Lost in procraftination

I often think that too much craft stash can be a bad thing, although I have bought with good intention on using it straight away then something crops up with the mini-me and I get totally sidetracked in her drama.

But good crafting comes to those who wait and I am always relieved when I get to stand at my desk to craft.

Altenew new day 6x6 papers

Lawn fawn Quinns alpha

I found this technique on youtube called inlaid die cut words.  If you search Jennifer Mcguire she has some brilliant tutorials on how to do this. I made this one for my Husbands birthday last week as it wasn't too feminine or too masculine, it was just right as we had only just got married two weeks before so it's his first card as a married man, but to be honest I do make him cards all the time just because.

There are so many tutorials on youtube and I find this a great resource when I get crafters block.

What I would like to do is to get back into using ribbon and gems and buttons and other embellishments as the new products that are coming out now only seem to require sequins or liquid drops. It's hard not to want to cram everything onto one card but I do like simplicity also just like the card above, all it needed was some wink of Stella and that's that.

Well that's enough from me but I do have a backlog of blogs so you may see me later

TTFM XX

Laundry

What a great two days we have had so far, if only i had the time all the curtains would be down and in the washing machine. Which is what inspired my card today is Lawn Fawns Loads of fun stamp and die set, I absolutely adore this set its so fun and quirky and teamed with the plaid papers, makes the most adorable cards and labels. Ill keep this post short and sweet and get on with my washing Lol. Hope you have a great day.

 

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Happy Mail

Hello hope you are having a good afternoon on this a dreary day, but i hope my next post brightens it up a little for you as i am totally excited about Lawn Fawn stamps at the moment, and i am also playing with Altenew as well which are totally genius for clean and simple fun cards.

This card is from the set Happy mail, correct me if im wrong and it also includes scripty sentiments. In the background i have used Argyle back drops which im loving as it goes well in any color. For a change im giving you the close up first.

 

Hope you love this card as much as i do thanks for stopping by

 

A lovely couple

And here is  me thinking that my crafty, time was going to be limited, well as you all may know by now the shop is closing and my last day there is Saturday. I have enjoyed every moment i have spent there.
So on to my make for this evening keeping it short as i have a number of things i have to do before i go to bed.

This card uses Tonic Studios First Dance die which is available  exclusively from Crafty Devils Papercrafts, I started out with a 7x7 card blank, then matted this with Bazzil basics cardstock measuring 6 3/4x6 3/4, then another layer at 6 1/2.

I also used the lovely Tonic studios patchwork perfections paper pad its really nice and a good weight for die cutting available from Crafty devils papercraft. I then finished this off with a wink of stella and some black ribbon from my stash.

Supplies

First Dance Tonic Studios die 

Patchwork perfection paper pad 1090e

Bazzil basics card stock

white card blanks 7x7

A wink of stella

 Till next time thanks for stopping by

Papertake weekly challenge

All about the base
Im so pleased to say that i am a guest designer for the next few weeks on Papertake weekly challenge, and the challenge is to create a card that is not a square so here is my interpretation of the breif hope you like it and enjoy the challenge.





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Snowmen melt your heart

When was the last time we had snow? and I love it, I cant help but get sentimental about snowmen, its what Christmas is all about inst it.

This stamp is called stacked snowmen and is very popular, as i had to find my stockist through the Woodware facebook page and they were very helpful in finding some one for me.

I had so much fun colouring this as there were so many colour combinations that i could have used, which ones would be male, which one would be female.

Here is another view for you

 

And here's a close up, thanks for stopping by xx

Robin red breast

Birds flock to my garden in the autumn and winter because of all the grubs and insects they find, not only that they have taken to stealing the rabbits feed as well, so I occasionally see the odd robin lurking around.

When i found this stamp set at an exhibition, I had to have it I was already having ideas on what to do with it, it calls for being layered up and coloured with reds and greens.

Woodware have been going for as long as I can remember, and I have many of the stamps that they have released and even my older ones are still perfect.

If you click on the link you will be directed to the stockists who stock woodware stamps.

Breaking from tradition I have given you the close up first as I think you would appreciate the layering on this card







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A little bit ginger

Well its took me a while to get this posted, but I have finally got round to it after a week at Manchester event city, meeting loads of lovely crafter's who are mad fans of Tonic dies.

It was a joy to see lots of new faces and a few regular ones, it was really busy for the workshops and I hope everyone enjoyed the fab projects we had for them.

The last post featured some gorgeous Christmas stamps and dies from Lawn Fawn, and I would like to feature another set for you, which if you go along to Once upon a stamp you will find them there at really reasonable prices.

Isn't this set great I had so much fun playing with it it features two ginger bread men one happy and this sad one who has lost a leg which has been broken off :( oh dear well he shouldn't be so tasty then should he. So what I have on my card is like mass assault  on a cookie ha ha, I was so tempted to use my red pro marker and put blood splatter's everywhere but i thought that might have been a bit graphic, because as usual here is a close up

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Baaa humbug

Get it, baaaa humbug!!! never mind my sence of humour isnt as great as the designers of these stamp sets this is another instalment of the Lawn Fawn christmas stamps available from Once upon a stamp.

They also come with dies that cut out the images, and you get lots of images to one stamp sheet

Jo Austin and I were sat up most of Friday night playing and its something we haven't done in a long, long time. It was so much fun and I think tiredness got the better of us and we ended up in fits of laughter.

But in the end we ended up with some wonderful creations and here is one of them called Baaah humbug available from Once upon a stamp and also come with matching dies, they are quirky and fun and who ever receives them will love them.
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Christmas has come Early for me

Well ive decided to start early and get my cards out of the way so here is one of many from the very versatile stamp set from stampin up, called Happy thoughts, off the top of my head,  and im using the bird stamp and ive coloured it with my Flexmarkers, reds and brownslayered on to a die cut circle card blank

Well thats all for today, hoping to see you again.

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