Little Letters

Carrying on with the 5th anniversary festivities over at Papertrey Ink, today was all about Pinterest.  I've been trying to avoid  it, on the grounds I know I'll get completely sucked in and lose hours just looking at pretty things.  So today I've been inspired by the image Erin Lincoln pinned and gone all pink and red.  These little beauties took longer than they look but it was still fun.

I was also inspired by challenges at:

Creative inspirations - lots of love

Simon says stamp - love is in the air

Fab 'n' Funky - Love is in the air

Dutch Dare card challenge - red, pink & white

Cute Card Thursday - pink valentine

Supplies used

Card - Core'dinations, Neenah

Paper - distressed dots PTI

Die - PTI

Ink - pure poppy

Well I'm supposed to be off to Derby in the morining, I didn't get there on Monday due to the snow.  I'm hoping it doesn't stop me tomorrow!

For the weekend I'm off dancing (weather permitting), I really hope I get there, I need my Balboa fix.

Have a great weekend.

Love ya

Ginger

xxx

Boxes galore!

What a fabulous week.  I received the most gorgeous gift in the post from my fabulous friend Archi, she's told me she was sending a little something.  Little!!  It's huge and a totally perfect gift.  It's a beautifully decorated box filled with 8 individually wrapped Green & Blacks chocolate bars, each with it's own little gift tag.  If you could pack love in a parcel it would look just this.  Thank you Archi, you have made my day.

Don't they look like beautiful books when they're stacked like this.

So of course I had to make some cupcakes!!  This is the last one as they were demolished in the office!

 I also got an honourable mention over at  Papercraft Star for my vintage inspired card.  Thank you xxx


Just a quick crafting post from me today as I'm off to the ballet to see The Sleeping Beauty by Scottish Ballet in Newcastle and even better the lovely Louisa is coming with me.  I told you I was having a good week.


So an eCraft plus some files from SVGcuts is just a dream recipe for making boxes.  Especially as these files were a freebie back in December (thank you Mary & Leo).  These boxes are made in one cut, so basically they take minutes to make.  The texture on the card comes from using Core Impressions that is already pre-embossed.  

I was inspired by challenges at:

Just Us Girls - 3D valentine's day

Allsorts challenge - one or more heart
Anything Goes Challenge - to the one I love

How cute is that flower?

Supplies used:

SVG files - one-piece boxes from SVGcuts.com, ramblin' rose from mytimemadeeasy.com

Card - Core'dinations Core Impressions My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Collection

Ribbon - satin ribbon darks pack

Thanks for popping by

Love ya

Ginger

xxx

Even Spookier!

So with all the Halloween treats that I've made I needed something to pop them in to.  So with the help of my eCraft machine and some files from SVGcuts.com I decided to have a go and make a cauldron.  I love what you can make from card:

So to get this you just

Cut some pieces of card

A little bit of embossing with my trusty Big Shot (I think I might need to treat myself to some new cutting plates!)

Loving this new Darice cobweb embossing folder

And of course I wouldn't be without by Sand It Gadget or my Dust Buddy

So what does it make?  This fabulous cauldron, that's sturdy enough to stuff (and I mean stuff) full of all your Halloween treats.

I just love it.

Here's the full ensemble.  As you can see I got a little carried away and made chocolate bar wrappers, sweet bag toppers and even a little cobwebby lamp to go with my triangle treats from yesterday and the cobweb cauldron.

Now all we have to do it hope all the chocolate and sweets don't get nibbled before Monday night!

Supplies used

eCraft SD cards - Jen Allyson celebrates, year of celebrations

SVG files - cauldon and chocolate bar wrappers, party on Elm Street (SVGcuts.com), lapm and pyramid boxes (Lettering Delights)

Card - Core'dinations, including Black Magic

Sparkle - Spray & Sparkle iridescent


I'm popping this into the challenge over at:
Sir Stampalot - Food Glorious Food
Charisma Cardz - anything goes

So if that's Halloween done, I'd better get working on Christmas!

Love Ginger

xxx

Starting to get Spooky

As it's nearly Halloween I thought I'd get crafting a few bits and pieces.  I've had a fabulous time with my eCraft, from making the boxes to decorating them.  Don't you just love that from a piece of card and a few sweets you go from this:

 An empty little box

To something a little more tempting

With the help of eCraftShop Pro you go from screen to ...

