off the cards well.

Coffe time cards

2011-01-13T14:52:00.001Z

I made a handful of cards to send to friends in the UK. It's the closest I'm going to get to having a cuppa with them at the moment!!

Star wall hanging quilt

2010-12-06T02:37:00.002Z

Don't look too closely - triangles are a nightmare!!! Love the colours in this. I have attempted a small amount of quilting on the central square and the edges of the quilt.

Christmas Work Shop

2010-12-06T02:35:00.001Z

These little padded triangles were sewn together to make the Christmas Tree below.

Stitches workshop Christmas 2010.

Halloween sweets!

2010-10-12T21:30:00.002+01:00

I made these little packets using small paper bags from Michaels and some new Martha Stewart stamps and punches. The tags are cut on my cricut and edged with SU! ink. Black ribbon from stash.

All ready for the 31st October! A new experience for us ............the neighbours have told us "either join the fun or get outta town!!"

Bright fat quarter quilt

2010-10-04T20:22:00.002+01:00

This fat quarter pack is really bright - I also picked a bright and bold border fabric to make it stand out. I used a high loft batting to create a cuddly, warm quilt and hand quilted around each square as well as quilting three rows of stitching along the black border for detail. Not quite ready to try a pattern along the border although I did think about it! The picture below shows the quilting detail.

Table runner with fat quarters from JoAnns.

2010-10-04T20:18:00.005+01:00

This table runner is made with 4 fat quarters only. I did use some additional fabric for the binding and stars tho'. I like these little projects as you get results quickly - I am having trouble committing to starting a large quilt !!! Although I do have another one to show you using a fat quarter pack with additional border and binding fabric - keep watching! I have top stitched the stars onto the quilt using zigzag stitch.

Baby cards

2010-10-04T20:15:00.002+01:00

I am still making cards!!! We had some surprise news and some expected news from the UK so a quick afternoon doing one of each card! Used my Cricut machine for the shapes and words.

Thanks giving wall hanging

2010-10-04T15:11:00.003+01:00

Another small wall hanging downloaded from the internet. I enjoyed doing this as it had a bit of a challenge with the embroidered writing (don't look too closely!!) I hand quilted the background and added the buttons to finish.

Stitches!!

2010-10-04T15:06:00.003+01:00

We have been making these amazing coasters to sell at a fundraising event in early November. We are all really pleased with them and had quite a production line running to get them all finished. They will be packaged as the picture below shows with some home made ribbon and a hand made tag.

Christmas wall hanging

2010-09-21T14:58:00.004+01:00

Here he is............about A3 size and hand quilted (!) It was a kit with plans and fabric (uncut) which I bought up in Lancaster (Amish Country) It took about five nights and I really enjoyed it so have downloaded a pattern for a pumpkin/Fall one. Watch this space!!! Fingers are still working Sam...just a bit slower because of the visitors!!!!

Quilted tote bag

2010-08-12T14:32:00.002+01:00

This quilted bag was quite straightforward to make if a bit fiddly. Each square was made separately then pieced together to make the bag front. The rest of the bag is made up of the fabrics used to make the patches. I lined the bag in a lighter colour. The pattern did not suggest using batting however I have used thin batting throughout the bag to give it a better shape. Love the colours - very Summer!!

Amerihearts cards

2010-08-11T14:51:00.003+01:00

These hearts are really simple to make and look great when stitched to a card! I have done 2 or 3 of these now. Here - everyone makes a heart and then they are all made in to a quilt for when someone leaves the group to go home to the UK.

Table mat

2010-08-11T14:46:00.002+01:00

This is a really busy pattern using patriotic colours. It is the Log Cabin method of quilting. The mat is about 18" square and sits in our guest bedroom on the chest. Zoom in for a closer look - the photo doesn't do it justice!

Quilting!

2010-08-11T14:42:00.004+01:00

This is the first quilt I have made. I really like the natural colours. the pattern was very basic and it is tied and not quilted through as I haven't the courage to try that yet!! I haven't taken a photo of the back yet so will post that later!

