Happy Anniversary

Good morning all!

We've had a great week taking in the atmosphere at the 

Edinburgh Festival & Fringe.

It's back to normal today, back to work & I have a card to share!

This fun little offering was made for my parents anniversary!

I used the 7 Year Itch Decoupage Sheet from La Pashe, 

Wrinklies At The Movies CD.

My Dad is a big Marilyn Monroe fan, & my Mum loves 

the movies, so it worked well for them!

The base is 8"x8" Kraft cardstock.

The Papers are from the My Minds Eye, Best Of Paisley Paperstack.

I kept the layout fairly simple, adding a couple of bits of ribbon & some lace.

The sentiment was printed on some Kraft then cut out using a 

Spellbinders Callout die.

The stars were punched using an amazing Fiskars Punch that I won!

(It feels like it will punch through anything, like it's butter)

I then embossed them using the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder.

I added a sheer bow to finish it off.

As you can see from the photo, I decorated the inside of the card too!

Thanks for popping by, I hopeyou like it!

I'd like to enter this card in a few little challenges:

Ooh La La Creations -Three Embellishments. Top 3

CD Sunday - HOT HOT HOT (W1 of 2)  Top 3

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything Goes with Patterned Paper.

Dies R Us Challenge -Doily and/or Lace.

Fun with Shapes  - Lace.

Sparkles Forum Challenges - Lots of Layers.

Inkspirational - Patterned Paper.

My Time to Craft -Embossing (heat or dry).

Baby Girl

Good morning all, what a quick weekend that was!

I hope you all managed to get ome time to relax & a bit of fun time too!

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe has begun, so the city is busy busy busy!

We managed to spend a little time soaking up the atmosphere & I'm

looking forward to my stay-cation next week, when we can make the most of it!

Here's the card I have to share today!

It's a little A6 Baby Girl card.

I used an image from La Pashe for the main focus.

I used a spellbinders circle die to cut it out & a scalloped circle to mat.

The edges have been distressed & inked a little.

The embossing folder is a cuttlebug one if I'm not mistaken.

The sentimet was done on the pc & I used a border punch for the decorative mat.

The ribbons & heart gems are from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Hope you like it!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Craft-Dee BowZ - Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow.

Ooh La La Creations - Ribbons & Bows.

Dies R Us Challenge - Babies.

Come and Get It - Buttons and Bows.

A Gem of a Challenge - Buttons & Bows.

Oh What A Night!

Good Morning all! I hope you're well! 

Unlike the young lady featured on my card today! Lol

This is a card I made  while back but didn't blog right away as the person

it was for hadn't recieved it yet!

The image is by La Pashe. It's decoupaged, but it's difficult to see in the photos.

 The papers are from Lidl, the ribbon & sequins are from my stash.

I inked the edges of the papers with a liquid chalk inkpad.

The glittery 50 is from my stash too! I think it's papermania.

As you can just about see, the inside of the card is decorated too!

Thanks for looking in today, I hope you like my card!

I'd like to enter this card for a few little challenges:

 Love to craft - anything goes.

Allsorts  - A Touch of Sparkle.

Just Us Girls - Let's Hear It For the Girls.

Simply Papercraft - Anything Goes.

Crafty Gals Corner - Anything Goes.

City Gent

Good morning all!

I have a card to share with you today!

This one was made for my brother's birthday!

It's been kicking about as a draft post on my blog for ages, so I

thought I'd best share it with you now!

I used the Papermania Heritage Press City Gent collection to make my nice & simple

A5 gatefold card. The decoupage was layered up with foam pads.

A bit of matting & layering with the papers & a couple of buttons to embellish.

I added a couple of buttons & an eyelet to the sentiment tab.

On the inside I added a die cut tag with a little a

La Pashe Easy Peely Short n Sweet Verse 

I couldn't get the card to lay flat on it's own, so I popped 

a paperclip on it to keep it in place!

Thanks for popping in today, I hope you like my little card!

I'd like to enter a couple of challenges as listed below:

AAA - #68 Tags  (W2) (Sun).

 Addicted to CAS  -  #92 Stripes.

Allsorts - #371 One For The Boys (Winner)

Imagine That! Creative Playground - July - Fancy Folds. 

Incy Wincy Designs - Fancy Folds (Winner)

Christmas Is Coming Today

Good Morning all!

La Pashe are back on our screens at Create & Craft today!

