Paper Pixels

First cards of the year

2012-01-23T00:35:00.004Z

Happy New Year, just a quick update with a few cards, these were all made using MCS World of Watercolour, Catch a Dream and Celestial Horizons. Some of the backgrounds were made using Tim Holtz Distress pads, cardstock is mainly cord'inations, I used plain white 8 x8 card blanks and glossy photo paper to print the images. These are for a customer and will be winging their way to Manilla and Japan :)

Last of the 2011 cards

2012-01-02T17:10:00.004Z

Firstly I will apologise for the quality of these photos, they were taken on my phone as I was so busy I didn't have time to set my camera up lol!

These are the last of the cards for 2011, roll on 2012 :)

A cute snowman, he folds down to fit into a C6 envelope, I followed the tutorial an Tami Whites Stampin Up blg to make him and just change a few things to make him mine :)

A cute owl in a santa suit, I used a Tim Holtz embossing folder for the chimney and the stampin Up owl punch and tags till Christmas stamp set for the owls outfit, the sentiment is from a Pink Stamper set

This card was one of 25 I made for a customer, Stamped on glossy cardstock and glittered, it looks awful in this photo but I was really pleased with how they looked in RL lol!

A very quick card made using the Nostalgia CD from Joanna Sheen

And lastly the card I made for my Hubby this year(on Christmas morning, how bad is that lol! ) I used a Molly Bloom stamp on Stampin Up cardstock and the lovely glittery striped paper was from the I Believe stack by My Minds Eye.

Happy New Year, I hope it's a healthy and prosperous year for you :)

Anna x

A Non-traditional Wreath and other things

2011-12-20T18:27:00.002Z

First off is the first ever gingerbread cookies I've ever bake, wasn't too shabby even if I say so myself lol! Also a batch of sugar cookies, these were for work colleagues, tomorrow I am baking more for family gifts, I have a very busy few days ahead of me lol!

This is the first snow we've had this year and it disappeared the same day, hurray! And this is the cheeky little robin who keeps spying on me when I'm pottering in the kitchen :)

Lastly this is my wreath, I made it using a twiggy heart from Wilkinsons, ribbon and twine from the £1 shop and the Flower Shoppe and Rock Princess cricut cartridge. I'm quire happy with how it turned out, I decided to change to colours for my decorations this year, I've had black and gold for the last 3 years and wanted something more wintry so I've gone with teals, peacock blues, silver and white and my tree looks so pretty, I'll post a piccy when I get round to it lol!

That's all for today, been making chocolates all day so need to get my gift boxes made and then an early night for me I think lol!

Happy crafting
Anna x

2011-12-13T11:12:00.001Z

A quicky update as I'm supposed to be getting ready for work :)

Here are my snowman soup packages, a card for family in Canada and my Advent calendar.

I will post materials, links and credits later, when I have more time.

Happy crafting
Anna x

Yay! Christmas craftiness :)

2011-12-06T18:48:00.005Z

Hiya, well today I finally manage to take some photos of my first lot of Christmas crafting :)

I've been busy making wall decorations, an Advent calendar, cards and gift boxes here are a few pics of my efforts so far :)

My gingerbread garland for my kitchen, lots of glitter and glossy accents lol!

Shopping List

Cricut carts: Winter Woodland and Gingerbread

Cardstock: Cor'dinations and Rymans white 200gsm bright white coated card

Glitter: from Glitter Magic, Rainbow Red, Rainbow Orange, Lemon, Iridescent White/Green, Stampendous pastel pink.

Bakers Twine: Orchid Crafts, Brown

Buttons from stash

Santa and sleigh wall deco

Shopping List
Cricut Carts: Winter Woodland, Sweet Treats, Doodlecharms

Card Stock: Cor'dinations, Kars, scraps from stash

Gitter: Glitter Magic, Brown, copper penny, Santa red, Diamond Stickles

Polar White Flowersoft

Bakers Twine: Cherry red from Wild Orchid Crafts

Gift card holder

Shopping List

Cricut Cart Accent Essentials (shapes welded on Gypsy) and Gingerbread

White card blank from stash

Card Stock: Stampin Up in Chocolate Chip and riding Hood Red

DSP: My Minds Eye, I believe 12 x 12 Stack

Bakers Twine: Cherry red from Wild Orchid Crafts

Stamps: My pink Stamper Winter Treats and Sayings

Inkpad: SU Whisper White Craft ink

First batch of Xmas cards lol!

Shopping List

Card blanks from stash

Cricut Cart Accent Essentials

Card Stock: Stampin Up in riding Hood Red

Glossy card from stash

Swiss Dots Embossing folder

Stamps: Kars Scandinavian Reindeer, Inkadinkadoo Snowflakes

Spellbinders Scallop square

More Xmas cards and a cute gift box

Shopping List

Cricut Cart Accent Essentials, Winter Woodland

Card Stock: Stampin Up in riding Hood Red, Rymans white 200gsm bright white coated card

Swiss Dots Embossing folder

Stamps: Kars Scandinavian Reindeer, Inkadinkadoo Snowflakes, SU Tags til Christmas

Stickles Star dust

Hope you like my first offerings and you find some inspiration in them, hopefully I get more uploaded soon :)

Happy crafting

Anna x

Halloween stuff

2011-11-26T14:03:00.003Z

Ok, so Halloween has been and gone but I haven't updated in a while so this is my last post with my Halloween makes.

Sorry for the lack of pictures and updates but my computer went down with a nasty virus that affected all my removable storage devices including my sd card for my camera.

The card is history so at the moment I'm having to rely on my phone to take pictures. I am so not happy with that!

Anyhoo, on to this weeks offerings.

Haunted house from the Happy Hauntings cricut cart.

A spooky banner cut on the cricut using Stampin Up card stock and DSP.

And finally a goodie bag for my niece for Halloween :)

I did make some more cards and a Halloween mini album but lost the photos so I will have to take those again at some point.

Odds and ends :)

2011-10-29T11:38:00.003+01:00

Well so much for updating more often lol! Just a quick post with a few odds and ends, a birthday card, engagement card and a pretty tag. Hoping to get the rest of my Halloween stuff finished today and my pumpkin carved :)

Well what have I been upto while I've been AWOL lol! Well I have had to format my computer, something I hate doing as it takes ages to back up all my graphics folder lol! I am now using Windows 7, not sure what i think of it yet but I like that it boots up quickly :)

I have also been learning Photoshop, I almost completed Photoshop CS5 book classroom in a book, that's been fun and I've learnt some new tricks. Unfortunately my trusty old Paintshop Pro had stopped working properly when I installed it on Vista, I had to run it in compatibility mode so I thought it was time to upgrade to something new. I'm very impressed so far :)

I also treated myself to a Cricut Expression, which is fab although with work I haven't had much time to play.

Hopefully I'll get my halloween projects posted next week. So much to do, so little time lol!

My pumpkins, I grew these for the first time this year, the little things at the front are my butternut squash, unfortunately they didn't do so well this year but it's been a funny year altogether weather wise :0

Birthday card for a friend
Flowers are cut from Flower Shoppe cartridge, heart tag from Fabulous Finds cart, papers and cardstock is mainly Stampin Up with a bit of K & Co. Stamps and inks are Stampin Up too.

Our Katy and Jono's engagement card, the rose wreath is actually heart shaped and it took ages to wire it all together, it's not very clear in the photo and I had to turn the topper diagonal as I'd made it too large lol!

A pretty tag using Tim Holtz and See D's stamps TH distress inks and ribbons, buttons from stash. Some of the flowers are made by me and some were bought, I dyed some of the ribbon with distress inks to make it match, I quite like how it came out and I'm planning to send it to a lovely lady who I met through FB, can't say who it is yet as she might see lol!
Well that's it for today,

Happy crafting

Anna x

Sick of being poked & prodded...

2011-10-01T19:54:00.002+01:00

by doctors recently. After suffering with joint pain especially in my knees since childhood I finally caved and went to the doctors last month. My parents took me numerous times as a child and teen because of pain in my knees and all they ever said was it was growing pains. Well after being prodded and poked by the doc he refered me to a consultant and they have finally diagnosed me as having fibromyalga.

