Thursday, 18 March 2010
Stampin Up Set
I have just finished my first set of cards using my first stampin up set from the pocket silouhettes range. I recently joined Joanne's stamp 10 club and basically we have committed to make one order to the value of 15.00 per month for the next ten months, we all get a chance for 2 months worth of freebies, so that cant be bad. Really looking forward to getting my next order and i think the following month is my turn to get one of my freebies so roll on april.
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
Freebie Background Swirly Papers
I have some more free background papers for you in a few different colours with a swirly design. If you would like me to create something for you in a specific design just let me know and I will do my very best, I just cant get enough of designing in PSE lol its so much fun.
You have a choice of Pink, Blue, Lilac or Green in these freebie papers. They are in 300dpi so the print quality should be very good. As usual to download them just right click and save. One of these days I will set a way to download them from file saving website, but right click works just as easily.
The only thing I ask is, it would be really nice if you would leave me a comment if you download the freebie, I would really appreciate the time you take to do this, as it takes quite some time to create these freebies.
You have a choice of Pink, Blue, Lilac or Green in these freebie papers. They are in 300dpi so the print quality should be very good. As usual to download them just right click and save. One of these days I will set a way to download them from file saving website, but right click works just as easily.
The only thing I ask is, it would be really nice if you would leave me a comment if you download the freebie, I would really appreciate the time you take to do this, as it takes quite some time to create these freebies.
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Fred She Said Fall Flower Card Gift Set
Wow what a gorgous mild spring day it has been today, I really hope this keeps up for a while yet, it feels like someone let me out of prison after such a cold winter. Hope you are all enjoying this lovely spring.
If you have been a follower of Fred She Said then you are probably a keen follower like me lol, if not and you havent seen any of her products then you are seriously missing out on a treat. Julie Stewart was featured on Traceys spotlight this week and I loved the gift set of cards she made so much I just had to make some of my own. Well actually I have been looking for some inspiration to create some really nice sets for a summer fete that i will be doing later this year in August. My idea is that is I start to make some stuff now and do a bit each week It wont be like a madhouse here come July. Well thats the plan anyway, weather it pans out well is another matter all together. So here is a peek at the gift card set using Fred She Said Fall flowers.
If you have been a follower of Fred She Said then you are probably a keen follower like me lol, if not and you havent seen any of her products then you are seriously missing out on a treat. Julie Stewart was featured on Traceys spotlight this week and I loved the gift set of cards she made so much I just had to make some of my own. Well actually I have been looking for some inspiration to create some really nice sets for a summer fete that i will be doing later this year in August. My idea is that is I start to make some stuff now and do a bit each week It wont be like a madhouse here come July. Well thats the plan anyway, weather it pans out well is another matter all together. So here is a peek at the gift card set using Fred She Said Fall flowers.
Friday, 12 March 2010
Freebie Vintage Floral Tag
Just a quick post for today as its getting late, but I wanted to bring this new tag for you. This is a vintage floral tag in blue, once again created in Adobe Photoshop. If you want to download it you may right click and save to your PC
Thursday, 11 March 2010
Freebie Digital Tag
Ive been playing in photoshop again today, making tags. If you would like this tag you can click on the picture right click and save. Requests for different colours accepted, just leave your request in a comment.
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
Gift Tote Bag
At the end of January I signed upto a photoshop elements course, which is the reason why I did not do any blog up dates in February. I have thoroughly enjoyed this course and the possibilities are endless for a crafter. Here is a little gift bag I have created in photoshop, it is a bit scraggy around the edges but I will be improving on that and hope to put this up as a freebie. But if you would like to download the coloured version and not just the template then right click on the image and save.
I have printed this out and I will post a picture later on with the assembled bag all filled with chocolate hearts ready to eat hhmmmm - well not for me I am on a diet again!!!!!!
Monday, 8 March 2010
Gina Jayne Mothers Day Gift & Card
Its a lovely sunny day again today a sure sign spring is around the corner, I am almost tempted to go out and start sorting the garden out but I am not that well at the moment with a nasty chest infection and cold, so maybe not such a good idea just yet. I just hope the weather keeps up and I get outside at the wekend.
So in the meantime I have been busy with mothers day stuff. I have a box of chocolate hearts and I wanted to make a small gift bag of chocolates with matching card and here is what I came up with. The card itself was very fiddly to do but was well worth the effort.
The gift sack is a Gina Jayne Design which I downloaded from DAISIE just one of my favourite digital sites, I printed of a second sheet and used the rose to make the matching crad.
If you would like to see more of Gina Janes designs visit her site here
So in the meantime I have been busy with mothers day stuff. I have a box of chocolate hearts and I wanted to make a small gift bag of chocolates with matching card and here is what I came up with. The card itself was very fiddly to do but was well worth the effort.
The gift sack is a Gina Jayne Design which I downloaded from DAISIE just one of my favourite digital sites, I printed of a second sheet and used the rose to make the matching crad.
