Craft Room Storage

I wanted to share with you two things I have purchased from next for my craft supplies to live in. Firstly yesterday I bought this from Next, some friends gave me vouchers as a leaving present and I saw this and had to have it.

Sorry about the poor lighting, I am yet to have a light fitting connected. I love it and as you can see some of my bits and bobs have already made themselves at home.
The second thing is also from Next, but I have had it a little longer and I think equally gorgeous.

The only improvement I could suggest for this caddy is that it had wheels as it is a little heavy if I need to move it, but again perfect for my stampin up kit.

I am determined to fill my ugly cupboard with beautiful things! You can also see my new  re homed chair courtesy of my mother in law in the background and I have some old worktop to make my desk out of, so it is all coming together.
Thanks for stopping by, tomorrow I want to share some of my recent DIY projects with you so make sure you pop back then.
Hx

It's been a while!!!!

Hi, it definately has been too long since I blogged, in fact it has been over 6 months. I have really missed crafting and sharing my projects on my blog, but the first half of 2013 has been soooooo stressful for me and my family that there was just no room for my craft stash.

It all started when we heard one of the prisons on the island was going to be closing as Gary is a prison officer, this had a major impact on us and has resulted in us moving off the island. All is well now, we have a lovely new house and we are back with the larger family in Southampton. We have been here 6 weeks and missing the island and all our friends, but I am now desperate to get back to chilling with my craft kit, I am also trying to set up a new craft hidey hole in the only space in the house yet to be claimed (under the stairs), but I will keep you posted on that.

So here it is my first project

We had a wedding invitation arrive for an old friend, it was lovely to receive a hand made invite, so I just had to make an acceptance to go back.

I just love this beautiful floral ribbon. 

There you are the first of many happily made projects, I hope you like it and please pop back again soon.

H

Heart Birthday Card

I promised a happier project for today and this one is lovely and bright and full of hearts!

Ok so this is using the Polka Dot Series Paper again in Rich Razleberry and Old Olive I have also used Very Vanilla Card stock and a retired pen Almost Amthyst, which was the nearest colour match I had to the non Stampin Up ribbon. I have had my heart dies for a little while, but with Christmas I haven't really had the opportunity to have a real play with them, it was worth waiting for as I really like this layering effect. The little cirle stamp is from the Posy Punch stamp set and the cake from the hostess set Happiest Birthday Wishes. I love this colour combo and always find myself using it, it reminds me of the make and take I made at the first Stampin Up Party I went to.

Thanks for coming by my blog today, feel free to leave me a comment it is always nice to hear from fellow crafters.

Hx

Sharing In Your Sorrow Sympathy Card

Today I am sharing with you a sympathy card I have made, these are by far my least favorite cards to make, for obvious reasons, but I make myself make them so I have them in my stash. This is a simple one I hope I can put in my box and not have to use.

I have used the stamp set Hopeful Thoughts, the card is Crumb cake and Very Vanilla (I seriously need some more coloured card stock), I can't remember which stack the paper was from sorry!

Thanks for stopping by today, come back tomorrow for a happier project (I promise).

Hx

Card Triplets

I really am using my crafting for therapy in this dark and dismal January, hence why I am able to blog a project a day. Today I am actually sharing 3 projects with a similar theme. They are all baby cards and they have all been made using last years Nursery Nest Papers and embelishments, which I adore.

The last 2 cards I photographed in the evening and so the light doesn't really do them justice. Apart from the sentiments all of these cards are stamping free. Thanks for stopping by today hopefully see you back soon.

Hx

6 of 7

Hello happy Thursday to you all, firstly for those of you who read my blog yesterday and was probably a little confused that I had used a flower stamp from the proud peacock set, that was just a random mistake I popped in. The flower was actually from Flowering Flourishes and I have no idea why I thought it resembled a peacock! Anyway today I am sticking with the Flowering Flourishes set for my next card.

This is by far my favorite design of the week, but to make 8 of these did take some time as the colouring of the stamps with the markers is quite time consuming. I absolutley love this set and this card is actually insprired by a scrapbook layout in the Stampin up Catalogue on page 121. To make this card you need Old Olive and Very Vanilla cardstock, the inks are Island Indigo, Old Olive, Pretty in Pink and Raspberry Ripple. I have also used the Lables Dies and the Elegant Butterfly Punch finished off with my favorite sentiment set Curly Cute.
Thank you for stopping by tomorrow will be 7 of 7, however I am in the crafting zone, so there will be more projects to follow (dare I say I was making a Christmas wreath last night) You can never be too prepared!
Hx

Card 2 of 7

Ok here is design 2 of my 7 day card crafting:

So I have made these simply but cute little birthday cards using some basic red card onto that I have layered some paper from the Stampin Up Designer Series Paper stack Orchard Harvest. The owl is from the retired Fox and Friends stamp set stamped in Chocolate Chip, the tree is from the Funky Four set (sorry also retired) and the birthday banner is from the hostess set Happiest Birthday Wishes. The inside and envelope are just matched up by re printing the owl and the tree.

