First Craftrak card!

Hi everyone,

I have had these Craftrak cards for ages now, and haven't managed to actually make or send any off until now!! I recieved a card a few weeks ago from someone, and this has spurred me on to send my own!  I have decided to do a series of cards to start with!  This is no1 of 4 and they will be of the 4 seasons.

I recently bought the lovely Pansy Martha Stewart Around the Edge punch, and this is the first time i've used it.  I think it's yet another beautiful punch by MS!  I have quite a colleciton now.  I bought this one from Craft Superstore as I thought it was a good deal as you also get for £24.99, 10 different 12" x 12" Core'dinations cardstock sheets.  Bargain!  Apparently altogether is worth over £40.

What is Craftrak?

Craftrak is a handmade card trading system which allows cardmakers to send and track their cards all over the world. 

See how far your card will go!!

If you are interested in taking part in Craftrak, then you will need to purchase the proper Cards which have been reduced to £1.99 from £4.99 (a much better price!!) and the Envelopes which have also been reduced from £1.99 to 99p with free 2nd Class postage when you spend over £5!  Bargain!

Pear Tree Designs - Challenge 12.........Male card

 

Hi everyone,

 

Sorry for another late posting, same excuse again i'm afraid!!  Good news is that I ordered my Wedding dress yesterday! Yipee!  So excited, but won't get to see it until December....booo!  I also need to loose a bit more weight to fit into it, but hopefully that won't be too much of a problem...:oS

 

Anyway, lets get back on track here!  This weeks challenge over at Pear Tree Designs Challenge Blog is to make a Male Card!  Male cards are always tricky for me, and I did struggle a little bit, but got my inspiration from one of my many card magazines!  The image is My Guy Ian from The Greeting Farm range and I recycled the backing paper from various packaging materials I found whilst clearing up my OH's bathroom! haha  No point wasting it!

 

This week we are being sponsored by One Stop Card Crafts.  They are a excellent shop selling loads of crafting supplies, and at the moment I believe that they have a 50% - 75% sale on, so go and catch a bargain!

This week they are offering the lucky winner the following fantastic kit:

This kit consists of: 

• Male Orientated Backing Paper 
• Coloured Card
• Stamp Set

Looking forward to seeing all your male cards.

Good luck.

Lou x

 

My First Attempt at Stamping on Candles.....

Attempt 1

Attempt 2

Well, I am rather pleased with my candles, actually!!! I am surprised they turned out as well as they did.  They are not perfect though.  The first one I didn't cut the tissue paper close enough to the image, so its a bit tricky getting it all stuck down, and the second candle I melted a bit too much with the Hair Dryer....oops! So it has a few dents in it! haha  It's not too obvious though.  Also some of the tissue paper didn't stick down again.  Practise makes perfect, as they say!

I have been thinking of making these as my Wedding Favours, as it's nice and personal, and fun to do.  Still not sure yet though!  Got lots of ideas!

Anyway, if you fancy having a go at this, I recommend following Katie's Instructions, as that's what I did!  So, thanks katie!

Pear Tree Designs Challenge 11 - A Sketch

Hi everyone,

Sorry this is a bit late!  I have been away doing some bridal gown shopping at my Mums!  Finally narrowed my choices down to two dresses, so hard choices ahead for me in the next week or so!!

Above is my challenge card for Pear Tree Designs Challenge Blog and this week, you are asked to follow a sketch! Pop over to the Challenge Blog and take a look and maybe even have a go!?  This week, we are sponsored by The Character Cafe and they are offering the winner 3 x Digital stamps of your choice from their online store!

Good luck all.

Challenge #10 over at Pear Tree Designs!

Hi everyone,

Hope you all have had a lovely weekend!  I have been busy preparing for my grandmother to come stay with me for the week!  I'm one of these people that likes the house to be as neat as a pin when anyone comes over, and with a messy fiance, these things are never easy!!

This week over at Pear Tree Designs Challenge Blog, challenge # 10 is up and running and this week's theme is Birthday.