Bailey will be demonstrating the new Sticker Stamps & Verses

Here are the samples I've made using the Sticker Stamps

.

If you're watching the shows, keep your eyes peeled for them!

The stickers can be coloured.For this one, I've used pencils 

but you can use your favourite medium.

This one was simply adhered to some linen embossed card stock

This one was again coloured with pencils

Finally, this one was adhered to some patterned paper!

Don't forget to tune in to 

on

Create & Craft TV today at 9am & 3pm 

Sky 674,  Freeview 23, Virgin 748 & 

Freesat 813

The shows are on at 2pm  6pm

Space Man.......

Good afternoon all!

 I have a card to share with you today!

I was planning to post this on the recipients birthday but....

I forgot to post the actual card to the recipient so I had to wait! lol
So Sorry Aryan!

This is a fairly simple card, made using a La Pashe decoupage sheet from

The Best Of La Pashe 2014 CD Rom.

All the time I was making it, I was singing the brilliant

 Babylon Zoo - SpaceMan to myself! I love that song!

The base card is 6"x6". I simply cut & layered the decoupage using

foam pads, then did a bit of matting & layering with silver mirror card.

I found a clock face in my die cut box, which I thought looked a bit

space-like. I cut it in half & tucked it behind the image.

A sprinkling of various sizes of punched stars were dotted around in the 

night sky to finish it off.

The sentiment was from the sheet too!

Thanks for popping in! I hope you like my little card!

I'd like to enter it in a couple of challenges:

Inky Impressions - It's all about the boys

Sisterhood of Crafters - Birthdays

Ike's World - Sing us a Song (Space Man- Babylon Zoo)

Inky Chicks - It's Birthday Time

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Travelling/Transport

CD Sunday - Songs from the Movies (Does a Levis Advert Count?)

Brown Sugar  - For The Boys

DRS Designs  Include The Word "Day"

Cute Card Thursday- No Patterned Papers

La Pashe Samples

Hi all, I'm back with some more of the samples I made for the 

La Pashe 4 day deal on Create & Craft TV

Have you caught any of the shows yet?

They are on Create & Craft TV today at 9am & 3pm 

Sky 674,  Freeview 36, Virgin 748 & 

Freesat 813

I haven't seen any yet but I hope to catch one of  them!

I love the La Pashe artwork, it's all about fun & is so fresh.

The decoupage is a dream to cut out & layer up!

The matching background papers are fab too!

You can also team up the images with items from your stash

as I did here! Thanks so much for popping in.

If you'd like any more info, just leave me a little

comment & I'll get back to you!

Thanks for looking!

Cheeky!

Good morning all!

I have another card to share with you today!

This is a sneak peek of one of the samples I made for the launch of this exciting CD

To quote a friend

"The Big One was a limited edition compilation CD of the best of La Pashe 2008-2011 released five years ago, but people still ask about it now, so La Pashe thought they would re-release it, along with a second volume featuring everything they have done in 2012-2014"

Thanks Sharon, I couldn't have put it better

I, like lots of other people missed out on The Big One the first time around,

so I'm excited about this one!

Tune in next week to see Bailey presenting The Big One on Create & Craft TV.

Next Week's TV Schedule: Mon 11th at 8am & 1pm Tues 12th at 9am & 3pm Wed 13th at 2pm & 6pm

Thanks for popping in! I hope you can catch the show.

The Big One

Good morning all!

I've got a card to share with you today!

To quote a friend.....

SNEAK PEEK ALERT
La Pashe are back on C & C on Monday with a 4 day deal featuring

 "The Big One" CD-ROM Volumes 1 & 2.

"The Big One was a limited edition compilation CD of the best of La Pashe 2008-2011,

released five years ago, but people still ask about it now, so, La Pashe thought they would 

re-release it, along with a second volume featuring everything they have done in 2012-2014.

Thanks Sharon, you put it beautifully!

Now, here's sneak peek of one of my samples!

Nice & Easel Nasturtium & Bee

I simply used a 6"x 6" card base edged with a Martha Stewart border punch

Then added the decoupage. The sentiment panel is mounted on some cs which was punched, 

wrapped with gingham ribbon, from my stash, tied in a double bow, 

then raised on foam tape to act as the stop for the easel section.

Nice & Easel indeed!

Tune in next week to see Bailey presenting The Big One on Create & Craft TV.

