Christmas Gifts...

Emma and I have been making Christmas gifts to hand out at school at the end of Christmas term, and what with the credit crunch this year it seems the right thing to do - and best of all they were really easy and great fun to do!

Emma attends a catholic school, so these candles, with tradional Christmas scene images along with a matchbox to match seemed just the thing.

We stamped and coloured our image - in this case a stamp scene from Joanna Sheen onto tissue paper to then be able to transfer the image onto the candle. When the image was transfered we just added some Twinkles glitter, and added a border to the candle which is actually a Martha Stewart design punch and some ribbon. The box is a template that I have used in various projects - anyone wanting dimensions - then, I will hopefully be putting up a tutorial for this with the dimensions and instructions!

Here is a close up of the image on the candles.

Megaliscious (if that's a word!) Blogcandy!!!

Yes...it's finally here, the long awaited "Mega blog candy" that I have been promising you all.....so, are you ready for it??!!.......

There are quite a few goodies to this one, if you click on the picture you can get a close up of the goodies. Not to mention that there will also be a second prize!!!!!

Goodies include: A brand new Spellbinders "Wizard" a wizard impressability plate, set of Joanna Sheen dvd's, paper lace rolls, distress crackle paints, umount, glitters, bling, design papers, 4 Sugar Nellie stamps, beads, grungeboard, hitch fastners, mixed ribbon, Fancy Pants ribbons, Spritzer bottles, Empty glitter bottles, Anti-static bag, twinkling H20's, 13 unmounted stamps of various images and 2 large background unmounted stamps....

And this is Prize #2

The goodies here are: Some mixed ribbons, a Joanna Sheen Messy Rabbit stamp and Joanna Sheen's Vintage Christmas dvd (which is fab!!)

I will be running this blog candy over December and drawing the winner just after the New Year and this time in order to win these fab goodies all you have to do is leave your answers to the following question in this post. Question: What is your top crafting tip that you have found to be invaluable to you? And as per usual, in order to get yourself a double entry just post about my blog on your blog and thats it!!...


Ok Goodluck and see you back here soon with some projects I have on the go.....

It's been way tooooo long!!!!

I can't believe how long it has been......I've been busy, I was just so wrapped up in it all that I didnt realise how busy and how long its been since my last blog!!.....Well, let me tell you, I AM STILL HERE, works are still ongoing in the new house (and probably will be for a while :-() Still been squeezing in the workshops, managed to get up to the NEC for the Hobbycraft show (my first time, and it was great fun!) Off to see NEW MOON with my daughter and friends tomorrow (yeaahh!! can't wait....I'm a kid!!!...yes I really am that excited about it!!!) and on Sunday leaving for Kettering to start my new job with Creative Expression along with my colleague Lynne!!.......Wooooof, I'm out of breath!!!!!

AND, just to let you know that next week I will be posting my last (and long overdue!) blog candy for the year, and as promised it's gonna be a wopper!!!!!...I have it ready, just need to take a photo and post about it....so, watch this space and by the end of next week IT WILL BE UP!

Thanks so much to everyone who has stuck by me and still visit my blog for your comments and emails lul xx however, I AM now back and will post that blog candy (super duper blog candy!!!) for you next week!

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Can you forgive me!!!

What can I say.........but please forgive me........................

I have been abscent a long time due to having moved house (on the 4th/09) and despite the usual upheaval that goes with moving house the biggest hurdle of all - which we are still awaiting...is getting our broadband set up. The only reason Im posting now is that I have gone out and bought a mobile broadband dongle. I wont bore you with the details but our telephone line and broadband changeover have been "challenging"!! Im also still living amongst boxes and boxes and more boxes and dont even ask about my craft stuff!!!!!!!

Anyway, all this and just to add a little more pressure to the pot its Ally Pally this weekend, so getting ready for that is top of list at the moment and as Im still living out of boxes its not proving to be an easy task at all!!....but if you happen to be going do stop by the Particraft booth and say hello!!!....that would be really fab!!

BUT.........more importantly now, I have a winner to announce from my very overdue August candy, I was hoping to have done this on the Monday just after having moved as I was assured that we would have connection and be able to be up and running...but alas!!!! Anyhow, the winner of my August blog candy is............................

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Evelyn at "Evy's Crafty Creations"
congratulations to Evy

If you could email me (email on my sidebar) then I will get your candy out to you asap.