70th Birthday

2010-07-15T21:00:00.005+01:00

Mum is 70 in September and they will be out here in the States with us. Looking forward to having a great time! I have used all sorts of Cricut cut outs on this card as well as my new edge punch from Martha Stewart. Ribbon, buttons, pearls etc all from stash! The finished card is A5 size (gotta get some envelopes?!?)

18th birthday cards for a special girl!!

2010-07-15T20:44:00.007+01:00

It's my daughters birthday in September so these cards are for her from my husband and I and from her brother. She never looks at this blog so won't see them before her birthday!!! The Easel card is a bit blurry but is made with SU! papers and stickers/buttons and ribbon from stash.

The card below is A5 and uses SU! papers with ribbon, lace, string, stick on pearls etc from stash. The photo doesn't do it justice :(

Quilting!

2010-07-15T20:40:00.003+01:00

When in USA do as they do!!!

This is my first attempt at a quilt - it's only the front as I haven't managed to get the batting and back sorted yet. I am going to tie the quilt rather than stitch it.

Not bad for a first timer!! What do you think Sam??

Birthday cards for later in the year.

2010-07-15T20:38:00.003+01:00

I bought a new set of stamps - the alphabet. They are really useful and you can put any sentiment you want on your cards. You can see I have used my sewing machine a bit in these too.

Anniversaries in September

2010-07-15T20:36:00.004+01:00

A couple of anniversary cards for September. One wedding we went to another we didn't (they were the same day!!)

I have started to use my sewing machine a bit more.

Thank you cards

2010-07-12T18:33:00.002+01:00

I think I am going to need a few of these!!!

Eighteenth birthday cards - First post in the USA!!!

2010-07-06T02:29:00.002+01:00

Our daughter is 18 in September so all her friends will be next year also!!! Planning ahead I have mass produced some 18th birthday cards for her to take back to school and for us to use as and when needed.

First post from the USA - we have been so busy I haven't managed much but I'm about to start up again. I have a new desk and all my stuff is ready to go. I have also had a look at doing some quilting so that may feature on the blog soon - keep looking!

One last post before I move!

2010-03-11T08:34:00.003Z

Well...you won't be seeing much of me now until I arrive in the US (closely followed by my belongings) in June this year. The removals come in the next week to take our "Unaccompanied baggage" i.e. the stuff we want in the US for the next 2 years. This means clothes, linen, towels, kitchen equipment, pictures, photos, golf clubs, computers, stereo and of course crafting stuff :(

I may be able to post some bits (I think I have a few photos on my camera that need posting) so keep watching. I will update you as soon as I can.

See you all in the summer!!!!

Clare

Got my new book!!!

2010-03-05T08:00:00.002Z

'Delight in the details' by Lisa Pace...................what a great book. It has loads of ideas for embellishments, toppers etc etc. This was made up of bits I already had but I've a huge shopping list now so watch this space. You can get your copy here.

Simple cards

2010-03-02T09:10:00.002Z

This is a card for a female relative. Very simple design (slightly wonky ribbon!) Love the flowers and the frame is embellished with pearlescent stickles.

More mens cards

2010-03-02T09:01:00.002Z

A handful of cards for teenagers/boys and Nick! These papers above lend themselves excellently to making cards for men. The muted colours and geometric designs are ideal and have allowed me to create simple yet effective cards.

The musical card is for a music scholar at school....embossing folders, music paper and stars are great pieces to add to a themed card.

The Bio-Hazard card is for my son from my daughter and there is a long story behind it... but I'm sure you can imagine it involves a teenage boy?!?&*!?

Mens cards

2010-03-02T08:54:00.003Z

Here are a few cards for men. Hard work!!!! The film clips are contact sheet photos of my son and nephew canoeing on a nearby creek. I cut the cardboard frames out and attached them together on the front of very plain cards.

The patriotic card is a bit more shabby! Lots of embellies and muted colours to keep it manly?!

Anniversary Cards

2010-03-02T08:48:00.003Z

These are some Anniversary Cards for the next few months (I've managed to make all my cards till the end of August this year!!!) I love these easel cards....so simple. I'm also really getting the hang of shabby chic and have enjoyed putting loads of embellies on cards that look old and battered. I'm waiting for my new book to arrive form Amazon "Delight in the Details" ....How to make shabby chic embellies for your cards. I love the top card...lots of distressing ink, ribbon,glitter and hearts...mmmmmm lovely.

