Wednesday, 28 October 2009





Made this one yesterday, too much rain to go out so thought i would have a day crafting instead
These stamps are part of a set, from the stampin up range and the set is called silent night
i love this set, such detail and looks great for the festive season

this is a dl size card
super shiny gold and silver mirror cardstock - anitas range
gold diamontes - stash
gold and silver snowflakes punched from xcut punch
ice gold and ice silver stickles for some super sparkle and bling - stash
and a satin gold and silver ribbon - stash


Martha stewart punch - doily lace my favourite!
stamps from stampin up - silent night

Wednesday, 21 October 2009


Hi all again, this card was inspired by a very talented lady who helped me source the materials, a really kind thankyou to her,


I love this style of card, very traditional and fresh looking


Materials used
Snowflake Embossing folder
Green flitter glitter cardstock
martha stewart branch punch
satin sheen ribbon
and lovely red pearls
penny black sentiment stamp.
'I wish it could be christmas Every day'
Simple but effective

Tuesday, 20 October 2009

Another Style of christmas card Embossed in silver

Hi all, got the stamping bug today, and set my self a challenge to use stamps on the entire card
so here it is
Materials used
Stampin up stamp set
Silver embossing powder,
silver pearl blue shimmer cardstock
diamontes
silk satin silver ribbon
Satin linen silver cardstock to mount

Sunday, 18 October 2009

Custom made open book special card



Hi Again had to make this milestone card for friend of the family

i designed this myself as i am not very good at cutting i designed this die cut open book and cut it on the cricut expression machine, this is nearly a4 in size so it is larger than the usual open book keepsake cards


materials used
Dark Red mirror cardstock
Gold trimming
wine coloured satin silk ribbon with glittered gold edge
die cut corners from the cuttlebug
utilised every piece of the corner and used as accents
designed a wine glass with surecutsalot for the cricut and cut
cream roses, gypsophilia, lillies, gold fibres for that added bit of bling
Sentiment designed and made on pc, matted and layered, and
again cuttlebug corners added
hope you like it,
if you would like any further information please mail me

Friday, 16 October 2009

Hi, all again, i was asked to do this by a member of the family, for a 50th
Materials used
Embossed card from stash
My designed and cut the frame card on the quickcutz
decoupage designed by myself
organza burgundy ribbon from stash
sentiment pc generated and cut shape with quickcutz
Finished with stickles glitter

Tuesday, 13 October 2009

A New design 3 dimensional inset frame card





I made this card yesterday, i designed this and cut with the new quickcutz silouhette sd machine, Wow, i am so impressed with this and would recommend to any crafter, this is fully 3 dimensional and is inset hope you like it.



Materials used
Stamp - Psx Rare Scenic Christmas stamp from 95
Cardstock - Embossed holly christmas white satin and glossy
Black sparkle papermania embossing powder and black pigment ink
stickles glitter - star dust for super sparkle
punched xcut various snowflakes
Beautiful satin and silver edged ribbon from stash

Saturday, 10 October 2009

My First Blog and here it is at last!!!


Well, After much deliberation i have finally decided to make my own blog, i will put posts of all my crafty creations and share them with you which will hopefully give you some inspiration also

This is my first christmas card of the year!!! have been contemplating what i have been going to do for ages, this was using the new stamp from the papermania signature range

Items Used
Paper Mania Signature bauble
ink it up, gold tinsel embossing powder
Anitas Mirri Gold
Pearlescent Cream Cardstock
A5 cream Card from craftsuperstore
and martha stewart snowflake punch
martha stewart doily lace punch
Glitz it gold glitter
Tag stamp from stampinallday
gold glitzy ribbon
Ribbon from stash