Bears, Bears, Bears!!!

Finally over the last few days it has felt as if Spring is here in the UK!!

Sorry I've been quiet again!!  You'll be pleased to know that I have been busy creating cards though!!

Today I thought I'd share some cards that I made a few weeks ago using the very cute Forever Friends bear stamps.

Here's a closer look at the bear for you, which was of course coloured with Copics.

Here's the next card...........

And a closer look at the bear...........

And the next.........

With a closer look at the bear......

And lastly..................

I think that this one must be a 'baby bear'!!

All of these were made as a set for The Glitter Pot.  You can buy these super cute stamps here.

With a bit of luck I'll be back again soon!!

Mini Fest Day at The Craft Barn's New Premises!!!!

Hi everyone!!!  Just wanted to let you know that tomorrow is The Craft Barn's Mini Fest Day at their new premises in Nutfield. (Click here for their new address.)

I'll be there demoing with one of Jo Firth Youngs new stamp sets - No.11 (which is just sooooooooooooooo 'lurverly') along with the FlitterGlu Starter Set (such a fantastic set as it has everything you need to get you started) and Mega Flakes .  Love it, love it, LOVE IT!!!!

Jane Collman, Chris Dark, Andy Skinner, Carol Cockbain and Helen Chiltern will also be there demoing away so if anyone is in the area please do stop by and say hello to us :) and come and see what The Craft Barn now looks like!!!  I can't wait to see it myself!!

Here's a little taster of the cards I'll have with me on display.

I've photographed them at an angle so you can see the shine from the Mega Flakes!!

 Hope to see you tomorrow :)

Think I've got to buy some more of those 'lurverly' JOFY stamp sets whilst I'm there!!!

Just Peachie!

Oh dear .....................................the days seem to keep whizzing by without me posting but I'm here now :)

I can hardly believe that we are already into the second half of March - it certainly hasn't felt very 'springlike' yet!!

Today I thought I'd share this card with you that I made last year using a StampAvie stamp called Lila Libellule.

Papers are from a First Edition paper pad called Isabelle.

Other materials used are-
Nestabilities - Labels Ten
Memory Box - Petal Party
                       Savannah Border
Artemio clear stamp set - Arabesque

Image coloured with Copics.

All materials came from The Craft Barn and talking of The Craft Barn it's not long now until their BIG move to their new premises at Priory Farm!!!  Click here for their full address and to find out more.

All Loved Up!!

Sorry that I've been absent for sooooooooooooo long!!!  But I'm here now :)

Today I've got a card to share with you using a very cute mouse stamp set by Artemio called Love.

The papers used on this card are from the Daydream First Edition 6x6 paper pad. The panel that the mice are on is a Nesties die - Labels 17 and the die cut flowers is a Memory Box die - Chloe Stem.  All available from The Craft Barn. (I'd like to enter this into the Allsorts 195 Animal challenge.)

The mouse panel is of course coloured with Copics!!

Talking of The Craft Barn it won't be too long before they are on the move to their new premises at Priory Farm!!  Click here for more details.  I will be demoing at their Opening Day on 6th April :)

The reason for me not having blogged for a little while is because I have been designing some cards so that I can offer a few classes from my home in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex. Click here for more details :) or click on the Classes/Demos tab at the top of the page :)

Toodles for now..............................

My Uncle's Birthday Card

Oh dear!!!!!  What can I say?????  I had such good intentions of doing some regular posts over the Christmas period and popping by your blogs and saying 'hello' to you all!!  Unfortunately my computer had 'other ideas' about this as it began playing me up a few days before Christmas and then 'died' on me!!  About 10 days later it was finally working again but it had had to be re-mastered so I then had many 'happy hours' putting everything back onto it!!

Anyway it is now working fine and I'm all caught up with stuff so here I am again!!

Today I thought I'd share a card with you that I made for my Uncle's birthday.  Now anyone who knows me well, knows that I HATE making cards for men so I was absolutely dreading this but as it was a 'special' birthday I thought I ought to make the effort!!