... all cut out to ...

... these cute little decorated boxes filled with sweets.

How cute is the teeny tiny little spider?

As you can see there's a few more bits but I'll share those tomorrow.

Supplies used:

eCraft SD cards - Jen Allyson designs, a year of celebrations

SVG files- pyramid boxes (Lettering Delights)

Card - Core'dinations

Sparkle - Spray and Sparkle iridescent


These were inspired by challenges at:
Creative Inspirations - Colour challenge, black, orange and purple
Fab 'n' Funky Challenges - #96 hubble bubble, toil and trouble
Allsorts - Halloween

Now what can I cut out next!!

Love Ginger

xxx

Music Saves My Soul

The lovely Marcea shares her favourite tracks on her blog every Saturday.

This week I've managed to get my butt into gear and join in.  I knew which artist I wanted to pick but choosing a track was the difficult bit.  As the girls who were away with me last weekend know I'm loving Imelda May just now.  Any girl that can wear yellow and completely pull it off has my full respect!  Not only that she has the most amazing voice and I love her energy.  Here she is on Jools Holland singing Tainted Love.

I've been crafting most of the weekend and also managed to fit in a couple of walks.  I've got lots to share with you but for now here's a little Gorjuss card.

Supplies used:

Card - Core'dinations vintage collection (Crafter's Companion)

Embossing folder - Cuttlebug Welcome Baby cut and emboss set

Die cut - Gorjuss

Scalloped die cut - eCraft (Jen Allyson designs card)

Stamp - enjoy the ride (PTI)

Inspired by challenges at:

Charisma Cards - #42 embossing

One stop craft - #154 no designer paper

I hope everyone has had a great weekend.

Love Ginger

xxx

CRAFT Challenge Blogaversary

I'm so excited that as part of my Guest Design spot at CRAFT Challenge, I get to be part of their 2nd Blogaversary with big giveaways:

This week at CRAFT Challenge  we are celebrating our 2nd Blogaversary in style. Our challenge this week is Happy Birthday! (to Us) to fit in with this celebration. Please link your project to InLinkz as per usual.
Here's the card that I've made to join in with the celebrations.  Don't you just love this little birdie from Robyns fetish digital stamps and more

Supplies used:
Digi stamp - a little birdie told me, Robyns fetish digital stamps and more
Cardstock - Core'dinations and Neenah Solar Crest Card
Patterned paper - Kaisercraft Hippy Girl 6 x 6 pad
Ribbon - Papertrey Ink
Stamp - Papertrey Ink, daily design sentiments
Button & twine - Papertrey Ink
Copics used:
Tree - E71, E77
Bird - BG01, BG05, BG10
Flowers - YR04, YR20
Grass - YG03, YG11

To celebrate we will also will be doing a Blogaversary Blog Hop with many sponsors and prizes on the way. To be in with having a chance of winning these prizes, you will need to leave a comment on our (G)DT's blogs, a winner will be chosen randomly at each stop.

We will also leave a word at each stop, with which we would like you to form a sentence. So, don't forget to collect a word on each stop as well! After you have collected all these words, form a sentence with them and enter your sentence in a comment on our CRAFT Challenge blog. We will obviously not allow comments to be posted during this week to stop any cheating, lol!

You should have started at CRAFT Challenge and come from Carol's Blog. If you did not, please go back to the stops before you have so far not passed.

My word is: Bash

My sponsor for the blog hop is Jo aka Trimgym, and the prize you can win on my stop is a choice of 1 paper pack or 3 digi's from her blog.

Just as a reminder, here is your route to follow. You should start and end at the CRAFT challenge blog.

Jo's digistamp blog

Carol

Claire (GDT) (you're here!)

Gemma

Jacky

Jo

Karen

Kerry

Kevin

Kim

Nikki (GDT) 
Sharon

Tigerlover (junior DT)

CRAFT Challenge Blog 

So, join in with us this week to be in with a chance of many prizes and we hope you enjoy the journey!
Your next stop is Gemma
Don't forget to leave a comment if you want to have a chance of winning the prize on my stop!!

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