I'm kind of glad I can put a name to it now but not so happy that my treatment consists of anti-depressants, although having said that I must admit the pain has been much better the last week or so since starting them.

This plus the fact I am type 2 diabetic, I have hypertension, under active thyroid and PCOS makes me feel like I'm falling to pieces just lately.

I'm hoping I'll get some energy back soon and feel more like getting involved in more challenges and maybe do more with this blog, just sick of feeling ill all the time.

Anyhoo, sorry for the whiney post, I don't like moaning about my illnesses as there are lots of people who are worse off than me, so to cheer things up a bit I'll let you in to a bit of good news too :)

My baby sister Katy is getting arried next year, now Katy is 21 years younger than me and is more like a daughter to me than a sister. Her fiance is a wonderful guy and I'm so thrilled for them. She asked me to be matron of honour and also to make her wedding stationery, of course I couldn't refuse lol! I don't know who is more excited, Katy or me lol! She is having a gothic themed wedding and the colours are black and red, how fab is that.

Anyway, that's about it for today, I'll have a few odds and ends to post in the next couple of days when I finally get my camera set up lol!

Until next time,
Happy Crafting
Anna x

And the Halloween festivities start

2011-09-14T16:09:00.002+01:00

I love Halloween, can't wait for it to arrive and I'm so excited as I have a load of new crafty goodies dedicated to celebrating this spooky holiday :) Halloween isn't celebrated in the UK, although it is becoming more popular, I have no idea why as it used to be, just one more tradition brushed under the carpet.Anyhoo, started getting a bit serious there, here are my first two cards for Halloween, I will put up a list of supplies in another post as this is just a quick update :) My nephew has been here all day as he goes back to uni tomorrow so I haven't got anything done lol!

Happy craftingAnna x

Mum's The Word

2011-09-04T18:30:00.004+01:00

Just the one card today, I was watching Barbara Gray on C&C yesterday and decided to have another attempt at brayering, I still can't seem to get the hang of it but this is the best I've done so far. I wanted a warm, autumnal card for my Mum's birthday and this is what I came up with.

Shopping List:-
Stampin Up Cardstock in Early Espresso and Daffodil Delight
Stampin Up DS Paper Botanical Gazette
Lavinia Stamps Satin Coated Cardstock
Stampin Up Inkpads in Early Espresso and Pumpkin Pie
Tim Holtz Distress Inkpads in Wild Honey and Brushed Corduroy
Tim Holtz Distress stain in Wild Honey
Faber Castell Drafting pen 0.1 Black
Tim Holtz Trimmings Lavish Ribbons
Mulberry St Sm Daisies Mocha Tyedye
ZvaCreative Fabric Covered Brads
Stampin Up Nature Walk & Just Believe Stamp Sets
Clarity Stamps Cottage
Lavina Stamps Teeny Bench
Stampin Up Word Window Lge Punch
Sizzix Sizzlet Mother Phrase
The tree Stamp is one I made using Imac Pac and a free font, the stamp I used for the leaves is a Lavinia stamp which I think was a freebie when I bought some goodies from her stand a few years ago at a craft fair, I'm also thinking that that is where I got the teeny bench stamp too.

Phew! I think that's the majority of the stuff I used lol!

I'm not going to go into the whole making of this as it took me ages lol! I did use the inks to give more colour to the DS papers and also used the distress stain to colour the seam binding from the lavish ribbon pack, and crumpled it while I dried it with the heat gun, I also coloured the fabric covered brad with the stain too and the mulberry flowers as they were not quite the right colour.

Still not sure I'm happy with the overall look of this but my hubby likes it so it's a pass lol!

Can't Believe It's ...

2011-09-03T20:26:00.004+01:00

... September already!
Well here we are again, my sister Heather's birthday has come around once again. It doesn't seem two minutes since I posted her 40th birthday card last year.

This year I wanted to give her a card that reminded her of our past, our friendship and our plans for the future.

When we where still living at home together in our teens she bought me a little ornament. It was a little girl sitting next to a plaque which read, 'Friends Together, Sisters Forever'. I still have it packed away in one of the many boxes of things I refuse to throw away :)

I wanted to use this sentiment as Heather and I have a very close friendship and sometimes I forget to tell her, that she is still my BBF.

Many years ago when my nephew, her first child, was born we made a promise to each other that when all the children were grown we would have a trip to Paris together, I'm still holding her to that and as her son turned 20 this year I thought I might just give her memory a poke lol!

I bought the Tim Holtz French Connection stamp set recently and thought the little Paris postmark was a perfect and subtle way to prod her memory lol!

Here is her card

Shopping List:-
Tim Holtz French Connection Stamp Set
Stampin Up Vintage Vogue Stamp Set
See D's Texture Background Stamps (not sure of the correct name for the set but it is one of their old purple sets)
Stampin Up Cardstock in Rose Red, Basic Black, whisper White and Basic Grey
Anita's Black Satin Ribbon
Perfect Pearls in Perfect Pearl
Stampin Up Rose Red Inkpad
Memento Tuxedo Black Inkpad
Versamark Inkpad

The basic grey cardstock was stamped with one of the stamps from the TH collection in versamark and then brushed over with perfect pearls. I then stamped the rose red background using the rose red ink pad using the script and bird designs from TH and the speckled texture from see d's. The friend sentiment was stamped onto whisper white and then cut out using the scalloped square from spellbinders. The rest of the text was printed onto whisper white and edged with the rose red and distressed with the TH distressing tool. I stamped the floral plaque from TH above the printed text and popped up the friends stamped image. I finally stamped the Paris postmark in tuxedo black.

Finally a few little thank you cards which took minutes to make and are really sweet.

Shopping List:-
Ryman's smooth white cardstock
Stampin Up Certainly Celery & Marina Mist Inkpads
Memento Tuxedo Black Inkpad
See D's Leaves Set
Stampin Up So Happy For You Stamp Set
glimmer mist such as tattered Angels Iridescent gold or you could make your own, I used some blue and green made from Image pac mica powders.

I used a clear mount block and covered it with ink, spritzed with a couple of sprays of homemade glimmer mist and then stamped on to the cardstock. Dried it off with my heat gun and then stamped the leaves and the thanks in tuxedo black, very quick and simple :)

Anyhoo I think I've waffled enough for one day lol! so I'll bid you adieu.

Happy crafting
Anna x

2011-08-29T06:47:00.002+01:00

Well I finally got to put some pics up, here is the keepsake I made for my sister who had her house warming party yesterday, although I actually forgot to take her cards so will have to nip in sometime in the next couple of days lol! Good excuse for a cuppa and a natter :D

Used:-
Core'dinations, Create & Craft Pearl and Bazzil cardstock
Don Juan, Winter Woodland & Doodle Charms Cricut Carts
Hunkydory kitty embelishments
Flowers from Hobby Craft

This is the new baby card I made for a colleague for all the staff to sign.

Used:-
Stampin Up card stock
Stampin Up ink pad
Cricut Sampler & Nursery Rhymes carts
Cuttlebug Swiss Dots & Craft Concepts In Stitches embossing folders
Anita's Ribbon

Happy Crafting
Anna x

One thing I forgot....

2011-08-25T16:29:00.003+01:00

To mention, I won some blog candy quite a while ago from Sam at Ladybug crafts and I forgot to mention it on here, although I did thank her in private I t was rude of me not to say something earlier. Sorry Sam, I was thrilled with the goodies, even though I haven't had time to play :)

This is the lovely parcel I received :)

Thanks again Sam :)

Long time no crafting!

2011-08-25T15:57:00.003+01:00

Hi, well it's been a while since I posted anything on my blog, I've been far too busy with work and trying to keep the garden and house reasonably straight to do any crafting :(

My husband and I have started walking again this summer, something we used to do quite often in our early twenties when we were skint and bored lol! We have already had some awesome walks up in the Peak District around Hathersage and Edale. We even managed a night camping and then took the hard route up Kinder Scout. Boy, did I know I'd done that walk :D I have a couple of albums on my FB account, it's so gorgeous up there at the moment as all the heather is in bloom :) Kinder Scout and Hathersage, Higger Tor and Padley Gorge

I did manage to knock a couple of cards together for friends who had asked if I could make them cards for special occasions, I made a Diamond wedding card but forgot to take a picture! Oh hum! lol! I also made a new baby card for everyone at the co-op I work at to sign for one of our staff members, his wife has just had a gorgeous baby girl :) And I did remember to take a picture... I just haven't put it on my computer yet lol!

