Wednesday 30 July 2014

Hello all, Wednesday again so my day for my DT make for
Quite a simple one again this week but a pretty one none the less


 These stamps are so great you really don't need much more than the stamps and
ink to make beautiful cards
This one is using
&
I have used the edge of the flower to go around the edge of the matt
Hope you like it guys
Hugs x

Sunday 27 July 2014


happy sunday guys
its roasting here, humidity is way too high :/ but must not complain it will be freezing soon enough lol
anyway im here with this weeks make for 
and the theme this week is 
Use some Purple
now some of you may have noticed over the time iv been blogging that purple is one of my fave colours, well i was given this geisha image and for the life of me i couldn't get my head around geisha and purple!
i think i coloured her about 4 times trying to get it right, i finally stuck with this one because i was running out of time lol, but its turned not too bad  i think...?


its just simple mat & layer, with the image coloured cut and added slightly off centre, then finished with flowers & pearls
what you think?

ok onto the important stuff the prizes this week are




so what you waiting for , get making and show us your fab creations 
xx


Friday 25 July 2014



Morning all
well its super hot and sticky here sun is shining so bright not a cloud in the sky, so i thought i would share some more Christmas makes with you lol
i have another batch of fabulous 
Christmas Decoupage
these are more traditional in feel i think , i hope you like them.






i will have the final batch for you tomorow
till then crafty hugs

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Wednesday 23 July 2014


Hi peeps
its my Visible Image dt day
this week i thought i would go simple, as in just stamps ink pads
 and some cheap as chips supermarket pencils.
i think as we progress and our cards get more and more elaborate we forget there are a lot of people just starting out and might think they can never do that, but we all started somewhere with a few bits and not all the amazing products available to us now.
so here we are 3 card using very basic materials.


first is LOVE and i have used the small rose From
 i stamped it in Tattered Rose distress ink,
 then using Love from the same set i stamped in black over the Rose.


second is Rose


this one is simply stamped in Fired Brick Distress ink using the large rose from the 
Immortal love set, the i coloured it using some cheapo pencils i bought in a supermarket.


and finally is Immortal heart

this one is using the
the heart is stamped in Fired Brick distress ink, and then stamped over with the word Immortal in  black


and there you have it, 3 cards using very minimal stash, i hope it inspires at least one person to try with even the simplest tools to make some cards or art .
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Sunday 20 July 2014


Hi guys , second post for me today, but i wanted to share these wonderful Christmas decoupage makes with you.

these are all Anita's Attic by  
today im going to share the ones i would consider cuties, i also have some that i think are traditional , so ill be sharing them another day soon.

ok here we go 





now come on how adorable are they! the cardsare all 6x6, and iv tried to match the colours for the backing and embelishments with the decoupage,which i have to say is a dream to work with , just pop out of the sheet perfectly and make the most wonderful pics.

so why not get your christams started nice and early, get to your local do crafts stockist and grab yourself some sheets and get busy , its never too early you know
hugs xx




Morning all 
its sunday so that means the start of a new challenge at 
the theme is a nice easy one
Happy Birthday

so my image is
from 
the stamping chef


isnt she just so cool 

i have made a background in My Craft Studio by layering different papers and flourishes, fading some papers to show the others through and blend them to what i want.
the Happy Birthday was also added , i mounted this onto a black base.
i sized and printed the image then coloured with my spectrum noir pens.
fussy cut her out and stuck her on with sticky pads .
hope  you like it , pop over to the challenge blog for more inspiration and to join in.

