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Sparkle Tart by Kate Palmer
www.sparkletart.com/rsr
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Welcome to my blog! I'll be sharing my artwork, ideas and techniques with anyone willing to have a look. I love creating, whether it's cards, scrapbook pages or anything else that takes my fancy.

Jane Girl Tag using Distress Markers

I may have gone slightly umm product crazy on this tag - but I had sooo much fun creating this!  The stamp is one of a new line by one of my favourite people Jane Davenport.  She has boug...

5 days ago

Roben-Marie Smiths Craft Desk

I know some of you will have seen the gorgeous work of talented artist Roben-Marie Smith over on her blog Every Life has a Story, well today we are lucky enough to have Roben-Marie as our Guest...

25 may 12

Custom Stationary Holder

Wow - I love Cols work - I mentioned him and his online business ColCraft before when I had my wall mounted spray storage created and here I am again with another ColCraft creation.  Now this o...

24 may 12

12 x 12 Paper holder

Sorry to have been so quiet recently - my poor computer died (5 motherboard replacements and still not working right!) and so for the last 4 weeks Ive been waiting for my replacement machine to arriv...

23 may 12

Leather Suitcase score!

OK - I just found the best score in the rubbish bin at work - yes I know that sounds really yucky!  Ive been wanting to do an altered suitcase for ages now, I saw something created by Tim Holtz...

22 may 12

Hutch Style Storage for Craft Room

OK I have this amazing space and gorgeous looking desk - I was determined to create something equally useful and gorgeous to go with it.  I had been speaking in a previous post about buying a h...

15 may 12

Craft Spray Storage Unit (Starbursts, Dylusions, Mists & Glimmers)

I LOVE my sparkly sprays, Starbursts, Glitz Spritz, Moonshadow Mist, Dylusions, Glimmer Mist, Maya Mist, Mr Hueys, Perfect Pearls - the list goes on, and on, and on......  Im thinking you may k...

12 may 12

Revamping Laminex Craft Desk

On my list of things to do in my craft room clean up, was altering my old brown craft desk.  Dont get me wrong this desk has served me well for over 15 years now, I rescued it from a closing dow...

10 may 12

Decorator Wall Stickers and Transfers

OK - Im back with another update, letting you know how my redecorating, remodelling, revamping of my craft room is going.  After moving everything out of my desk space and having the light bulb...

09 may 12

Craft Room Clean Up - Step 1

Here is my first update for my Craft Cleanse / Craft Room clean up - Oh my what a mess!  So before I could do much of anything I needed to move my craft desk.  This meant moving everythin...

08 may 12

Kate Cranes Craft Desk

Welcome to my very 1st Guest Desk post. I love looking at the places art is created, some spaces are organised, some messy, others completely colour coordinated and a few totally minimalist!  I...

04 may 12

Organising your Craft Room

I have spent the last 30 days scouring the internet, searching for storage ideas and inspiration, making decisions, sourcing items and scavenging supplies (yep me scavenging!  Mrs I-Must-Have-It...

01 may 12

Day 29: Storing Paper Flowers & Leaves

Come on we all have them and usually not just one or two!  The question becomes how do we store all those  flowers and leaves?  Do you sort by colour, by brand, by size, by packaged...

29 apr 12

Day 28: Storing Metal Dies

Wow dont metal dies multiply when youre not looking!  I was suprised to find I owned 20 when I bought this cute little purple Spellbinder Wizard Die Carrying Case case! Then I discovered it wou...

28 apr 12

Day 27: Stickles and Embellishments Storage

WOW - these are the things that seem to be very easy to get into a mess.  When I look in my embellishment drawers all I see is confusion, there is stuff everywhere, this is what it currently lo...

27 apr 12

Day 26: Creating a wall display

OK - so I cant be the only one who has things they want to display in their craft room, favourite cards, beautiful embellishments, special mementos - currently they are all sitting in front of things...

26 apr 12

Day 25: Craft Room Colour Scheme

Choosing the colour scheme for my craft room - this was the easiest thing Ive had to do this month.  I have black storage drawer units, I have green drawer units, I have white walls and I have p...

25 apr 12

Day 24: Cleaning up - no really!

While some may doubt you - so far this is what cleaning up looks like.. Desk has some new components (copic holder) but is covered with items being sorted in preparation for culling, moving and sorti...

24 apr 12

Thanks Jessica

Our Editors Pick! Come visit our shopping blog! Pocket Change Aww -  what a lovely compliment to receive an email from Jennifer, an editor at Crafters Corner, to say she has chosen my blog for ...

24 apr 12

Day 23: Storing Adirondack Paint Dabbers

Paint dabbers - I have almost all of these little beauties produced by Ranger and they are making the drawer which I have them stored in rather heavy and difficult to open.  I have them all upsi...

23 apr 12

Day 22: Storing Paper Punches

Now this should be easy for me as I have hardly any punches compared to some others Ive seen - wow some people love punches!  Me I have a very weak wrist, the kind where too much use causes it ...

22 apr 12

Day 21: Storing Plastic Templates and Stencils

Templates, stencils and masks, 6x6, 12x12, long, skinny, square, round, decorative, plastic, metal, cardboard - there are so many to choose from where do we all begin?  Ideally Id love one unit...

21 apr 12

Letraset Aqua Markers - yum yum!

OK - the lovely Jane Davenport introduced me to these, I couldnt resist after seeing the amazing journal art she produced with them - so being me, I ordered ahem... a few.  When they arrived I ...

01 mar 12

Bloom Journal page

Magicals - Journal Page I was completely chuffed when Tracey (the owner of Lindys Stamp Gang) asked each of the Design Team members to create some projects for display at CHA 2012 Winter.  Ive ...

26 feb 12

Butterfly Girl Journal Page

OK some days I get so excited by something I leap right in and every now and then dont quite get it right - that was the case with this page.  I was supposed to do 2 pages for homework, one pai...

25 feb 12

Copic Me - Online Copic Classes

Yippee - for quite a while now I have been singing the praises of my amazingly talented Copic Instructor, Mandi-Lee Klinger (she made it into my Top 10 Most Inspiring Artists of 2011). Whenever someo...

20 feb 12

Journal Page: My Dual Nature

Wow week 3 of Lifebook did my head in, I watched the clip had a small freak out and then watched it again.  Our mission was to create art representing our dual nature, dark/light, heaven/earth ...

30 jan 12

Please check the facts

OK Im one of those people who would like to think the world is all full of blooming flowers, happy puppies and kittens and that rain is only there to provide a drink - yes Im an optimist and would li...

21 jan 12

Celebrating my good qualities

HA - after a week of procrastinating I finally sat down and completed my homework for Week One of Lifebook 2012.  We had to write a list of our positive qualities and combine into a journal pag...

15 jan 12

Sweet Pea Stamps Overstock Sale!

  Just a quick note to let you know Sweet Pea Stamps is having a fabulous sale - in fact they are having two! $1, $2 & $3 Sale Plus Valentines Day Sale  So hurry over and stock up on ...

14 jan 12

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