I dread this time of year now as I am 'expected' to make cards for all and sundry for Xmas, it's become more of a chore, rather than being something I enjoy but I know that my cards are appreciated so I shouldn't complain lol!

I'll pop that photo on some time in the next couple of days and I may even get around to making my sister a house warming card too lol!

Speak to you all soon
Anna x

A flower template for Erin

2011-05-15T18:00:00.004+01:00

A flower template I made for Erin so she can make flowers with her class :) Hope it helps. I couldn't share the one I used in my flower tutorial so I made a quick flower in Inkscape for her and anyone else who needs one ;)
This will print on to an A4 page, with enough petals to make one flower.

Altered ATG Gun

2011-05-04T07:55:00.005+01:00

Hi all, well I did it, I altered my new ATG gun, it was a nerve racking experience I can tell you lol! I'm pleased with how it came out though.

I sprayed it with Tranquil Blue enamel paint, it did say it could be used for plastic but I'm a bit worried it might chip. Added my bling and then gave it a few coats of clear varnish, only time will tell if it chips or not. I think if I do it again I would get a paint specifically for plastics. I used my cricut to cut the glitter vinyl for the A, stars, hearts and the drama queen decals.

Here's a couple of piccies showing off my handy work :)

And just a little something I tried last night while I was waiting for paint to dry lol!

I haven't attempted crochet in about 20 years and never managed to get beyond squares, my Mum will be so proud lol! I was inspired to have a go by Jannaviles Youtube video, she had made some cute flowers and butterflies, so I thought I'd give it a go. I knew that crochet hook would come in handy some day lol!

Bee Happy

2011-05-02T09:45:00.006+01:00

A lovely sunny card today, bit like the weather here in the UK. We are having an unseasonable hot spell, it hasn't rained in weeks and I think most Britons are in shock lol! Usually it's tipping it down and we're all walking around in woolie jumpers and boots, freezing our behinds off.

Anyhoo, I just love this designer series paper from Stampin Up and the stamp set that accompanies it, I can't seem to put it down. The little bee from the stamp set is just adorable, I don't know why it appeals so much but I just love it to bits. The papers are gorgeous and I'm just loving the honeycomb pattern.

Here's the card, I followed the instructions for making this card base from a Split Coast Stampers tutorial on You Tube. You can find the tutorial for the flower by clicking on the tutorial link in my labels list at the side of the page.
The oval mats were cut from the Gypsy Wanderings cart and the sentiment was printed on the computer.

I used an exert from the William Blake poem, The Auguries Of Innocence. I just thought it fitted the bee theme perfectly, what bee wouldn't find heaven in a flower.

Supplies:-
Stampin Up card stock in River Rock, Very Vanilla and Soft Suede
Stampin Up DPS in Botanical Gazette
Stampin Up stamp set Nature Walk
Color Box chalk inks in Cadmium Yellow & Amber Clay
9in Organza ribbon

Happy Crafting

Anna x

Thank You Berry Much card tutorial

2011-04-30T09:25:00.003+01:00

Hi, just a quick post, well I said I'd have a tutorial to post today, hope you enjoy it.

Off to Sheffield now for some retail therapy :)

Happy Crafting
Anna x

Nature calls...

2011-04-29T09:39:00.006+01:00

This week I seem to have been thinking natural thoughts lol! I have three cards and a corner bookmark and a tiara (HUH!) Where does that figure in the wild lol! Well it doesn't unless you include a Princess themed Brownie party :D

Right on to the first card, this is for a lovely lady who is retiring this week where I work. I've known her most of my life and she is the sweetest person and will be very much missed. She is a nature lover and a keen animal lover so I wanted something that reflected her interests. I used the Cricut to cut the mat and my Bigshot to cut the felt flowers. Images were stamped using Crumb Cake and the twine was a bargain from the £1 shop lol! And it came in a cute tin which I will alter when the twine has all gone.

Supplies:-
Card stock Stampin Up Marina Mist, River Rock and Very Vanilla
Designer paper series Stampin Up Botanical Gazette
Stamp set Stampin Up Nature Walk
Sentiment See D's stamp
Natural Jute garden twine from £1 shop
Ink Pads Stampin Up Crumb Cake & Old Olive
Cricut Cart Tie The Knot
Sizzix Die Flower layers set
Felt sheets from Hobby Craft

This next card is for my Dad, I haven't decided if it will be for Father's day or his birthday yet. I stamped the image in Crumb Cake and also used it to ink the edges. The mats were cut from the Gypsy Wanderings cart (Yep I now am the proud owner of a Gypsy :D more about that in another post )

The card was two mats from the Don Juan cart welded together, I used the stitched one then used my pokey tool to pierce the top layer so I could stitch it easily. I used my new Tim Holtz wood grain embossing folder for the brown piece and Core'dinations Chocolate Box cardstock which I then sanded back and inked to give it a mossy look.

Supplies:-
Card stock Stampin Up Sahara & Core'dinations Chocolate Box
Ribbon Stampin Up
Cricut Carts Gypsy Wanderings, Gyspy Font & Don Juan
Ink Pads Stampin Up Crumb Cake & Old Olive
Tim Holtz wood grain embossing folder

The next card is just too cute, even if I say so myself lol! It's for my nephew who is a Sheffield Wednesday fan and for those of you who don't know, The SWFC symbol is an owl, hence their nickname, The Owls. Again I used the Tim Holtz wood grain folder, used my nestabilities to cut a hole and cut the sentiment from the Just Because Cards cart.

Suppiles:-
Card stock Stampin Up Choc Chip, Core'dinations Chocolate Box, Core'dinations green and lime scraps
Cricut Cart Just Because Cards
Ink Pad Color Box Creamy Brown
Tim Holtz wood grain embossing folder
Stampin Up 2 Step Owl punch
A few scraps of brown & cream card for the owl

This is a corner bookmark, I followed a tutorial on You Tube but don't have the link handy so will post it later.

Supplies:-
Card Stock Stampin Up Rose Red & Certainly celery
Designer paper series Stampin Up Botanical Gazette
Inkpad Stampin Up Old Olive
Stamp set Crafters Companion Mens Collection
Ribbon HunkyDory

Finally here is the tiara I made for my niece for her Brownies party.

My sister popped around for a visit on Wednesday and the first thing she said to me was, do you have a tiara, obviously I said, of course darling, I have several, just like the Queen Lol!!

Anyhoo I actually don't but I had an idea, I whipped out my Rock Princess cartridge and said take your pick.

This was so simple to make, I cut it at about 7 inches, cut 2 strips of glitter card stock which I glued either side to make a band, adding velcro so it could be adjusted and then just blinged it up. Simples :D

I do have a piccy of my sister modelling it but she won't let me post it lol!! Don't know why she's so worried, her street cred went down the pan years ago lol!

Supplies:-
C&C pink glitter & silver mirri card stock
Cricut Cart Rock princess
Hobby Craft large pearl hearts and clear gems
Self adhesive velcro strips

Any hoo that's all for now, off to get ready for work. I am hoping to post a vid tomorrow and maybe show off some of my birthday haul, which isn't until next week but seeing as I bought most of it myself I decided I could have it early lol!

Have a happy crafty day
Anna x

Monotone Butterflies

2011-04-22T09:34:00.005+01:00

Just one card this morning :)

A simple black and white card, my hubby loved this lol! He always says he likes everything but he was really taken with this particular card. Butterflies and background stamped on to white vellum with white Stazon and embossed.

Supplies:-
White vellum
Stazon White ink pad
Meltdust Original embossing powder
Basic Black card stock Stampin Up
Siver Mirri board
Bliss Stamp set Stampin Up

Have a happy crafty day, I'm off to get a bit of gardening done :)

Anna x

Paper Flower Tutorial

2011-04-21T10:33:00.002+01:00

Morning, I've just uploaded my Chrysanthemum tutorial to Youtube, hope you enjoy it.
Here's the link for SVGCuts.com for the flower files.
Other suggestions for the flower shapes
Cricut Cartridge Mother's Day Bouquet
Spellbinders Nestabilities Rose Creations
EKSuccess Retro flower punches which come in several sizes

Happy Crafting

Anna x

A mixed bag...

