INSD Like Forever FB Group Mood Board Challenge FREEBIE

Hi lovely peeps, I had a lovely day yesterday scrapping away, hubby bringing me lunch and cups of tea to keep me going lol!

I entered a couple of challenges on the Like Forever FB group, this is the entry for Elsie Robinson's mood board challenge.  I loved the mood board, the colours were girly and gorgeous and I really loved the triangular shelves.

I really wanted to use the triangles on my lay out so I create a cut file in Silhouette Studio, I'm uploading it to my for you to download here.

Here is the layout, I'm not going to put a supplies list as it was all scraps from my stash.

Happy Crafting
Anna x

Free Spirit Scrapbook Layouts

Hi crafty friends, well I let time get in the way again and I've been super busy with work, life etc.  Illness and injury have waylaid me the last couple of months which has not been fun but I'm on the mend finally :)

I subscribed to a scrapbook kit from Like Forever and I've been really enjoying playing with collections and papers I would never have bought because I thought they were too pink and girly, but somehow I've been making them work for me and actually loving all the pinkness lol!

The latest kit was all about Cocoa Vanilla's gorgeous Free Spirit collection.  It's full of beautiful pinks, peachs, navys and aquas.  Pretty florals, watercolour scripts and a lush aqua woodgrain which has to be one of my favs.

I've been busy making scrapbook layouts using the kit, I am determined this year I am going to get at least 2 years worth of photos scrapped and into albums.  I've already got all of last years photos printed as well as the majority of 2014 and I'm on a roll.

I apologise right now for the exorbitant amount of layouts I will be posting of my gorgeous puppy :)  I just can't help taking photos of his uber cuteness!

Here are the layouts with the Free Spirit kit so far

Tranquil Beauty

Layout of a beautiful pastoral scene my hubby photographed on one of our walks up in the Lake District last year. The horse was stunning, so beautiful, in a gorgeous wild setting, surrounded by sheep and lambs. I used the Cocoa Vanilla Free Spirit collection, die cut the title on my Cricut and die cut the butterfly from water colour paper on my Cameo, and coloured it with gelatos. The background was coloured with Heidi Swapp Color Shine in Coral, TH Distress spray in abandoned coral and Mr Huey's Sea Foam spray. The stencil was reversed chicken wire from TCW.

Fabulous and Priceless

A layout of my niece, the colours reflect her bright bubbly nature and her crazy fun personality. Lots of texture created with modelling paste coloured with Stampin UP calypso coral ink refill. Lots of splattering with Navy, coral, blush, rose, mint and gold Heidi Swapp color shine. The quote was from a cut apart sheet in the collection and was perfect for my niece as she has just graduated from her performing arts degree and loves nothing better than playing a character

Awesome

A layout of my neffypoo .smile emoticonHe's completely different from his sister, much more chilled out and laid back. I added in some project life cards from Kaisercraft bluebay collection to bring in more navy and aqua.  The title was cut on the Cameo from watercolour paper and coloured with mint and navy Heidi Swapp colour Shine and I splattered the page using the same colours.

Beautiful Dreamer

My gorgeous youngest niece, I wanted to convey the day dreamy side of her nature, she is very much like me and I wanted to keep the layers soft and pretty so added vellum and tissue paper, I think this has to be one of my favourite pages.  Some of the flowers are part of the Free Spirit collection, I also added in some Bobunny crochet flowers too and a Dear Lizzy tassel, lots of different texture and dimension on this page.

Thanks for stopping by
Happy Crafting
Anna :)

Christmas Countdown Day 1 - Snow Ride

Life seems to have gotten in the way of blogging one again and here we are in December.

I have been a busy bee creating my December Daily album and getting the few cards I am making this year done.  I now only make cards for close family members as I don't have time to make 50 plus cards lol!   I've also been working on some fun mixed media projects which I'll be sharing soon.

I have planned to update with a new blog post every couple of days through out December, so fingers crossed my plans work out.

I'm also planning to get a couple of videos up, to share my December Daily progress and maybe some handmade ornaments I've made for our tree.