Here is my challenge card:

I was browsing through one of my latest craft magazines, and really liked the idea of using scrap bits of ribbon to decorate a 'button stamp', which is what I did...sort of!  Well I cut a circle out and used my hot foil wizzard actually!  I also invested in a new flower punch and embosser to make these flowers; a cheaper alternative to buying flowers!

We are sponsored this week by Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps, and they wanted the DT to use one of their digital stamps.  I chose the 'A Little Birdie Told Me' digi stamp.  Isn't she cute!?  They are offering the challenge winner a choice of 3 x Robyn's Fetish digital stamps.

Sadly Karen from the DT is giving up her position, so if anyone wants a chance to be on the DT, head over to Pear Tree Designs Challenge Blog and see details on how to apply.

Hope you all have a great week, and as always, can't wait to see what you come up with!

Pear Tree Designs Challenge #9 - A Sketch with a twist!

Happy Monday everyone!

Is it just me, or are the weeks flying by this year??  Before we know it, it's going to be Christmas!! Ahhh!

So, as always, Pear Tree Designs Challenge Blog has a new challenge for you this week - A Sketch with a Twist!  The twist is that you need to include ribbon somewhere on your project.

Our sponsor for this weeks challenge is Lilac Lemon Designs and they are offering the winner 2 stamps from their store (except A5 sheets).  Why not head over and take a look.

Today is my Mother In Law (to be) Birthday, so I decided I would make this card for her!  Here is my DT card for this weeks challenge:

Doesn't the cupcake look good enough to eat?  I bought the die-cut in a pack from Die Cut Dreams and Susie has lots of other fab die-cuts featured in her online store!

Have a good week all, and I look forward to seeing all your challenge cards.

Paper Sundaes DT Call!!!

Hi everyone,

Paper Sundaes is calling for 2-3 new DT members!!!  Please visit there website for more information.

I have decided to put forward a few creations and try my luck!

Here are my cards/projects for the DT call:

DT call closes Friday, July 23rd at 11:59pm.

OLD & NEW Wooden Mounted Stamps FOR SALE

Hi everyone,

I have decided to clear out my craft room so I can put all my new stuff away (which is currently scattered around) and have a lot of Wooden Mounted Stamps that I no longer use or that are brand new that I don't want.

I have no idea what to price some of them at, apart from the brand new ones which are the 3 cream rubber stamps @ £4.00 each, the snowman @ £3.50, the 3 snowmen & £3.00, the xmas tree @ £2.50  and black landscape stamp (2nd in from the bottom right) at £2.00.  If you would like to make an offer for any of the others, please let me know and I will get back to you.  The Papermania Xmas embellishment kit I would like £4.00 for.  I will need to get back to you on P&P costs. 

I still have the X2 ProMarker Desktop Organisers for sale @ £6.50 each or X2 @ £11.00 + P&P if anyone wants them too?

I have sold the items below so far:

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  x4 season trees

Thanks for looking!

Pear Tree Designs Challenge 7 - Animals......!

Morning all!!


Over at Pear Tree Designs Challenge Blog, Challenge 7 is up and running and this weeks theme is Animals!!!  All you need to do is to create a card/project, which has to have an animal included on the card/project. Please note that if you are entering the challenge to follow the rules and to follow the theme as well.

 Now everyone has an animal stamp, so I hope you will join in, as there is a lovely prize up for grabs thanks to this weeks sponsor, The Character Cafe.  You could win a mixture of digital stamps from their lovely store!!  Why not take a look at there fab images?

Here is my DT car for this weeks Challenge:

The sheep is one of Donna's designs which is available (along with many others) over at Donna's digital image store at the bargain price of £1.50. 

Good luck everyone, and I hope you enjoy this weeks challenge.

CONGRATULATIONS........Surprise blog candy announcement!

Well done to Katie, you are the Surprise Blog Candy winner!! Congratulations xxx

I will pop your surprise in the post on Monday for you! 

Thanks to everyone who entered and please pop back and leave me messages from time to time, I love to read comments on my work, and who knows,  I might have another blog candy again soon!!