2011-04-19T12:01:00.006+01:00

..this morning :)

Morning All, I've actually got a day off today, hooray lol! So thought I'd post a few bits I've been working on over the last few days.

My fist project is a mini photo organiser, I find of followed the tutorial here but added my own twist. I used c6 envelopes and made up some simple photo mounts to slot in to each of the pockets. I think it turned out really cute and you could do so many variations on this. I'm already thinking of gift ideas for Xmas lol!

The tabs and photo corners were cut using SVG files from Images By Heather M and SCAL2

Supplies:-
Stampin Up
Pretty in Pink, Crumb Cake and Soft Suede card stock
Early espresso Classic ink pad
Early espresso taffeta ribbon (I think, it was a gift so I only had a couple of metres)
4 c6 envelopes

I made some more flowers, I'm getting addicted lol! I used an the Impatien SVG file from SVGCuts 3D Flower Kit Pt2 and cut it in 3 sizes, I'll pop a quick tutorial up some time this week to show how I made them. The large purple flower was made using the wilted ribbon technique, there is a tutorial on Stamper Dogs Youtube channel here. It looks gorgeous in the 'flesh' but I couldn't get a nice piccy of it. I think I might make some faux enamelled flowers for the centre if I make more of these and turn them into brooches.

I just made up the next card to try out my new flowers lol!

Supplies:-
Stampin Up Love letter DSP
Stampin Up Riding Hood Red, Very Vanilla & Basic Black card stock
Anita's Black satin ribbon
Colorbox Chalk ink pad Lipstick Red
Memento ink pad Black
Berry Red & Burgundy Promarkers
Create & Craft Super Smooth paper

The last card is for my Brother-in-laws birthday, he's an old school metal head lol!
I wanted a kind of faded/worn denim effect so sanded and distressed some Core'dinations card stock from the Earth Elements pack. I like the effect and think it worked how I wanted it to :) The guitar and large skull topper where cut from the Cricut cart Rock Princess.

Supplies:-
Stampin Up Sahara sand card stock
Core'dinations Earth elements card stock in co-coordinating blues & black
Papermania medium grey cardstock
pewter brads
silver gel pen
Colorbox chalk ink pad in Blue Iris

Anyhoo that's all from me today
Happy Crafting
Anna x

Spring Tulips

2011-04-15T08:42:00.005+01:00

Morning all, just a quicky card this morning made using the stampin Up owl punch again :) I just love this punch, it's so versatile.

I followed a tutorial at Valita's Designs and Fresh Folds for the tulips.

The tulips were cut from Create & Craft super smooth paper, deep pink and white one coloured using Impress garnet inkpad, pale pink coloured with Stampin Up perfectly pink and rose red inkpads and the darker pink was coloured with antique rose promarker and rose red inkpad.
Sentiment stamped with rose red
Pink cardstock Stampin Up in Perfectly pink
Green and white cardstock and ribbon from my stash

That's all from me today
Happy Crafting
Anna x

My first video tutorial

2011-04-14T22:55:00.002+01:00

This is a video of me making the Easter chick from the tutorial I posted a couple of days ago.

My First Tutorial... A quick easter chick using the Stampin Up 2 step owl punch

2011-04-12T09:21:00.011+01:00

Good Morning, today I'm posting my first tutorial using the 2 step owl punch from Stampin Up. I haven't seen another tut for a chick so hopefully I'm not duplicating someone else's idea.

Here's a finished card using my chickies, I think they're fun and just a bit silly, sure to bring a smile :)

Lets get started :)

Supplies:-
Scraps of yellow, orange, pale yellow, white, black and pale peach light card stock
Scissors
Adhesive (I used Anita's tacky glue and a Sakura quickie glue pen)
Ink pads (I used Colorbox chalk petal pads in tangerine and yellow citrus for the chick and Stampin up cake crumb for the egg
Sponge

1. Cut 4 owls, 2 in yellow and 2 in orange, 2 chest pieces in pale yellow, 1 of the small circles in yellow, 2 small circles in white, 1 heart in orange and 2 tiny circles in black (alternatively you could draw these on using a black pen)

2. Cut the feet off the yellow owls and sponge the edges

3. Glue the yellow owls over the orange base

4. Cut of the owls ears, rounding of the corners so you get a nice shape and then touch up the sponged areas

5. Do this to both sets and sponge the small yellow circle with the orange ink

6. Next sponge the 2 chest pieces with the yellow ink and glue to the main body of the chick

7. Cut the small yellow circle in half, sponge the cut edge and assemble the eyes

8. Glue the eyes just above the chest and then glue the beak (orange heart) in place, overlapping the eyes slightly

9. For the egg you need a scrap of pale peach card stock, punch an owl from a piece of copier paper.

Cut off the feet and the use to draw a rough template for the bottom half of the egg. It needs to be a couple of mm wider than the actual chick.

Then draw a rough line to join the two sides of the egg together and cut out

10. Sponge the edges of the egg with your brown ink pad

11. Glue the egg on to the chick with no face

And there you have your two chickies ready to decorate your card, I made several and chnged the position of the eyes to get different expressions.

Hope you enjoyed my first tutorial,
Happy Crafting
Anna x

A tough project

2011-04-11T14:14:00.013+01:00

Or not, anyhoo, I found this set of commissioned cards hard to do, I struggled for inspiration. The lady who ordered these is sending them to her sister and family in Japan.

For the first card I made I ended up using a design and colour scheme from a card that the lovely Stampin Up demonstrator, Christine Guile sent me as a thank you. I hope she doesn't mind me pinching her design but the original card was lovely and it's the first time I've done paper tearing and been happy with it. I did change the design to fit a larger card :) Stamps, cardstock, inks and ribbon by Stampin Up, inside designed in MCS.

The second card is a male card, I used a stamp I made with ImagePac a couple of years ago and coloured it with Promarkers, I then cut the name on the Cricut using SCAL2, inside designed in MCS.

The final card is for a 5 year old, I wasn't told the sex of the child so I thought every kid in the world knows who Mickey is and I thought the design was pretty unisex. All cut using the Mickey and Friends and Mickey carts on the Cricut. Apart from the large circle which I cut using a nestibility die.

So yep, a hard order to fill, I hope my customer likes them, I'm quite please with the results.

Happy Crafting
Anna x

March Cards

2011-03-31T10:17:00.010+01:00

Hiya, happy Spring, hope you are enjoying the sunshine. The weather is chilly and very breezy but sunny this morning and as I have the day off I'm going to enjoy it :)

I've added a link in my blogs I follow section to Valitas blog, she is a Stampin Up demonstrator and a fabulously creative person. I have been watching her videos on You Tube for a while now and love how inventive she is, go check out her blog, she does the most amazing things with punches :)

Well I have failed miserably in keeping my blog up to date again, I've been so busy with work and home I just haven't had any time to do anything for myself lol! I will be glad when all the decorating and mess is over :)

Just a few cards for this month, trying to use up some old stash, so I have Mother's day cards made from some old K&Co papers, more flowers, a boys BD card, a couple of new baby cards and a couple of cards made using the Hunkydory Flutterby kit. Hope you like them :)

Sorry about the awful quality of the photos, one day I might eventually get a proper photo corner set up lol!

Happy Crafting
Anna x

First card is a commissioned card for a work colleague, this is for her 2nd grandson who was born on Monday :) She was thrilled to bits with it and said she couldn't wait to give it to her daughter.

The images are from The Clip Art Fairy and are on the The Book a Easel & Plaques CD. The welcome baby stamp is from the Punch Bunch Stampin up set, the little hands, duck and bottles are from an old set and I can't remember who it was made by. The sentiment was cut using the Nursery Rhymes cart for the Cricut.

The card is and easel card with a mini book on the base, there is an area for a hand written message, a page for putting the baby's details and then at the back a photo frame to put a piccy in :) The box uses the same sentiment as the card.