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Saturday 19 July 2014

Visible Image INKognito

  

well look at these lovely stamps guys!
today is the launch of 

by

these stamps are stunning, seriously you are going to Love them,
here are my makes , iv been play with the stamps the last couple of days, they stamps beautifully.
first is 


such a beautiful stamp i wanted to just show it off nice and clean and simple
 

Next we have

&


next one is

&


now we have 

&
With sympathy Set


this one is using the 
as a splash decoration around the photo
&


and finally
and again


head over to the Visible Image blog for loads more amazing makes from the other DT girls 
hugs xx



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Wednesday 16 July 2014

Visible Image Believe


hey guys its my dt day for 
i am a bit behind my schedule with my list of things to get done, 
but managed to make this and i really like it, ( not often you will hear me say that lol)
anyway i have used 
& the word Believe from 
isnt she pretty!
i stamped colouered and fussy cut Fae, then stamped the wings onto pattern paper and coloured with differnet colours of stickle. the card its self it just lots of different papers layered, all the edges are disressed, i took a piece of the same paper i stamped the wings on and stamped just the word believe then trimmed and distresed the edges and stuck down with some of the mat going over the edge, once the wings had dried i fussy cut and added to Fae then added her to the card, i finished with some flowers and gems.
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Tuesday 15 July 2014


hello lovely peeps 
all over the weekend i was playing with some wonderful
goodies this is one card i made using the Do Crafts 250 g bag of assorted buttons.
the backing paper is from the Capsule collection, Midnight blush
such an elegant colour paper collection
this is an 8x8 card which is simple yet interesting i think.
once i had placed all the buttons i stuck them down then highlighted a few with some Crystal stickles, the giant button at the bas i just threaded with a ribbon and tied a bow, and at the top i layered 3 buttons for interest.
i hope you like it, i have used this as a bit of tuesday inspiration over at 
if you want lots more inspirations pop over there and look at all the fantastic projects by the design team.


hugs x

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ps keep an eye out i will be posting some makes over the next few days made with the Do crafts Anitas range of foiled vintage decoupage x

Monday 14 July 2014


                                       
                       Artistic Inspirations Challenge
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of course we have to do something special so we have contacted a few of our favorite companies and they have generously donated prizes!!!!
In total we have 10.

Our challenge this week is Anything Goes
we want as many as possible to play along!

All week we will be featuring our special sponsors and letting you know a bit about them!

for now here they are...

offering 4 images

offering specially selected prize pack

offering a $15 gift certificate 

offering a stamp set of your choice

offering a stamp set

offering two dies or a stamp and a die or two stamps

offering  3 images of your choice

offering a $7 gift certificate

offering silhouette picnic digi stamps or recycle stamps set

offering bits and bobs from her very own stash


phew , now we have got all that out the way the theme is anything goes :)

here is my make


happy little giraffe isnt he lol

so make sure you pop over to the Artistic Inspirations blog , check out all the other dt inspiration then get making and entering you could win one of those fab prizes 
hugs x

Thursday 10 July 2014

Hi everyone there is some fabulous inspiration over at
Here is my make
I had a plain cream blind and wanted to liven it up , my kitchen is painted a soft mushroom colour so I thought mushrooms would look good.
A Google search came up with the wonderful old illustrations, i loved this one so saved it to my comp took it into My Craft Studio and changed to the size that would look nice on the blinds.
Next I printed them onto some t shirt print paper, and fussy cut around them.
Ok that was the easy peas bit.....
Next I lay the blinds on the floor on some folded bath towels, and began to iron  the mushrooms on.
Took a bit of time and was  little tricky but this is the result.
 I really like it .
Then a friend sent me one of those DIY clocks, so of course I had to make it to match the blind,
I started by painting the clock base with white acrylic, then onto this I layered some tissue paper that I had printed with a muted beige pattern, next I sized printed and fussy cut the same mushroom and stuck it down, finally I used some fancy buttons as the numbers, then the whole thing has been sealed with Deco Mache to make it ok for a kitchen,  of almost forgot I covered the back with pattern paper and also sealed.

Here it is



So hope these inspire you , don't forget to pop over to the blog for more inspiration
from the other girls.

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Wednesday 9 July 2014



Hi guys I have a little inspiration for you today
Following on from a make i did a few weeks back of an altered matchbox I have made an incense holder
I have used the inner cardboard tube from a kitchen towel roll.
First I made a base and glued on place, then a lid.
I covered the tube in papers from the prima paper pad something blue, to match the box, then used some mini tabs from the pad and made some flowers, then added to the tube to coordinate and compliment the matchbox,


the lid as you can see has one large flower and 3 small ones.

