It took a week!

Yes this little card took nearly a week to make!!  I made the wood paper on Monday after watching Make It Monday #38: Brayer & Impression Plate Techniques over at Nichole Heady's blog.  Then I was busy getting spooky and making samples for my demo at Coleman's Craft Warehouse yesterday.  So it then sat there until today!  But with the help of my new Sizzix stamp & die-cut set (thank you Fiona xx) I knew exactly where I wanted to make.

Hero Art dies and Sizzix matching dies, what's not to love.

I even cut the paper up to make floor boards.  Inspired by the technique I made my "wallpaper" using a Sizzix embossing folder with sweet blush ink.  It's a great way to add further dimension to your cards.

Supplies used:

Card - Kraft, vanilla cream, ripe avocado PTI

Ink - dark chockalet, sweet blush PTI

Stamps - Think of you (from UP, Up and Away) PTI, chair and chandelier Hero Arts/Sizzix

Embossing folders - Woodgrain PTI, pattern Sizzix

Dies - Sizzix

Inspired by challenges at:

Make it Monday - #38 brayer & impression plate technique

Sweet stampin challenge - anything goes

Totally Gorjuss - I remember (the stamps remind me me of the lovely Fiona)

The Craft Pad - Friendship (this card is off to  a friend of mine)

As I was out all day yesterday I didn't get chance to post my Music Saves my Soul.  

So here's my offering for this week.  As a kid I loved Suzi Quattro!  So as it's nearly Halloween, here's Devil Gate Drive

I never had enough pocket money to buy records but loved this when it came on the radio!

Right I'd better go and tidy my craft room as it's back to work in the morning and a busy, busy week.

Love Ginger

xxx

Home Sweet Home

I had a fabulous weekend away with some crafting friends but it's oh so nice to be back home.  I really must get back into taking photos, I took none this weekend but I did make some cards.  Some I can't share yet as they're for Papercraft Essentials but some I can.

This one was made for the challenges at:

One Stop Craft Challenge - #141 ice cream

A Spoonful of Sugar - anything goes

I'm loving Core'dinations cardstock, especially with my new Sizzix embossing folders.

Supplies used:

Cardstock - Core'dinations

Embossing folder - Sizzix

Stamps - Papertrey Ink

Ink - Papertrey ink, dark chocolate and sweet blush

This next one is clean and simple all the way and was inspired by the challenge at:

Crazy 4 challenges - C4C87 chocolate, mines chocolate coloured

Supplies used:

Cardstock - Papertrey Ink, kraft, vintage cream

Stamps - turning a new leaf

Ink - dark chocolate

So it's back to work and another busy but happy week.

xxx

Another week!!

I can't believe another week has gone by since my last update!  Ah well it's better than a month I suppose.  That's what happens when you work all weekend, but it was very well worth it.  Thanks to Leann & Sara for their help & support, it made it a great weekend.

So back to being a guest designer over at C.R.A.F.T Challenge Blog , I nearly got my card in on time this week, well I would have done if I'd have attached it!!  

So the challenge this week is  'Alien/Space'.   

This week the sponsor is Truly Madly Crafty. The prize they offer is a £5 gift voucher code for their shop.

So here's my card, as you can see I'm loving embossing in my Sizzix Big Shot, especially as I have a whole new stack of folders to play with.  Plus because I use Core'dinations cardstock, it looks even more effective when you sand the design.  2 things I couldn't live without right now, my Sand it Gadget and my Dust Buddy.

Supplies used:

Digi stamp - Billy and rocket (Digital Delights)

Papers - Papertrey Ink

Cardstock - Core'dinations

Embossing folder - circles & dot set Sizzix

Copic Ciaos:

Face - E000, E21, RV10

Black - 100

Rocket (red) - R35, R37

Spaceman - C1, C3, C5 and C7

Silver - Pentouch silver pen

This weekend I'm off to Essex, via Manchester to go crafting for the whole weekend.  I'm hoping my crafting mojo is put into overdrive as it's been a little sluggish lately.  I've only got one lot of magazine work to do and then it's total play time for me.

Have a great weekend

xxxx

What a weekend!

We had a fabulous time at the cheese festival but all that cheese leaves you with a cracking hangover!  OK, that could have been the copious amounts of local cider that I had!  The weather couldn't have been more perfect and there was a great group of us, in the fabulous setting of Cardiff Castle.  Role call from left to right, Stevie, JP, Emma, Neil, Denise, Ian, Debs, Rob and me.

Here's Jo & Ian with the biggest cheeseboard I've ever seen.

We went a did a masterclass where we got to mix and match different cheeses with different drinks.  It was worth going to just to discover Marks & Spencer Pink Port!

We found some people playing conkers and they very kindly let us join in.

There was so much more, as we went to Cardiff Bay after the festival.  But as it was rather alcohol charged I'm not sure some of those photos are for sharing!  I can tell you that there were cocktails, a gay stag do (good luck Christine and Linda), a meeting with some people from Essex, much dancing before an adventure to get back to Tonypandy!

We made it back home today via one of my customers and our local Italian restaurant.  As I've not crafted for a few days I felt the need to make a couple of cards before I went to bed.  I'm loving white on white just now.

This one was inspired by challenges at:

Chicken soup - recipe #13

Colour create - all white

Charisma cardz - anything goes

Supplies used:

Nestabilites

Swiss dots embossing folder

Cuttlebug butterfly die and embossing folder

Stamps - everyday button bits from PTI

This one was inspired by challenges at:

Allsorts - plain & simple

Get sketchy - #57

Supplies used:

Sizzix embossing folder

Stampin' up butterfly punch

Stamp - giga guide lines by PTI

Hopefully my hangover will be completely gone by tomorrow and my body will no longer ache.  I'm definitely getting too old for a big party night!

xxx

A few more cards

I've been a busy girl today. I've got another commission for Beautiful Cards finished, including the write up of the copy, so they'll be off in the post tomorrow. I can't share those cards with you. However, here's a couple of cards I've been making with my Sizzix dies. The slide mount that I've used to make the background on the flower card is fast becoming a favourite, it's a versatile little die.

The red hearts on the love card were made by die cutting funky foam and then using it as a stamp.

Apologies for the quality of the photos but the weather has been rather gloomy here all day.