Sunday, 4 December 2011

Deck the Page

Lauren my eldest daughter started with her Christmas Tree and Jack just loves to add the baubles, Kyle my ready made Grandson and Jacks brother was with them for the weekend so it was a perfect time to get the Christmas Tree sorted.

I just love it when they are freshly bathed and in their jimjams smelling like new teacakes.

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this one is of my Mam, I love making scrapbook pages of her as when she was in her younger years she was quite film starish don’t you think?

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I use the My Memories Suite to make my digi Scrapbook layouts but you can also make cards and calendars and much much more on it too, it is my favourite craft tool of this year.

If you want to have the software (My Memories Suite Version 3 )yourself use my code and grab $10 off the price and you will also get a $10 coupon to use on extras.

My code is STMMMS48868 Enter the code on the shopping cart page At My Memories Suite

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Robin on a Lamp

I got a beautiful Christmas card in the post from fellow team mate Heidy and she totally inspired me to make a card with the same digi image from Just Inklined, Lamp with Robin

Coloured with Copic Markers and although it doesn’t show in the photo the pinecone background paper I sprayed with the Crafters Companion iridescent glitter spray (gorgeous) I also used to creme gold and a stipple brush from My Craft Studio to add a shimmer to the base card, oh yes Grandson Jack helped me with this stippling.

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Holly and berries and ribbon for embellishments along with a couple of punched out snowflakes.

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Saturday, 3 December 2011

No Card but some Free Backgrounds

Well what a day I had on Friday, we have finally got rid of the horrible artex off the staircase and the workmen came in to put new plaster on the walls, the downside to this was I couldn’t get past them to get into my craft room and they had the back door open all day so I sat at my computer with coat and scarf on and made some backgrounds for you all instead.

Before I give you the link to the backgrounds  wanted to share with you a picture of the walls as they are starting to dry, I have a terrible habit of seeing things in shapes and in fact have had to change patterned wallpaper on many occasions because of this.

So today I found Woody Woodpecker from the cartoons and Pinocchio, can you see them?

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now onto the backgrounds

These are the previews 4 in total all 12x12 scrapbook papers but can be used for your card making too.

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Thursday, 1 December 2011

Stocking Fillers from Creativity Direct

Oh my friends over at Creativity Direct are doing doing a free delivery on all orders promotion today and tomorrow, I’m thinking I may need to go shopping, a lovely lady told me about their The Yellow Campaign lots of bargains in that section which I hadn’t known about.

I just love the fact that it is crafts for everyone and brilliant Christmas gift ideas, I’ve added a few of my affordable favourites below every one of my previews cost under £3.

Just click the images to go to the shop.

I first started to knit with a dolly bobbin like this one and the birdcage charm is a set of 6 and I lurve them.

!!Squeal!!! I love these reindeer in polyler all ready to decorate in your favourite colours (mine are on their way to me as I type

Alterables, book boxes and this gorgeous wooden envelope box

  

Pop over there now and grab some Christmas Stocking fillers but remember the free postage is only available today and tomorrow.

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Cards from TV–Create and Craft

Just a couple of cards to show, the first is a sample I had ready to demo but didn’t have time to make up so I thought I’d share it here for you to see.

I made a Metronome most musicians use these to keep their timing right, I remember playing with one at my Auntie Alices home, her son Alan went on to be a music teacher.

The image is from one of the Just Inklined A4 digital sheets and can be purchased here

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A close up of the image, coloured with Promarkers and FlexMarkers.

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Three Trees

This is one of my favourite images from Just Inklined and Better still it can now be puchased on a A4 sheet 300gsm smooth card ready to colour alongside 3 other images from here

three trees

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