I just want to thank everyone SO MUCH for sticking by me in my absense and your patience. Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and for all your wondeful comments and words of support (about my move!!!). As we are so far into September now, I wont be doing a blog candy this month, BUT will be making October's blog candy SUPER DUPER SPECIAL, just by way of saying "sorry" and "thank you"!!

A little bit of Christmas in August!

Dont scream!!.....I know, it seems a little early to be thinking about Christmas and I have to admit it does take some effort to get in a Christmas creating mood, but I have already been asked to do some christmas workshops (in August) and Ive also some samples for Ally Pally in September to get ready!!....

The stamp image and the background images (snowflake & Holly) is from the new Christmas stamp plates from Particraft.

Im off to prepare for two more upcoming Christmas workshops and a Halloween workshop in between packing and getting ready for our house move in about 3 weeks...aaaggghhhhhh!!!!

Summer Bonanza Blog Candy

My blog candy this month is a little extra special - just because its summer and also because I've hit over 50,000 hits which is great for little ole me!!....

Goodies include; Fancy Pants & Junkitz 12x12 papers, distress ink pad, Cosmic shimmer mist spray, embossing powder, Messy rabbit stamps, rubbernecker unmounted stamps, Creative Expressions unmounted girls stamp, ezmount, ribbons, fibres, emelishments, spellbinder nestability squares, glitter etc etc.....

All you need to do for your chance to win is leave me a comment in this post by Monday 31st August 11pm (GMT) link me to your blog mentioning my blog candy - only if you want (but if you do it gets you double entry in the draw!) and that's it. I will announce the winner here on my blog on the Monday/Tuesday following. Good Luck!

Happy Crafting!!

July's Blog Candy Winner!!

The draw has been done and I now have a winner to July's blog candy!...............all were entered including those that emailed and those without blogs and nearly all twice!!!But alas there can only be one winner so without further ado the winner is......
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Simone at Simones Karten-Ecke congratulations to Simone

if you could email me (email on my sidebar) then I will get your candy out to you asap.

As always I would just like to thank everybody that participated and to everyone that takes the time to visit my blog, become followers and for all your wonderful comments.....without YOU it would mean nothing!!!

This months blog candy which I am just finishing putting together is a special Summer Bonanza Candy - just because its summer and I feel like it!! (although the weather at the moment would suggest otherwise!!) which I will be announcing tomorrow, so dont forget to check back......lol xx

Roses are red....or in this case 'Pink'

Just thought I'd quickly show you a card sample that I have made for Particraft, using the 'Dream' stamp set - I think this is a really gorgeous and very versatile stamp set.

I have used distress inks and cosmic shimmer watercolours, incorporated some stitching and ribbon weaving. The background frame is a cuttlebug die and the main image has been stamped on a nestability shape.

A somewhat romantic feel but I have not added any specific sentiment leaving it open for various options.

Hope you're all enjoying the summer holidays!!

You Rock my World!!

It seems that all I've been doing lately is apologising for my lack of bloging!! Unfortuntely, with kids on holidays and a number of workshops/demos and DT commitments - its not going to get alot better! BUT, I will hopefully be posting pics from those workshops/demos and DT's, plus some new tutorials, perhaps just not on such a regular basis until things get back to normal again - OHH and not forget that in between all these goings' on - I'm also moving house in a few weeks time!!!!!!!!!!!!...........(...luckily you couldn't hear me scream just then!! lol)

Anyway, here is a project that I did yesterday using a digi download image here and the papers are also digi downloads from here - the sentiment I created on my pc simply using wordart! - and I just love these new gothic brads which I bought at the Stamp Attick.

Dont forget to enter my blog candy this month - you can still enter and be in with a chance to win up until Friday 31st July - Good luck!

In His time.......

I just thought I would show you a very simple project that I made with a group of church ladies that I do worshops with. It was such a simple card to make, yet I think its simplicity is what makes it stand out!!

Both stamps are from Particaft the butterfly is here and the flourish is here, the butterfly has been coloured using cosmic shimmer watercolours and I have added some stickles for the glitz effect! The sentiment I came across on the web somewhere but couldn't tell you where...'cause I can't remember, one of those things I see and jot down in my book!!

Another Great Rubber Plate.....Free!!!

This is the new rubber stamp plate from Particraft which is being given away FREE to anyone who hosts a Particraft Party!

This months stamp plate, in accordance to the season we are in, has a glorious summer feel to it - there are palm trees, summer dresses, flip flops, bikini, sailboat, hula hula girl, some great sentiments etc etc .....its great!!

There are a few projects in the making that I am currently putting together using this stamp plate, the first one that I am posting today uses the larger palm tree and I have used the masking technique for the moon and background!