Another commissioned card, it must be the season for babies as the lady I made this for was also due to have a baby too :) This was for her sister-in-law who had a gorgeous baby girl :)

Also commissioned, two Mother's day cards for the same lady, both using Hunkydory products, the insides were done in MCS to match.

Cards for my Mum, Step Mum and Mum in law for Mother's day, the gift bags are so easy to make and look beautiful. K&Co papers were used, the images were stamped with memento inks and then just highlighted with a touch of chalk. Link for the tutorial for the bag is by WunsaponaTime

Some more flowers I made, the tutorials for these can be found on Jannavile's channel on You Tube

When I said a few cards I actually meant quite a few lol! I just found some more photos on my phone, although I am missing a photo of a card I made for a work colleague son for his 40th, quite disappointed I didn't take a photo as I was quite pleased with the finished card.

Two more commissioned cards, one using Joanna Sheens, Oriental Treasures CD and the other using a kit from the internet, I can't remember where I got it so will have to have a dig through my files :)

This weeks cards...

2011-03-10T19:41:00.004Z

... so far lol! I have more cards for customers to do but also had to get some birthday cards done as they had to be sent to Canada :)

We've had a pretty crappy few weeks as my Mum-in-Law was taken ill a couple of weeks ago and rushed into hospital, we thought we we going to lose her but happily she has pulled through and came home this week :)

My hubby has been staying with her and it's going to be a few months before she is back to her old self as she has to have a heart op in about 6 weeks, but hopefully everything is going ok and there will be no problems.

I have had a week at home this week and decided to make something for myself, which is pretty rare, I tend to make things to give away lol! I am making my first ever mini album. The theme is steampunk/vintage and will eventually hold some of the photos we took when we visited the science museum in London a couple of years ago.

I will post some pics of my progress in the next couple of days, had a really productive day in the garden, cleaning the greenhouse and tidying the flower beds while hubby dug over the veggy patch so haven't had chance to take any pics yet.

One of the reasons for making the mini album was because I had made a list of all the crafty things I wanted to learn this year. Stamping and distressing were at the top of the list so the album is a way to learn loads of new things, that's my excuse anyhoo and I'm sticking to it lol!

Lastly here are this weeks cards :)

Birthday card for my Sister-in-law, this was made using the CindyLoo cart for the Cricut, I used the border function and fit to page. Used Core'dinations cardstock and stamped inside using a Stampin Up stamp from the Bliss set.

A Happy Spring card for My SIL & Family, just to say hi and looking forward to them coming over for a visit :) Messy Rabbit & bee stamps from Joanna Sheen, stamped using Memento rich cocoa and then coloured with Promarkers. Card stock is Cord'inations. I can't remember the make of the happy spring sentiment, it was from a huge set I bought years ago from Argos and is an unmounted purple rubber stamp.

Another card for the SIL, this was from my Mum-in-law, made using the Flutterby Wishes Hunkydory kit.

Another Cricut card, the IPod and Kitty were cut form the Rock Princess cart, the sentiment is from the Stampin Up setPunch Bunch and mounted on a mat cut with a nestability scalloped square, again Cor'dinations cardstock was used.

Happy crafting till next time :)
Anna x

New Cricut cart arrived :)

2011-03-01T09:45:00.006Z

Woop! My new cartridge, Rock Princess, arrived yesterday and as luck would have it it was my day off :) Anyhoo, even though I was supposed to be making cards for customers I couldn't resist playing lol!!

This cartridge is awesome, I can see it getting used a lot, there are loads of great images. There are some great things that could be used for guy cards too and some lovely roses which are suitable for any type of card. Well worth investing in I think.

My other favourite cartridge is Tie The Knot, predominantly wedding themed but could be used for all types of occasion, very versatile and beautiful images.

Here's what I made yesterday :)

Used the Rock Princess Cricut cart. Used Core'dinations & also Stampin Up card stock. Ribbon is Anita's. Digi stamp is by Kenny K and coloured with Promarkers and then sprayed with Crafters Companion Spray & Shine.

Used the Rock Princess Cricut cart. Used Core'dinations Black Magic cauldron stack & also Papermainia card stock and a bit of C&C glitter card, ribbon from HobbyCraft.

Used the Rock Princess Cricut cart, it's not just for girls lol!! Used Core'dinations nostalgia & gemstones & also Papermainia card stock. Stamped the background and the tag on the candy box :)

Used Core'dinations Gemstones & Black Magic Cauldron. Digi stamp is by Kenny K and coloured with Promarkers and then sprayed with Crafters Companion Spray & Shine. Tag stamped and distressed, not sure where I got the ribbon :)

Commissioned card wedding card. Toppers cut from the Tie The Knot cart, used Crafters Companion Centura pearl cardstock and C&C glitter card and mirri board, ribbon and pearls from HobbyCraft.

Loads of new cards

2011-02-26T14:44:00.014Z

Loads of cards today, haven't had much time to add anything over the last month so I'm chucking everything in one post lol!!

Some very quick thank you note-lets made using Core'dinations card stock, scraps for mats and some new stamps I bought from HobbyCraft by Studio G, they are so cute and only cost 99p each :) Got a bit carried away and made loads lol!!

Commissioned Easter cards, the crosses are my own design, I drew the cross in Inkscape, saved as an SVG file and then used Sure Cuts Alot 2 to cut the files on my Cricut, love how they turned out, although I would probably have left off the sentiment if they were for me lol!! Butterfly and swirl from Tie the Knot cart.

Samples for Hunkydorys new kit Flutterby Wishes, beautiful kit

Valentines cards, made for a customer, she asked for cherubs. Tags cut on Cricut from Tie the Knot cart, Matts & hearts from Cindy Loo cart, Cherubs from JS Victorian Angels & Fairies

Anyhoo that's all for today, will have to make more of an effort to post on her.

Happy Crafting
Love & Hugs
Anna x

2011-01-15T21:31:00.001Z

Lovely blog candy from Samantha at Bumblebee Crafts, go share the love :)

Happy Crafting
Anna XX

Hand made flowers

2011-01-13T12:24:00.005Z

I'm getting addicted to making hand made flowers, I made these last night and finished them this morning.

Handmade paper flowers, cut on Cricut using SCAL2, cutting files from SVGCuts.com and can be found in the 3D Flowers Kit partII and http://www.youtube.com/user/LittleMissStamper
Used Create & Craft super smooth paper, coloured with promarkers and sprayed with Image Pac mica powder spray in gold lustre, leaf bronze and frosted yellow. Daisy type flower was cut from Core'dinations nostalgia pack. I tried a few different centres to see what I liked best, including making stamens from FlowerSoft wires and Perfect Pearls, that was a bit fiddly as the flowers are quite delicate. The others have either brads or perfect Pearls and glitter ;)

Happy Crafting :)

Try, Try Again

2011-01-13T11:20:00.005Z

I couldn't get the photos to upload yesterday so I'm going to have another go lol!!

A cute pirate Tilda card.

The card is a diamond envelope fold (I think) Which was shown on C&C recently by Kay Rutter using the Hougie board. As I don't have a Hougie board I messed around until I got the folds right, it's not perfectly aligned but looks ok lol!!

The front of the card, think the Tilda stamps may become a new addiction, they are so adorable. Coloured with Promarkers, card used for stamped image is Bristol board but it did bleed with the Promarkers so I wasn't entirely happy with that.

Spotty paper was from my huge stash of scrapbook paper, I think it was from a pack I got from Poundland. The white card is Core'dinations and the skulls is from Tainted Scraps Rockstar kit printed on to C&C super smooth decoupage paper.

Inside front flap of Pirate Tilda, the mats were cut from Spellbinders nestabilities deckle oval and banner cut by hand.

Top of pirate Tilda, flower cut from Core'dinations using Sure Cuts Alot 2, Gerber Daisy cutting file purchased from SVGCuts.com and can be found in the 3D Flowers Kit part II.

Beautiful birthday planner made from Joanna Sheens Enchanted Dreams by Josephine Wall. Printed on to Phoenix satin 260gsm card. Covered some scrap chipboard with some coordinating scrapbook paper, punched along the top edge using a binder punch and then just tied ribbons on to the plastic comb to hide it lol!!

Waterfall cards using the mini card sets from Joanna Sheens Enchanted Dreams by Josephine Wall. Backing papers printed onto C&C super smooth.