If you would like to see more of Gina Janes designs visit her site here
Saturday, 6 March 2010
Nestabilities Storage Problem Solved
How do you store your nestabilities, if your anything like me I have tried all sorts of different ways to effectively store these. Ive tried folders, cd cases and other weird methods all of which have been only partly effective. But I think I have finally cracked it, so I wanted to share with you my idea and if you think its absolute rubbish just let me know lol.
I bought a plain and simple little black cd wallet from Office World for £3.00 - just a open and fold type no zip to fumble with and a packet of photo magnetic pockets. I cut piecies of card to fit inside each cd pocket. Cut two inch strips from the magnetic pockets and fixed to the card using double sided tape. Each nestability set now sits nicely in each cd sleeve without moving around or falling out - great stuff.
All I need to do now is pull out the card and select the size of frame i want to use.
I bought a plain and simple little black cd wallet from Office World for £3.00 - just a open and fold type no zip to fumble with and a packet of photo magnetic pockets. I cut piecies of card to fit inside each cd pocket. Cut two inch strips from the magnetic pockets and fixed to the card using double sided tape. Each nestability set now sits nicely in each cd sleeve without moving around or falling out - great stuff.
All I need to do now is pull out the card and select the size of frame i want to use.
Making Flowers
Where did Feburary go, the year seems to be flying by already. I have actually been working very hard in Feb but just never got around to posting so now I need to catch up with my posts and upload all my projects lol. The first one I am going to share with you is a mothers day card I made, it was a simple project to do but very effective. Here is a list of materials used.
Tim Holtz distressed inks peeled paint for the leaves and faded jeans for the blue flowers. I just rubbed some of the ink onto my craft mat and then spritzed it with some water. I dabbed up the ink onto some card and left to dry. Using a flower punch I punched out about 30 tiny flowers.
The matt layer is done with bazzil card and a blue background paper which was created in photoshop elements (which I hope to upload as a feebie) the verse is printed off in Edwardian script font, for the corners used a daisy corner punch. Icicle stickles just to finish off the flower centres. Hope you like it and have fun playing around.
I tried really hard to get the verse into focus and this was the best i could get!!
Tim Holtz distressed inks peeled paint for the leaves and faded jeans for the blue flowers. I just rubbed some of the ink onto my craft mat and then spritzed it with some water. I dabbed up the ink onto some card and left to dry. Using a flower punch I punched out about 30 tiny flowers.
The matt layer is done with bazzil card and a blue background paper which was created in photoshop elements (which I hope to upload as a feebie) the verse is printed off in Edwardian script font, for the corners used a daisy corner punch. Icicle stickles just to finish off the flower centres. Hope you like it and have fun playing around.
I tried really hard to get the verse into focus and this was the best i could get!!
Sunday, 24 January 2010
Cuttlebug Folder Storage
Im not sure if I like the end result of this project or not, I think I may need to work on this one. I cut out the box template from two pieces of card and fitted the front to the back matted layed the cottage rose papers from Gina Jaynes Collections. The folder will hold about 12 cuttlebug folders quite comfortably and so could do with being slightly wider so as not to run out of room to quickly lol. Maybe when i get the template more precise I will put up a proper tutorial for it, but it will have to wait a while I just have too many items on my to do list at the moment. I am sure you know what I mean and I am not alone :-)
Hope you all had a good weekend
Hope you all had a good weekend
Megans First Challenge Entry
Megan my grandaughter has made this card to enter into her first challenge on Little Hands Do Crafts, this is a great blog for little ones to take part in card challenges, take a look here. Megan would love you to visit her blog Megans Crafty Ladybird here.
I have been teaching Megan lots of craft techniques and she loves to craft with me at the weekends when she comes to stay with us, her blending and colouring is coming on relly well. I am hoping to help keep her blog up to date, time willing lol.
I have been teaching Megan lots of craft techniques and she loves to craft with me at the weekends when she comes to stay with us, her blending and colouring is coming on relly well. I am hoping to help keep her blog up to date, time willing lol.
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
Easel Card Video
I just had to share this with you, another new style to have a play with and the bonus is it looks really easy
Have fun
Have fun
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Blue Fairy Card
Dont you just love blogging, it is a great way for us all to showcase our work, but today I want to show off some work created by a friend who doesnt have her own blog.
Janet has made this card using the free background papers which i offered on here last year, she has kindly given me permission to show it to you all here. Now although Janet doesnt have a blog she does have her own project gallery on the trimcraft forum and you can find some beautiful cards and projects she has made, so please go and have a look here.
Janet has made this card using the free background papers which i offered on here last year, she has kindly given me permission to show it to you all here. Now although Janet doesnt have a blog she does have her own project gallery on the trimcraft forum and you can find some beautiful cards and projects she has made, so please go and have a look here.
Sunday, 17 January 2010
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