If you feel you might be interested in hosting a party or just want to find out a bit more then you can just email me here or visit the website here.

It's All About the Girl! - Blog Candy!

At last, here it is July Blog Candy - and the theme is "All about a girl". There are some girly flowery 8x8 papers, a disc with over 5000 pin up girl images (very 50's) and 4 unmounted ladies stamps!

These are some of the images from cd

All you need to do for your chance to win is leave me a comment in this post by Friday 31st July 11pm (GMT) link me to your blog mentioning my blog candy - only if you want (but if you do it gets you double entry in the draw!) and that's it. I will announce the winner here on my blog on the Monday/Tuesday following. Good Luck!

Happy Crafting

I have a winner!!!.....................

Lately I forever seem to be apologising for my lack of regular posting, I'd like to say I'm just being lazy.....(huh I should be so lucky!!!), but alas its been quite the contrary and I have had deadlines and a whole load of awkward situations thrown my way, that crafting has not been on top of my to-do list :-( unfortunately!!!

But, I'm here now and I know that you are wanting to know who the winner of June's blog candy is, so I have now drawn a winner ........................................

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Jodi of My Creative Expressions

Congratulations to Jodi, if you could email me (email on my sidebar) then I will get your candy out to you asap.

As per norm, because I think it really important....I would just like to thank everybody that participated and to everyone that takes the time to visit my blog, become followers and for all your wonderful comments.....as I've said before, without YOU it would mean nothing!!!

Once again, I am now in the process of putting together July's blog candy and will be announcing it this Friday the 31st, so dont forget to check back......lol xx

Anyone for Coffee!!

Well I say that, but in fact, I dont actually like coffee!!!....but I did love this stamp set from Particraft when it came out last month......and had you hosted a party you could have got the A4 stamp set worth £20 absolutely free.........don't you wish you'd hosted a party now!!!

Well, not to worry this stamp set will be available to buy soon, so you haven't entirely missed out!!

I have used cosmic shimmer watercolours to colour the image the background papers are from Sweet Shoppe Designs as is the element image which I used to center in my bottle cap, which has been crushed with the wizard.

Just for your info, you can see the new June stamp plate worth £20 that the hostess will receive free here!!

A 'Twilight' treat.......

You may think I have officially gone mad with my Twilight obssession, but I assure you I'm only a 'little' obssessed!!!!!

Anyway, I just did this for fun!!.......

The photo is from the cover of the film 'Twilight', which I downloaded and printed, the papers are also a digi download from Sweet Shoppe designs, which i think were just so approriate for this and the edges of the papers have been dabbed with a 'Hot Cinnamon' radiant paint dabber to give that 'bloody' look to it, I even had a friend email me the Twilight font!!!

Birthday Girl Cards!

On Monday, was my daughters 10th birthday....where does the time go???

Anyway, I just thought I would share with you the two cards that we made for her, one from her brothers and the other from Mum & dad.

As much as I hate to admit this....usually I dont make cards to give (aagghhhh!!! shock horror!!) its true.....I make cards yes, BUT usually only for demo purposes, I do try to make cards, especially for close firends and family, but usually time is the issue....anyway, I did manage to get time for these, in fact I made sure I had time, of course only thing now is that I have my niece's 18th, my husbands, my oldest son, my dad, my sis-in-law, my best friend all with birthdays coming up.......aaggghhhhh!!! H E L P!!

I made this card using a stamp that I have had for years (literally!) and just never used (I have a few like that!!) 'Collecting seashell' by Stamps Happen. The papers are digi download from Raspeberry Road Designs. Ive colured her using distress inks and embossed and glittered the 10, but you can't really see that in the pic.

This image is a digi download from Cute Daisy May designs and the papers are also a digi download from Sweet Shoppe Designs. Ive colured her using watercolour pencils.

June Blog Candy!!

Sorry guys, I was meant to post this yesterday but for some reason was having problems getting the picture to upload......Anyway, seems to be working now so here is June's blog candy for you.

It's a Toodles & Binks theme - there are 4 Toodles and Binks stamps and some ribbon.

These are the four stamp images and you can see some of the projects here, here, and here !!

All you need to do for your chance to win is leave me a comment in this post by Friday 26th June11pm (GMT) link me to your blog mentioning my blog candy - only if you want (but if you do it gets you double entry in the draw!) and that's it.I will announce the winner here on my blog on the Monday/Tuesday following. Good Luck!

Happy Crafting!!