Some new cards

2011-01-12T10:31:00.005Z

Well after a rubbish Xmas & New Year things are getting back to normal, except I've had my hours cut at work. I suppose it's not all bad, at least I have more time to play lol!! Just adding a few cards and odds and ends I've been making.

Entry for Passion For Promarkers weekly card challenge. The adorable donkey digi stamp is from http://www.meljensdesigns.com/
Coloured with promarkers. Flowers, mats and tag cut on Cricut using SVGCuts 3D Flowers Kit part II and the Winter Woodland cart. Sentiment made in PSPXI. Finished with some perfect pearls and ribbon from Joanna Sheen :)

Happy New Year :)

2011-01-02T16:53:00.009Z

Happy New Year, hope it turns out to be a good one :)
First a piccy of my 2 sisters Katy Jo, Heather and me at our Xmas party, my too best girls , love 'em to bits :)

Just updating to add some cards I made for Xmas, some were commissioned and the others were for family and friends. Forgot to take photos of every card I made as per usual lol!! Think in the end I made about 150 cards, not bad to say I left it till the las minute again lol!!!

Various Xmas cards, some using Hunkydory products and the others cut on the Cricut using the Just Because Card Cart, the Winter Woodland cart, Disney Mickey & Friends cart and the Cindy Loo Cart, the sheep was a free SVG file from SVGCUTS.

This was a stationary set I made for my Mother-in-Law, she loved it :) MCS Pro Country Garden images used.

These were commisioned, Angels are from MCS Walk in a winter wonderland

First lot of Xmas cards :)

2010-11-16T17:14:00.007Z

Ok well here are my first Xmas cards, I have this week off work so I'm planning to get all my cards, table decorations and some gifts made, lol! if that happens it will be a miracle.

Theme this year is fairies & snowflakes :)
Fairies and background papers for inside of cards from My Craft Studio Walking in a winter wonderland. Baubles are glittered with Crafter's Companion iridescent glitter spray and mounted on to acetate, ribbon from Hobby Craft, glitter card from Create & Craft. snowflakes cut using Marie Anne dies, the white snowflakes were sprayed with CC stick and stay and glittered using glitterpot iridescent crystal glitter.

More Xmas cards, these are snowflake, shaker easel cards. The actual easel card was made in Sure Cuts Alot 2 by welding together 2 snowflakes, there is also a single snowflake and a snowflake with a aperture cut out to create the shaker part of the card. Fairies are again from Walking in a winter wonderland. Mounted on to silver mirri from C&C. Al sandwiched together with some Flowersoft polar white. Small snowflakes cut on Cricut, again just sprayed with CC stick n stay and glittered. Sentiments printed in MCS and cut out using the centerpoint feature on the Cricut.

A couple of projects I made using my new Cricut :)

First project using my new Cricut Create, totally awesome new toy :D and Sure Cuts Alot 2 software. Lettering and russian dolls from the Cindy Loo cartridge the pennant was an SVG file I downloaded from Paper Creativity http://papercreativity.blogspot.com/.

Tiny Prima styley paper roses, how cute are these :) Cut out on Cricut using Sure Cuts Alot 2. Rose petal shapes made from Littlemissstamper on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dumUmjFHHBQ, leaves are from a dingbat. Tutorial for making these is by Cathy @
http://www.paperphenomenon.blogspot.com/
Just cut out from C&C super smooth and coloured with Promarkers and sprayed with glimmer mist before assembling.

Exciting News!!!

2010-11-11T18:25:00.007Z

I've been chosen to be part of the Hunkydory Crafts Design team!!! I'm so excited, never done this before so it's something new for me :D Can't stop grinning :D

Here are the samples I sent in that got me chosen :)

I also bought myself a early Xmas pressie last week and it arrived yesterday, I treated myself to a Cricut Create, I'm in love already and will upload a pic of my first project later :)

All in all, a totally awesome week so far :)

Happy Crafting
Anna xx

Autumn Fairies :)

2010-09-19T16:11:00.006+01:00

I love this time of year, I think Autumn is my favourite season :)
Any hoo forgot to post this in my last post, here's a card I made for my Step Mums birthday which isn't while November so I'm hoping she doesn't come and have a sneaky peak lol!
Images are from the new MCS Walking in a Winter Wonderland, really gorgeous cds, I'm planning on making lots of my winter holiday cards from these cds :D
Everything else from my stash, the poem is by a poet called Celticpoet, it's a lovely poem and it fitted the theme of the card perfectly. The leaves were stamped using a versamark pad and then dusted with mica powders.
Lovely ribbons were from the candy Victoria from Blue Jelly Stampin sent me :) Thank you Victoria, the candy was fab :)

A few cards & bits I've made over the last month

2010-09-19T15:02:00.007+01:00

Hi, been a bit busy the last few weeks but thought I'd post some stuff I've made.

Autumn gift bags for my Mum-in-law to give to friends when they go away in a couple of months time, the tutorial to make the bag is by ChicnScratch on youtube, go check out her channel here
The leaves were from Hobby Craft
Everything else from my stash
Stamp Frame is a Sizzix die
Tags cut using a Spellbinders die

Again these bags were made following ChicnSratch's tutorial
Card from stash
images from here and coloured with Promarkers
background cards were textured using Cuttlebug embossing folders, sanded and then a chalk ink pad brushed over the top.
Tags were cut from a sizzlet circle die and a spellbinders petite scallop die, all the sentiments were hand drawn so each would be individual :)
The string is good old garden string lol! from the Pound shop :D

This card and plaque were for my sisters 40th birthday and I have to say is one of my favourite things I've ever made. She is totally cat mad and has several cats, her fav being Shadow, an old and now very shabby looking black kitty lol!

The images are from Joanna Sheens Ivory Cats cd, I used the Virgo zodiac kitty because it looked like Shadow.
For the plaque I printed the cat on to acetate, sprayed the back with Crafters Companion glitter spray and then stuck it to gold mirri card with their stick n stay spray adhesive. Then added a frame and decorated with peel offs and gems. the back of the plaque was made using the matching background paper from the cd. I copied and imported the main image in to PSPXI and removed the cat and added a matching colour background. The scroll was made in PSPXI using av bro pro and eye candy xenofex filters.
The seal was a stamp I made ages ago using my ImagePac stamp kit, I embossed a piece of chipboard with several layers of gold embossing powder and pressed the stamp in while it was still hot.
The stand was made using a template from MCS Pretty in Porcelain cut out in gold mirri board and the other side was covered with matching bg paper.
I made a matching card, box and gift bag to make it look really special.

2010-08-28T07:22:00.004+01:00

Quick card today, tried to do something different with the papers but not really my style of card at all, papers are too contempory for me and not thick enough, managed to crease them while I was sticking them down :( Not sure how I feel about this one, also used rub ons which I never use as I don't get on with them but was trying to use things that have been lying around for a while. Followed a sketch from I need a sketch. I totally love the image and wanted to use it as soon as I saw it, may end up recycling and putting it on another card lol! Entering into Cupcake Craft Challenge's 105 blue and green challenge :)

Card base centura pearl
blue and green papers freebies off Scrapbook inspirations
Rub ons are K & Co I think
Image from Arthur's Free Clipart
buttons from stash
ribbon from Joanna Sheen

Off to a wedding tomorrow so got to get my nails done today, then I have a weeks holiday yay!! Hubby back at work on Monday so I get the house to myself for a few days, hurrah! Peace and quiet lol!

Happy crafting
hugs
Anna

Blue Winter

2010-08-23T11:31:00.005+01:00

Another challenge card, this on is for week 65 Passion for Promarkers Winter Blue challenge, I love this theme, blue is my fav colour :)
The card was a bit of an experiment, I made a couple of mistakes but we'll pretend to not notice those lol! The card can fold down to an A5 size as the side panels fold back rather than forwards and there are three nice panels to decorate on the back too. The snowy background paper is from MCS Crystal sparkles. Glitter card and mirri card from stash. The snowflakes and noel were cut from a couple of sizzlet dies and and horse is coloured with my promarkers and then given a couple of coats of CC spray and shine. Carousel horse is from Beccy's Place she has some gorgeous free images :) The little charm was made from bits and bobs I had laying around, haven't put a sentiment on the card yet cos I'm not sure who it's for lol!