Thanks for stopping by, come back tomorrow for my next card.
Hx

7 Days, 7 Cards

Hi and a belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I can not believe it has been nearly a month since I last posted. I have been so busy and what with being poorly over New Year, having various family members come to stay and a topping of snow I just haven't had time to post. I have however had a couple of occasions to craft and so I am going to make up for my lack of blogging by posting 7 different card projects over the next 7 days.
In an attemp to actualy get a head with my birthday cards for the year (before I am in the greenhouse sowing seeds) I have been making up packs of cards. So here is the first of my 7 cards

Ok so apart from the ribbon I have used all Stampin Up products, the card base in Crumb Cake, layered with Very Vanilla cardstoke Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive designer series paper from the Polka Dot stack. On to that I have layered with dimensionals a die cut piece of V Vanilla, which I have daubed the edges of and printed this gorgeous blossom branch form the Easter Blossoms stamp set. I have finished of with various sentiments and a ribbon bow, inside I have faintly stamped the branch again and again on the envelope.  I hope you like card 1 of 7. If you would like to order any of the products I have used then pop over to Stampin Sarah's Blog where she has a great demo for making ribbon flower embellishments.

Thanks for reading and pop back tomorrow for card number 2.

Hx

Pillow Box Advent Tree

It's December, my favorite month of the year. For the 1st I put up my little sparly tree again and hung 24 little pillow boxes on it, each with chocolates inside. I had used the advent stamp set to stamp the little christmas number scenes and the door die to create my little boxes. The boys have also got a little set of advent books which I have also hung. It looks really cute and the boys love it. I must say thanks to Zoe who had the idea of using pillow boxes for advent and also Sarah and Sandy who lent me the stamp set and die.

Have a nice day and thanks for stopping by.

Hx

My Crazy Crafters

Wednesday was our crazy crafters night and we had a full house, so I have finally taken a photo of the motley crew. Here we all are very industrious with all our Christmas craft projects:

From left to right: Sarah from Stampin Sarah (SU demo), Zoe, Sandy (SU Demo), Pat and Chris. What a mess I really need to get a bigger table.
And here is what I was busy making:

Thanks for stopping by

Hx

Warm Winter Wishes

Hi all hope you are having a nice weekend. With the weekend off work I have had the opportunity to do some serious crafting. I love my Bootiful Occasions stamp set and was desperate to incorporate the winter boot into a christmas card, after several attempts of embossing the boot and colouring it in I was going to give it up as I just couldn't get it to look right. Then I made a batch of cards in cherry cobbler and very vanilla destined to have the snow globe embossed on them, but I gave the boot one more try and loved the result. Here is how they turned out:

I am really chuffed with these and since I have discovered the art of ambossing I can't stop!!! Hopefully there will be crafting on the agenda today I still have soooo many Christmas cards and tags I need to make!

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day

Hx

Perfectly Preserved Birthday

Firstly Happy Birthday to my Mother-in-law Jenny today, wishing you a lovely day.
The day I made Jen's card my new perfectly preserved stamp set arrived,

perfect timing. Here is what I made:

I decorated a little box in the matching DSP papers and bowed it up, I am so pleased with this little project, this stamp is perfect for me as I do make my own preserves so I know I am going to use it loads and yes that clear embossing powder has been out again, but lends it self perfectly to the shine of the glass!

Hope you like it Jen, thanks for all stopping by.


Hx

Traditional Christmas Card

Here is a traditional Christmas card made using some red and brown card stock, the new holiday ornament dies and berry bouquet papers. Quite quick and easy to make, but still effective.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hx

Elegant Butterfly Punch

I adore the new elegant butterfly punch and I have noticed everbody is using it at the moment. I have been having a little play and made this birthday card and some simple matching wrapping paper.

Thanks for stopping by

Hx

Autumnal Embossing

I thought I would share with you a autumnal birthday card I made this week. I am yet to perfect the art of embossing, it's something I haven't done a great deal of. Technically this was a bit of a boob, but I thought the messy smudged embossing actually added to the feel of the card and I ended up quite liking it.

I would have liked the Happy Birthday to have been a little clearer, but It just shows experimenting (messy up) can sometimes come up with an interesting effect. Oh and I still love this french foliage stamp set, it really does stamp lovely.

Thanks for stopping by today

Hx

Sensational Season Christmas Tags

I realised today I never did share with you all my Stampin Up Starter Kit, which I ordered with some of my birthday money. Heres what I chose:

There are just tonnes of sets that I would like, but I really needed an alphabet and the family titles where a must, so I had to resist temptation and order with my head and not my heart.I was so excited when it arrived, but tonight has been the first real opportunity to have a play and I will show you what I have been working on in a minute. So I am once again an official unofficial Stampin Up demonstartor in Sarah's Wight Stampers team. What I mean is on paper I am a demonstaror, but I am only in it for the perks I have no intention of doing it seriously!!! If you would like to join Wight Stampers either as a pro or as an ameature like me then why not pop over to Sarah's blog.

Talking of Sarah she came to mine last night to hold my annual Christmas Workshop, thanks Sarah for a lovely demo and a great evening. I also spent the rest of my birthday money and am now awaiting another stampin up box wohoooo!!

So tonight I have been using my new sensational season set and have come up with some cute oversized Christmas tags (I have large writing).

I think the clear embossing powder on the steam works quite well, I haven't spent too much time on them as I have about another 70 to make and I am going to be on a Christmas Marathon now for the next few weeks as I have loads of projects in my brain and fear I may run out of time. Hope you like them.

Thanks for stopping by

Hx