Birthday cards for March!!!!!

2010-02-18T15:29:00.003Z

I'm using up some odd scraps for these cards as you will probably notice! I've found a way of creating a different flower from one punch. The punch I have is a pointed petal flower shape so with my corner punch I take off the tips and create the flowers above?!? What do you think?? Can you see some more Glamour Dusted shapes????? It's great fun - but all over my dining room??? :P

Mothers Day/birthday Cards

2010-02-18T15:24:00.002Z

These are my first attempt at easel cards. I really liked making them and they are so effective. It looks like you have worked really hard to make them when in fact they take minutes!!! I'm using two for Mothers Day and one for a birthday card for a friend in March. The butterfly punch is great - it's so delicate and with the tiny crystals added it looks beautiful.

Birthday Cards

2010-02-18T12:08:00.002Z

A collection of birthday cards for a friend ............still panicking coz I'm moving abroad and she won't have her handmade cards anymore!!!!!!!

40th birthday card

2010-02-18T12:02:00.003Z

This came out really well!!! The guy this is for is really into vintage stuff and especially likes the 'Elvgren' girls!! I love the way the girls fit to the numbers (cut on cricut) Union Jack wrapping paper used to cut out his name and shadowed with darker blue. Two different sentiments used to create one. Embellies added for fun - crown is grungeboard coloured with PM and glamour dust (love doing this - but get covered myself) and gold crystal added to captains hat!

Good Luck Cards

2010-02-18T11:54:00.002Z

It's that time of year again!! EXAMS .....yuk. Anyway Nick (NO.1 son) and a few of his friends have their GCSE's this summer and having got through the mocks it's now time to knuckle down and do some revision for the Summer!!! The tri-fold card is for Nick. I will post it off to him in the next couple of weeks. The stars are cut with a punch and the ribbon is stash. The clover leaf card is for a family friends daughter. I created the clover leaf from 3 hearts cut on the cricut. I coloured the grunge board swirl with a PM and covered it in Glamour Dust.

The Sugar Bowl challenge 29

2010-02-18T11:40:00.003Z

I really enjoyed creating this card for the Sugar Bowl challenge this week. I used pale pink base card layered with pink whitewash card embossed with the Victoria cuttlebug cartridge. I sanded this with some sandpaper to show the embossing more clearly. The pink satin looking paper and the Italian handmade paper are from my stash. The Italian paper was a present from the in-laws when they visited Italy. Pink sparkly card for image base is also from stash. Flower Girl Gorjuss Girl image stamped with Stazon black and coloured with PM's. Flowers (3) cut with a more pointed flower punch and tips rounded with a corner punch. Edges of flowers highlighted with white gel pen. Brads (2), Vintage Button (1), ribbon (I used ribbon instead of one of the paper pieces) and thread from stash. Crown from Maya Road, coloured with PM and covered in Glamour Dust (I'm covered as well!!)

Birthday cards - yummy

2010-02-11T16:17:00.002Z

Still doing some cards for a friend..........as I am moving to the USA she wanted a bunch of cards to keep her going until I could start sending them again.

Here are some yummy cards using cuttlebug embossing and layering techniques.

Kraft cards

2010-02-11T16:07:00.002Z

I made these cards using Kraft card as the base and added embellies to create a natural look. The lined circles are white paper scrunched up and stamped with a new stamp in black. The paper has been printed with Distressed Ink Linen using a brayer first. The top card has been stamped with lines and a star punch used on the circle to make a star shaped hole. The star has been placed on the card also. (waste nothin!!) Ribbon, buttons and cotton from stash. The rub -ons are from Maya Road. Card two has been stamped with SU! stamp En Francais in black and the same circle embellishment added without the cut out! Twine, card strip, ribbon and button and chipboard from stash. Chipboard stamped with basic grey swirl stamp in Stazon black ink. Maya Road rub on and Papermania sentiment.

Second Cushion!!