Here you can see the side views



hope you like it and it gives you a little inspiration.
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hey guys
well its wednesday so my day for sharing my dt make for 
and this week i had a play with


i started with a 6x6 base and inked the edge with a red pigment ink pad.
to make the matt for this i took the tape measure stamps and stamped each one over on an a4 sheet, one sheet per stamp, then i cut them all out, and inked with Brushed corduroy distress ink.
nex i wove the 2 different strips and once woven i stuck double sided tape on the back to hold together and to adhere to the card, the edges where trimmed and then inked with black soot distress ink.
as the main feature i took a fancy flower doily i cut on the craft robo, and stamped the sentiment in the centre, next i stamped the body form and lots of buttons both large and small.
once these where all cut out i glazed them , while they dried i wove a ribbon through the cut outs on the doily,then i put the whole lot together and this is the result .



i hope you like it xx


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Monday 7 July 2014


Morning all
its the start of a new challenge at 
them
Anything Goes/Going Places
my image is from Meljens who is our sponsor this week offering 4 images for the winner
i thought this little victorian goth girl was so cute
i coloured her with my Spectrum noirs and fussy cut her out, i then took a deep turquoise base and matt a sheet from skys the limit paper from my minds eye, i also cut 2 small cards from the paper pack to add to the card.i stamped some wings from Visible Image Time after Time set to add to my little goth girl image.
to finish it off i cut the words on my craft robo and added , and there you have it .
hope  you  like it guys and come play along x



Sunday 6 July 2014


hey guys
new challenge at 
and a theme we all love
Bling It
my image is from Fitztown and is called Fae 7

its an 8 by 8 white card blank, matt with my craft studio paper, and a fancy oval frame layered on top, the image is coloured with spectrum Noir pens and fussy cut, after i added her to the card i added the flowers and lots of bling.
hope you  like what iv done with her guys.

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Thursday 3 July 2014


hi everyone, 
i have some inspiration for you today (at least i hope it inspires you)
first up is a bag charm that should have gone live on tuesday but for some reason didnt so i thought id pop it on here for you to see :)
this is not normaly something i play with much , but i have a gorgeous bag that i love and my zipper thingy broke so i made this dangly to clip on the zip so i would be able to open and close it easy .


i chose charms and beads that would match the colours on the bag and added to a length of chain, then finished with a lobster claw clasp

and second is a Game of Thrones inspired 8 x 8 wall hanging
the wonderful image is by Kelly Rhodes for 
isnt it just a stunner! and perfect for any Game of thrones fan
ok so first i went wandering around google images and found a map of the Dothraki sea, i sixed printed and fussy cut around the edge and cut out the rivers because the background was black, not what i wanted lol, i then matt this onto a beautiful turquoise glazed paper, and then this was matt onto a black base.
The mother and her Dragons was printed and coloured in spectrum noir pens, and then i gave the dragons a wash of sparkling h20s in the appropriate colour, which due to my pants photography skills doesnt show up in the pic :/
next i found an english / Dothraki dictionary and did the title, which i then cut on the Craft robo
( it actually reads mother of Dragons), and to complete the piece i watched the clip of Daerio giving Daneries flowers on the road to Meereen and explains them to her, the blue dusk rose, ladies lace and Harpies gold.
i tried to recreate them as close as i could , and added to complete the picture.


what do you think ... yeah im a geek i know lol

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Wednesday 2 July 2014

more than words with Visible Image



here we are guys half way through the week ! so here is my 
Visible Image Dt post
this week i have been playing with the 

i have gone clean and simple this week so no real explanations needed ill just show you the pics and link you to the fab sets :)
first up

next we have

and 
and finally 

hope you like them guys , my apologies for the bad pics but iv had a migraine all day and the eyes are not playing nice

hugs x



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