I also have a new Facebook Page, go check it out here

So, onto the first instalment of Christmas Countdown!

Snow Ride

This card nearly went in to the trash can lol!  I originally coloured the image just with Inktense pencils, however, I had done it at night in the living room and the lighting is dismal in there and it wasn't looking that great.  I decided to fiddle with it the next morning and added some distress markers and was much happier with the result, not perfect but heyho it's for my Mum so I'm sure she won't mind lol!

Supplies

Lily of the Valley Stamp Toboggan For Two
Ranger Black Archival ink pad
First Edition 6 x 6 paper pad Silent Night
American Crafts white textured cardstock
Papermania Capsule collection grey doily
American Crafts white glitter paper
White iridescent sequins
Small pinecones
White berry sprig
Red Berries
White Eyelash yarn
White lace
Distress Markers
Inktense Pencils
Stickles Stardust
Sakura Gelly Roll glitter pens in red and green

I just love Lily of the Valley stamps, they are so whimsical and sweet!  I stamped the image in archival ink and then water coloured it with Inktense pencils and distress markers.  I added a few touches of sparkle with the gelly roll pens and Stickles.

The large snow flake was cut on my Silhouette from the AC glitter paper, I inked all the paper edges with distress ink and then distressed the edges with my scissors.

To add some dimension and a extra bit of colour and texture I added the cluster of pine cones and berries.

I really love how the card came together and I hope my Mum will love it too.

Happy Crafting
Anna x

Christmas Projects

Hi, well it's been a while, so much exciting stuff going on in my life that I haven't had much time for posting or creating stuff outside of work.

Firstly I want to say  

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

So what have I been up to, well I now work for and with the lovely and very talented Stephanie Weightman, I'm also lucky enough to get to work with the equally lovely and talented Nancy Watt and Diane Peternel.  I am now a creative sample designer for Craft Channel Productions and so far I'm loving it.  I don't get to post my samples and projects as they tend to be for the magazine so obviously that would defeat the object of the magazine if I posted them on here lol!  I have very little time that I can call my own at the minute but I am determined to be more organised this year so, new year, new resolutions lol!

So my plan is to do something for myself at least once a week, and as I tend to be making cards all the time for work, I thought it was about time I dusted off all the scrapbook supplies I've been hoarding for so log and actually get my thousands of photos scrapped!

Other goals I want to achieve this year

Lose weight

Get healthier

Get the house better organised

And the biggy!!!  Learn to DRIVE!!!

So onto the crafty stuff!

Here are just a few projects from Christmas, I didn't actually make many cards this year and had to buy some!  SHOCK! HORROR! LOL!  

My hubby's Christmas card

Digi stamp is by http://www.kennykdownloads.com/ Coloured with Promarkers. Glossy Accents on the gloves and boots. Shaker frame cut on the Silhouette. Stamped inside with a sentiment from Beecrafty.co.uk and it says "If you're not under my tree Christmas morning I'm going back to bed."

Christmas card for a relative. Vintage Santa stamp is by Beecrafty.co.uk Coloured with distress pens an white prisma pencil. Lots of distressing and inking. The edges where inked with Buff It mixed with water an dribbled around the edges.

Light box
The cut file was from the Silhouette store, cut from plain and glitter vinyl.  The inside of the glass was covered with some frosted vinyl but it didn't hide the lights enough so I added a layer of vellum too.  Lights were just some cheap LED battery operated ones from The Range and the frame was from the range too.

My first scrapbook page in a while, this is our Christmas picture this year, splashed with Dylusions inks in Grass, Cherry Pie and White plus some Distress Stain in Pewter. Papers are from an old stack.  I also used washi tape, felt alphas, wooden gingerbread man, a cute lollypop button, twine and a metal snowflake charm, most of which I bought at Hobbycraft.  Stamp sets are by Docrafts and Hero Arts.

My attempt at being organised and actually making a Christmas mini album.  It worked, my album is finished and all the photos are in :)  More on that later.