Next Week's TV Schedule: Mon 11th at 8am & 1pm Tues 12th at 9am & 3pm Wed 13th at 2pm & 6pm

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Crafting for all Seasons - Use Die-Cuts/Punches 

Double D Challenges   - Yellow A Happy Place To Be (Photo Inspiration)* 

Fresh Brewed Designs - Ribbon or Twine

Clear It Out - Springtime Stash: Add a Flower 

Through The Craft Room Door  - Always Anything Goes

Sticker Stamps

Good morning all!

I have some cards to share with you today!

Have you heard about the new sticker stamps from La Pashe?

They are clear & self adhesive, & can be coloured with markers, pencils or crayons, 

left as they are or stuck on to coloured/patterned paper.

Here are the samples I made using them!

For this one I stck the sticker on to some patterened papers then die cut.

The papers I have used are from Bo Bunny.

This one was stuck on to some plain cardstock & once again die cut.

I'm pretty sure these papers are from DCWV

For this easel card, I used some metallic pencils to colour the sweets befor sticking 

on to some co-ordinating paper. The stop is a short & sweet easy peely verse.

I used alcohol markers for the balloons on this one.

I found it difficult to blend them so the colours are flat,

(but I am no expert at colouring)

This one was stuck to some pearlised card stck to give it some sheen.

I'm sure you'll agree they are very versaile & make a change from the usual digi or

stamped images. Perhaps they may be the sort of thing you could pack for some

 holiday crafting!

 Bailey will be on Create & Craft TV demonstrating the funky new 

'Sticker Stamps' 

Create & Craft TV 

Freeview 36, Sky 674, Virgin 748 & Free Sat 813

 at 11am & 6pm on Tuesday 15th March.

Thanks for stopping by & I hope you can catch 

the shows!

Candy Mine Elf

Good Morning all!

This week is just whizzing by!

I've been getting ready for a little crafty sale so have been caught up making bits & pieces

as well as the usual stuff. Been busy at work too, so I'll be glad 

when the weekend is here!

Anyhoo, here's the card I have to share today!

This is an 8"x8" square base with decoupage, sentiment & design paper from 

The Gift Of Christmas CD Rom by La Pashe.

These are great to cut out & make up & there is also a smaller image on the

sheet, which I used to make a little card, but could be used for a matching gift tag etc!

Not too much to say about this one really, 

A doily, some matting & layering, a double ribbon bow & a little jingle bell hey presto!

You could add some glitter to jazz it up but I love it just as it is!

A little side view which I hoped would show the dimenson of the decoupage

but I'm not sure it does!

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you like my card.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Fresh Brewed Designs -  Anything Goes Christmas

Paper Shelter Challenge -  A Christmas Card

A Snowflakes Promise Anything Goes with a Winter or Christmas Theme

Inky Chicks - Merry Christmas

{Pin}spirational - Inspiration Image

*

Shopping Our Stash - No Stamping

Artistic Inspirations -Anything Goes with Twist of Christmas

Quirky Crafts - Anything Christmas

Crazy 4 Challenges - square card or elements

Parrot Pals

Good morning all!

I'm back with another sample I made for today's launch of the new

La Pashe CD Rom "The PetSet" On Create & Craft TV

This is "Parrot Pals"

! I love the gorgeous bright colours of these feathered friends.

The grey reminds me of a friends African Grey, called "Bird" who loved 

to eat M&M's from a bowl. He was a corker!

My card is an 8x8 inch base with a bit of matting & layering of plain paper

as well as the patterened papers which are also on the CD Rom.

I used an Xcut punch for the decorative border.

I added some beaded ribbon down one side, this is from Lidl & was originally 

meant for gift wrapping. I love the different strands & I'm sure if the birds 

were real, they'd love playing with the beads! Lol

To further embellish, I cut some of thefeathers from the DP, feathered 

the edges & attached with some pinfflair glue for dimension.

The sentiment was trimmed, the corners punched & then mounted on a 

Spellbinders speech bubble die cut.

I think you can just about see the dimension in this photo!

So, don't forget to tune in to see the launch of the

"Pet Set" CD Rom on

 Create & Craft TV 

Freeview 36, Sky 674, Virgin 748 & Free Sat 813

today, Tuesday 24th November at 1pm & 6pm!

Tune in to see Bailey demonstrate all the lovely bits & bobs you'll find on there!

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Crafting When We Can -  Don't forget the Animals

Simply Papercraft - Always Anything Goes