Happy Crafting
love
Anna :)

Finally uploaded the freebie Coffee & Cupcakes Kit :)

2010-08-18T16:53:00.020+01:00

Well I finally got around to finishing the majority of this set, haven't done an Alpha yet and I still have some ideas for other bits and bobs to add to it but they may or may not get added at a later stage. All the papers are A4 size rather than 12 x 12. I haven't shown all the individual elements but you'll get the gist from the previews :)
There are 3 pages of ribbons in jpg format and also the individual png files in the Ribbons zip
1 page of decoupage in jpg format and also the individual png files
lots of individual png elements which can be opened in your graphics program
13 papers in jpg format. Links to the zip files are at the bottom of the post :)

Here's a card I made using the papers and elements.

Freebie linkies ;)

Decoupage
Papers
Elements
Ribbons

Naughty Meeses!

2010-08-17T22:46:00.006+01:00

Another challenge card today, thought I'd enter the all the twos challenge, two flowers, two ribbons & two papers, I also added two very naughty mice lol! The challenge is over at Cupcake Craft Challenges. They have a fun birthday blog hop going on at the mo :) Anyhoo here's the card, sorry for the crappy photo again, my camera is playing up.
House Mouse cupcake stamp from Joanna Sheen, coloured with Promarkers, I adore these stamps and am planning to have them all eventually lol! Edged using a Colorbox chalk inkpad. Gingham paper I made myself in PSPXI and the little mousey footprint paper is from the Crafters Companion Beatrix Potter Two Bad Mice CD. The sentiment was stamped and then cut out using a nestabilities die. Rose were made using a cheap pack of paper petals from hobby Craft from the bridal section, I coloured them with Promarkers then spritz them with ImagePac pearl lustre mica pigments. The heart border was punched using a XCut border and corner punch.

Hope you like :)
Happy Crafting!

Goth Angel

2010-08-11T23:39:00.006+01:00

Hi well haven't managed to finish that scrap kit yet but will get onto it over the next few days. Hubby decided to decorate the computer room so I've been having to occupy myself with other things lol!

Thought I'd join in this weeks challenge over at Passion for ProMarkers, this weeks challenge was music. I discovered some awesome digi stamps at Kenny K and had to have them, his Gothic Angels rock!! No pun intended lol!
Anyhoo here's my challenge entry

Digi stamp from KennyKdownloads.com
coloured with ProMarkers and the given several coats of Spray & Shine from Crafters Companion.
Sentiments made on computer
Everything else from my stash ;)
Sorry for crap image, I will upload a better one tomorrow if I get around to it, the light was reflecting on the mirri board and it looks flat and black lol!

Green Machine

2010-07-29T14:17:00.005+01:00

This is my second card using Promarkers, I thought it would be fun to enter a challenge to hone my skills lol! The challenge is the Passion for Promarkers Week 62 Colour challenge, the challenge was to use a predominately green theme and your Pormarkers obviously lol! Here's my attempt, something different for me.
Stamp by Crafters Companion
Plaid backing paper from Crafters Companion Mens Collection disc2
Everything else from my stash.
Coloured the car with my promarkers and distressed the papers using Tim Holts distressing inks in bundled sage, tea dye and weathered wood.
As I only have 2 green promarkers this was deffinately a challenge lol! Anyhoo it was fun to do.

Happy crafting until next time:)

My new fav toys :)

2010-07-29T13:03:00.005+01:00

Well I got some Promarkers when I went to the NEC in March but didn't really get time to play until a couple of weeks ago, anyhoo thought I'd show a couple of cards I made using them. This one was a practice card and my first attempt at an easel card. The cute teddy digi stamp is from Wendymade & all things crafty Other stuff from my stash.

New kit soon & Blog Candy ;)

2010-07-25T23:13:00.009+01:00

Hi all, well haven't I been a lazy girl. Actually I've been super busy with the garden and work. Haven't had the time or inclination to do any crafting, however I did get the job I applied for in January but didn't actually hear from them until the end of May so it came as a bit of a surprise when they rang for an interview. Anyhoo have now settled into the new job and have time to play so a new kit is in the works. It's called Coffee & Cupcakes, here's a sneaky peek lol!

Also just a note about a fab giveaway at Passion For Promarkers. Letraset are bringing out a new range of Aqua markers, clicky on the banner at the side of the page for more details and a chance to win some awesome blog candy ;)

New Year, New Layout :)

2010-01-16T21:32:00.002Z

Decided to get to grips with adding my own graphics to my blog template :) Well life is boring at the mo, just applied for a new job closer to home, if I get it I will hopefully have more time to play :)
Happy crafting
Anna

Reindeer Riches Xmas Freebie :)

2009-12-21T09:52:00.010Z

Here's a freebie for Xmas and the new year, I made this last Xmas but then it never got posted due to computer breakage, other commitments etc. Anyhoo, I hope you all have a very merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous new year.
Happy Crafting
Anna :)

I forgot to add my TOU to the files so in short, these files are for personal use only, thanks, leave me a message if you need to ask anything.
Here are the links to the freebies
Alpha
Elements
Papers

Links for freebies are now back up

2009-12-19T07:05:00.001Z

Just a quick note to let peeps know the links for the freebie files are now back and there will be a new kit in the next couple of days YAY!!!

OOPS!!

2009-09-29T21:49:00.002+01:00

Oops! I haven't had access to the internet for three or four months and my 4shared account was deactivated so files are down for now. In other news, I'm working in a crappy convieniance store to earn some cash, I haven't had the time or energy to be creative so nothing new yet. Also my hubby got made redundant in Feb, he's back working again now but it's meant tightening our belts, hence no internet connection. Anyhoo hopefully things will start getting back to normal, or as normal as they ever are :)

Happy crafting :)

No updates :(

2009-01-18T18:20:00.002Z

Well I did start a scrap kit before Xmas for the New Year but my computer has been playing up. The stupid thing was constantly crashing, even after installing new hardware, formatting and re-installing new software, you name it, me and the hubby tried it. Finally the only thing left to change was the mouse, yeah I know, the fact that it was crashing when I'd been using the scrolly wheel to zoom about did cross my mind and I mentioned this to hubby about 3 WEEKS ago!!! He said there was no way my mouse could cause my computer to crash, HA! famous last words!!! Finally changed the mouse and Hey Presto! No more crashing. So I might eventually finish the kit and post it anyhoo, even though it's well past Xmas and the New Year now.

Also I start my new course next week, I'm taking on a part time course with the OU and I'm hoping eventually to finish my degree, it'll take longer this way but hopefully there will be less pressure and I can work at the same time.

That's all for now folks, happy scrappin
Anna

Quick page addon for the Snowballs kit

2008-12-17T16:13:00.010Z

Here's a quickpage addon for the Snowballs kit, hope you like it, happy scrappin :)
This is what I did with it

Here's the download

Download HERE

Glitter Tiles Freebie Pack

2008-12-16T10:49:00.014Z

I was messing around in PSP last night and made a bunch of glitter tiles so I thought I'd share then with you. I kind of went a bit over board lol!! so there are 44 different varieties, including a diamond fill and a red, white and blue. These work great for animations, I just rotated the tile in the fill properties for each frame and they also work well as tinsel too. To make tinsel garlands etc, follow the fuzzy fibres tutorial at Scrap Stuff with PSP but use the glitter fills.
I have to say I am a bit obsessed with glitter even in RL lol! I have tubs of the stuff and my hubby banned me from using it in the computer room at the old house because he ended up going to work wearing it rofl!! So I hope you like these, have fun.

Example

Tiles are 300dpi 200x200 pixels

Download HERE

Snowballs Alpha

2008-12-14T13:09:00.010Z

This turned out cuter than I thought lol!!! I found this fantastic tutorial for making quick alpha sets at Humbug Graphics Galore. Anyhoo I hope you like it, I am going to try and actually get around to doing some actual digi scrapping today lol! If I can stop myself from faffing in PSP long enough!