Ok, that's all for now
happy crafting
Anna x

Tattered Lace Germany Launch Samples

A big update today with samples from the Tattered Lace Germany launch, the dies included the lavish blooms collection, the pansy, poppy, iris, lily of the valley and single fushia dies and also the Tattered Lace alpha and numbers.  I loved making the lavish bloom samples but wasn't as happy with the other flower dies.  I knew what I wanted to do but they didn't turn out the way I had envisioned them.  The sentiments are mostly in German so I apologise if I messed anything up.

Simple Poppies

 

Supplies

Tattered Lace Lavish Blooms Poppy (D288)

Tattered Lace Lavish Blooms Leaves (D286)

Centura Pearl Snow White Card Stock

Super Smooth 120gsm paper 

Tattered Lace Chains Embossing Folder

Black Pearl paper

Black Diamond Stickles

Black and gold beads for the centers of the flowers

3 black Sparklers 

Promarkers in Black, cardinal red and lipstick red

Shimmer spray made with a few drops of pearl white craft paint and water in a spritzer bottle

Mulberry Asters

Supplies

Tattered lace Lavish Blooms Aster 

Tattered lace Lavish Blooms Stamens 

Super Smooth 120gsm paper 

American Crafts Grape Smooth Cardstock

American Crafts Grape Textured Cardstock

American Crafts White Textured Cardstock

Promarkers in Mulberry and Tulip Yellow

Black 0.5 micron pen

Posie of Roses

Supplies

Tattered Lace Lavish Blooms Poppy (D288)

Tattered Lace Lavish Blooms Leaves (D286)

Lacy Rose Collection (D232)

Centura Pearl Snow White Card Stock

Super Smooth 120gsm paper 

Tattered Lace Rose Garden Embossing Folder (EF006)
Stardream Lavender Card Stock
White Satin Ribbon
White Iridescent Flat Back Pearls

Rustic Sunflowers

 Supplies

Tattered Lace Lavish Blooms Lily (D285)

Tattered Lace Cherished Centres (D282)

Super Smooth 120gsm paper 

Tattered Lace  Embossing Folder Fretwork Lace (EF005)
Tattered Lace Embossing Folder Ditsy Dots (EF004)
AMerican Crafts Cardstock in Clay and light Kraft
Core'dinations Tim Holtz Scattered Straw Cardstock
Brown Glitter Card
Large antiqued brass brad
Glossy Accents
Promarkers in Sunflower, Tulip yellow, Honeycomb
Stampin' Up Linen Thread
Small buttons

Christmas Rose

 Supplies

Tattered Lace Lavish Blooms Leaves (D286)

Centura Pearl Ivory Card Stock 

Tattered Lace Ivy (D125)

Tattered lace Mini Heart Flourish (DX34)

Decadry White Pearl Printable paper

Tattered lace Embossing Folder Holly Flourish (EF008)

Gold Mirri Card

Stardream Lawn Green Cardstock

Sparklers

Promarkers in Vanilla, Forest Green and Pear Green

Red Satin Ribbon

Wooden laser cut Sentiment

Peach Peony

 

Supplies

Tattered lace Lavish Blooms Aster (D284)

Tattered lace Lavish Blooms StamensTattered Lace Embossing Folder Butterfly Garden (EF002)
Centura Pearl Ivory Card Stock
Heavy weight Peach Vellum
White vellum
White Satin Seam Binding
Ivory pearls
Peach Crochet Ribbon
Cream lace
Sparkler for center of bow
Promarkers in Mango, Peach, Soft Peach and Satin to colour the layers of petals

Wedding Lilies

Supplies
Tattered Lace Lavish Blooms Lily (D285)
Tattered Lace Ivy (D125)
Tattered Lace  Embossing Folder Fretwork Lace (EF005)
Tattered lace Foliage (D181)
Tattered Lace Lavish Blooms Leaves (D286)
Decadry White Pearl Printable paper
Stampin' Up certainly Celery Ink pad to colour the centers of the flowers
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad in Shaded Lilac
Brown fine tip marker to make the tiny dots in the center of the flowers
Iridescent Pearls
Pearls Diamanté cabochon
White and Lavender Organza ribbon
My Arched Window cut file for the Silhouette which is available on my freebie page here
Indigoblu Harlequin A6 Red Rubber Stamp
Papermania Holographic Embossing Powder
Versamark Embossing Pad
Stamens

