Roll top box and some cards

Happy Easter Sunday to all,the sun is shining here in Devon and i have a relaxing day planned and then cooking a lamb roast for the family.
So This box is what i made last sunday when some special docrafter buddies came to play

I followed a tutorial which you can purchase here and used 12 x 12 card from my stash. It was certainly a challenge but pleased with the end result.

Card for my son

papernation 'football man' stamp coloured with promarkers

labels 1 nesties

Xcut 'star' dies

card from stash and stamped greeting

gorjuss ' the pretend friend' stamp coloured with promarkers

distress inks - tea dye and antique linen

stamped greeting and pearls from stash

Thanks for all the comments on my craft room post yesterday,am thinking that maybe i need to go professional and organise other rooms....lol

Have a great day all,x



So how many uses can you think of?

Hi all, well our challenge over at StampnCraft this week is to use card candi but not in the traditonal way and me being the generous person that i am took a different route and saved the easy ones for the other ladies......lol. Oh and yes before you ask i am early with my DT post but have family here next weekend so Angiebabe has kindly swopped days with me.
So i ask,how many ways can you think of using card candi? would love to hear your ideas on this but only polite versions.....lol
Anyway enough of my waffle (can you tell i am feeling better....lol) ,heres my card using card candi and i decided to use it as a stamping surface to make letter embellishments. Just used white card candi and stamped onto them using a mini abc stamp set.

Digi coloured with promarkers

labels 8 & decorative labels 8 nesties

mirri card/paper from stash

white card candi

studio g abc mini stamps

This card is also for my son Peter who will be 20 on Chrismas Eve and has told me he will be offically old then hence the image for him as he will be out celebrating with his mates. x

House Mouse DT card

Well its Saturday so that must mean its my day to reveal my DT card for StampnCraft. Our challenge this week was to use a House Mouse image on our card and as they are so cute was no problem at all!

And for my card i challenged myself further to make a male card as really struggle with those!. For this card i stamped the image ( from the Autumn Tumble set) and coloured with promarkers and then diecut some clouds on to post its and used as a mask whilst i then applied tumbled glass distress ink for the sky. Layered up on paper and card from stash and added buttons,twine and a greeting.

Beth stocks a wide range of house mouse stamps in her shop so why not pop over and also go and visit the StampnCraft blog to see the other DT members cards and get some inspiration. Thanks for all your comments,they make my day,x

Hubbys birthday card and one other

Hi all,well after my excitement of being a DT member over at StampnCraft i had to come down to earth and make two mens cards and to be honest they are not my favourite ones to make!
Anyway this is one for my hubby whose birthday is Thursday and the idea for the card came from the exeter craft show

Inkylicious stamp 'bullrushes

stamped greeting

twine,button and card from stash

kraft card blank

And my next card is a card for my cousins hubby so just a quick flat one as postage is riduculous these days!

buzcraft stamp 'max and greeting' & stamped in brown memento ink

coloured with promarkers

labels 1 nesties

twine,card and papers from stash

Anyway today was the first day of each of the DT posting over at StampnCraft so do pop over and check it out. My day for posting is Saturday. Thanks for all the congratulations,x



21st card and some news :)

Hi all,well thought i would share this quick card with you for a friends son,can't believe the time has gone and he is 21,still remember him as a little squirt.........lol

card and mirri card from stash

cut the key on my cricut using scal to insert the letters

stamped greeting - little claire set

peeloffs from stash 

And my news well i am now officially a DT member...........................hurray. Its for Stamp n Craft and their new and improved website will be up and running from next week and i will reveal full details and my card on Sunday here and Beth's blog. Am very excited so hope you pop back on Sunday :)

Where's that hammer?

Well what kind of card do you make a man who doesnt really like cards and will glance at them and then leave on the side? I suppose i could have given him a folded piece of card and written happy birthday on it......lol. But as its for my brother in law i decided to make this one instead.

Receipe list

Flipping stamp and greeting (back view)

coloured with promarkers

labels 8 nesties

card from stash

tools from stash

Sorry its a bit blurry and the card is in the envelope now so no going back, right off to do some more on a project i started yesterday,x

Birthday card for son and thanks Lisa

Hi all,well been a eventful day today,worked this morning (catching up on paperwork) and then had to come home when a neighbour rang me as the western power repair man fixing the lampost had dropped a pole on my car! Luckily not too much damage and think the repair man was more shook up than me.
Anyway had a fab time at the Bristol craft meet yesterday and made the basics of a suitcase and also with help from Kelly completed my pages for my tag album. But before i can finish those today had to make a special card for my son who will be 23.

Hes a big Exeter city fan so matched their colours of red and white,loving these paper clips and they went nicely with my colour scheme. With lots of help from the lovely Lisa whose blog you can find here made in serif pageplus this personalised ticket to go with the card.

Kraft card blank and card from stash
Stamp - papernation 'football man' - coloured with promarkers and decoupaged
Nestabilities- labels 8
Die - modern lanscape border by memory box
Embellishments - football boots button,striped paperclips
Sentiment - digi ticket designed in pageplus (thanks lisa)
Right need to clear away the mess i have made and get sorted to finish my tag album. Thanks for popping by and i will return the visit,x

Flippin men card

Good morning all,well i am getting into the swing of this holiday lark but my sleep patterns have gone awry!. Made this card last night and it took forever for some reason,couldnt make up my mind what colours,then the layout and because it is also a challenge card had to get some stripes in somewhere and that had me stumped,but at last its finished and i hope he likes it. Stamped image two times,coloured with promarkers and then decoupaged and also added glossy accents to his glass.



made the strips by laying thin strips of card across and trimming at the edge.

These stamps have got to be one of my best bargains ever and i got them from here
well off to get some breakfast and have a look around,see you later,x

UPDATE - i have changed my background again.....lol.the other one was a bit too busy for me,x