2010-02-11T16:01:00.002Z

I've made a second cushion .........what do you think? I quite like the alternate colours!!! I think two is enough. On to a different project now!

PTI Palette Challenge

2010-02-08T16:19:00.009Z

This is the palette I used for my card. Now, one thing, I haven't used Papertrey stuff before and so I have tried to match the colours with stash I already have. My Ocean Tides match wasn't as good as I had hoped :(

I'm moving to the States from the UK in June so hopefully will be able to easily get hold of your lovely stash. Anyway here's my card.............

Just made it....had trouble with the computer and uploading the file!!!

Friday Sketchers sketch

2010-02-05T21:43:00.002Z

SU! card with My Minds Eye Papers. Kraft paper embossed with Cuttlebug. Ribbon from stash. Flower cut with Home Accent cartridge on cricut machine. Buttons from stash.

Birthday Card

2010-02-05T21:40:00.002Z

I love this idea - I have used it before for some Valentine cards and attached hearts to the ribbons. Kraft paper embossed with bark effect folder. Ribbon wrapped around card and then tags attached with glue dots and cotton. Buttons added for detail. Sentiment stamped in SU! ink from Clare Curd at Papermania.

Mojo Monday Birthday card

2010-02-05T21:37:00.002Z

SU! papers and card with ribbons from stash. Card is embossed using two different embossing folders with the edges inked in white and blue. Scalloped circle in green, circles in blue and cream. Sentiment from Clare Curd at Papermania. Simple and Stylish!

Selection of b'day cards

2010-02-04T19:22:00.003Z

This card uses My Minds Eye papers - double sided but I can't remember which set. I have used one of my favourite sentiments - it just says what it means in a nice simple way.

This card uses a great digi image. I just love the look on the owl's face! Great sentiment too. Image is coloured with PMs and I have used My Minds Eye double sided papers (can't remember which ones - sorry!!) The butterfly punch is one of my faves.

I enjoyed doing the cherry blossom and I think it looks quite effective. The Kraft paper has been embossed using my 'Christmas' cuttlebug with the leafy branch folder. I then cut loads (and i mean loads!) of flowers with small flower punches and stuck them on it twos all over the branches. I finished the flowers off with tiny crystals in each one. I used a white gel pen to accentuate the leaves in the embossing. A two tone ribbon finishes the card off completely.

Union Jacks

2010-02-04T19:13:00.003Z

I have really got in to these at the mo. I found a great little bag in Past Times which I shall post a photo of later. This was really easy to make. It's a fleece blanket from ASDA made in to an envelope cushion cover with wadding as the white lines and gingham ribbon as the red lines and a felt star stuck in the middle all sewn on with blanket stitch in different coloured embroidery silk. This has a bit of meaning for me as we move to Washington DC (!) in June so I will be taking it with me........

Here is the great little bag from Past Times. great for parties etc!!

And here they are together!! What a great pair........keeping me in touch with my roots!

Icicle!

2010-01-07T16:40:00.002Z

Smiley faces

2010-01-07T16:35:00.003Z

Someones car had already been smilied!!! Great photo!

Snow!!

2010-01-07T16:33:00.002Z

The kids playing in the snow!!!!!

Muted colours

2010-01-06T20:49:00.003Z

Been playing with some SU! papers that I hadn't managed to open before Christmas...aren't they gorgeous?? I have used My Minds Eye papers for the sparkly flower bits just to add a twinkle. All other bits from stash. I love the colours used here.

En Francais shabby

2010-01-06T20:44:00.002Z

A few more silhouettes cut on the Home Accents Cartridge by cricut. The En Francais background stamp (SU!) in Nearly Navy (SU!) has not quite printed all over the card and I really like the shabby chic feeling it gives to the finished piece. Sentiment is from the Time stamp set from SU! Ribbon, button and cord from stash. Main bird image finished with glamour dust.

Summer

2010-01-06T20:38:00.003Z

Really love the colours of this card....reminds me of the summer ..................lovely and warm. Much better than all this snow and stuff that we have at the moment. My Minds Eye papers, button, ribbon, tag and cotton from stash and sentiment cut on Cricut Home Accents cartridge.