Denim Doilies

Supplies
Tattered lace Lavish Blooms Aster (D284)
Tattered Lace Embossing Folder Ditsy Dots (EF004)
Tattered Lace Lavish Blooms Leaves (D286)
Tattered lace Embossing Folder Doily (EF001)
Centura Pearl Snow White Card Stock
Stardream Sapphire Cardstock
AC Sky Cardstock
Pearl strings
Large Pearl
Blue paper roses
White Satin Ribbon
Demin Ribbon (Available at The Range)

Number Rainbow

Really had fun with this one, there are two sizes of TL numbers in the rainbow, however I can't find the link for the larger of the mini die set.

The spots were made using sponge daubers and the erasures on the end of a set of pencils I haven't used yet.

I cut two of each colour for the large 6 and layered them up so you could see the rainbow colours from the side, I think it's fun and gives some dimension to the card.

Supplies
TL Alphabet (D054)
TL Numbers (D126)
TL Mini Numbers (DX05)
Centura Pearl Snow White Card Stock
Scraps of AC Cardstock in Crimson, Pumpkin, Butter, Lavender, Blush, Robins Egg, Cricket and Powder
DCWV Blue Glitter Cardstock
Blue spotty Ribbon
Stampin' Up Ink Pads In Pumpkin, So Saffron, Riding Hood Red, Marina Mist, Pink Pirouette
Distress Ink Pads Ink Mowed Lawn, Broken China and Shaded Lilac
Ink Daubers and Pencil Erasures to make the dots  

 With this next set of cards all the flowers were cut from sper smooth paper and coloured with promarkers, I wasn't happy with then but didn't have tome to come up with anything else.

Lily Of The Valley

Supplies

TL Lily of the Valley (D122)

Super Smooth 120gsm paper 

TL Embossing Folder Fretwork Lace (EF005)
White Satin Ribbon
Sparkler
AC Cardstock in Forest Green, White, Geyser and White
Diamantés
Promarkers in Lime Green, Forest Green and Pear Green

 

Delicate Fushias

Supplies
TL Single Fuchsia (D008)
Super Smooth 120gsm paper 
Iridescent Pearls
AC Cardstock in White and Blush
Pink Organza Ribbon
Promarkers in Cocktail Pink, Violet, Lime Green and Pear Green
Card base cut on Silhouette

 Iris

Supplies
Iris (D123)
Super Smooth 120gsm paper
TL Embossing Folder Fretwork Lace (EF005)
DCWV Purple Glitter Cardstock
Promarkers in Forest Green, Pear Green, Purple, Amethyst and Indigo Blue
Pearls
Lavender Organza Ribbon 

Pansies

Supplies
TL Pansy (D120)
Super Smooth 120gsm paper 
AC Butter and White Cardstock
Yellow Organza Ribbon
White Pearls
Card base Cut on Silhouette

Poppies

Supplies
TL Poppy (D121)
Super Smooth 120gsm paper
TL Chains Embossing Folder
AC Rouge and White Cardstock
Red Organza Ribbon
Diamantés and Sparkler
Promarkers in Forest Green, Pear Green, Lipstick Red and poppy Blue
Card base Cut on Silhouette

Windmills and Bull Rushes

So we seem to be having a beautiful spring so far, it's been gorgeous today and as I've had a day off I nipped to town and picked up some gorgeous laces from the local market.  Sat outside the cafe and had my lunch and soaked up some rays, much need this week as I have had a really bad fybro flare up and it's made me so ill!

