The challenge at Less is More this week is to make a card using patriotic red white and blue and spookily, Id just finished making this card when the news came through on my blog reader! I bet I wont...
A golden wedding anniversary is an important landmark and I loved making the card for my in-laws special day. Come and see:The banner is made from a strip of the gorgeous Brushed Gold card stock and ...
I suppose this isnt strictly a three minute card... it took a lot of mulling over and planning but cutting it out and putting it together took no time at all. I was inspired to make it by CASual Frid...
I wasnt satisfied that my shaped card yesterday was CAS enough and, since the Less is More challenge is all about er... less being more, I thought Id try and redeem myself with a different idea. Come...
I make very few shaped cards as my card-making ethos is to keep it as simple as possible! But when I saw that Chrissie and Mandi at Less is More have challenged LiMettes to make a card any shape exce...
Ive adored Mays floral theme at Make My Monday where Ive been guesting this month. This weeks twist is to make a card featuring flowers using the colours Pink, Green and White. This is a po...
I didnt think Id have time to enter all my favourite challenges this week but when I saw that Cheryls One Layer Wednesday challenge was to make a card featuring something sweet, I immediately thought...
Good morning! Its Thursday and that means its time for a fast card here. Today Im using one of my favourite sets in the summer mini catalogue for a one layer birthday card that would suit quite a few...
Ive been thinking about punches and die cuts ever since I saw the CAS-ual Fridays challenge on Friday, and I think Ive finally come up with something I like. Come and see:I know Im not alone in think...
Ive been wanting to join in with Heathers challenge at One Layer Wednesday - she wants to see a one layer card with stamping in an area no bigger than 2 inches. And when I saw that Daffodil Delight a...
Im lucky enough to have been asked to be guest designer at Make My Monday this month and Ive thoroughly enjoyed visiting all the entrants as well as enjoying the regular design teams sample...
My husband told me that he was taking our youngest son shopping this morning. He said it with such a ridiculously casual air that even if I didnt know that he loathes shopping, I would instantly have...
I love running my Stampers 6 clubs! Its lovely to get to know my ladies and chat about these gorgeous products and I really enjoy sorting out all the freebies for them. To make the parcels even more ...
Can you guess what I think of this weeks ColourQ colour palette? Yes, there are no prizes for working out that I love them as usual! Theres a great inspiration photo too. I really like the floral pil...
I was intrigued by the colour challenge at the 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown this week so I thought Id have a go at a Christmas card (in May! I know!) I set myself a further challenge by ma...
I can never resist a bird stamp so when I saw this weeks challenge at CAS-ual Fridays, to make a clean and simple project featuring birds, I couldnt wait to get started. Unfortunately my mind went a ...
I love joining in with the Make My Monday challenge and never miss it if I can help it. In fact theres no chance of me missing it during May as the lovely ladies have asked me to guest for the month!...
I was up bright and early this morning to see my oldest son off on a paintballing mission. Where do they get their energy? I felt exhausted even thinking about it! No-one else was stirring, so I popp...
I adore the colour swatch at the ColourQ this week - well of course thats nothing new!The colours remind me of 20s or 30s china - like this gorgeous cup and saucer set and so I thought Id have a go a...
Its been a manic week and I had literally a few minutes to put together a card for Three Minute Thursday this week - which is exactly why I run this slot, for all those "what do you mean you need...
This card was designed for my Three Minute Thursday slot tomorrow but as I dont want to miss the OLW deadline, its appearing today. Its a good thing too because I have another week full of chores and...
I seem to have come down with yellow birthday fever! Over at CAS-ual Fridays theyre celebrating their first birthday with a birthday theme and at Less is More this week the challenge is to use yellow...
Ive put Masculine Monday on hold for a few weeks because Im delighted to say Im guest designer at Make My Monday for the month! Im so excited because not only do I get to join in with the team of ver...
Life has been pretty busy in our household for the last few weeks so it was lovely to have a Saturday morning free to play along with some challenges. As it turned out I had more time than expected b...
I am LOVING using my new stash from the summer mini catalogue and the Edgelits and Framelits Im using in todays card are already firm favourites! Come and see what Ive been up to:The new Framelits ar...
Its Three Minute Thursday here today - my weekly series for the time-challenged crafter! Yesterday I used Mixed Bunch to create an emboss/resist medallion (here), but today I wanted to show you a com...
Theres a sketch challenge at Less is More this week and it is just the sort of sketch I love - very clean and minimalist with just a circle or square and a sentiment in a huge white space.I have lots...
Its the 1st of May and that means the new Stampin Up mini catalogue goes live today! You can browse through it by clicking on the image in my side bar and when youre ready to place your order, j...
The thing that excites me the most about crafting is getting a new stamp set - or better still, LOTS of new stamp sets! And thats exactly what has happened because we have a new mini catalogue for th...
Regular readers of my blog will know how much I love the ColourQ challenges - theres something about those colour swatches and inspiration pictures that fires me up! I must admit it took a while to f...
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