This is what I came up with using the fabulous range of scenic stamps by Stampscapes. These are always my 'go to' stamps when I think of doing cards for men as they lend themselves so nicely for men's cards.

My uncle is a very keen freshwater fisherman so of course I had to choose stamps that he would relate to!!  I stamped each of the stamps in black ink and then sponged blue, grey and green inks over the top.

Lastly I added some white highlights to the water using a white gel pen and then I just had to apply some crystal glitter glue here and there over the water to make it shimmer!!

I then stamped the inside with corresponding stamps before I wrote in it.

These fabulous range of stamps can be bought here in the UK from Serendipity.

I'd like to enter this card into the Week 191-Masculine challenge over at the Allsorts Challenge blog.

Have a good weekend everyone and hopefully I'll be back soon!!!

Wintery Scenes

Oh no!!!!  It is almost Christmas and I had such good intentions of regularly posting all the Christmas card designs that I've made.  Where did the time go??????

Anyway below are two cards that I made a few months ago now  - both using the Penny Black cling stamp Dashing Through The Snow, the wooden stamp Winter Berries and the clear stamp set A Bright Tomorrow.

On this card I used Distress inkpads for the background along with Memory Box dies - Swirly Tree, Frosty Border and Puffy Clouds. I'd like to enter this card into the Penny Black & More at Allsorts Challenge blog for the It's Your Choice  challenge.

The main card was made from Grand Labels One. I sponged Metallic Silver paint around the edge of the card to give a 'frosty' feel to it.

The girl and sleigh were coloured using Copic markers and Spicas.

With this card I chose to make the main card using a PATP Martha Stewart Snowfall punch set, combined with the Memory Box Winterland Tree die and a Craftwork Cards sentiment. I'd like to enter this card into the Penny Black & More at Allsorts for the It's Your Choice challenge and also the Allsorts Week 185 Oh Christmas Tree.

Again I used a Metallic Silver acrylic paint around the edges of the card.

And of course coloured the girl using Copic markers along with Spicas.

All products used on these cards came from The Glitter Pot.

Just incase I don't get around to blogging again before the big day HAPPY CHRISTMAS  to everyone and a MASSIVE  big thank you for visiting me this year.

HAVE A GREAT CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!

A Sweet Little Christmas

Oh dear!!!  That 'time' thing is still happening and I can hardly believe that it is less than 20 days until Christmas!!  Eeeeeeekkkkkk!!  Still haven't finished my Christmas Cards yet!!

Anyway today I have a few cards to show you that I made when I demoed at The Glitter Pot in October.  These cards all use the Forever Friends Christmas teddies along with Doodlebug Sugar Coated Cardstock and the Memory Box Swirly Tree die.

Here's a closer look at the top left card. The Forever Friends Bear is called Santa.

The bear was coloured using Copics.

Here's the top right card. The Forever Friends Bear is called Christmas Gift.

Coloured with Copics.

Here's the bottom left card with the Forever Friends Cup Of Cocoa bear. The card was made using the Grand Labels One Nesties die.

And of course the bear was coloured with Copics!!

And lastly here's the bottom right card using the Pressies For You Forever Friends bear and that Grand Labels One Nesties die again.

Bet you can't guess what I used to colour him with???? LOL!!!

All materials used on the cards came from The Glitter Pot including the Craftwork Cards sentiments. And all of these bears that I used are still half price!!

Now I know that you won't believe me but I hope to post again very soon!!!

Santa Teddy

Hi everyone!!  Oh dear!!!!  I always have such good intentions at posting cards up more regularly and somehow the time just slips past and I find my 'good intentions' have slipped away again!!

Anyway here we go with a card that I created a couple of months ago using one of the cute Forever Friends teddies called Santa.You can currently pick this stamp up for half price too!!!

