Scrap Stash

In my attempt to clear my craft table I have ended up crafting! In a productive way of course... I have been using the scraps to create more cards as I go along, trying to use materials only on my cluttered craft table! It's amazing what results you can get from small scraps of papers! Loving my new Martha Stewart Button lunch I got for my Birthday few months back.

Preparation and Planning

The more organised I am the less stressed I'll be! I find that when making up cards, I lay them out and put them together in a kit ready to stick it all down later, this saves so much more on time.  It means I can chill in front of the telly and craft at the same time! I am busily preparing for my annual Christmas sale, you dear bloggers get the first sneaky peak of some of my card prep and cards!

Doing it my way

Sometimes with commissions I am dictacted to as to what colour the client would like, which is fine.  Other times it is nive to have the freedom for creative play, here was one of those occasions.  As I knew the couple I tried to make it using colours I thought they would like.  This is an A5 card using the Sizzix dove die, and Martha Stewart scallop punch

My Mummy

It's My Mum's birthday today.  We still call her Mummy despite being 'grown up'.  I loved the colours of these new Dovecraft papers, which I teamed with the Stampin Up! Canary set using the jar to fill with buttons.  I created a patchwork effect with the papers and finished it off with some ric rac. My Mum is multi skilled and talented and one of those things is sewing, hence the threads etc.

A change can make all the difference

After displaying this fabric mini handbag magnets in a local shop, it was time for a change.  They needed to be more... welll... sellable!  Sometimes by juts presenting a product in packaging can make all the difference.

Masking and Stamping

Don't you just love it when you find a technique that is quick and simple? Masking and stamping has been around for a while, but sometimes you can 'rediscover' techniques which may be different from what you normally do.  Masking and stamping has been made easier by using the post-it note.  You mask (cover up) an area and stamp on top and over the post-it note to create a space on your project.  I used the technique for a masculine thank you card and a girly pink birthday card.

Keeping it simpler

 

I had to try hard to resist adding any more to this card, the aim was to be plain and simple.  So I stuck to the same ivory colour and embossing with heart and letter dies.  This was for a good friend of mine that recently got engaged.

Great Giveaway

If you click on the link on the FACEBOOK link I am currently running a competition to giveaway a set of Beautiful Butterfly cards, using the gorgeous Madison Avenue papers from Stampin Up sale-a-bration. See my page for details!

Commissioned Cards

Here are some more Father's Day cards which people commissioned.  I love the challenge of having to work with a theme and sometimes think outside the box!

For a Cadburys chocolate fan.



Beach huts and seaside theme for this dad.

Daring (card makers) Dessert Challenge

Here is my take on the DCM colour challenge, I was trying to remember the colour from memory so got it slightly off. I enjoyed using these bright colours with the muted ones. Added a bit of bling to add some detail. Used sizzix flower and leaf die, Stampin up wood grain embossing folder and papers