Butterflies

2010-01-06T20:28:00.003Z

I have been playing with this punch for a while and not managed to get anything I really like...until now. The Grungeboard is out again, this time its coloured with a PM and then red jewels adhered on to the curls. The Dream sentiment is cut using my Home Accents cartridge on the Cricut. Finished with a lovely cotton ribbon.

Guess who got a Cuttlebug for her birthday !!!!!

2010-01-06T20:18:00.002Z

Who said I was a photographer ...................this is diabolical!!!! Anyway you get the gist...the bottom ink panel is embossed using my new Cuttlebug!!! The swirl is cut using my Cricut and a new cartridge - Home Accents - which is great, full of fantastic embellishments for any cardmaker. The door hinge is Grungeboard painted in white acrylic and glamour dust. I have another card in blue...however I have sealed the card in an envelope and am waiting for the recipient to open it then I will take a photo and update you all!!! Watch this space!!

New Year!

2010-01-06T19:27:00.002Z

Well ....................having not done anything since November I feel I have abandoned my blog a little bit!!! Any way I had plenty of crafting goodies over Christmas so I have been playing with them and have some posts coming very soon (Just need to take a few photos!)

2010 is going to be a very interesting year for us as a family...... both children have important exams later in the year, both children have big birthdays (16 & 18!!!) and some further exciting news which I can't tell you about just yet!! (You'll have to wait until the end of January for it!!)

I have been off work today as school was closed due to the snow (photos to follow).....it may be closed tomorrow aswell (trying not to keep my fingers crossed!!!?) So I have had a bit of time to do some crafting.

Happy New Year everyone and may yours be as exciting as ours is going to be!!!!!

One stop craft challenge - snowflakes

2009-11-23T20:17:00.006Z

I've got two entries for the One Stop Craft challenge. Love that mirror board for Christmas and snowflake projects. That red wall in my dining room doesn't do the wall hanging justice!! SU! stamp in nearly navy ink on the card background. Huge snowflake cut on my Cricut (twice!). Ribbon, button and bits from stash.

Classic Christmas

2009-11-20T18:32:00.003Z

These three cards are made with Papermania rub ons. I love the baubles on a branch - I know you can get this as a stamp and I would love to get my hands on one!! Very plain and simple. Coloured backing paper and matching ribbon.

Tea stained shabby chic cards.

2009-11-20T18:27:00.002Z

I have stained the edge of these cards with tea. Also the patterend paper. Fleur de lis cut on cricut and glamour dust added. Ribbon, buttons and embellies from stash. SU! stamps and ink.

Christmas Cards

2009-11-20T18:20:00.002Z

I like the shabby chic style of cards. Plenty of grungeboard and ribbon.

I used my Cricut to cut out the trees in various sizes.

Raelly like to colour scheme of this one - all SU! goods.

The picture is a bit dark. But the festive colours stand out!

Christmas bag - One stop craft challenge

2009-11-20T17:45:00.004Z

This A4 size white bag was given to me when I bought something in a local store. There is not a mark on it so it was ideal for decorating for Christmas. I used SU! stamps and inks and the papers are Papermania. I used my sewing machine to sew them together in a patchwork form. Ribbons, flowers and embellies from stash.

Creative Card Crew - strings attached

2009-11-20T17:34:00.004Z

I have used fine cotton twine wrapped around the pink paper from My Minds Eye for the Creative Card Crew challenge. Ribbon and brad from stash. Star is grungeboard painted with white acrylic and glamour dusted!. Sentiment in SU! pixie pink ink on cream paper.

PTW sketch

2009-11-03T20:39:00.002Z

Card and papers are SU! Ribbon from stash. Papermania image coloured with SU! ink. Sentiment is a CD's stamp from Wintry Trees set.

Mojo Monday contest

2009-11-03T20:35:00.004Z

Have used grunge board and coloured it with PM's and covered in glitter for the star. Image and papers are SU!. Buttons and ribbon from stash. Just noticed that the tag is up in the air!!! It should be underneath the star - nevermind!!