Forgot to mention yesterday that this kit was inspired by some maribou baubles I made for the Xmas tree years ago, I still have them, the originals were white but I did make pink and blue ones for friends and family. The lovely fuzzy frames and snowballs were made following a tutorial at Scrap Stuff with PSP which is a really fab place for cute tutorials, go check it out, linky is in my Blog List --->

Anyhoo here's what you came for, the Snowballs Alpha, png files 300dpi.

Download Here

Merry Christmas!! A gift from me

2008-12-13T15:32:00.009Z

Here's a gift from me to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and to say thank you to all the wonderful designers out there who share their talent with us.

Freebie Snowballs digi-scraps kit
Includes:
10 papers
10 flat ribbons
5 folded ribbons
5 mini curled ribbons
5 bows
5 glassy snowflakes
5 mini snowballs
5 hanging snowballs
15 mini fuzzy frames in various shapes
5 medium & large snowball frames
5 candy canes

Papers are 12x12 300dpi jpg images
Elements are 300dpi png images

Download Part 1 HERE

Download Part 2 HERE

Download Part 3 HERE

MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY & PEACEFUL NEW YEAR!!!

Well I'm back!

2008-12-09T11:00:00.003Z

Well we are back on the net, I haven't had my computer or access to the internet for about 3 months now. I've fixed the links to the freebies as 4Shared had deactivated my account due to inactivity so all the files were deleted. They are all back on line and should be working, let me now if you have any problems.

I haven't made any cards or done any scrapbooking since the council started modernising the house. I've had the wall between the dining room and kitchen knocked through and a new kitchen and bathroom fitted so now I have a lovely new kitchen that is fab to work in. They've also rewired the entire house and put in new central heating and a lovely fire. The noise and mess was insane and we've been living out of boxes with only a microwave to cook with for the last couple of months but it was worth it, although the whole house needs decorating now. Mark has already replastered the living room and we have managed to get that painted and laminate down in time for Christmas so I'm happy.

Anyhoo that's all for now, I may have something to share before Crimbo.
TTFN
Anna

Freebie Scrap Kit DIY

2008-07-30T00:44:00.011+01:00

Well I said I would have something on Monday but I've been preoccupied with other things, I've decided not to go back to uni next term and it was a difficult decision to come to but things haven't been going right for a while so I think it's for the best. I've been pretty down in the dumps all day and need time to get my head around it, I'll have to start thinking about getting a job now so I can pay my way :(

On a happier note here is a digiscrap kit I'd like to share with you, I used this in a previous layout and have only just got around to putting the rest of it together. Includes 6 papers, 12 elements and an alpha which includes upper case alpha, punctuation and numbers 0 to 9.
Hope you like it, have a great day.
Anna x

Freebie Papers Download HERE

DIY Freebie elements Download HERE

DIY Alphas part1 Download HERE
DIY Alphas part2 Download HERE

New batch of cards

2008-07-26T11:35:00.005+01:00

Finally got around to uploading my latest batch of cards, I'll have some more freebies on Monday probably.

I finally got around to taking my latest photos off my camera to upload lol! These four cards couldn't be more different and I tried out a couple of new things. I finally managed to make something that looks decent using watercolour pencils, I've always struggled with watercolours because I'm a bit heavy handed but I really liked the results from my new set of pencils. The other thing I've tried for the first time is FlowerSoft, the results are very effective and pretty.

Paddington card was made using a free stamp off the cover of Quick Cards magazine, he was stamped with Stazon and coloured using water colour pencils which were a bargain from Wilkinsons at 80p, yep 80p for 18. I bought them for my youngest niece so I wouldn't have to let her use my 'best' pencils. As I got the freebie stamp yesterday I thought I'd just try them and thought for that price they would be rubbish. They are excellent, better than the ones I paid almost £15 for, they are soft and blend really well so I've decided I'm keeping them just for me and I'll pick up some more for my niece lol!!

Cheetah card was made using the latest Joanna Sheen Cd set, The Jayne Netley Mayhew Collection. This set of cds is stunning, I was so excited when it arrived that I couldn't stop printing out images lol! The collection contains artwork by Jayne Netley Mayhew and is a selection of exotic and British wildlife, plants and sealife. If I was to recommend any of Joanna's cd collections I would put this at the top of the list, it really does have something for everyone.

Edwardian lady card, this card was made using FlowerSoft, it's the first time I've used it and I was quite pleased with the results, the topper is a print from the Flowersoft Edwardian Elegance collection I think.

Footy card, another footy card for my nephew Tom, letters were printed from Creatacard Gold, an old program but quite useful. The football crazy paper is one of my own designs.

Organza Ribbons & Bows Freebie

2008-07-20T11:46:00.010+01:00

I've been playing with Av Bros PageCurl this week and have to say it's an awesome filter, really worth adding to you graphics set up. Anyhoo, I've made some pretty organza ribbons and bows to share, hope you like 'em.

Here's the link to the FREEBIES

Have a great week
Anna

Glass Charms Scrap Elements Freebie!

2008-07-15T03:43:00.015+01:00

Well I can't sleep to night so thought I'm make something to share. My first digi scraps freebies are some cute metal and glass charms, there are probably a bazillion of these things lying around the net but they are cute and fun to make :) Set of 9 charms, 3 lips, 3 sexy boots and 3 hearts in candy pink, cherry red and sugar pink for all you girlies out there :D Preview images are approximately 25% of actual size, saved at 300DPI, PNG format, made in PSPX.

Please read my TOU which is included in the zip

Click HERE FOR FREEBIES

Digi Scraps

2008-07-15T00:41:00.006+01:00

Well I've been messing around in PSPX making some scrap kits for myself, I needed something a bit more masculine as I tend to make lots of girly things Lol!

Here's a layout of my hubby Mark, I've used part of a DIY kit I'm putting together, I may eventually share this kit so watch this space Lol!

Purple Heart Tag

2008-06-26T19:44:00.006+01:00

Well I finally got sick of playing Sims2 so went in search of something to get my creativity flowing, found some nice tutorials at Essex Girls site and made a pretty tag. Artwork is by Popeye Wong, permission to use his artwork is given on his web site.

Clicky on the image to see full size!

Cards for the boys!

2008-06-25T14:39:00.005+01:00

Three new cards, one footy card for my cousins son, You Rock! card for my brother-in-law and Wolves for my Dad who just turned 65 and finally got to retire lol!

Still busy at Uni....

2008-05-09T09:13:00.004+01:00

... but not for long, at least until after the summer hols. Lol
End of term assignments are due in on Monday, research projects the following Monday, a couple of exams in June and then I'm free to get crafty again Hurrah!!! We've been busy moving house as well so all my crafty stuff is packed away in boxes, I'm missing my craft room, it's my way of relaxing and life has been pretty hectic just lately. I definitely need some me time!! Anyway hopefully I'll have some new goodies to show you soon.
TTFN
Anna x

2008-02-19T08:26:00.002Z

Hi, well there won't be any new cards for a while, I'm inundated with uni work this term so just don't have time to play. Don't know what they think they are playing at, half of the stuff they've given us could have been done last term. I also have to choose my dissertation topic for next year and write a feasibility study eek!! Anyhoo have a good week.

TTFN
Anna x

Cerise Peony

2008-02-06T11:54:00.003Z

Second card today, made using the Oriental kit POTD from C&C, really beautiful kit, the papers and stickers are awesome. I don't normally buy kits as such but couldn't resist this one :D

This is a large A4 sized card with an acetate front, didn't have any silk cord so had to rummage in my embroidery stuff to make some :D

Blue Butterflies

2008-02-06T09:40:00.003Z

Todays new card was made using the Glitter Girls latest board, the butterflies are from Artylicious Butterfly Bliss CD, printed on vellum and cut out. Text was cut on my Robo using Funtime Scrapbooking Software which is a fab program!!

Card Gallery 2008

2008-02-06T09:37:00.001Z

Pretty embossed hearts

2008-02-03T11:18:00.002Z

Was playing with my new Glitter Girls board last night and made this card, came out pretty I think.

Latest Cards

2008-01-31T21:52:00.006Z

These are my latest cards using Joanna Sheens beautiful Fashion Boutique Cds.

Newbie Blogger

2008-01-31T21:49:00.001Z

Well this is my first blog, basically this is for showcasing my handmade cards and sharing with my friends... So erm... yeah check out my cards in the slide show.