Anyway, speaking of spring the card I'm posting todays is perfect for a spring card, it is an order for a customer and they asked if I could do a box card with a windmill.  Hmmm... I said, what's a box card lol!  Anyhoo after doing a bit of research on pinterest and google, I messed about in Silhouette Studio and came up with a box card, which I used for the Days Out sample here.  I then had to come up with a windmill design and this was the fun part, I totally designed the windmill from scratch in PaintShop Pro, Inkscape and Silhouette Studio, I even made tiny mill stones and a picket fence to go with it and I was thrilled with how it came out.  I just love this card, I hope the recipient loves it too :)

I'm hoping to get the cut files up in my shop, I've got a bit of tweaking to do but they should be up by next weekend.
 

Supplies
American Crafts cardstock in Stone, Lagoon, and scraps of green, white, black, grey and brown shades
White Super Smooth 300GSM
Stampin Up ink pads in Marina Mist and Certainly Celery
Brad
Black fine liner
Free Stamp sets from Get Stamping And Creative Stamping
Paper Mania Urban Stamps Dragonflies

Hope you are enjoying the sunshine where ever you are
Happy Crafting
Anna x

Pretty in Pink Card

Hiya, me again, just wanted to share a card I made for a customer, very happy with how it turned out, especially the colours.  I cut the numbers and mats on the silhouette and the polymer clay butterfly was made with Fimo glitter white clay and I used a sugar paste cutter to cut it out.

Supplies
Wild Orchid Craft roses
Polymer clay butterfly
Centura pealr White card stock
Docrafts Vintage Notes paper stack
American Crafts card stock Peony
White crochet lace
Pink organza ribbon
Ivory flat back pearls from Ebay seller Bad Ass Beauty these are the most gorgeous colours, they are more white than ivory and have a lovely iridescent sheen!
Docrafts Vintage Notes sentiment stamp
Silver embossing powder and embossing pad

 That's all for now, happy crafting
Anna x

Quicky Update

Hi, well it's a lovely sunny day here today, shame I'm off to work in a bit :)

Just a quick update with a few odds and ends I've been doing, I know I've failed miserably to keep my blog updated, I tend to put all my photographs of my work on Facebook and forget to post on my blog.  As I'm now part of the Tattered lace design team and we have started doing blog challenges, hopefully it will make me keep more up to date.

Again I apologise for the rubbish photographs, I'm hoping to get some proper studio lights this month.

Pearl Wedding Anniversary
Firstly a commission for a Pearl wedding anniversary party.  The lady wanted purple silver and white for here theme and had given me a lovely verse which she had written to thank all her family and friends for being part of their lives.  I thought that was such a beautiful idea.  I put the verse on to scrolls which she wanted for each guest, as well as invites, gift tags and place cards.  I used Decadry printable pearl paper which I have to say is the best printable pearl paper I've ever used. I cut the tags and place cards on the Cameo.

Supplies
Decadry pearl white paper
Centura pearl white silver, Cadbury purple
Silver mirri board
MCS Simply Silhouettes vol1
flatback pearls
pearl hearts
Tattered Lace  Wondrous Wings (D024)
Lacy Daisy (D182) 

Golden Champers Engagement Card
A quick card for one of Mark's work colleagues made with Tattered Lace dies.

Supplies
Centura pearl in white gold
Gold mirri card
Rhinestone sparkler
Tiny gold rhinestone stars
Craft Concepts In Stitches embossing folder
Tattered laceDies -
Lacy Marguerite (D183)
Champagne Glasses (D269)
Westminster Corner (D309)
Champagne Bottle (D313)
Bloomsbury (D300)
Congratulations (D241) 

Easter Fun
Finally something a little bit different, we do a lot of charity work at our little shop and this year all our proceeds are going to local charities.  This month we are raising money for a local pre-school and this was my contribution.  It's a piñata chocolate cake with loads of cadbury mini eggs inside, we had a guess how many mini eggs are hidden in the cake competition and the winner got the cake as a prize.  I had a lot of fun making this and apparently the cake was very good, the customer who won it said his kids had eaten most of it already lol!

Happy Crafting
Anna x