ABC challenge - G for Green

2009-10-28T14:30:00.002Z

I'm really into this shabby chic style of card. I've used a Papermania Signature stamp with a heat gun in Gold powder for the image. My Minds Eye papers are used on the background. Buttons, ribbon and brad from stash. Crown cut from pearlised card on Cricut with Stamping cartridge.

More Inspiration from LilyBean!!

2009-10-27T10:05:00.003Z

I just lurve creating these cards and LilyBeans blog is soooooo inspirational! Love it love it love it xoxoxo. I've got a great new cartridge on my Cricut called Stamping. It's got all these fab images
which are really easy to turn into chipboard elements with a bit of paint and glitter. I'd love some comments about the cards - let me know what you all think?? Thanks.

Sketch and Stash Challenge

2009-10-26T18:07:00.004Z

This Sketch and Stash challenge uses my new(ish) My Minds Eye papers 'Winter Wonderland'. I have added another homemade chipboard and a festive stamp - cute!!!

Christmas Card

2009-10-26T18:00:00.002Z

Here are some of my homemade chipboard embellies again - they are so easy to make!!! The little tags are also homemade and covered with matching paper instead of paint.

Mojo Monday

2009-10-26T17:51:00.003Z

Played around with this one for a bit as I couldn't get the proportions right!! Here's another chipboard snowflake made from a cereal packet, painted with white acrylic and sprinkled with glamour dust!! I cut the shapes/words etc from the Stamping cartridge on my cricut - simple!!! Let me know what you think!!!?

Shabby Chic cards

2009-10-25T13:07:00.003Z

I got some inspiration from LilyBeans Paperie for these cards and thought I would give them a go! Really enjoy making them and putting all the bits together - let me know what you think? A different direction for me??

Stamp with us - Sketch

2009-10-25T12:56:00.005Z

I have started to create my own toppers using chipboard! Found a really cool blog called Lilybeans Paperie have a look loads of inspiration for the shabby chic look - love it! For this Stamp with Us sketch I used SU! cream and a red from the Rich Regals set. The Winter Post snowflake image is stamped with Elegant Eggplant and the edge of the image is coloured with Ruby Red ink. Image set on Holiday Treasures paper. Everything else from stash. Image is a Papermania rub on.

Sketch and Stamp sketch!

2009-10-25T12:49:00.004Z

I trimmed the sketch down to just the circle (first time I've tried this!!) I've used SU! Holiday Treasures papers and the ribbon and bits are from stash. Image is Papermania. I've just started using shrinkles for some of my sentiments - this one is edged with glamour dust. (needs to be bigger!!)

Red and White Christmas Cards

2009-10-23T11:49:00.004+01:00

Colour scheme was inspired by Mish Mash who's gone mad on the red and white/cream from Christmas! Really pleased with my results. I have played with a new cartridge on my Cricut and managed to layer the scalloped circles up to create the toppers for this card. A bit of glitter for the paper and the organza ribbon are the finishing touches. The paper is Papermania Home for Christmas which I won on the Winter Wonderland challenge a few weeks ago - lovely!!!

The Sugar Bowl sketch

2009-10-23T11:41:00.003+01:00

I've kept the sketch the same way round but added a bit of personalisation as my daughter is going to use it for one of her friends!!

Winter Wonderland prize candy!!

2009-10-16T16:19:00.003+01:00

Sorry Sam - didn't do your card justice!!!! My photography leaves a little to be desired! This great card was from Sam who donated my candy for winning the Winter Wonderland bag, box wrapping challenge a couple of weeks ago - thanks again Sam!! x

A couple more Christmas Cards

2009-10-16T16:15:00.001+01:00

Been playing with my heat gun again! The snowflake card didn't work as well as I had hoped but I lurvve the Candelabra card!!! V. festive!!

Papertrey Ideas have rubbed off!!!

2009-10-16T16:06:00.002+01:00

I got most of the inspiration for these cards from the DT at Papertrey through Mish Mash (Michelle Wooderson's blog) I love her ideas and would love to be able to keep up with her!!!! All the DT for Papertey do an annual make for a set of Christmas Cards and leave you a download of their ideas - it's great! So I have had a look at them all (there are about 12 DT members!) and come up with the cards you see here. Go over and have a look!