Other products I used are as follows:
Wild Rose Studio: Annabelle's Christmas Paper Pack
Doodlebug Sugar Coated Cardstock
Craftwork Cards Christmas Messages
Nestabilities: Labels Three
Memory Box die: Snowflake Corner
Marianne Design die: Poinsettia Straight
DoCrafts: Silver Metallic acrylic paint

All available from The Glitter Pot.

Copics used:
Bear: E30, E31, E33, E35, R20
Coat & hat: R30 R32, R35, R37 R39, G20, G24, G28, C00, C1, C3, C5
Lantern & sack: Y11, Y35, C1, C3, C5, C7, C9
Ground and shadowing: C00, C1, C3, C5

I have just set up an Etsy shop and loaded up a few Christmas Cards for sale so if you fancy taking a look please click here. (You can also see the cards in my sidebar too :))

Dream Time

Ok................................so as some of you told me off for mentioning the 'C' word in my last post I thought I'd share this card with you today using one of the Gorjuss Girl stamps called Poppy Wood, which is very far removed from anything remotely Christmassy - lol!!!

Main materials are as follows -
Hobby Art CS023D Anna's Collection/Just For You
Magnolia 12x12 paper Pink Magic Bubbles
Memory Box die - Madera Corner
Magnolia die - Doily Flower
Martha Stewart punches - Doily Lace edging punch
                                         Monarch Butterfly
                                         Hydrangea

All available from The Glitter Pot.

Copics used:
Skin - E000, E00, E02, R20
Hair - E50, Y21, E55, E35
Flowers - Y02, R81, R85
Clothes - RV0000, R81, R83, R85, R89
Background - W1, W3, W5, G40, G82, BG90, RV0000, RV000, R81, R83

I'd like to enter this into the Sir Stampalot's Punches challenge.

It's Christ-maaaaaaassss!!

Oh my goodness where does the time keep disappearing too?  I've got loads of cards to share with you and somehow things keep cropping up and I don't find the time to actually post them up!!

Now that we are into the middle of October I thought I'd start sharing some Christmas creations with you so first up is this little cutie pie. How sweet is he????  This stamp is of course from the Forever Friends selection of stamps and is called Cup Of Cocoa and what is even better is that the stamp is currently on sale at half price!!!  As too are the other Forever Friends Christmas Bear stamps so if you want a bargain you know what you need to do - lol!!!

Here's a list of the other stuff that I used -

Wild Rose Studio: Xmas Bella paper pack

Doodlebug 12x12 Sugar Coated cardstock: Silver; Beetle Black

Craftwork Cards: Christmas Messages

Cuttlebug embossing folder: Ice Crystals

Nestabilities: Labels Three

Memory Box die: Snowflake Corner

Marianne Design die: Poinsettia Straight

Black Memento inkpad

White StazOn inkpad

DoCrafts Silver Metallic acrylic paint and sponge

Silver and Crystal glitter glue

Ribbon

3mm and 5mm self-adhesive red pearls

The image was of course coloured using Copics!

Colours as follows – 

Bear: E30, E31, E33, E35, R20 

Coat and gloves: R32, R35, R37, R39,   C00, C1, C3, C9

Robin and mug: E30, E31, E35, C00, C1, C3, C5, C7, R30, R37

Ground and shadowing: C00, C1, C3, C5

All products used came from The Glitter Pot.

Hope you like it!!  I have more to share again 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.

Skateboarding

Hi folks.  Today I thought I'd share a card that I made earlier in the year using one of the cute mice stamp sets by Artemio.

The papers are from a First Edition pad called Daydream.

Dies used are-
Nestabilities - Grand Labels One
                      Labels Three
Memory Box -Floral Square

The mouse was of course coloured with Copics.  (Sorry can't remember the colours used as it was sooooooooooo long ago!!!)

All products used came from The Craft Barn.

Today marks the launch of this years Craft Barn Calendar Challenges. Click here to find out all about it.

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!!