The time has come!!

Well I can't put it off any longer and I have now got to think about what design I am going to do for this years Christmas cards so with that thought in mind I thought I'd share some Christmas cards that I have made in previous years for demos/classes etc....

So to start it off I thought I'd share this one that I made last year for The Glitter Pot's Christmas Spectacular using one of Francoise's huge wording stamps along with some Memory Box dies and some pretty patterned paper that came from an 8x8 First Edition paper pad called Silent Night.

I edged the card with some leafing flakes using FlitterGlu as the adhesive which when it catched the light really sparkles.

 And here's another card using the same patterned paper but another of Francoise's huge words.

I painted the wording with FlitterGlu and then sprinkled over crystal glitter then coloured with Copics.

I also used IndigoBlu's bauble stamp which was stamped with FlitterGlu and gilded with leafing flakes.

I just love these huge wording stamps - they make such great statement Christmas cards!!
All materials used on these cards can be bought from The Glitter Pot.
I'll be back with some more cards showing these stamps very soon!!!

All loved up!!

Hi everyone.  Today I have another mouse card to share with you using an image from the Artemio Love clear stamp sheet. They are just soooooo sweet aren't they?

Products used:
Nestabilities - Labels Seventeen
Memory Box - Chloe stem
Daydream First Edition 6x6 paper pad

Coloured using Copic markers.

All products from The Craft Barn and this week The Craft Barn are offering 10% off of a set of 36 oil pastels by Faber Castell. Simply enter the code 'PASTEL10' at checkout.

Goldilocks

Hi everyone.  Today I thought I'd share this card with you that I made back in July/August using StampAvie's Lila Libellule stamp.  Not colours that I would normally go for so am still undecided as to what I think of it!!

Materials used:
Artemio 10001037 Arabesque clear stamp set
First Edition 6x6 paper pad - Spring Feast
Bundled Sage Distress inkpad
Silver pigment inkpad and Crystal EP
Memory Box dies - Macarena Corner; Madera Corner
Martha Stewart PATP - Cherry Blossom
MS punches - Monarch Butterfly; Hydrangea
Ribbon and self-adhesive pearls
Glitter glue - Crystal; Tiara

All from The Craft Barn apart from the Cherry Blossom punch set.

Copics used: 
Skin - E000, E00, E11, R20
Eyes - B000, B02
Hair - E50, E51, E53, E55
Toy - E50, E53, RV000, R83, R000, R32, G40, G43, W1, W3, W5
Clothes & Wings - YG0000, G40, G43, BG000, BG10, BG13, BG93
Shading & Background - W1, W3, W5, G40, G43, B000, E50, 0 Blender

Have a good weekend :)

Gorjuss Girls Are Going Fast!!

Hi everyone.  Thought I ought to let you know that the Gorjuss Girl stamps over at The Craft Barn are fast selling out as they are currently offering them with a 50% discount if you use the code 'GORJUSS50' at the checkout. Once they are gone they are gone!!

So I thought today I would share this card with you using Pretend Friend. (As I'm writing this post they still have some stock of this one!!)

Products used:
Artemio - Arabesque clear stamp set (100001037)
Paper Editions 6x6 paper pad - Spring Feast
Nestabilities - Grand Labels One
Memory Box dies - Petal Party, Madera Corner, Twirling Vine Frame
Black Memento inkpad
Pumice Stone Distress inkpad
MS punch - Monarch Butterfly
Glitter glue - Tiara and Rhinestone

Coloured using Copics:
Skin - E000, E00, E11, R20
Hair - C1, C3, C5
Fox - E50, E53, E08, E57, W3
Clothes - R000, R30, R32, R35, C1, C7, C9, BG90, BG93, W1, W3, W5
Background - W1, W3, W5, R000, R30, 0 blender
Shading - W1, W3, W5

All products available from The Craft Barn.

I'd like to enter this card into the Layers challenge over at Allsorts.

After being consistently asked at recent demos if I teach classes I have decided to take the plunge and offer one-to-one tuition or small group classes during October and November from my home at Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex.  These will be Christmas Card based and will be priced according to which card/cards you want to make. Click here for more details!!

Lady In Red

Hi everyone.  Today I thought I'd share a card with you that I made for my demo last Saturday at The Craft Barn.  (A big thank you to everyone who stopped by my table - it was so lovely to see you all :)!!)

This was made using one of the latest girl stamps by StampAvie called Lili Rose.  Isn't she a sweetie? The paper is from a First Editions 6x6 paper pad called Spring Feast.

Other products used are:
Martha Stewart PATP - Bubble Bath
Nestabilities - Labels Seventeen
Memory Box dies - Savannah Border and Petal Party.

Here's more of a side view of the card.

Copics used:
Skin - E13, E11, E00, E000, R20 (cheeks), R32 (lips)
Hair - E40, E23, E35, E27, E49
Birds and bird food - E50, E53, E35, E27
Clothes and flowers - R000, R30, R32, R35, BG000, BG13, BG90, BG93
Shading and ground - W1, W3, W5

All products used are available from The Craft Barn and talking of The Craft Barn you may want to head on over to their website to pick up some bargains as their Midsummer Madness Half Price Sale starts online on Friday (10th August) and in store on Saturday!!!

Dream Time

Good morning peeps!!!  Well what a weekend The Craft Barn's Extravaganza turned out to be!!!  I don't know about anyone else but I am still absolutely shattered!!! So this afternoon I have got a date with the settee to watch Wimbledon on the TV.

My sincere thanks to everyone who stopped by my table at the weekend - it was so lovely to see you all.

Today I thought I'd share one of the cards that I had on display using one of the new Gorjuss Girl cling stamps called The Runaway - so many of you liked this stamp in particular and I must admit that it has now turned out to be one of my favourites too!

Products used:
Artemio/ Arabesque clear stamp set (10001037)
First Editions/Isabelle 6x6 paper pad
Nestabilities - Grand Labels One
Memory Box dies - Petal Party, Honeyblossom Sprig, Lorelai Outline Leaf
Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page/Bubble Bath
Black Memento inkpad
Pumice Stone Distress inkpad
Ribbon, self-adhesive pearls
Crystal and Silver glitter glue

All available from The Craft Barn

The image was of course coloured with Copics.
Skin: E000, E00, E02, R20
Hair: E50, E53, E35, E57
Horse: W1, W3, W5, W7
Clothes etc... RV0000, R81, R83, R85, BG90, BG93, BG0000, BG10, BG13
Background and Shading: W1, W3, W5, 0 blender

I hope you like it!!!

I'd like to enter this into a couple of challenges -
Allsorts Week 161 In Bloom Challenge and Sir Stampalots July Challenge/What's Your Crafty Passion - with mine being 'Cute Images, Copics (of course - lol!!!), Memory Box dies, MS punches and bling!!!'