Sugarbowl - Christmas

2009-10-10T10:42:00.004+01:00

Good old Maggie - here she is dressed up in all her Christmas sparkle and colour!!!! The Sugarbowl challenge is Christmas with a Sugar Nellie stamp so here she is! Daisy and Dandelion Christmas stack papers. Buttons, ribbon and embellies from stash. SU! card stock and sentiment stamped in Ruby Red from SU!

Stampin for the weekend - Orange, green and brown

2009-10-10T10:35:00.003+01:00

Had a bit of fun with this one - Cardstock is SU! New papers MY minds eye - Bloom and Grow

double sided. Leaves cut on Cricut with Don Juan cartridge. Embellies from stash. Image from SU! coloured with Marvy's. Brown card from stash. Sentiment is Papermania stamped in Chocolate Chip ink from SU!

Stamp Something - Brown!

2009-10-10T10:28:00.002+01:00

Loads of stuff from stash used on this card! Can't remember when I got the fibre papers used for layering up the image - donkeys year ago!! Image is a new Papermania Christmas special stamped with embossing ink and coloured with 'Enchanted Gold' powder. BAcking paper is from Anita's Ivory stack (another v. old set!) Button and ribbon from stash - oh and the cardstock is SU!

A Spoonfull of sugar - Halloween (2)

2009-10-06T20:29:00.004+01:00

I found these downloads on the Canon website - they're great! Ribbon and embellies from stash. Card is SU! Black paper from stash. The website has borders, tags, backing papers, patterned papers and loads more. Check it out here.

Papertake Weekly sketch

2009-10-06T20:23:00.003+01:00

I lurve these little frogs!!! They are great to colour with my PM's. The paper is a download from Canon. Sentiment is a Papermania clear stamp and the letters are cut using Don Juan on my Cricut. Ribbon, card and embellies from stash.

A spoonfull of sugar - Halloween

2009-10-06T16:15:00.002+01:00

I love these little confetti cartons they are so versatile! Card/ribbon and paper are from stash. Image and sentiment are digi downloads. Star stamp with Stazon black ink.

Sketch and Stash challenge

2009-10-06T16:08:00.004+01:00

Here is my interpretation of this sketch. The flowers are the new bit and the rest is from stash. Ribbon and papers are really old - can't even remember where they are from!!! Flowers are from Simon Says and were part of my prize for another card! Stamp and card are SU!

The Sugar Bowl sketch

2009-10-04T15:20:00.002+01:00

Followed the sketch and used a Gorjuss Girl (keep going back to them - luv em!!) Also, I have finally succombed to a heat gun and embossing powders. So I may have gone a bit overboard on the card!!!! Dress has been cut from patterned paper and raised on foam pads.

365 Cards - sketch

2009-10-04T15:16:00.002+01:00

My new frog stamps are just great!!!!! The sketch was good to follow and I had just the right papers to hand so I could use a froggy stamp!!! Coloured with PM's. Papers from stash. Card SU!

Apricot, cool aqua and a flower - Promarker Challenge

2009-10-03T14:43:00.002+01:00

Sorry - the photo is rubbish!!! This is my first Promarker Challenge. I have used all sorts of stuff on it. Card from SU! along with sentiment and ink. Flower, button, ribbon and wire from stash. I haven't used the correct colours (as I don't have them!!) instead I used pastel blue and dusky pink. Hair is coloured in cinnamon.

PTW - B&W + 1 (lilac)

2009-10-02T19:34:00.003+01:00

Lovely Lilac! Miss Anya again - I enjoy colouring these images. SU! cardstock. Everything else from stash. Flowers made from punched shapes. Image coloured with PM's, Marvy's and Jelly rols!

Anyone for Anya? Sketch

2009-10-02T17:24:00.003+01:00

My Anya stamps arrived today so here is the first one inked up!!! The sketch is this weeks challenge on Anyone for Anya? Quite pleased - love the papers and image, not too pleased with the sentiment - hey ho!!! Papers are Laundry Line, Card is SU! Ribbon and other papers from stash. Image coloured with PM's. Let me know what you think??